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BLIND MELON: 'Live At The Palace' Reissue Due In October

BLIND MELON's "Live at the Palace" CD will be reissued on October 17 with expanded packaging on Capitol/EMI. Recorded in Los Angeles on October 11, 1995, BLIND MELON's "Live at the Palace" CD captured the band at their creative and dynamic peak: the group was touring in support of their second album...

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ARCH ENEMY: 'Live Apocalypse' DVD Chart Positions Revealed

ARCH ENEMY's double disc DVD set, "Live Apocalypse", is now available worldwide just in time for the group's triumphant return to the U.S. on Gigantour this September. A new e-card is available that features two videos taken from the DVD for the tracks "Ravenous" and "My Apocalypse", along with a ne...

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POISON Drummer: NIKKI SIXX Is Too Old To Care About 'Dumb Little Rivalries'

Michael Christopher of DelcoTimes.com's "Rock Music Menu" recently conducted an interview with POISON drummer Rikki Rockett. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the recently released "The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock" compilation: "Capitol was going to put (the best of) out whether we...

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Filthy Notes for Frozen Hearts

How many times do you think you'll have to read "Rock 'n' Sad" in a review of "Filthy Notes for Frozen Hearts" by Germany's LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE? Hey, at least it's fairly descriptive of the music. There is a whole lot of rockin' going on here and the melancholia flows like a river. The peppering of...

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The Cartoon Network Goes Heavy Metal

Larissa Glasser of The Phoenix recently conducted an interview with Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, creators of the upcoming cartoon series "Dethklok Metalocalypse" about a half-Norwegian/half-American black metal band called DEATHKLOK. Premiering this Sunday (August 6) at 11:45 p.m. on Adult Swim (...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist: 'It's An Honor For Us To Be A Part Of GIGANTOUR'

ARCH ENEMY will be making their triumphant return to the U.S. this September as part of the mighty Gigantour, which features the legendary MEGADETH, genre titans such as LAMB OF GOD, OPETH and Century Media labelmates INTO ETERNITY, among others. The month-long trek will be the group's fourth and fi...

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ARCH ENEMY Cancel METALCAMP Festival Appearance, Announce 'Kerrang! Day Of Rock' Participation

Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY have posted the following message on their official web site: "We very much regret that due to a personal family crisis for one of the band members, ARCH ENEMY will not be able to play at the Metalcamp festival n Slovenia as advertised on Friday, July 21st...

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FIREHOUSE's BILL LEVERTY To Be Interviewed On KNAC.COM

FIREHOUSE guitarist Bill Leverty will be interviewed by KNAC.COM DJ Diana DeVille on Wednesday, July 26 at 8:30 a.m. PST. Leverty will likely be discussing his contribution to a side project called DEACON STREET — who recently released their debut album, "II", via MTM Music & Publishing — also f...

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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman Reports On TUSKA And WITH FULL FORCE Festivals

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We managed to get through a couple more rounds of festival wrestling without any severe damage or substance abuse (beer and vodka doesn't count here)… Just the occasional food disaster (Hellfest),...

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KREATOR Frontman To Attend July Fourth Party At NYC Heavy Metal Bar

Duff's Brooklyn — the heavy metal bar located at N. 3rd St & Kent Ave in Williamsburg, New York — has issued the following update: "We're having our annual fourth of July party this Tuesday at Duff's with a free BBQ, and a special appearance by Mille Petrozza, frontman of KREATOR. In case you di...

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Review: Nostalgic Fans Take Devotion To EXTREME at Reunion Show

Christopher Blagg of BostonHerald.com reviewed EXTREME's June 30 reunion show at Boston's Bank of America Pavilion. An excerpt from his write-up follows: It became apparent early on that the vast majority of fans (a group skewing heavily toward the 40-something demographic) did not just come to scre...

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KREATOR Frontman To Tape 'Headbanger's Ball' Appearance

KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza will fly to New York City on Tuesday (July 4) to tape a guest appearance on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball". As previously reported, Petrozza recently spent time in the studio with German "grave rockers" THE SPOOK co-producing their long-awaited follow-up to their groundbr...

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The Chthonic Chronicles

It must piss off BAL-SAGOTH to no end that those puffy-shirted Italian rogues in RHAPSODY get the real Christopher Lee to add narration to their albums. They'd certainly give the old ham more scenery to chew on — a good portion of the vocals on these blustery, unbelievably pretentious tracks are del...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Reports On SWEDEN ROCK And DOWNLOAD Festivals

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Just want to drop a few lines and thank everyone who came out and had fun with ARCH ENEMY last weekend at the Sweden Rock and Download festivals (U.K.). And what a weekend it was! "After our show at...

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KREATOR: Australian Dates Announced

German thrashers KREATOR will play the following Australian shows in August: Aug. 23 - HiFi Bar - Melbourne, AUS Aug. 24 - HiFi Bar - Melbourne, AUS Aug. 25 - Gaelic Theatre - Sydney, AUS Aug. 26 - The Arena - Brisbane, AUS As previously reported, KREATOR played Israel for the first time in 14 ...