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SLAVIOR Performs First Sold-Out Club Gig In Japan

SLAVIOR — the band featuring ex-FATES WARNING/WARLORD drummer Mark Zonder, current MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP guitarist Wayne Findlay, RING OF FIRE/STEVE VAI bassist Philip Bynoe and TRIBE OF GYPSIES vocalist Greg Analla — played the first of two club shows to a sold-out Dress, Akiba in Tokyo last night...

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Eight People Injured At DEF LEPPARD's Raleigh Concert Venue

Severe thunderstorms that produced high winds and flying debris caused eight people to be injured and significant damage inflicted to the Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh, NC, where DEF LEPPARD was scheduled to perform Tuesday night (August 21). Venue management has issued the following statemen...

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Former IRON MAIDEN Keyboardist Schedules Acoustic Tour

According to the Bucks Free Press, former IRON MAIDEN keyboardist Tony Moore — who played in the earliest incarnation of the British heavy metal band in 1977 — will launch his solo career in front of the U.K.'s music press with a special performance tomorrow at Booker's Wycombe Air Centre. Tony, who...

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CRADLE TO GRAVE Enlists DEVIN TOWNSEND To Mix New Album

CRADLE TO GRAVE, the band featuring ex-AGGRESSION guitarist Denis "Sasquatch" Barthe, has enlisted Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) to mix and master the group's new album, "Texas Medicine", due later in the year via Year of the Sun Records. "We got introduced to...

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ICARUS WITCH's Gear Ripped Off

ICARUS WITCH's touring van was broken into and robbed early Sunday morning (August 12) after the band's performance in Chicago on Saturday night, August 11. The theft happened between 3 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. around the 2200 block of West Potomac in Chicago. The following items were stolen: * Black '74...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman: 'This Album Has No Barriers Between The Listener And Me'

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian recently spoke to Kerrang! magazine about his forthcoming solo album, "Elect the Dead", due out October 23 via Serjical Strike/Reprise Records. Serj: "It's definitely a rock record," explained Tankian. "It's a moving album with lots of up's and down, starts and...

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SLAYER Frontman Says There Are No Plans For Retirement

Christine Carney of MP3.com recently conducted an interview with SLAYER frontman Tom Araya. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MP3.com: You guys have reissued "Christ Illusion" with some extra stuff on it recently. What was the motivation behind that? Araya: That was basically a record compa...

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME To Hit The Road With HORSE THE BAND, ANIMOSITY

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME will team up with HORSE THE BAND and ANIMOSITY for a U.S. tour beginning late September. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Sep. 26 - Greensboro, NC - Greene St. Club Sep. 27 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall Sep. 28 - Nashville, TN - Rocket Town Sep. ...

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MEGADETH To Film 'Never Walk Alone' Video This Month

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "Today was an early day for me; I was up before the sun (and not because I didn't go to sleep),and I hear a noise in the front room of my home, again it is ...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON: Unofficial Biography Now Available

An unofficial biography of IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson, titled "Bruce Dickinson: Flashing Metal with Maiden and Flying Solo" (cover),was published in early June via Independent Music Press. A synopsis of the book reads as follows: "Bruce Dickinson is best known as frontman for the multi-mi...

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Report: LITA FORD Scam Thwarted

Pollstar.com reports that a scam artist promising nationally touring acts at bargain-basement prices to clubs since last year is still at it and claiming to represent Lita Ford. One con was stopped short July 10 thanks to a Texas club owner who followed his instincts when the offer sounded too good...

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IRON MAIDEN Frontman To Attend Romania's AERO GRAND PRIX Show

According to Metalhead.ro, IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson will attend the first Aero Grand Prix show to be held in Romania, set to take place August 25-26 in Mamaia. Dickinson will appear at the event as a commentator. Bruce, a gifted fencer and radio presenter, is a commercial pilot, regularl...

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JUCIFER: New Video Posted Online

The second video from JUCIFER's "If Thine Enemy Hunger", for the track "Hennin Hardine", is premiering exclusively via SingingFool.com. The clip was shot in the duo's hometown of Athens, GA with producer/director Marc Pilvinsky of Bare Ruined Films. Pilvinsky lensed the duo’s first video from "If Th...

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MONSTER MAGNET Frontman Talks About His Drug Overdose

MONSTER MAGNET frontman Dave Wyndorf recently spoke to U.K.-based music journalist Dave Ling about the occasion on which an overdose on prescription drugs almost killed him on February 27, 2006. "It had been a long time coming," recounts Wyndorf. "Eveything began when I couldn't sleep on tour, so th...

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BRUCE KULICK Checks In From GRAND FUNK RAILROAD Tour

Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick has posted a lengthy update on his web site regarding his recent activities. An excerpt follows: "I have been rocking with GRAND FUNK in so many cities it is hard to remember what state I am in. The wonders of flying for sure... exce...