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ENSLAVED, KILLING JOKE Members Join Forces In DREAM OF AN OPIUM EATER

DREAM OF AN OPIUM EATER, the U.K./Norwegian band featuring Benny Calvert from KILLING JOKE, Ivar S. Peersen from ENSLAVED, Reuben Gotto from TWINZERO/JOHNNY TRUANT and Julia Ruzicka from MILLION DEAD, has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Roskilde Festival, set to take place July 5-8 in Ros...

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SACRED REICH: 'Ignorance/Surf Nicaragua' Reissues Due In June

Metal Blade Records will release a three-disc deluxe reissue of SACRED REICH's "Ignorance" and "Surf Nicaragua" on June 15 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and June 18 (rest of Europe). Two CDs will be included in the package (both remastered!) as well as a bonus DVD. The package includes liner notes...

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CHALICE Records Acoustic Album

German melodic heavy metallers CHALICE have finished recorded an acoustic CD, entitled "Bare". "We packed our acoustic guitars, our little piano and some nice percussion toys together, entered the Hastings studio in Hamburg [in March] and simply started playing, unable to stop for hours and hours,"...

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METAL BLADE's BRIAN SLAGEL Celebrating 25 Years As 'Master Of Metal'

Scott McLennan of Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports: Metal Blade [Records] has long been an integral player at Worcester's annual metal blowout [New England Metal and Hardcore Festival], and last year while Slagel [Metal Blade CEO Brian Slagel] was attending the show he and festival organizer...

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MASSACRE: More Details Revealed About Possible European Tour

Former MASSACRE/DEATH and current DENIAL FIEND "vokillist" Kam Lee has issued the following update: "It may happen later this year... MASSACRE may tour Europe sometime in October - November on a 'Re-Animated' tour! "The [MASSACRE] lineup for the tour will consist of DENIAL FIEND members Sam Williams...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Comments On Virginia Tech Massacre

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "Seems like the another dude lost it. The tragedy at Virginia Tech gets to me. But it gets to me on many levels. "Certainly the death of teachers and students is hard to grasp, 30 something people murdered in .....

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TED NUGENT: Gun-Free Zones Are Recipe For Disaster

Guitarist Ted Nugent has penned an article for CNN.com claiming that the best defense against gun violence is a gun of one's own. An excerpt from his writing follows: Already spineless gun control advocates are squawking like chickens with their tiny-brained heads chopped off, making political hay o...

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KING DIAMOND: Copenhagen Date Announced

KING DIAMOND has added a Copenhagen date to its European itinerary. The group's schedule is shaping up as follows: Oct. 17 - Aarhus, Denmark @ Voxhall Oct. 19 - Malmo, Sweden @ KB Oct. 20 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Amager Bio Oct. 29 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Klubben Oct. 31 - Gothenburg, Sweden @ Tradgarn...

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's TOM MORELLO Calls Virginia Massacre 'Horrendous Tragedy'

Launch Radio Networks reports: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello has watched along with the rest of the nation as the story of Monday's (April 16) horrifying massacre at the Virginia Tech campus has unfolded over the past two days. While there have been calls to revive the subject of gu...

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KING DIAMOND: Swedish Dates Announced

KING DIAMOND has lined up the following European dates in October: Oct. 17 - Aarhus, Denmark @ Voxhall Oct. 19 - Malmo, Sweden @ KB Oct. 29 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Klubben Oct. 31 - Gothenburg, Sweden @ Tradgarn Nov. 02 - Linkoping, Sweden @ Koncert & Kongres (Metal Massacre III) More shows will b...

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EXTREME NOISE TERROR, PHOBIA To Headline Pennsylvania's MAY METAL MASSACRE

EXTREME NOISE TERROR, PHOBIA, TOXIC NARCOTIC have been confirmed as the headliners of the May Metal Massacre festival, set to take place Friday, May 18 at the Sterling Hotel in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: EXTREME NOISE TERROR PHOBIA TOXIC NARCOTIC RID OF W...

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KING DIAMOND Schedules Danish Concert

KING DIAMOND has scheduled a live show on October 17 at Voxhall in Århus, Denmark. More information is available at the venue's web site. KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque recently returned home to Sweden after "a very heavy and intense mixing session" in Dallas, Texas with the band's singer/nam...

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Virginia Tech Killer Named Play After GUNS N' ROSES Song 'Mr. Brownstone'

23-year-old Korean student Cho Seung-Hui, who has been identified as the gunman at the Virginia Tech University massacre, wrote a play which takes its name from the GUNS N' ROSES song "Mr. Brownstone" and tells of a crew of 17-year-olds who skip school to gamble at a casino and fantasize about killi...

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EXCITER Bassist Reveals Tentative Track Listing For 'Thrash Speed Burn'

MetalDogma.com recently conducted an interview with EXCITER bassist Robert "Clammy" Cohen. A couple of excerpts follow: MetalDogma.com: So EXCITER just got done going through a pretty drastic change again with the departure of singer Joseph Paul Jacques Belanger. This isn't the first time that he ha...

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KING DIAMOND Making Tour Plans

KING DIAMOND manager Ole Bang has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Rumours saying that KING DIAMOND is planning for a tour in support of the new album have been posted on the web. Without going into detail, I can say that this is correct. More info as we firm it ...