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ROB ZOMBIE Rumored For HEAVEN AND HELL/QUEENSRŸCHE U.S. Tour

ROB ZOMBIE is the rumored second support act for HEAVEN AND HELL on the next leg of their U.S. tour, which is scheduled to kick off early September. Also scheduled to appear is QUEENSRŸCHE. Exact cities and dates are expected to be announced soon. ROB ZOMBIE's first-ever live album is scheduled for...

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LEATHERWOLF: 'Behind The Gun' Video Posted Online

California metal stalwarts LEATHERWOLF have posted a video of the song "Behind the Gun", directed by Karpis Makusdian, on their MySpace page. "Behind the Gun" comes off the group's latest album, "World Asylum", which was released last June and features original members, guitarist Geoff Gayer and dru...

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UNBURIED Changes Name To INCINERATION

St. Louis, Missouri-based extreme metal band UNBURIED has issued the following update: "After 3 1/2 years and about 6 demos/EPs, we have decided to change the name of UNBURIED to INCINERATION. It's for alot of reasons including the obvious, but we are really a new band now with a different, more mat...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: Setlist For BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival Revealed

San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans VICIOUS RUMORS have revealed the setlist for their upcoming appearance at the Bang Your Head!!! festival, which will be held June 22-23 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. The setlist was chosen by fans via an Internet poll and it features "songs we haven't pl...

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UNBURIED: New EP Samples Available

St. Louis, Missouri-based extreme metal band UNBURIED has issued the following update: "We've got about half of our [new] EP done now. We decided to record with Geoff Sprock (who recently recorded the new MISERY INDEX EP) at his studio instead of the other one we were going to, just plain and simply...

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Classic ANTHRAX, KING DIAMOND, CRIMSON GLORY Audio Interviews Available

Ohio DJ Joe Kleon has posted 14 classic metal interviews from 1988-1994 at his personal web site. They are part of over 500 cassettes of local and national artist interviews that Joe is converting to digital. They include: Andy LaRocque (KING DIAMOND, 1988) - Length 6:03 Mikkey Dee (KING DIAMOND, 19...

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The Dio Years

Few debates make me as nauseated as the one concerning the worthiness of the Ozzy Osbourne versus Ronnie Jame Dio BLACK SABBATH lineups. While it is true (in my mind) that the Ozzy-era lineup cannot be touched from the standpoint of musical trailblazing and the writing of legendary tunes, to say tha...

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BLACK SABBATH: Three Chapters From 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' Biography Available Online

Rockdetector.com, the world's biggest rock and metal database with over 56,000 band pages, is now hosting no less than three chapters of Garry Sharpe-Young's acclaimed BLACK SABBATH biography "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" at this location. Described by Black-Sabbath.com as the "SABBATH bible," Garry's bo...

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WHITESNAKE: '1987: 20 Anniversary Collector's Edition' Details Revealed

EMI has set a May 31 North American release date for WHITESNAKE's "1987: 20 Anniversary Collector's Edition". This collector's edition CD and DVD, released to celebrate the album's 20th anniversary, is beautifully packaged in a fold-out digipack with PVC slipcase with extensive sleeve notes written...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: New Audio Interview Available

MSRcast (web site),brought to you by Metal Injection Radio, has posted episode 46 of their podcast, featuring a look into the minds of VICIOUS RUMORS members Geoff Thorpe (guitar) and Larry Howe (drums). The interview delves into many topics involving the long-running San Francisco metallers, as ho...

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Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN Checks In

Former BLACK SABBATH frontman Tony Martin has posted the following message on his official web site: "I became a grandfather recently but the baby was born with severe brain damage and is likely to be quite disabled. Normally it would be a huge drama but my lady already has a disabled boy of 19 year...

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ROCK HALL OF FAME Denies It Snubbed VAN HALEN's DAVID LEE ROTH

Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times reports that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame responded on Saturday (March 10) to David Lee Roth's public protests that he's been rudely snubbed. The clock is ticking toward Monday night's induction of VAN HALEN into the Hall and, as of Saturday, Roth was standin...

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DAVID LEE ROTH Says He Is Not Allowed To Perform At ROCK HALL Induction

Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times reports that David Lee Roth, VAN HALEN's frontman for the band's first decade, said Thursday (March 8) he will not attend the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony because event officials have turned down his repeated overtures to perform. "I don't make speeches...

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Adds More Dates

Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times reports that RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE will join the WU-TANG CLAN for three shows under the banner of Rock the Bells, the acclaimed hip-hop festival that kicks off in New York on July 28 and hits Southern California on Aug. 11. The Southern California show will...

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Report: VAN HALEN's Road Plans Have Taken A Rocky Turn

Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times reports: For VAN HALEN, the stars seemed aligned for a triumphant 2007. Next month, the group will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the plan was to follow that with a summer reunion tour that would feature David Lee Roth back ...