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METALLICA To Headline Holland's PINKPOP Festival

METALLICA has been confirmed as one of the headliners of next year's Pinkpop festival, set to take place May 30 - June 1 in Landgraaf, The Netherlands. METALLICA will perform at the event on the festival's opening day (May 30). Also scheduled to appear are RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and FOO FIGHTERS....

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CRIMSON GLORY Bassist Discusses Possibility Of New Studio Album, Reunion With MIDNIGHT

Nikoleta Sarantou of Metalzone.gr recently conducted an interview with CRIMSON GLORY bassist Jeff Lords. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metalzone.gr: It's been quite a while since we last heard from CRIMSON GLORY. Can you give us an update? Jeff: To be honest, I haven't been in contact w...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman Discusses Forthcoming Album

CHILDREN OF BODOM's web site has been updated with a brand new interview with the band's guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho in which he discusses the Finnish metal group's forthcoming album, entited "Blooddrunk". An excerpt from the chat follows: Q: I think we'll just start right away with the new album...

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ALICE COOPER Confirmed For New Zealand's ROCK2WGTN Festival

According to The New Zealand Herald, ALICE COOPER will join OZZY OSBOURNE and KISS for the upcoming Rock2Wgtn music festival, which is scheduled to take place March 22-23 at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand. Cooper gained notoriety after a 1969 concert incident led to him being reported, w...

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KISS Partners With ZAZZLE For 'Hundreds' Of New Collectibles

KISS has announced its partnership with Zazzle.com to offer the band's fans hundreds of new KISS collectibles. Through Zazzle's innovative on-demand technology platform, fans can instantly create and customize one-of-a-kind KISS products that will be shipped within 24 hours. Offering a large library...

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ROB ZOMBIE Directing A Western?

According to The Pulse of Radio, Rob Zombie told RollingStone.com on Friday (December 7) that his next film might be a Western. The rocker-turned-filmmaker, who said he loved this fall's remake of "3:10 to Yuma", explained, "It's one of my favorite genres. I love John Ford, Howard Hawks". Although Z...

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LOS ANGELES MURDERFEST VERSION 4.0 Pushed Back Two Weeks

Church of the 8th Day, the organizers behind the Los Angeles Murderfest, have announced that next year's event has been pushed back two weeks to April 19-20, 2008 from the previously announced April 5-6. The festival promises to feature more exclusive and rare West Coast performances from the top na...

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DREAM THEATER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY Members Reveal Favorite Albums Of 2007

Members of DREAM THEATER, OPETH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD are among the Roadrunner Records artists whose favorite albums of 2007 have been posted on the Roadrunner web site at this location. A few musicians' selections can be found below. Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER...

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MELIAH RAGE Splits With Vocalist PAUL SOUZA

Veteran Massachusetts metallers MELIAH RAGE have parted ways with vocalist Paul Souza. The band will immediately begin the search for a replacement while continuing to work on its next release. "Back in 2003 when we decided to start making new music again after six years off, Paul was the first pers...

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DIMEBAG's Girlfriend: PHILIP ANSELMO Was 'King Of Lies And Manipulation' For A Long Time

Metal Monthly conducted an interview last month (November 2007) with Rita Haney, the longtime girlfriend of late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Monthly: Your thoughts on Phil [Anselmo, ex-PANTERA singer]. Is he a part of the pr...

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GORGOROTH: Making Of 'Carving A Giant' Video Documentary Posted Online

Headbanger's Blog has posted a documentary clip on the making of the new GORGOROTH video for the song "Carving a Giant". Shot by MTV Norway, the footage features interviews with director Tommy Naess and the bandmembers from inside a cave near Bergen, Norway. The video itself is a recreation of the b...

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Management: METALLICA Will Not Play Next Year's BONNAROO Festival

According to HardDrive Radio, a source at Q Prime Management — which represents METALLICA — "flat-out denied" a report that surfaced over the weekend that METALLICA will headline the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tennessee next June. The information, which was based on an an email published in in...

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GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire Survivor Creates 'Rolling Memorial' To Victims

Kyle Alspach of The Enterprise reports: One hundred names cover the back of Paul Bertolo's car. They are the names of 100 people who weren't as lucky as he was. Bertolo survived the deadly blaze at a Rhode Island nightclub in 2003 and spent the last six months creating the car that he ...

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'Rock Of Love' Runner-Up HEATHER Touring With POISON Tribute Band

Former stripper Heather Chadwell didn't land the real Bret Michaels on VH1's "Rock of Love" but maybe she'll have better luck with a fake one. The chick who tatted Bret's name on her is going on tour with TALK DIRTY 2 ME, the self-described "the world's ultimate POISON tribute act." There will be a...

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Vocalist LORD TIM Quits ILIUM

Australian melodic metallers ILIUM have parted ways with session vocalist Lord Tim (LORD, DUNGEON, FROMBEYOND). Lord Tim's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "As most of you may know, I have been the 'permanent guest vocalist' for ILIUM since 2003. Essentially that means I was a paid...