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South Africa's FOREVER WILL BURN To Support SEPULTURA In Europe

FOREVER WILL BURN, the Cape Town, South Africa-based metalcore band with melodic death metal influences, has been confirmed as the support act for Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA on their upcoming European tour. "This is the first time a South African band has received this honor and we look forward t...

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GODSMACK, DEEP PURPLE Confirmed For Wisconsin's ROCK FEST

GODSMACK and DEEP PURPLE have been confirmed for this year's Rock Fest, set to take place July 19-22 in Cadott, Wisconsin. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Thursday, July 19: 04:30 DENNIS DEYOUNG 06:30 THE MICK FLEETWOOD BAND 08:45 DEEP PURPLE 11:00 BOSTON Friday, July 20: 02:15 TBA 04...

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STRYPER Frontman Issues 'Prayer Request' For His Wife

STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet has issued a "prayer request" for his family in connection with his wife's upcoming surgery. His message reads as follows: "Kyle [Michael's wife] was admitted to Brigham and Women's Hospital [in Boston, Massachusetts] on Monday, Feb. 12. After ultrasound and CT scan in...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: New Album Ready To Be Mastered

Guitarist Wolfgang "Wops" Koch of the Austrian/American "epic metal" band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS has issued the following update: "The mix for 'Trinity' [the new VISIONS OF ATLANTIS album] was finished today and the files transferred to Finnvox [studio in Helsinki, Finland], where they'll master (finis...

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KISS Coffeehouse Owner Pays Tribute To One Of His Favorite Bands

Brian M. Galvin, owner of the Kiss Coffeehouse in Myrtle Beach, SC, was recently interviewed by Fresh Cup magazine, a coffee industry trade journal. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Fresh Cup: How did you get the idea to open a KISS-themed coffeehouse? Brian M. Galvin: I have been a KISS f...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist To Open For BLACKFIELD

DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess will open for BLACKFIELD (the collaboration between PORCUPINE TREE leader Steven Wilson and Aviv Geffen) on all their East Coast U.S. shows. He will be performing as a solo artist featuring his unique piano style. The dates are as follows: Mar. 13 - Philadelph...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Records 'Latin' Version Of 'Practice What You Preach'; Audio Available

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the band led by TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick, will release its new album, "Last Day In Paradise", on March 15 via Magnatude Records. The CD consists of seven original compositions along with three arrangements of hard rock "standards" (a concept upon which the trio has built...

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AEROSMITH Confirmed For ROGERS SARNIA BAYFEST

According to the London Free Press, AEROSMITH will perform at the Rogers Sarnia Bayfest 2007, set to take place July 19-22 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. The Boston-based band has been confirmed as the outdoor fest's headliner for July 19. Reliable web sites say Canadian rockers NICKELBACK and U.S. ban...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Death On The Road' DVD Theater Screenings Announced

IRON MAIDEN's new live DVD, "Death on the Road", captured live during their 2003 "Dance of Death Tour" and filmed at the Westenfalenhalle Arena, Dortmund, Germany, will debut on the big screen on February 21, 2007. This special one-night-only event will take place in eight cities across America and...

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OZZFEST 2007...FOR FREE

"This will change everybody's impression of the way touring in the summer in America should be." -- Sharon Osbourne Imagine a day of wall-to-wall hard rock. Imagine the world's greatest headliner sharing a bill with cutting edge new artists. Imagine if this brass-knuckled beast was hellbent on comin...

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SINCE THE FLOOD To Support MADBALL On East Coast Dates

New England hardcore powerhouse SINCE THE FLOOD has just released its newest full-length CD, "No Compromise", on Metal Blade Records. The band excels at raw, bare-knuckled hardcore with metallic toned guitars, Schwarzenegger-sized vocals and full velocity assault drumming. Among the group's admirers...

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NASHVILLE PUSSY Blows Up New AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE Movie

Listen for NASHVILLE PUSSY in the upcoming "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters", scheduled for release to theatres on March 23. The film is described as "an action epic that explores the origins of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force (better known as Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad) who...

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Report: Pyrotechnic Firm Said It Warned GREAT WHITE Before Rhode Island Concert

Stephen Kurkjian and Megan Tench of The Boston Globe report: The owner of the company that supplied the pyrotechnic devices that ignited the deadly Station nightclub fire told a Rhode Island grand jury he had warned the band's manager to "stay away" from using the equipment because some clubs were t...

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BENEDICTION To Tour North America In October

Long-running U.K. extreme metallers BENEDICTION will embark on their first U.S. tour in 13 years in Ocober. Tentative dates are as follows (venue details to be confirmed): Oct. 05 - Boston, MA Oct. 06 - Springfield, VA Oct. 07 - Atlanta, GA Oct. 08 - Jackson, MS Oct. 09 - Houston, TX Oct. 10 - ...

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Boston's Classic Punk/Metal Band POST MORTEM To Reform

Boston's punk metal grandfathers POST MORTEM have announced plans to reform in some form in the near future. Vocalist John McCarthy is the only member remaining from the 1980s-'90s period. They will also be starting their own record company, Taboo Records, an off-shoot of their tape label, which has...