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MOTRHEAD, SAXON, DANKO JONES To Team Up For UK Tour

MOTRHEAD and SAXON will team up for a UK tour in November. Support on the trek will come from DANKO JONES. Confirmed dates are as follows: Nov. 03 - UK Wolverhampton Civic Hall Nov. 04 - UK Ipswich Ipswich Regent Nov. 06 - UK Brighton Brighton Dome Nov. 07 - UK Newcastle Academy Nov. 08 ...

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LOUDNESS Drummer Diagnosed With Liver Cancer

LOUDNESS drummer Munetaka Higuchi was diagnosed with liver cancer (Hepatocellular Carcinoma) earlier this month, according to Japanese media reports. He is still in the hospital, where he has been undergoing radiotherapy for HCC. LOUDNESS will play the three previously announced Japanese dates with...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH: New Audio Interview With DARRELL ROBERTS Posted Online

BrooklynRocks recently conducted an interview with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH/ex-W.A.S.P. guitarist Darrell Roberts. Darrell talked about how FFDP came together, what the band's current plans are, and about some of the bands he worked with in Hollywood in the late '80s. The interview is available for d...

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BOSTON Mainman To Guest On ALICE COOPER's Radio Show

BOSTON mainman Tom Scholz will be Alice Cooper's special guest on Cooper's radio show "Nights with Alice Cooper" airing Wednesday night, April 16. The program is a classic-rock format and can be heard on over 100 radio stations in the United States, Canada, UK, Ireland, and Australia. Air times diff...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Releases Free Track To Fans

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH the Los Angeles-based band featuring ex-W.A.S.P. guitarist Darrell Roberts, former MOTOGRATER vocalist Ivan Moody (Ghost),ex-U.P.O. guitarist Zoltan Bathory, former DEADSETT bassist Matt Snell, and drummer Jeremy Spencer has announced the upcoming release of a special bonus...

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DEAD TO FALL Calls It Quits

DEAD TO FALL, the Chicago- and Minneapolis-based deathcore band, has officially split up. Commented vocalist Jonathan Hunt: "DEAD TO FALL is no more. After nine years, it's time to say goodbye. There really isn't an easy way to say this, but the DEAD TO FALL machine broke beyond repair this last wee...

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IMMORTAL DOMINION To Work With PANTERA Producer

With extreme metal being one of the more "theatrical sounding" types of rock music out there, it's a bit puzzling why more of these types of bands don't pop up in movie soundtracks. But perhaps the tide is changing, as evidenced by the presence of IMMORTAL DOMINION throughout the movie "Teeth". Afte...

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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS: Tour Dates Revealed

The reunited STONE TEMPLE PILOTS on Monday (April 7) revealed the details of their 65-city tour, set to begin May 17 in Columbus, Ohio. As previously announced, the trek will kick off with a headlining appearance at the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio. "The story's not finished," singer...

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THERAPY?: Songwriting Process 'Going Really Great'

Bassist Michael McKeegan of the long-running Irish rock band THERAPY? has issued the following update: "Progress on the new songs is going really great and to date we have eleven more or less finished plus another billion or so ideas to sift through. The plan (and as usual this will probably change!...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist Comments On Guest Appearance With X JAPAN

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Richard Fortus has commented on his guest appearance with reactivated Japanese rockers X JAPAN during their three reunion shows at the Tokyo Dome at the end of March. Also performing with X JAPAN at the Tokyo concerts was former LIMP BIZKIT and current BLACK LIGHT BURNS membe...

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RAISED FIST: Video Interview Posted Online

Jukka Penttinen of Finland's Get in the Pit TV conducted an interview with singer Alexander Rajkovic of the Swedish hardcore band RAISED FIST prior to the group's sold-out March 29, 2008 concert at Tavastia in Helsinki. The 10-minute clip, which contains performance footage, can be viewed below. RAI...

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CONQUEST OF STEEL To Record Concept Album

UK "true metal" band CONQUEST OF STEEL has announced plans to begin work on its third album a concept record named "Storm Sword", which is said to be a tale of a dystopian future set in a medieval past. The LP will continue to feature CONQUEST OF STEEL's distinctive take on classic 1980s heavy metal...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: 'We Live In A Generation That Looks At Getting Songs Over The Internet For Free'

Dennis Cook of JamBase recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the U.S. government: "The crux of all of it is this is a good country full of a lot of good people. Every once in a while there's one guy that ...

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Cannibalised

Devin Townsend may have the title of metal's madcapped genius all to himself as it pertains to North American territory, but cross the pond and he's got to share that honor with one Mr. John K. Perhaps the most sonically progressive album to come out of the United Kingdom in some time, "Cannibalised...

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BOSTON: More Tour Dates Announced

The legendary band BOSTON will headline the outdoor festival at Marina Park on Friday, June 6 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, at one of the Canadian stops of the Great Race 2008. The 'round-the-globe motor sports event will be making a pit stop in Thunder Bay as a part of its centennial anniversary. The sh...