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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD To Film First-Ever DVD

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD will film their first-ever DVD on Friday, January 16 at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, British Columbia. The as-yet-untitled disc, due later in the year through Century Media Records, will contain lots of outtake footage recorded over the past decade and is a precursor to t...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND Apologizes To SYMPHONY X Fans

DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND mainman Devin Townsend (also of STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) has issued the following statement regarding various "incidents" that occurred during the group's North American tour with SYMPHONY X: "SYMPHONY X fans, I was childish and stupid in the way I treated the symphony x audience. I...

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AYREON: More Guest Musicians Announced

AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist Arjen Lucassen (ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE),have invited the following guest instrumentalists to contribute to the group's new album, "The Human Equation", due in May 2004 through an as-yet-undetermined label: Oliver Wakeman on keyboards: "Arjen has played guitar...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND To Complete SYMPHONY X Tour

Despite having announced yesterday that the band would be dropping off the SYMPHONY X U.S. tour after December 4 due to illness, DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND will now complete the last four remaining dates of the tour, beginning with tonight's show in Davenport, Iowa. Remaining DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND/SYMPHONY X...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND Drop Off SYMPHONY X Tour

DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND have pulled out of the last four previously announced shows with SYMPHONY X "due to illness." The affected dates are as follows: Dec. 05 - GC Live - Davenport, IA Dec. 06 - Bogart's - Cincinnati, OH Dec. 07 - Shelter - Detroit, MI Dec. 08 - Hard Rock Café - Pittsburgh, ...

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DREAM THEATER Singer Records Guest Appearance For New AYREON CD

DREAM THEATER singer James LaBrie recently traveled to Electric Castle studios in Holland to lay down his vocals on the new AYREON CD, "The Human Equation", tentatively due in May 2004 through an as-yet-undetermined label. Read the studio report and check out the pictures here. As previously reporte...

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AYREON: Final Three Vocalists Announced!

AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen (ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE) has confirmed the final three vocalists confirmed to appear on the new AYREON CD, "The Human Equation", tentatively due in May 2004 through an as-yet-undetermined label. According to a post on Arjen's official web site, "an odd chain of events...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND To Guest On New AYREON CD

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind Devin Townsend has been confirmed as one of the guest performers on the new AYREON CD, "The Human Equation", tentatively due in May 2004 through an as-yet-undetermined label. As previously reported, other vocalists set to appear on the album include Mikael Åkerfeldt (O...

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NEW JERSEY METAL AND HARDCORE FEST: Schedule, Set Times Announced

The complete schedule and set times have been announced for the New Jersey Metal And Hardcore Fest, a two-day event set to be held at Asbury Park's Convention Hall complex on Friday, November 14 and Saturday, November 15. The final lineup of acts scheduled to perform at the festival looks as follows...

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DARKANE Guitarist Names Solo Project

DARKANE guitarist Christofer Malmström has set NON-HUMAN LEVEL as the name of his forthcoming solo project, which will feature appearances by MESHUGGAH bassist Gustaf Hielm, DARKANE drummer Peter Wildoer (on vocals!) and THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND/GOD AWAKENS PETRIFIED drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen. "[C...

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A Tribute To The Beast: Volume 2

With IRON MAIDEN content to recycle their trusted formula ad infinitum — can anyone honestly say that their "Brave New World" reformation was anything other than the same old same old? — a reappraisal of their back catalogue (in this instance via Nuclear Blast's roster) seems like the only way to ge...

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SYMPHONY X: European Tour Dates Announced

Prog-metallers SYMPHONY X have announced a host of European headlining gigs in October/November. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 18 - Mean Fiddler - London, UK Oct. 19 - Elysee Montmartre - Paris, FrA Oct. 20 - Effenaar - Eindhoven, NETH Oct. 21 - Melkweg - Amsterdam, NETH Oct. 22 - Biebob - Vo...

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BALL Change Name To BLEED DEFEAT

BALL, the Los Angeles-based band featuring former OZZY OSBOURNE/PRIDE AND GLORY and current BILLY IDOL drummer Brian Tichy on guitar/vocals, have changed their name to BLEED DEFEAT. "We switched some guys around and sent out a new CD with some new songs," Tichy writes on his web site. "We sent them...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Frontman Says He Is Equally Disgusted By Men And Women

Newt Briggs of The Las Vegas Mercury recently asked STRAPPING YOUNG LAD frontman Devin Townsend about the potential homoerotic implications of the band's name, which Briggs argued sounded like a gay Irish porno film. "In retrospect, I guess I could see that," Townsend said. "The thing is, I'm equall...

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MESHUGGAH, DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND Members To Appear On DARKANE Guitarist's Solo Album

MESHUGGAH bassist Gustaf Hielm, DARKANE drummer Peter Wildoer and THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND/GOD AWAKENS PETRIFIED drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen will be contributing to the forthcoming solo album from DARKANE guitarist Christofer Malmström, tentatively due sometime in 2004. "I'm very excited to be invol...