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STONER KINGS Frontman Wins Italian Heavyweight Wrestling Championship

On Saturday, June 3, 2006 in Reggio Calabria, Italy, STONER KINGS vocalist and top European pro wrestler "The Canadian Rebel" Starbuck won the Italian heavyweight championship, defeating longtime title holder El Dinamico in a hard-fought outdoor match. With the rain pouring down in this outdoor even...

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EXODUS Pull Out Of Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS have cancelled their previously announced appearance at this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24, 2006 in Balingen, Germany. The festival organizers have issued the following statement on the matter: "Havi...

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'LORDI Square' In Finnish City Of Rovaniemi Draws Amusement From Locals

Finland's Helsingin Sanomat has issued the following report: While the home town of heavy band LORDI — the Finnish city of Rovaniemi, located on the Arctic Circle — is proud of the winners of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, the citizens feel that the decision to name a square after the band is...

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LORDI Frontman: 'We Have Absolutely Nothing To Do With Satanism'

Eurovision winners, Finnish heavy metal band LORDI, spoke to the BBC in their first British radio interview since their victory. "There is a saying in Finland that hell freezes over before Finland wins the Eurovision," singer Mr. Lordi, whose real name is Tomi Putaansuu, told BBC Radio Five Live. "T...

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French LORDI Fans Demand Apology For TV Hosts' Disparaging Remarks

According to the Helsingin Sanomat, some 15,000 French LORDI fans have signed an Internet petition demanding an apology from French TV Eurovision hosts for what were claimed to be disparaging remarks about the artists during the Athens show. At the end of LORDI's performance on May 20, one of the Fr...

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DISSECTION: U.S. Tour Dates Postponed

Swedish extreme metallers DISSECTION have postponed their scheduled shows in Los Angeles and New York City and to early September from the previously announced June 30 and July 7, respectively. The new dates are as follows: Sep. 01 - West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues Sep. 06 – New York, NY @ B.B....

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OPETH Mainman Says LORDI Is Music For 'Five-Year-Olds'

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has commented on LORDI's surprise win in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, marking Finland's first Eurovision victory in 45 years. Asked by an OPETH fan on the band's official forum what he thought of LORDI winning the contest, Mikael replied, "Haha! I love watchin...

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LORDI's EUROVISION Victory 'Party' Attended By 80,000 People: Video Available

Matti Huuhtanen of The Associated Press has issued the following report: Thousands of Finns swarmed into Helsinki's central market square to greet their new national heroes, monster hard-rockers LORDI, as they performed for the first time in public since a stunning victory at the Eurovision Song Con...

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LORDI Fans Furious At 'Outing' By Gossip Magazine

Finland's Helsingin Sanomat has issued the following report: The latest issue of the weekly celebrity gossip magazine 7 Päivää (Seven Days, generally known hereabouts as Seiska) has caused a storm of protest from fans of the monster-metal Eurovision Song Contest winners LORDI. The paper published a...

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SWORN ENEMY, ON BROKEN WINGS, BLACK MY HEART: Tour Dates Announced

SWORN ENEMY are heading out in June and July alongside of ON BROKEN WINGS (Eulogy),BLACK MY HEART (Eulogy) and NIGHTS LIKE THESE (Victory) to support their new album, "The Beginning Of The End", out now on Abacus Recordings. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jun. 16 - Kingston, PA @ Backstage Enterpr...

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ROB ZOMBIE Taps Ex-AMEN/WEDNESDAY 13 Bassist PIGGY D.

ROB ZOMBIE has tapped ex-AMEN/WEDNESDAY 13 bassist Matt Montgomery (a.k.a. Piggy D.) as the replacement for the recently departed Rob "Blasko" Nicholson (also ex-CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER). As BLABBERMOUTH.NET exclusively reported on May 11, Nicholson left Zombie earlier in the month in order to join OZZY O...

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Metalcore Label FACEDOWN Inks Deal With RED DISTRIBUTION

RED Distribution and Facedown Records have finalized terms for an exclusive distribution agreement, it was announced today by Bob Morelli, Executive Vice President and General Manager, RED Distribution and Jason Dunn, President and Founder/Owner, Facedown Records. Under the new agreement, RED will p...

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DARKEST HOUR Guitarist KRIS NORRIS: Sample Clips From Instructional DVDs Available

DARKEST HOUR guitarist Kris Norris has uploaded clips from his two instructional DVDs at YouTube.com. Norris' second instructional DVD, which teaches guitar techniques using songs from the band's latest CD, "Undoing Ruin", as examples. "is full of tons of new material, so if you already have the fir...

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Finnish Square Named After LORDI

BBC News is reporting that the Finnish city of Rovaniemi says it will name a square after monster rock band LORDI, its surprise Eurovision Song Contest winners. The band was the first Finnish act to claim victory in the competition. It also made history as the first heavy metal group to win. Its ...

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DISSECTION Announce Plans To Split: 'We Have Reached The Ending Chapter'

Swedish extreme metallers DISSECTION have announced that they will be splitting up imediately following their final performances in support of their newly released CD "Reinkaos". In an interview published on the band's official forum, the band's mainman Jon Nödtveidt stated, "What we have in front o...