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Mongolian Heavy Metal Act Banned In China

Taipei Times is reporting that a Mongolian heavy metal group called HURD (photo) had their scheduled three-day tour of China cancelled after the local police got nervous and sent riot policemen and trucks to surround the college campus where the group was to play. They checked identity cards, detain...

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ANDREW W.K. To Perform At WSOU HOLIDAY BASH

ANDREW W.K. and his band will be playing live at the WSOU Holiday Bash on December 17 at the Rexplex in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Seton Hall's Pirate Radio's "(Not So) Silent Night" celebration to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation will also feature an appearance by FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES. As previously...

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GENITORTURERS Featured On 'Vampire' Videogame

Florida-based "shock-rock" band GENITORTURERS will be featured on the new videogame "Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines", set for release November 16. The highly anticipated game release, which includes tracks by MINISTRY, LACUNA COIL and DANIEL ASH, will also be released as a very limited-edition...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE: New Album Details Revealed

CIRCLE II CIRCLE, the new band fronted by former SAVATAGE singer Zachary Stevens, have completed work on their sophomore album, "Middle of Nowhere", due in late February 2005 through AFM Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Watching In Silence", "Middle of Nowhere" was produced by Stevens with Jim Morr...

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TOMMY LEE Makes Full-Fledged Acting Debut: Video Available

A video clip of former MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee making his full-fledged acting debut in the upcoming film "10th & Wolf", in which he plays a supporting part as a clueless club bouncer called Jimmy Tats, has been posted online at MTV.com. Based on a real-life mob war in Philadelphia that too...

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ANDREW W.K. Nominated For Technology Award

ANDREW W.K.'s "Phone Party" idea from "The Wolf" album has been nominated in the Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards. The awards honor breakthroughs in music using digital technology. The nomination is presented to Andrew and the team at Island Records who made Andrew's idea a reality. As previou...

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OVERLORDE: New Album Due In December

Sonic Age Records has set a December 17, 2004 release date for the new album from American power metallers OVERLORDE, entitled "Return of the Snow Giant". The CD was recorded and mixed at Trax East studios in South River, NJ by Eric Kvortek and Eric Rachel, respectively. "Return of the Snow Giant" (...

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ACCEPT Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Legendary metal band ACCEPT have been confirmed for the 2005 edition of Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6 in Wacken. The band's appearance at Wacken and Rock Hard Festival (on May 13-15 in Gelsenkirchen) will mark their only two performances in Germany next summer. ACC...

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EYEHATEGOD Play Rare Hometown Gig: Photos Available

New Orleans sludge kings EYEHATEGOD played their hometown for the first time in roughly two-and-a-half years on Friday (Oct. 29) at the Howlin' Wolf. Support at this one-off show came from other local acts FACE FIRST and SPICKLE. Pictures of the concert can be viewed at NOLA Underground. As previous...

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ACCEPT: No Reunion CD Or DVD Planned

The management of U.D.O., the German band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has issued a statement refuting reports that the previously announced ACCEPT reunion may lead to U.D.O.'s break-up. According to the management, the upcoming ACCEPT reunion is not a proper "reunion" per se, bu...

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BLACK SABBATH Drummer Slams BUSH Over Politically Incorrect Representation Of Wolves

BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward has posted the following message on his web site under the heading "The Objectification of the American Wolf": "Last night while watching TV, I heard President Bush approving of the newest Republican ad, I guess in part, to further admonish John Kerry. I have no publi...

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ACCEPT: Additional Summer Festival Appearances Planned

A spokesperson at Germany's Rock Hard magazine has offered more information about the upcoming ACCEPT reunion which is scheduled to take place at the 2005 edition of the Rock Hard Festival on May 13-15 at Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. "The ACCEPT gig at our festival will be the first show...

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DARKSIDE Complete Basic Tracks For New Album

Wolf, vocalist of the long-running Austrian death metal band DARKSIDE, has issued the following update on the group's current activities: "We have finished our first studio period for 'Amber - Skeletal Journeys Through the Void' a few days ago and all I can say is that it sounds very promising. We h...

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ANDREW W.K.: Live Show Announced

ANDREW W.K. and his band will be playing a live concert on November 12, 2004 in Bellingham, Washington. The show will take place at Western Washington University in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. The show starts at 7:00 p.m.. Tickets are $11 (students) or $14 (general),available at the PAC Box...

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ANDREW W.K. Begins Recording New Album: Studio Photos Available

ANDREW W.K. has entered the studio to begin recording his third full-length album, tentatively due in early 2005. "The new songs are building to an even higher level of power and exaltation!!!" reads a posting on Andrew's web site. "Radiance, resplendence, and richness will coarse through every mome...