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GIGANTOUR, CINDERELLA, WHITESNAKE, DEF LEPPARD Concert Attendance Figures Revealed

The following are a few select recent heavy metal/hard rock concert attendance figures, as reported by Billboard magazine: Artist/Event: Gigantour: MEGADETH, DREAM THEATER, FEAR FACTORY, NEVERMORE, LIFE OF AGONY, SYMPHONY X, DRYKILL LOGIC, BOBAFLEX Venue: Thomas & Mack Center City/State: Las Veg...

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SKYCLAD's Appearance At DOMINION FESTIVAL Unaffected By European Tour Postponement

According to Power Metal UK, SKYCLAD's gig at the Dominion Festival will NOT be affected by the postponement of the band's European tour. As previously reported, SKYCLAD guitarist and mastermind Steve Ramsey suffed a serious shoulder injury in a recent accident, causing the postponement of their pre...

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CHRIS POLAND's OHM: New Album Samples Posted Online

Audio samples from the upcoming OHM: CD, "Amino Acid Flashback", featuring former MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland and drummer Kofi Baker (son of CREAM's Ginger Baker),have been posted online on the band's MySpace.com page. The album is scheduled for release on October 18 via Black Note Records, a s...

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Counting Hallways to the Left

Sacramento's EMBRACE THE END are another in a long line of metalcore bruisers on the Abacus label, albeit the more brutal end of metalcore with plenty of deathcore parts and absolutely no crooning. As devastating as the music may be, it's not devoid of melody; the Swedish style melodic twin guitar l...

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SKYCLAD To Headline U.K.'s DOMINION Festival

Pagan folk metallers SKYCLAD will headline their only U.K. gig this year at the first Dominion festival, set to take place October 2 at the Piper in Hull. The festival, organised by PMUK promotions, boasts a lineup of 11 bands in 12 hours Tickets are available from Ticket Line (www.ticketline.co.uk)...

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Promoter: OZZY's 'Throat Problems' To Blame For Somerset OZZFEST Postponement

John Bream of the Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting that Ozzy Osbourne is having throat problems so Ozzfest, set for Sunday (August 7) at Float Rite Park in Somerset, Wis., has been postponed until Sept. 10, promoters announced Thursday evening (August 4). Osbourne has been ordered by his doctor...

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CHRIS POLAND's OHM: New Album Title Changed

OHM:, the band featuring former MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland and drummer Kofi Baker (son of CREAM's Ginger Baker),have changed the title of their upcoming studio album to "Amino Acid Flashback" from the previously announced "Compass of the Heart". The album is scheduled for release on October 18...

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The Tomb

After two 7" singles, a split CD with NEGATIVE REACTION, and an enhanced EP on This Dark Reign ("We Will Lead You to Glorious Times"),England's RAMESSES bring you "The Tomb", a 33-minute so-called EP of crusty doom. Once again enlisting the recording (and mixing on three tracks) prowess of Billy An...

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DESTRUCTION: 'Inventor Of Evil' Details Revealed

Long-running German thrashers DESTRUCTION have revealed the track listing for their new album, "Inventor of Evil", due on August 22 via AFM Records. DESTRUCTION recorded "Inventor of Evil" with producer Peter Tätgtren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN),V.O. Pulver (GURD) and their live engineer Franky Winkelmann at...

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MAJESTY Guitarist To Perform With RESPAWN INC.

MAJESTY guitarist Björn Daigger will be performing with the Berlin-based power/thrash metallers RESPAWN INC. on Friday, August 12 in Angelbachtal, Germany. RESPAWN INC. recently released their debut album, "Only Ashes Remain". A full-length MP3 of the track "Watching You Burn" is available for downl...

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Miasma

People have been crowning bands as "the next AT THE GATES" almost since the day "Slaughter of the Soul" was released in 1995. Well, at the risk of shutting down the mini-industry that keeps Swedish thrash metal hopefuls striving for the goal, the heirs to that throne have finally been found — in the...

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CHRIS POLAND's OHM: To Release 'Compass Of The Heart' In October

OHM:, the band featuring former MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland and drummer Kofi Baker (son of CREAM's Ginger Baker),have set "Compass of the Heart" as the title of their new album, due on October 18 via Black Note Records, a subsidary of Ron Peterson's Rotten Records, through which the first OHM:...

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DESTRUCTION Replace OVERKILL AT Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST

German thrashers DESTRUCTION have replaced OVERKILL on the billing of this year's Earthshaker Fest, a three-day event (including the opening-night party) set to take place July 21-23 in Geiselwind, Germany. DESTRUCTION will perform at the event on Saturday, July 23. Other acts scheduled to appear at...

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ATHEIST: Release Dates Set For Forthcoming Reissues

Relapse Records has set release dates for the reissues of the three full-length albums (1989's "Piece of Time", 1992's "Unquestionable Presence", and 1993's "Elements") by seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST. "Elements" and "Unquestionable Presence" will be released officially on August 30 (Nor...

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Students Pan GENE SIMMONS At 'Rock School'

The U.K.'s The Sunday Telegraph is reporting that KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons was rather a "flop" in the classroom of one of England's oldest boarding schools where he came face to face with 10 musically gifted teenagers who wre being filmed for a Channel 4 series entitled "Rock School". In t...