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VENOM, DEVILDRIVER: First U.S. Dates Announced

British black metal pioneers VENOM will be embarking on the "7 Days of Hell" North American tour in late August. The seven-show trek, which will kick off on August 13 and conclude on August 28, will feature DEVILDRIVER in the support slot. So far, three dates have been released: Aug. 18 - Cleveland,...

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DOWN Joined By VENOM Guitarist At Newcastle Gig

A BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the name of Chris Flynn has submitted the following report: "DOWN blazed through a storming set tonight [May 25] at [the U.K.'s] Newcastle University. Despite rumours, there was no temper tantrums or storming off, Phil [Anselmo, vocals; ex-PANTERA] visibly loved every m...

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THE SISTERS OF MERCY, FREEDOM CALL Added To Finland's TUSKA OPEN AIR Metal Festival

THE SISTERS OF MERCY and FREEDOM CALL have been added to the lineup of the ninth annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, set to take place June 30 – July 2 at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland. FREEDOM CALL have replaced U.K. power metallers DRAGONFORCE, who were forced to pull out of the event after la...

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Rio Grande Blood

Uncle Al has gotta be pushing 50 at this point, but he's never been more enraged. Following MINISTRY's big comeback in 2004 with "Houses of the Molè", the cranky ringleader has assembled some new players (notably riffmeister Tommy Victor of PRONG and DANZIG fame, and PRONG/KILLING JOKE bassist Paul...

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DOWN: Brand New Photos Posted Online

Several brand-new photos of DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJ...

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KAMELOT Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-10 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALICE COOPER ANVIL ARCH ENEMY BALDROOM BLITZ BLITZKRIEG...

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VENOM To Embark On '7 Days Of Hell' North American Tour In August

British black metal pioneers VENOM will be embarking on the "7 Days of Hell" North American tour in late August. The seven-show trek, which will kick off on August 13 and conclude on August 28, will feature DEVILDRIVER in the support slot. VENOM's new album, "Metal Black", was released in North Amer...

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SODOM Frontman Says He Was Disappointed By New VENOM, CELTIC FROST Albums

Christine Carney of MP3.com recently conducted an interview with SODOM frontman Thomas "Tom Angelripper" Such. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MP3.com: I see that one of the tracks [on the new SODOM album], "Axis of Evil", is kind of a commentary on our American president here, George Bus...

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NINE, EPICA, MENDEED, METSATÖLL Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA OPEN AIR Festival

NINE, EPICA, MENDEED and METSATÖLL have been confirmed for the ninth annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, set to take place June 30 – July 2 at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 32 bands will perform on three stages over the course of three days. In addition, a couple of dozen bands...

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VENOM: USA And Japan Tours Planned

British black metal pioneers VENOM have posted the following message on their official web site: "VENOM have started negotiations for some shows in both American and Japan later this year, around August and September. The dates are currently being sorted out and will be confirmed soon." It has been...

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DEVILDRIVER Frontman On Upcoming CD: 'Expect Uncompromising, Brutal-In-Its-Delivery Metal'

DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara (ex-COAL CHAMBER) has issued the following update: "We are leaving for tour Monday, May 8th to start the tour in San Diego, California at the House Of Blues. We have been rehersing daily and are ready to tear SHIT up!!!! After this tour, DEVILDRIVER is flying across t...

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DRAGONLORD Added To Japan's THRASH DOMINATION Festival

DRAGONLORD — the San Francisco-based black metal band featuring Eric Peterson (guitar, vocals; TESTAMENT),Gian Pyres (guitar; ex-CRADLE OF FILTH),Derrick Ramirez (bass),Lyle Livingstone (keys) and Jon Allen (drums; SADUS, ex-TESTAMENT) — have been added to the upcoming Thrash Domination 2006 two-...

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DEATH ANGEL Announce Hometown Gig

San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL have added a hometown gig to their current itinerary. Tickets for the concert, which will take place on August 26 at Slim's, go on sale this Sunday, May 7. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Jun. 09 - Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA (w/ HOSTILI...

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VENOM, DEATH ANGEL, SODOM, ONSLAUGHT To Team Up For THRASH DOMINATION

VENOM, DEATH ANGEL, SODOM and ONSLAUGHT will be teaming up for the Thrash Domination 2006 two-day mini-festival run on September 16-17 at Club Citta in Tokyo, Japan. VENOM's new album, "Metal Black", was released in North America on April 4 via Sanctuary Records. The CD was mixed at the Townhouse St...

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Invaders

A few years after someone, somewhere, thought stoner rock was gonna be the next big thing, a younger and hipper-looking contingent came along and decided trucker caps, three-quarter-sleeve baseball jersey shirts, and velvet blacklight posters were pretty cool after all. Some old-schoolers got caught...