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OBITUARY: London Gig Cancelled

OBITUARY's scheduled headlining performance at the Mean Fiddler in London, England on Sunday, January 8 was cancelled "due to immigration issues," according to several signs that were posted at the venue. The other bands on the tour — including Switzerland's SAMAEL — went ahead and played the gig as...

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SINGLE BULLET THEORY Announce New Drummer

Philadelphia-based metallers SINGLE BULLET THEORY have announced the addition of drummer Darrin Patrick to the group's ranks. "Darrin is best known for his work with progressive band ETERNITY X as well as North Jersey's SMOTHER THERESA," the band write in a statement. "Darrin can be heard on SINGLE...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Guitarist Receives Medical Attention After Being Pulled Off Stage By Fan

MÖTLEY CRÜE's official web site has been updated with the following "review" of the group's New Year's Eve concert in Detroit, Michigan: "MÖTLEY CRÜE's New Years Eve show in Detroit, MI was amazing! The night started off with a 45-minute sound check where the band quickly learned U2's 'New Year's Da...

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Malaysian 'Black Metal' Fans Arrested At New Year's Eve Concert

The Malaysian national news agency Bernama.com has issued the following report: Three of the four youths remanded at the Brickfields Police Headquarters [in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia] for alleged involvement in a "black metal" gig were freed Monday afternoon (Jan. 2) on a verbal bail following a releas...

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OBITUARY To Release New Album This Year

Vocalist John Tardy of the Floridian death metal legends OBITUARY has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "As you may or may not know, we are no longer with our old record company [Roadrunner Records] and we have a lot of options for what we might want to do. One thing ...

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OBITUARY Schedule Dublin In-Store

Floridian death metal legends OBITUARY will conduct an in-store signing session at Sentinel Records (5 Cope Street, Temple Bar) in Dublin, Ireland on January 9 beginning at 5:00 p.m. OBITUARY are scheduled tp play the Temple Bar Music Centre along with SAMAEL the same night. For more information, vi...

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AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE To Hold Open Bassist Auditions In January

AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE have released more information regarding their bassist search. As previously reported, the band are now officially looking for a bass player (NOT a guitar player) to replace Chad Hanks, as he is switching to guitar to replace the recently departed Karma Cheema. AMERICAN HEAD CHA...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Death On The Road' Complete Track Listing Revealed

The complete track listing has been revealed for IRON MAIDEN's highly anticipated DVD release, "Death on the Road", due in the U.K. on February 6, 2006 through EMI Records. This will initially be available as a limited-edition special digipack. The DVD package contains the full performance of their...

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MACHINE HEAD Drummer DAVE MCCLAIN Turns 10!

MACHINE HEAD's official web site has been updated with the following message: "December 26th [2005] marks the official ten-year anniversary of the day that a one Mr. Dave McClain joined a band called MACHINE HEAD, and in celebration of the most underrated drummer in heavy music, some folks that you...

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SWITCHED: 'Ghosts In The Machine' Two-Disc Collection Detailed

Corporate Punishment Records has set a January 10, 2006 release date for SWITCHED's "Ghosts in the Machine", a two-disc rarities, b-sides, and demos collection featuring 11 new, unreleased SWITCHED demo tracks initially recorded for the band's sophomore Immortal release. In addition to the new track...

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OBITUARY: Preparing For European Tour

OBITUARY frontman John Tardy has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Thanks to all of you that showed up in Ybor City for our show on Friday night. Once again a great show in Tampa and it is always good to see all of our local fans, close friends and family. ...

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OBITUARY Bassist Jams With BROTHERS PAST

According to Jambands.com, OBITUARY bassist Frank Watkins joined the Philadelphia-based electro-rock band BROTHERS PAST onstage at Tampa's Masquerade on Friday, December 9 for an aggressive version of the group's "Shut Up" with BP bassist Clay Parnell tackling lead vocals. As previously reported, OB...

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Consign To Oblivion

The obvious comparisons to WITHIN TEMPTATION, NIGHTWISH, or even EVANESCENCE will have to be made here, of course. After all, EPICA is a symphonic metal band with a mezzo-soprano female vocalist (though guitarist Mark Jansen does throw in the occasional death growls),augmented by a string section a...

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Report: Security At Clubs In Wake Of DIMEBAG Tragedy Still Far From Airtight

Aaron Beck and John Futty of The Columbus Dispatch have issued the following report: Fans in line for a heavy-metal concert at the Alrosa Villa last weekend knew what was coming. By the time they reached the door of the North Side club, they had opened purses or jackets — or both — ...

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OZZY OSBOURNE On Wife SHARON: 'I Still Love And Adore Her So Much'

Sun Online recently conducted an exclusive interview with Ozzy Osbourne. Several excerpts from the chat follow: On being married to Sharon for more than two decades: "All couples have their arguments, fights and break-ups, but when I was drinking heavily everything was a problem, because I was so me...