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EUROPE, L.A. GUNS, Y&T Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD Festival
EUROPE, VICTORY, L.A. GUNS, Y&T and RIK EMMETT (TRIUMPH) are the first artists confirmed for next year's installment of the Bang Your Head festival, set to take place June 23-24, 2006 in Balingen, Germany. More acts are expected to be announced during the coming weeks. ...September 20, 2005
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HELSTAR And AGENT STEEL To Team Up For 'Majestic Power Metal Assault'
Progressive power metal outfits HELSTAR and AGENT STEEL will burn across the skies of Southern California and Texas for a limited number of performances. Word has spread like a wildfire throughout the metal community that singer James Rivera (HELSTAR, ex-SEVEN WITCHES) and guitarist Juan Garcia (AGE...September 19, 2005
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FEAR FACTORY: 'Moment Of Impact' Video Posted Online
FEAR FACTORY's video for the track "Moment of Impact" has been posted online at Blastro.com. "Moment of Impact" comes off the group's new album, "Transgression", which was released August 23 through Calvin Records, an imprint of Liquid 8. The record, which has sold 30,000 copies in the United States...September 15, 2005
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STREAM OF PASSION To Tour Europe In January
STREAM OF PASSION, the new band featuring AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen, will hit the road for a European tour starting January 25, 2006. The band will perform songs from their debut album, "Embrace the Storm", as well has songs from the AYREON back catalog. Support at all dates will come from DA...September 15, 2005
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EYEHATEGOD Frontman 'Unaccounted For' Following Hurricane Disaster
Justin of Wicked Crossover conducted an interview with Jimmy Bower (DOWN, SUPERJOINT RITUAL, EYEHATEGOD) Thursday night (September 8). A few excerpts from the chat follow: Wicked Crossover: Ok let's start from the beginning... how seriously were you taking the hurricane warnings? Jim: "Well, if you...September 9, 2005
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Police: PARALLAX Singer Died From Accidental Drowning
Todd Hollingshead of The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting that Blake Donner, singer of Utah-based hardcore band PARALLAX, and three other Utah County victims who drowned last month inside a tunnel on Provo's Y Mountain had no traces of drugs or alcohol in their bodies, police said Wednesday (Sept. 7)....September 8, 2005
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WITHIN Y To Begin Recording New Album Next Week
WITHIN Y, the Swedish melodic death metal band featuring former GARDENIAN drummer Thim Blom, will enter GBG Sound studio late next week to begin recording their as-yet-untitled sophomore album. "We will start with the drums, as usual, and hopefully we can give you a hint on how Thim's doing in a lit...September 5, 2005
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Vocalist ANDREW FREEMAN To Join ACOUSTIC OUTCAST Tour For One Show
George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) vocalist Andrew Freeman will be joining the Acoustic Outcast tour, featuring DOKKEN frontman Don Dokken and ex-BATON ROUGE singer Kelly Keeling (both of whom have also previously played with Lynch),for one show on Friday, October 7 at The Mystic Theatre in Petaluma,...August 25, 2005
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BLOCKK 16 To Support Y&T On East Coast Tour
Legendary rockers Y&T will embark on a mini-tour of the East Coast in late September with support from Rick Skatore's (24-7 SPYZ) BLOCKK 16. The BLOCKK lineup will consist of Skatore on bass, Andrew Freeman (GEORGE LYNCH, BLACK SYMPHONY) on guitars, Ray Freeman Jr. on vocals and Shawn Vickers (T...August 24, 2005
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Pitchfork and Lost Needles
With everyone appropriately ga-ga over the last couple CLUTCH albums, it's easy to forget that the shaggy, tinfoil-hat-wearing stoner rock artisans used to be a pretty abrasive, heavy, and goddamn mean sounding band. There's a vocal minority out there who think the band peaked right out of the start...August 15, 2005
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TOMMY LEE To Peform On 'Tonight Show With Jay Leno'
Bassist Marty O'Brien (TOMMY LEE, DISTURBED, STATIC-X) has issued the following update: "Lots to talk about in this update, as I've been very very busy… "Last week I taped an episode of 'Sessions at AOL' with Tommy Lee [MÖTLEY CRÜE]. We performed three songs live in studio A at Capitol Records. The...July 29, 2005
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LAST CRACK: MAGIC 7 To Play Wisconsin's ATWOOD SUMMERFEST
In the mid-to-late 1990s, former members of LAST CRACK created another stunning band called MAGIC 7, and achieved great success in the local market and rode a bit of the international fame of LAST CRACK abroad. Their original album, "Magic 7", including live tracks has been released on Rökker Record...July 16, 2005
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Auction Off 'B.Y.O.B.' Commando Uniform
Be the first — and only one — on your block to own one of the very uniforms worn by the army featured in SYSTEM OF A DOWN's celebrated video, "B.Y.O.B." The uniform is comprised of a one-piece black jumpsuit, black leather gloves, black military-style leather boots, a head rag, and the special visor...July 12, 2005
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CRADLE OF FILTH To Enter Studio In Late August
CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Just a quick plunge into the darkness that is the CRADLE OF FILTH schedule of late, to let everybody know that the 'Viva La Bam' filming week near Philadelphia last month seems to have been a compl...July 5, 2005
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WITHIN Y Schedule Gothenburg Appearance
WITHIN Y, the Swedish melodic death metal band featuring former GARDENIAN drummer Thim Blom, have scheduled a live appearance at the summer premiere of Gothenburg, Sweden's metal club Metallterrassen. The show will take place on Friday, July 1. Metallterrassen will take place every other Friday duri...June 30, 2005
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