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SLAYER, MEGADETH: New 'Canadian Carnage' Dates Announced

Canadian concert promoters Gillett Entertainment Group (Groupe Spectacles Gillett) have announced the new dates for the "Canadian Carnage" tour featuring SLAYER and MEGADETH. The trek, which was originally due to begin on November 8, was called off after SLAYER frontman Tom Araya was ordered to unde...

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MEGADETH Kicks Off U.S. Headlining Tour; Setlist Revealed

MEGADETH's 2009 U.S. leg of the "Endgame" world tour kicked off last night (Saturday, November 14) at a sold-out Orbit Room in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Support on the trek is coming from MACHINE HEAD, SUICIDE SILENCE, ARCANIUM, and WARBRINGER replacing MACHINE HEAD beginning December 5. MEGADETH's se...

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CRASHDIET To Headline Next Year's REST IN SLEAZE Festival

Swedish glam-rock band CRASHDIET will headline next year's edition of the Rest In Sleaze festival, set to take place February 6, 2010 at Fryshuset in Stockholm, Sweden. Rest In Sleaze was launched in 2007 as a tribute to former CRASHDIET singer David Hellman (a.k.a. Dave Lepard),who committed suici...

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SACRED REICH: Rescheduled Mexico City Date Announced

Reactivated Arizona thrashers SACRED REICH will perform at Circo Volador in Mexico City on March 6, 2010. SACRED REICH was originally supposed to play in Mexico (Monterrey and Mexico City) in September but was forced to cancel the dates after the band's guitar player, Wiley Arnett, came down with th...

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Former ANTHRAX Singer NEIL TURBIN Interviewed On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

DEATHRIDERS/ex-ANTHRAX vocalist Neil Turbin was the featured guest on the November 8, 2009 edition of the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". You can now listen to the chat using the player below. DEATHRIDERS last year posted a rough-mix version of a new song, "Riders Of The...

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Artist Behind DIMEBAG 'Assassination' Painting Responds To Heavy Metal Detractors

Tom Sanford, the New York-based artist behind the controversial 2005 painting "The Assassination of Dimebag Darrell", has posted a lengthy update on his official web site addressing the criticism of his work by metal fans who found the painting to be in poor taste. His message is re-published below...

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SPV Entering New Dimensions With A New Team

Following its insolvency on May 27, 2009, SPV GmbH, Hannover, is realigning itself with a new repertoire strategy, building on the reputation which it has gained in over 25 years in the recorded music market with artists such as WHITESNAKE, MOTÖRHEAD, XAVIER NAIDOO, SIMPLY RED and ALICE COOPER. "SPV...

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THEM CROOKED VULTURES Schedule 'Rockline' Appearance

THEM CROOKED VULTURES — which consists of FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl on drums, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE singer/guitarist Josh Homme and LED ZEPPELIN bass player John Paul Jones — will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn on Monday, November 23 at 8:30 p....

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LIFE OF AGONY Schedules New York City Show

LIFE OF AGONY will perform at the Highline Ballroom in New York City on Tuesday, December 15. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, November 11 at noon. For more information, go to this location. LIFE OF AGONY will perform its acclaimed debut album, "River Runs Red", in its entirety at Starland Ballroom...

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DEEP PURPLE Expects To Be 'In Full Writing Mode Around February'

Debbie Bennett of Express & Star recently asked DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan when fans can expect to hear the band's new studio album. "No one's done any writing yet," said Gillan. "I've got about 50 songs in my library at the moment, but they're not for DEEP PURPLE." During a brief break ...

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NIKKI SIXX Checks In

MÖTLEY CRÜE/SIXX A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx has issued the following update: "Home has recharged the batteries and seamless creativity is flowing again..... "I always love it when a friend turns me onto a book, music or something I haven’t heard about or seen before. There's some cool stuff out and abo...

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CREMATORY To Release 'Infinity' In February

German gothic metallers CREMATORY are putting the finishing touches on a new studio album, "Infinity", for a February 2010 release. The CD will include one or two songs with German-language lyrics and a special cover version of DEPECHE MODE's "Black Celebration". To celebrate its 20th anniversary, C...

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SACRED REICH's 'Independent' To Be Reissued With Five Bonus Tracks

The remastered edition of SACRED REICH's classic 1992 album "Independent" will be released as a digipack and jewelbox on March 15, 2010 via Displeased Records. The first 2,500 copies will contain a free SACRED REICH patch. Bonus tracks: * "A Question" (from "A Question" EP) * "Let's Have A War" (FEA...

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Former ANTHRAX Singer To Guest On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

DEATHRIDERS/ex-ANTHRAX vocalist Neil Turbin will guest on the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". The interview will take place during the Sunday, November 8 broadcast from 6 to 8 p.m. EST. For information, go to this location. Fan-filmed video footage of DEATHRIDERS performi...

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HYPOCRISY Experiencing Trouble With U.S. Immigration

Swedish death metallers HYPOCRISY have issued the following statement in regards to their upcoming North American tour with ENSIFERUM, which was scheduled to start on Friday, November 6: "Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are forced to stay home until U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Servi...