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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman Joins MEGADETH On Stage

Vocalist Angela Gossow of ARCH ENEMY — who are touring North America as part of Gigantour 2006 (also featuring LAMB OF GOD, OPETH, OVERKILL, THE SMASHUP, INTO ETERNITY and SANCTITY in addition to the headliner MEGADETH) — has posted the following message on her MySpace page: "Chicago, Columbus and D...

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Act of Attrition

"Act of Attrition" from Phoenix's AUTUMN'S END falls into the "pleasant surprise" category…no, scratch that. It falls into the "I stumbled upon this album in my towering promo stack, had no expectations for it, and was blown away by what I heard" category. Progressive and melodic death metal works a...

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GIGANTOUR Director Of Security To Fans: 'Do Not Throw Items At The Stage'

Jon Urban (photo),the Director of Security for Gigantour, has issued the following statement regarding this year's traveling festival: "I have a long history of tour security experience and I have found it very rewarding to be working with Dave Mustaine [MEGADETH frontman and Gigantour mastermind]...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Checks In From Korea

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have posted the following message on their official web site: "Finally got some time out of the hectic schedule to issue a website update from the luxurious bar of our hotel in Korea. The tour has been a truly phenomenal experience so far, and we wan...

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MEMFIS: 'The Wind-Up' Video Available

Swedish progressive metal band MEMFIS has posted its video for the song "The Wind-Up" at this location. The track is the title cut of the band's debut CD, which recently entered the Swedish album chart at position No. 20. MEMFIS was founded in the spring 2003 in Kristinehamn, Sweden. Two demos were...

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MEGADETH: GLEN DROVER Chat Transcript Available

MEGADETH fan site Rattlehead HQ has uploaded a transcript of the online chat with MEGADETH guitarist Glen Drover, whick took place in the Gigantour Chat Room yesterday (Tuesday, September 19). Check it out at this location. The North American installment of Gigantour 2006 kicked off September 6 in B...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY: Another Live Video Of 'Where Death Is Most Alive' Posted Online

A video clip of Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY performing a new song, entitled "Where Death Is Most Alive", live in Melbourne, Australia on Tuesday, September 19 has been posted online at YouTube.com. DARK TRANQUILLITY recently announced that its next studio album will be produced...

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FIREBALL MINISTRY, ARTIMUS PYLEDRIVER and VAINS OF JENNA To Team Up For TRIPLE THREAT TOUR

While beer snobs around the world will soon flock to Germany for the country's annual Octoberfest, the more budget-conscious boozers among us will have an even more intoxicating entertainment option this fall right around the corner at the local rock bar. On Oct. 13, The Triple Threat Tour — featuri...

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MESHUGGAH's HAAKE Schedules Drum Clinics

MESHUGGAH's Tomas Haake will be conducting drum clinics at the following two locations this month: 1) Sunday, Sept. 24 - DrummerLive 2006 - ExCeL Centre, London Docklands Haake will appear between 11:15 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. (noon) For more information, visit www.drummerlive.co.uk. 2) Saturday, Sept....

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ARCH ENEMY Announces Non-GIGANTOUR U.S. Dates

ARCH ENEMY will be play two non-Gigantour U.S. shows in October. They are as follows: Oct. 03 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero (w/ OPETH) Oct. 04 - West Springfield, VA @ Jaxx (w/ MUNICIPAL WASTE, SOULLESS, BURNING HALO) ARCH ENEMY will take headline the "Close-Up Made Us Do It" Scandinavian tour begi...

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MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER To Take Part In Online Chat

MEGADETH guitarist Glen Drover will take part in an online chat tomorrow (Tuesday, September 19) at 4:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m. PST at the Gigantour Chat Room (free registration required). MEGADETH is currently headlining the North American installment of Gigantour 2006, which kicked off September 6 in...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY: Live Video/Audio Recording Of New Song Posted Online

Australia's PyroMusic.net webzine has uploaded video and audio footage of Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY performing a new song, entitled "Where Death Is Most Alive", live at the Manning Bar in Sydney on Sunday, September 17. Support at the show came from Melbourne's ALARUM and Syd...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer Responds To MASTODON's 'Stupid Remarks'

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has responded to remarks made by MASTODON's Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher in the November 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine in which they stated that DREAM THEATER "have a little Chinese girl playing bass" and "dress all gay." Hinds also went on to say, "They wea...

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OPETH Frontman Checks In From GIGANTOUR

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has issued the following update: "We're somewhere in the middle of the Gigantour tour and it's alright! I miss home, my daughter and wife! "We aint doing nothing this time around. Not even drinking that much. "Thanks to Chris for giving me a copy of 'Guitar Hero' for...

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MEGADETH: Water Bottle Incident Nearly Derails Salt Lake City Concert

MEGADETH's concert in Salt Lake City Friday night (Sept. 15) as part of Gigantour 2006 came to a sudden halt a couple of songs into the band's set after an unidentified "fan" reportedly threw a water bottle at the soundboard, which caused the equipment to malfunction. "Dave [Mustaine, MEGADETH mainm...