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VICIOUS RUMORS Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

VICIOUS RUMORS has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 22-23, 2007 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH AMORPHIS ARCHER BRAINSTORM DARK TRANQUILLITY EDGUY EVERGREY FIN...

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Infernal Rise EP

Innovative? No. Intense? Hell fucking yeah. Meet the new kids on the American death metal block, from Topeka, Kansas. Okay, I guess technically we should split hairs and call them “death core" or give them some equally meaningless semantic label. After all, they do have breakdowns, and for all I kno...

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Original VICIOUS RUMORS Bassist Returns With WILDESTARR

WILDESTARR, the new band featuring original VICIOUS RUMORS bassist Dave Starr alongside vocalist London Wilde, has recently begun recording their debut album at Trident Studios in Pacheco California. Co-producing along with the band is Juan Urteaga (TESTAMENT, VICIOUS RUMORS, EXODUS). The first sing...

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GLENN HUGHES: 'I Don't Bow Down To The God Of Money'

Music Street Journal recently conducted an interview with legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, TRAPEZE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Music Street Journal: Why now are you getting back to your funk roots? Glenn Hughes: People remember me from DEEP PURPLE...

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BEHEMOTH Added To OZZFEST 2007 Second-Stage Lineup

Polish extreme metal titans BEHEMOTH have been added to the Ozzfest 2007 lineup. The band has landed the direct-support, non-rotating slot right before second-stage headliners HATEBREED. This is the first time a Polish act has ever participated in Ozzfest. The Ozzfest billing is now shaping up as fo...

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LEAVES' EYES To Film METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST Show For Upcoming DVD

LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY (who are fronted by Liv's husband Alexander Krull) — has issued the following update: "The rumors are going around already. Since last year LEAVES' EYES and their stage...

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HELSTAR Debuts New Song In Houston; New CD In The Works

The reunited "Remnants of War"-era lineup of HELSTAR shared the stage with TESTAMENT last night (Tuesday, March 27) at the Scout Bar in Houston, Texas. Commented HELSTAR bassist Jerry Abarca: "This show was GREAT!!! Sold out... You had to walk on top of people just to get anywhere. If you missed it,...

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ICED EARTH Parts Ways With Guitarist TIM MILLS

ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "I regret to inform you that Tim Mills [guitar] will not be able to continue working with the band. As you may know, Tim is the founder of Bare Knuckle Pickups and that is his main business. He's had recent employee p...

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COBALT Signs With PROFOUND LORE; New Album To Feature Guest Vocals From SWANS Singer

Colorado blackened musical warmachine COBALT (comprised of the duo Erik Wunder and Phil McSorley) has forged a deal with Profound Lore Records to release its sophomore album, "Eater of Birds". Taking the band's vicious and unconventional sound paradigm that was witnessed on its "Hammerfight" debut E...

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GUNS N' ROSES: No Brazilian Tour Dates Confirmed

Due to all the recent rumors regarding GUNS N' ROSES' visit to Brazil, the Brazilian promoter Mondo Entretinemento has issued a statement saying that there are no confirmed Brazilian GN'R dates at this moment. The shows will not happen in May 2007 like it has been rumored. As soon as the dates are f...

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TRIVIUM Frontman Explains Why He Likes Wearing Girls' Jeans

Writer/author Joel McIver recently interviewed TRIVIUM in California for the cover of Total Guitar magazine, Europe's biggest-selling guitar title. Guitarists Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu took the opportunity to clear up some rumors surrounding the band in the magazine (out on March 28). With unpre...

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VOIVOD Drummer Hopes To Tour In 2008

VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin has commented on the rumors that the band is planning to embark on a tour once the group's bassist Jason "Jasonic" Newsted has recovered from his recent shoulder injury. Said Away: "Well, we certainly hope to be able to promote the next album and [last year's] '...

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MILWAUKEE METALFEST XIX: First 36 Bands Announced

The organizers of Milwaukee Metal Fest XIX — which is scheduled to take place May 11-12 at the Waukesha Expo Center in Waukesha, WI — have announced that the majority of its undercard has been booked. Undercard bands are featured, non-headlining acts. 36 featured bands are listed below. Though the l...

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MIKE TRAMP Says He Has No Desire To Pursue A More Modern Sound With WHITE LION

WHITE LION vocalist Mike Tramp recently answered several fan questions via his official web site. Read on: Q: We have been blessed with the box set "Songs I Left Behind" and the WHITE LION and FREAK OF NATURE DVDs, but was interested to know if in the near future you have any intention to release .....

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PORCUPINE TREE's WILSON Talks About Side-Project Featuring OPETH Mainman

PORCUPINE TREE mainman Steve Wilson recently spoke to MTV.com about his side-project with OPETH leader Mikael Åkerfeldt, which should surface sometime in 2008. "We've been talking about this literally since the day we met," Wilson explained. "The original idea was to collaborate together on somethin...