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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Confirmed For Entire VANS WARPED TOUR

Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE have been confirmed for the entire Vans Warped Tour, which is scheduled to kick off June 29 in Pomona, California. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: A STATIC LULLABY (Jul. 24 - Aug. 25) THE ACTUAL (Aug. 10 - Aug. 25) AGENT ORANGE (Aug. 23 - Aug....

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Frontman Recalls Fearing For His Life In Prison

World Entertainment News Network reports that TYPE O NEGATIVE frontman Peter Steele had to use his size to avoid violence in jail because fellow inmates made it clear they didn't approve of his long black hair and fangs. Steele served a prison term in 2005 after beating up a love rival and threateni...

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AM CONSPIRACY Featuring Ex-DROWNING POOL Singer: New Song Posted Online

AM CONSPIRACY, the new Florida-based project featuring former DROWNING POOL vocalist Jason "Gong" Jones, has posted a new track, entitled "Far", on its MySpace page. Commented the group: "[We are] so thrilled to introduce our single 'Far'. Please don't expect it to be as heavy as our other demo song...

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SABBAT, ENTOMBED Confirmed For Ireland's D.O.D. FESTIVAL

Reunited British thrashers SABBAT and Sweden's ENTOMBED have been confirmed for this year's D.O.D. Festival (formerly Day of Darkness),which will be held at Ballylinan, Co Laois, Ireland. This year's event takes place over two days — on Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7 — and is expected to be th...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Wants To Know: 'Do Women In The U.S. Really Douche?'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "So Stateside, once again. It's great being back in the US. "I got no clue what's to make of it all this time around. Got no crazy expectations but something that's been keeping me curious for a couple of ...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE: 'Dead Again' Enters German Chart At No. 18

TYPE O NEGATIVE's latest album, "Dead Again", has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 18. The CD sold just over 22,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 27 on The Billboard 200 chart, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album is the...

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THE MISERABLES Featuring SKINLAB, Ex-40 GRIT Members: New Song Available

THE MISERABLES, the San Francisco Bay Area-based band formed by SKINLAB guitarist Glen "Glenny" Telford and ex-40 GRIT members Chris Anderson (guitar),Ryan Healy (bass) and Andy Green (drums),has uploaded a new song, entitled "Lifeless", to its MySpace page. Currently unsigned, THE MISERABLES memb...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Schedules Signing Session at DECIBEL Magazine

TYPE O NEGATIVE will take part in a special signing session at Decibel magazine headquarters (located at 1032 Arch Street, across from the Trocadero Theater) in Philadelphia, PA on Thursday, March 29 at 5:00 p.m. TYPE O NEGATIVE's latest album, "Dead Again", has sold just over 22,000 copies in the U...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Drummer: 'We Have The Ability To Be Versatile'

Scott McLennan of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette recently conducted an interview with TYPE O NEGATIVE drummer Johnny Kelly. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's diverse influences: "We have the ability to be versatile. There are a whole lot of bands that can't do a lot. We can do...

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CANDLEMASS Confirmed For Ireland's D.O.D. FESTIVAL

Swedish doom metal titans CANDLEMASS will play their first-ever Irish show at this year's D.O.D. Festival (formerly Day of Darkness) at Ballylinan, Co Laois, Ireland. This year's event takes place over two days on Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7 and is expected to be the biggest of its kind ever...

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PAIN CONFESSOR, STAM1NA, LOS BASTARDOS Confirmed For Finland's SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival

PAIN CONFESSOR, STAM1NA and LOS BASTARDOS have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sauna Open Air festival, set to take place June 7-9 in Tampere, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ENTWINE HEAVEN AND HELL KORPIKLAANI KOTIPELTO KOTITEOLLISUUS LEVER...

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PRIMORDIAL To Record New Album This Summer

Vocalist Nemtheanga of the Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "It's been a busy time lately personally so excuse my lack of posts on the site. "Anyway soon there will be a tour report from our little jaunt to Finland which was excel...

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CELTIC FROST: European Festival Appearances Announced

Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have scheduled the following European festival appearances: June 05 - Katowice, Poland @ Mystic Festival June 22 - Dessel, Belgium @ Graspop Festival July 28 - Oulu, Finland @ Qstock Festival CELTIC FROST recently announced the addition of a touring gu...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Frontman: 'I Want To Be The Only Man In This World'

Daniel Robert Epstein of SuicideGirls.com recently conducted an interview with TYPE O NEGATIVE frontman Peter Steele. An excerpt from the chat follows: SuicideGirls.com: I bet you get some really cute girls at your shows. Peter Steele: There are always cute girls at our shows. But I'm getting old an...

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The Blackening

"The Blackening", MACHINE HEAD's sixth studio album, is quite simply the band's best effort since its shattering 1994 debut, "Burn My Eyes", and may even surpass that modern classic. It may also be the best all-out metal recording of 2007. This is a no-holds-barred, brutally heavy, uncompromising al...