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DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER Confirmed For Germany's DONG OPEN AIR Festival

German avantgarde metallers DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Dong Open Air festival, set to take place July 14-15 in Germany. Also scheduled to appear are SAVAGE CIRCUS, the new band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch and PERSUADER memb...

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VELVET REVOLVER, THE CULT Members Form New 'Supergroup'?

VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum (ex-GUNS N' ROSES),THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy, former THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick and ex-THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison have spent some time at Sorum's Drac Studios tracking several songs written by Duffy, Warwick and Morrison. Commented Morri...

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GWAR Action Figures Coming This Summer

Shocker Toys has announced that they have acquired the rights to produce GWAR action figures in Shockini form and 6-8 inch fully sculpted figures. Oderus Urungus, Flattus Maximus, Beefcake the Mighty, Jizmak Da Gusha and Balsac the Jaws of Death will be featured in the set based off their GWAR chara...

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Wake Pig

Not (thank the gods) the '80s delete-bin staple featuring ELP alumni Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer, this 3 is in fact a weird, proggy upstate New York band that pals around with COHEED AND CAMBRIA and gets compared to THE MARS VOLTA. Fans of either of these groups, PORCUPINE TREE, or the late and la...

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TESTAMENT's Manager Clears Up Confusion Over Poland's METALMANIA Festival

TESTAMENT's manager, Phil Arnold of the Thrill Entertainment Group, has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding the confusion over the group's previously announced (and subsequently cancelled) appearance at Poland's Metalmania 2006 festival, which is scheduled to take place Ma...

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KISS: New Tribute Album Due In April

"Christine Sixteen – A High-School Tribute to Kiss" is the title of a new KISS tribute album that will be released in April of this year in a limited run of 500 copies. The album is a production of École Secondaire La Frontalière, located in Coaticook, Québec, Canada. The non-profit project's purpos...

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CARPATHIAN FOREST Will NOT Play Poland's METALMANIA 2006 Festival Either

Yet another band has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to inform us that they will **NOT** perform at Poland's Metalmania 2006 festival (scheduled to take place March 4, 2006 at Spodek in Katowice),despite the festival organizers' announcement to the contrary. Guitarist Tchort (a.k.a. Terje Vik Schei) of...

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TESTAMENT Will NOT Headline Poland's METALMANIA 2006 Festival

Despite an announcement to the contrary by the organizers of Poland's Metalmania 2006 festival, San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT have **NOT** been confirmed to headline next year's event, which is scheduled to take place March 4, 2006 at Spodek in Katowice. TESTAMENT's booking agent, Tammy...

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Former TOXIK Drummer, WRATHCHILD AMERICA Guitarist Join Forces In New Project

According to a posting on Tartarean Desire, former TOXIK drummer Tad Leger has launched a brand new project called LUCERTOLA (Italian for "lizard"). The group's musicial style is said to be a blend of Leger's biggest influences: doom, old VOIVOD and Italian horror soundtracks (Goblin, Fabio Frizzi)....

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SAVAGE CIRCUS: Live Debut Postponed

SAVAGE CIRCUS, the new band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch and PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson (vocals, guitar) and Emil Norberg (lead guitar),have postponed their live debut at Planet Music in Vienna, Austria to April 21, 2006 from the previously announced February 10, 2006....

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DARK FUNERAL: More European Dates Confirmed

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have announced more dates for their upcoming European headlining tour, which is scheduled to kick off in late February. Confirmed dates are as follows: DARK FUNERAL w/ NAGLFAR Feb. 21 - Helsinki, FIN - Tavastia Feb. 22 - Jyväskylä, FIN - Lutakko DARK FUNERAL w/ N...

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's HOMME Reunites With KYUSS Singer In L.A.

MTV.com is reporting that John Garcia, singer of QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman Josh Homme's previous troupe KYUSS, joined QOTSA on stage for three songs from their influential hard-rock band's catalog as part of an encore that capped an already surprise-filled night on Tuesday (Dec. 21) at the Wi...

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CATHEDRAL, ELECTRIC WIZARD, GRAND MAGUS: More European Tour Dates Announced

CATHEDRAL will be embarking on a European tour in February 2006. Support at all shows will come from ELECTRIC WIZARD and GRAND MAGUS (featuring SPIRITUAL BEGGARS lead singer JB). "Doomed Trinity Tour" dates: Feb. 02 – Eindhoven, NETH - Efenaar Feb. 03 - Haarlem, NETH - Patronaat Feb. 04 – Rotterdam,...

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RIGOR MORTIS Frontman Talks About His Brother's Passing, Upcoming Tour

Vocalist Bruce Corbitt of the reunited Texas thrashers RIGOR MORTIS has issued the following update: "I just wanted to give everyone some updates on how I am doing after the loss of my brother and also mention some of our plans for RIGOR MORTIS in 2006. "As many of you in the metal world already ...

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Synchestra

As much as I enjoy STRAPPING YOUNG LAD I always find myself enjoying THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND more. It is something about the way Canada's resident musical genius wraps beautiful melodies around layers of soulful wisp and intense emotion. Much like "Accelerated Evolution", "Synchestra" takes repeat l...