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TOOL: Japanese Dates Announced

TOOL will play the following dates in Japan during February: Feb. 08 - Osaka, JPN @ Zepp Feb. 09 - Tokyo, JPN @ Zepp Feb. 10 - Tokyo, JPN @ Zepp Feb. 12 - Kawasaki, JPN @ Blitz Feb. 14 - Nagoya, JPN @ Diamond Hall TOOL finished up last year's touring schedule with a ...

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CLUTCH: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

CLUTCH has set "From Beale Street to Oblivion" as the title of its new album, due on March 20 via DRT Entertainment. Produced, recorded and mixed by Joe Barresi (KYUSS, TOOL, MELVINS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE) at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, the CD "floods the room with riffs, melodies, and mon...

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IRON MAIDEN, AEROSMITH, HEAVEN AND HELL, MACHINE HEAD Rumored For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

According to Metal Hammer, IRON MAIDEN, AEROSMITH, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, TOOL, HEAVEN AND HELL and MACHINE HEAD are among the artists that are rumored to be in talks to play this year's Download festival, set to take place June 8-10 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England. Tickets for the event sh...

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PANTERA, SLAYER, METALLICA 'Lullabies' Featured On 'Rockabye Baby!' Compilation

"Lullaby renditions" of songs by PANTERA, SLAYER, KISS, METALLICA, IRON MAIDEN, and OZZY OSBOURNE, among others, are featured on "Rockabye Baby!", a compilation album that aims to take "the best indie, metal and rock songs and [craft] them into radiant instrumental lullabies!" according to the offic...

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CLUTCH To Take Part In WALTER SALB Memorial Concert

CLUTCH will take part in a memorial concert for Walter Salb (CLUTCH drummer Jean-Paul Gaster's drum teacher) on January 7, 2007 at El Boqueron II in Rockville, MD. Proceeds from the event will go to the Walter Salb Scholarship Fund. Click here for flyer and details. A Washington Post article on Walt...

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CLUTCH: New Music Posted Online

A brand new CLUTCH song, entitled "Power Player", can be heard on DRT Entertainment's inaugural podcast, dubbed DRTcast. The 40-minute podcast also features an exclusive interview with Oderus Urungus of GWAR as well as music from SOIL, 36 CRAZYFISTS, STREET DOGS, ARTIMUS PYLEDRIVER, GWAR and POWERMA...

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FU MANCHU Announces First Leg Of 'We Must Obey' Tour

On February 28, California rock powerhouse FU MANCHU will commence their first North American tour in nearly two years, a six-week headlining trek. This will kick off the world tour in support of their new album "We Must Obey" (street date: February 20),praised by Decibel magazine as the band's "be...

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IRON MAIDEN To Play U.K.'s Donington Park In June?

According to Last.fm, IRON MAIDEN has booked the U.K.'s Donington Park for June 6, 2007 — two days before the Download festival kicks off. This would, of course, fit with the rumors lately about MAIDEN going on a festival tour next summer, and the fact that MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson has been a...

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TOOL Gearing Up For BIG DAY OUT

Launch Radio Networks reports: TOOL just finished up this year's touring schedule with a two-month run through Europe, and the band's first stops in 2007 are Australia and New Zealand. The quartet is headlining the annual Big Day Out festival down under, and TOOL drummer Danny Carey told Launch he's...

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WOLFMOTHER Is 'Honored' To Be Nominated For 'Hard Rock' GRAMMY

WOLFMOTHER spoke to The West Australian about the band's nomination in the "Best Hard Rock Performance" category at the Grammy Awards, which will be held in Los Angeles in February. "I think that means we are going to go to the circus of the Grammys which will be interesting," drummer Myles Heskett...

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SONIC REIGN Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of SONIC REIGN. According to a press release, SONIC REIGN is one of the best black metal bands ever to come out of Germany and will take the metal world by storm with their upcoming album "Raw Dark Pure". "SONIC REIGN is exactly the band we were looking...

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CLUTCH: European Tour Dates Announced

CLUTCH has announced the following European tour dates in April: Apr. 03 - Sugar Mill - Stoke, UK Apr. 04 - Academy 3+2 - Manchester, UK Apr. 05 - King Tut's - Glasgow, UK Apr. 06 - Barfly - Birmingham, UK Apr. 07 - Zodiac - Oxford, UK Apr. 08 - Mean Fiddler - London, ...

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TOOL's ADAM JONES Recognized For Album Artwork

Launch Radio Networks reports: TOOL guitarist Adam Jones received his first solo Grammy nomination last Thursday (December 7) for "Best Recording Package", thanks to his work as art director for the band's latest album, "10,000 Days". The spectacular packaging includes 3-D artwork and photos, along...

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Full Circle

On the surface, Michigan working-class heroes CHROME HELMET (named after a song by Detroit's BIG CHIEF, whose artist Mark Dancey supplies the cover here) seem like any other bunch of earnest lunkheads bashing out their quasi-original tunes in a shitty bar after a long week at their respective jobs....

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MINISTRY Mainman Comments On GRAMMY Nomination

MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen has commented on the band's Grammy nomination in the "Best Metal Performance" category for the song "Lies Lies Lies" off the band's latest album "Rio Grande Blood". This is the fourth Grammy nomination for Jourgensen and MINISTRY, who were also nominated in 1993, 2000...