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IRON MAIDEN: 'The Number Of The Beast' Single Enters Euro Chart At No. 7

IRON MAIDEN's reissue of their classic single, "The Number of the Beast", has entered the official Euro chart at No. 7. There are hopes for the single to stay in the Top 10 another week as the first-week numbers are based solely on U.K., Irish, Swiss and French chart positions (territories where the...

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DESTRUCTION, RAGE Confirmed For Germany's ROCKHARZ OPEN AIR Festival

DESTRUCTION and RAGE are the latest bands confirmed for the 2005 edition of RockHarz Open Air festival, set to take place July 8-9 in Osterode/Dorste, Germany. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are DORO, HOLY MOSES and DARK AGE. For more information, visit Openair.Rockharz.de. ...

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ILLDISPOSED Bassist Survives Tsunami Disaster; Offers First-Hand Account

Danish metallers ILLDISPOSED have been confirmed as one of the headlining acts of the Wacken Roadshow 2005, which will be a two-week tour through Europe in May. Co-headlining the trek will be HOLY MOSES. More information will follow soon. In other news, ILLDISPOSED bassist Jonas Kloge was on holiday...

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DORO, HOLY MOSES, DARK AGE Confirmed For Germany's ROCKHARZ OPEN AIR Festival

DORO, HOLY MOSES and DARK AGE are the first bands confirmed for the 2005 edition of RockHarz Open Air festival, set to take place July 8-9 in Osterode/Dorste, Germany. For more information, visit Openair.Rockharz.de. (Thanks: PennyDreadful.de) ...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: Remembering DIMEBAG DARRELL

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has issued the following statement in memory of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "My relationship to this sick series of events goes way back, some 18 years. I joined a band from Detroit called MADAM X back in 1986 and the very first p...

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SOULGRIND: New Album To Include Bonus DVD

SOULGRIND, the Finnish band featuring former LULLACRY frontwoman Tanja "Whisper Lilith" Kemppainen (a.k.a. Tanya),will include a bonus DVD with their upcoming album, "The Origins of the Paganblood", due on January 24, 2005 via France's Holy Records. The bonus disc will feature two old video clips (...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: Greek Set List Revealed

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the solo project of SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, performed two electric shows in Greece as part of their world tour (tour kick-off was in Florida on Dec. 11). During Sunday night's (Dec. 19) performance in Athens, Jon Oliva dedicated SAVATAGE's "Ghost In The Ruins" to DAMAGEPLAN/...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist: DIMEBAG Was An Original Through And Through

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted the following message on the band's official web site (as part of his regular online column, dubbed "Alpha Mail"): "Comrades, "Hey Baldini, get your boy over here a double!' "That's a line I must have heard a thousand times from Dimebag over the years. 'Baldini...

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LIMP BIZKIT Guitarist: 'DIMEBAG DARRELL Was A Hero To So Many Of Us'

LIMP BIZKIT guitarist Wes Borland has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We were playing a show in Texas a few years ago and I saw this sweaty, super long-haired, big-bearded, Dimebag Darrell-looking guy come over the barricade right in front of me. 'Holy crap,' I though...

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ZAKK WYLDE And 357 CUSTOM CHOPPERS Join Forces

OZZY OSBOURNE/BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Zakk Wylde and 357 Custom Choppers are joining forces to build a series of nine custom choppers signed personally by Zakk himself with matching die-cast replicas*. The nine custom choppers are designed to reflect the styles of Mr. Wylde's famous guitar sch...

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SOULGRIND Finish Mixing New Album

SOULGRIND, the Finnish band featuring former LULLACRY frontwoman Tanja "Whisper Lilith" Kemppainen (a.k.a. Tanya),have finished mixing their new CD, "The Origins of the Paganblood", tentatively due in late January 2005 via France's Holy Records. A rough-mix version of a new song, entitled "Flesh Ma...

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DRAGONLAND's 'Starfall' Cracks Japanese Top 100

DRAGONLAND, the Gothenburg, Sweden-based melodic metal sextet, have entered the Japanese national album chart (Oricon) at position No. 94 with their third album, "Starfall". The follow-up to 2002's "Holy War", "Starfall" was recorded at Tom Englund's (EVERGREY) Division One Studios in Sweden with En...

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THE HAUNTED's 'All Against All' Video To Debut On MTV2's 'Headbanger's Ball'

Swedish thrash titans THE HAUNTED are currently in the midst of a highly successful North American tour alongside DAMAGEPLAN and SHADOWS FALL. This is the first U.S. tour for original THE HAUNTED vocalist Peter Dolving, who recently returned to the fold on the band's highly acclaimed new album, "rEV...

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THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT Vs. METALHEADS AGAINST RACISM: The Final Installment

Dutch death metal band THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT have issued a response to Metalheads Against Racism founder Mike Meier's latest literary missive against the group, which included an allegation that they were using his web site as a promotional platform for their new album and an explanation of why he...

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METALHEADS AGAINST RACISM Founder Responds To THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT's 'Open Letter'

Mike Meier of the Metalheads Against Racism web site has issued a statement slamming the Dutch death metal band THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT for allegedly using his web site as a promotional platform for their new album and explaining why he had previously referred to the group in an online posting as "kn...