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THE HAUNTED's U.S. Touring Insanity Continues

Even though Ozzfest comes to close this week, THE HAUNTED's U.S. touring insanity continues immediately with a short East Coast stint supporting SHADOWS FALL, and The Fury of The Fall tour this October, alongside MESHUGGAH, GOD FORBID and MNEMIC, which leads them directly into a massive European tre...

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LAMB OF GOD: 'Killadelphia' DVD Certified Gold

LAMB OF GOD's "Killadelphia" DVD has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales in excess of 50,000 copies. Releaseed in June via Epic, "Killadelphia" consists primarily of footage filmed during the band's two performances at Philadelphia's Trocadero on Oct...

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GENE SIMMONS Talks About 'Rock School'

Raymond A. Edel of NorthJersey.com recently conducted a brief interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons about his reality TV show, "Gene Simmons' Rock School". The six-week series, which debuted Aug. 19, runs through Sept. 23. A reunion episode will air Sept. 30. Simmons conducted the interv...

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DESTRUCTION Frontman: PIGGY 'Will Stay In My Metal Heart Forever'

DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer has issued the following statement regarding the passing of VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour: "I feel really sad, empty and distraught about the too early loss of VOIVOD guitar player Denis 'Piggy' D'Amour! "Another pioneer of metal has le...

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UFO's PAUL RAYMOND: U.S. Tour Recap

UFO keyboardist Paul Raymond has issued the following recap of the group's recent U.S. tour: "Well, I'm just back from the U.S. tour, still a bit jet-lagged but very happy about the great reception we got Stateside. Things started out on the east coast, with sound ticket sales and enthusiastic audie...

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OZZFEST, Hang Your Head In Shame: The Backstage Perspective

The manager of a well-known heavy metal band (*NOT* IRON MAIDEN) who attended this past weekend's Ozzfest show at the Hyundai Pavillion in Devore, California has submitted the following first-hand account of the evening that will surely go down as one of the most shameful moments in recent rock hist...

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HELLFEST Organizer Suspected Of 'Terrorizing' Arena Parking Lot Following Cancellation

Scott Frost of The Trentonian has issued the following report: A coup of screaming Hellfest supporters terrorized the parking lot of the Sovereign Bank Arena [Friday, August 19], turning the spot of the canceled three-day event into their own personal demolition derby. Witnesses said the Hellfest bu...

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IRON MAIDEN Inducted Into HOLLYWOOD ROCKWALK: Photos Available

IRON MAIDEN were officially inducted into Guitar Center's Hollywood RockWalk Friday evening (August 19). Band members added their handprints — with a fake skeleton hand to stand in for their album cover skeleton mascot, "Eddie" — to the sidewalk gallery outside the Guitar Center on Sunset Boulevard,...

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IN-QUEST Frontman Rushed To Hospital Following Motorcycle Accident

Frontman Mike Löfberg of the Belgian death metallers IN-QUEST was reportedly rushed to the hospital Tuesday afternoon (August 16) after almost crashing into a car in front of him while riding his motorcycle. He is now at home recovering. IN-QUEST's latest album, "The Comatose Quandaries", was issued...

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VICE: One-Off Reunion Scheduled For October

VICE, the long-defunct '80s heavy metal band featuring powerhouse vocalist Rob Rock (ex-IMPELLITTERI, DRIVER, JOSHUA),will reunite for one show only on Saturday, October 8, 2005 in Somers, CT. The four original members, who played 300 dates a year performing original and cover songs, will be joined...

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L.A. GUNS Frontman Says AMERICAN METAL BLAST Tour Has Been 'A Mostly Pleasant Blur'

L.A. GUNS frontman Phil Lewis has posted the following message about the group's in-progress U.S. tour with W.A.S.P., STEPHEN PEARCY (ex-RATT) and METAL CHURCH: "Back home in Babylon for a few days. The last six weeks has been a mostly pleasant blur. I try not to count but I think we just played 38...

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ABORTED Sign With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

Century Media Records has announced the worldwide signing of Belgian death/grinders ABORTED. "It's been a very hectic, intense and heavy year for ABORTED," says founder and lead vocalist Sven De Caluwé. "Yet a year in which we have done tons of amazing things, went to amazing places and met a lot of...

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Drunk Heavy Metal Fan Dies In Accident At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

A 37-year-old heavy metal fan was killed in a tragic accident at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival early Friday morning (August 5). The accident reportedly occured at about 12:25 a.m. on the Bokelrehmer Weg near the adjoining camping ground. An apparently very drunk festival attendee from Rendsburg...

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SYMPHONY X Explain Atlanta No-Show

According to a posting on SYMPHONY X's web site, the band were forced to cancel their scheduled Gigantour perfomance in Atlanta Friday night (August 5). "Glenn (the merchandise guy) just spoke with Russ [Allen, vocals] on the phone and learned that SYMPHONY X's bus driver is alive, but is in an Inte...

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GARDEN OF DECAY: New Song Available For Download

An unmastered, rough-mix MP3 of a new GARDEN OF DECAY track, entitled "To Ashes", has been made available for download at this location. "To Ashes" comes off the Belgian melodic metallers' as-yet-untitled new EP, tentatively due on September 13. The follow-up to the group's 2004 EP, "We Generate", w...