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VAN HALEN Supports Live Nation/Ticketmaster Deal

Reuters reports that Live Nation Inc.'s planned acquisition of Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. has received support from rock stars including VAN HALEN, SEAL and SHAKIRA ahead of a U.S. antitrust hearing on Tuesday. The companies said they have received supportive letters and emails from these artis...

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TRUTH CORRODED, DOUBLE DRAGON To Team Up For EP

Adelaide, Australia-based metal heavy hitters and Truth Inc Records recording artists TRUTH CORRODED and DOUBLE DRAGON will team up for a joint EP, aptly titled "Double Dragon vs. Truth Corroded, The Devastation / Decimation EP". Executive producer Daniel Murtagh offered both bands the opportunity t...

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CROSSBREED, MUSHROOMHEAD Members Interviewed On 'Jay Stone Show'; Audio Available

Vocalist James Rietz of the Florida-based metal act CROSSBREED and Rick Thomas (a.k.a. Stitch) of MUSHROOMHEAD and VENTANA were interviewed on the "Jay Stone Show". You can now download the entire episode as an MP3 audio file at ROCKmetalTALK.com. CROSSBREED will release its long-awaited new album,...

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KING DIAMOND To Appear As Playable Character In 'Guitar Hero: Metallica'

METALLICA has confirmed that King Diamond (MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND) will appear as a playable character in the "Guitar Hero: Metallica" game, due in stores this spring. Fans, stagehands and groupies alike will have the opportunity to shred and drum with or wail as the digital King Diamond during...

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TRISTANIA Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

Norway's TRISTANIA has issued the following update: "As you all know, Rune [Østerhus, bass] has only played a few shows with TRISTANIA during the last years. Due to him not being able or motivated to tour, we've been using a session musician on bass for our tours in the last couple of years (Kjell H...

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BURY TOMORROW Signs With BASICK RECORDS

Basick Records has announced the signing of the U.K. underground metal band BURY TOMORROW. The group's debut album, "Portraits", will be released on September 1. Commented bassist Davyd: "We felt that as a band the thing that was most important to us was working with a label that was as excited abou...

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OZZY OSBOURNE To Be Honored At GOLDEN GODS AWARDS

America's first-ever hard rock and heavy metal music award show — the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, presented by the Honda Fury — will take place Tuesday, April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles and be broadcast on MTV2 as a one-hour special debuting Saturday, May 2. Rock...

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METALLICA's ROBERT TRUJILLO Interviewed By Indiana's 103.9 THE BEAR; Video Available

Tommy Carroll from South Bend, Indiana's 103.9 The Bear radio station conducted an interview with METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo backstage before the band's January 27, 2009 concert at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois. Watch the chat in two parts below. METALLICA will release "The Complete...

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DOPE STARS INC. To Release 'Criminal Intents / Morning Star' Double-Feature EP

Italian alternative/industrial rockers DOPE STARS INC. will release a new "double-feature EP" entitled "Criminal Intents / Morning Star" on April 20 via Subsound Records (Italy),Trisol (Europe) and Metropolis Records (USA, Canada). This brand new EP, produced, recorded and mixed by Victor Love at S...

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SAINT VITUS: German Club Shows Announced

Legendary U.S. doom metal band SAINT VITUS has scheduled a couple of German club shows to follow the group's sold-out appearance at this year's Roadburn festival in Tilburg, Netherlands. The dates are: April 24 - 013 - Tilburg, NETH (Roadburn) April 27 - Live Music Hall - Köln, GER April 29 - Die Rö...

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METALLICA: 'The Complete Metallica' Digital 'Box Set' Due In March

Multi-platinum hard-rock band METALLICA will release "The Complete Metallica" — a digital "box set" containing their entire official discography, exclusively via iTunes beginning March 31. The package will be available from all other digital service providers beginning April 28. "The Complete Metall...

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CROSSBREED: 'KE 101' Release Date Set

Florida-based metal act CROSSBREED will release its long-awaited new album, "KE 101", on May 19 via Driven Music Group, Inc. — the Phoenix, Arizona-based music label and entertainment company created by Brian "Head" Welch, a founding member, songwriter and guitarist from the multi-platinum rock band...

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TRUTH CORRODED Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

Guitarist Corey Grieve has left Australia's TRUTH CORRODED. The group says in a statement, "Corey has not been performing with the band for the past several months and did not tour with the band during the recent Asian tour. Unable to commit any further due to personal circumstances, Corey made the...

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GORGOROTH Apologizes For FROSTBITE Cancellation

The Gaahl-fronted version of the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH was set to headline Frostbite Festival in Lahti, Finland this past Saturday (February 7) with a full-blown production. However, due to weather conditions in Oslo, the band's guitarists were stuck at the airport and GORGOROTH was f...

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GORGOROTH Bassist Interviewed At NAMM; Video Available

Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com conducted an interview with bassist King ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) of the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, C...