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NIGHTWISH, MONSTER MAGNET, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

NIGHTWISH, MONSTER MAGNET and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE are among the confirmed bands for next year's Metaltown festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2008 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: NIGHTWISH MONSTER MAGNET BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE KILLSWITCH ENGAGE AMON AMARTH NI...

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Report: Man Calling Himself 'OZZY OSBOURNE' Pulls Out Gun At Washington Store

Portland, Oregon's KPTV reports that a man accused of pulling out a gun at a Vancouver, Washington convenience store has a rock star alter ego. The man, who called himself Ozzy Osbourne, pulled out a gun and threatened to shoot a convenience store clerk on Christmas Eve, according to police. The cle...

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MEGADETH Drummer On His Playing: 'I'm Always Thinking With The Band In Mind'

Australia's MP3.com.au recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist James Lomenzo and drummer Shawn Drover. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MP3.com.au: You guys had a security problem at Perth [on the recent Australian tour]. Can you tell me what happened? James: Yeah, but at no...

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ANOTHER ANIMAL Schedules 'Rockline' Appearance

ANOTHER ANIMAL — the band featuring GODSMACK members Tony Rombola on guitar, Robbie Merrill on bass and Shannon Larkin on drums — will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline", hosted by Bob Coburn, airing Monday, January 21 at 11:30 p.m. EST/8:30 p.m. PST. Fans can...

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Treading tricky ground here, bands like OTEP being at least partially critic-proof. For example: I'd like to point out that virtually everything about this band – including the coo-to-a-bloody-scream vocals, the stuttering basslines, the overwrought breathing into the mic and then shrieking some emp...

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PARADOX: 'Infected' Video Posted Online

"Infected", the new video from the long-running German metallers PARADOX, can be viewed below. The track — which is available for free download on the band's MySpace page — comes off the group's fourth album, "Electrify", which is scheduled for release on January 18 via AFM Records. The CD was produ...

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KISS: Third 'Kissology Vol. 3' Easter Egg Revealed

KISS' brand new DVD box set, "Kissology - Vol. 3 1992-2000", features a total of three Easter eggs — one per disc. The Easter eggs can be found by pressing up once at the main menu until the word "Kissology" is highlighted. Then press enter. * Disc 1 has an "amazing' five-minute compilation of KISS'...

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'Christmas Carnage' Australian Tour Crash Kills Two

Australia's The Sydney Morning Herald reports that two men have died and four have been injured after a minibus carrying men involved in a heavy metal band tour has crashed down an embankment of the Pacific Highway. The minibus was in a convoy carrying the ALL SHALL PERISH and THE RED SHORE "deathco...

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DARKANE To Enter Studio In January

Guitarist Christofer Malmström of the Swedish thrashers DARKANE has issued the following update: "How's it going? One week left 'till Christmas. Did you tell Santa about all the DARKANE CDs that you want? "To me he came pretty early this year. I got myself another Ibanez guitar a few days ago. This...

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DISTURBED Frontman Sells California Home For $2.5 Million

According to a posting on the Big Time Listings blog, DISTURBED frontman David Draiman has sold his castle-like house in Los Angeles’ Northridge area for $2,580,000. Draiman purchased the residence in late 2005 for $2,535,000 (just $45,000 less than he sold the house for, meaning he surely lost mone...

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KISS: 'Kissology - Vol. 3' Easter Egg Revealed

According to KissKollector.com, KISS' forthcoming DVD box set, "Kissology - Vol. 3 1992-2000" features a great Easter egg: the band's soundcheck for their performance under the Brooklyn Bridge for the MTV Video Music Awards back in 1996. Click below to watch a segment from the September 4, 1996 soun...

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ALTER BRIDGE: 'Ties That Bind' Video Posted Online

ALTER BRIDGE's video for the song "Ties That Bind" can be viewed below. The track comes off the group's sophomore effort, "Blackbird", which sold 47,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart. ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti said t...

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DEF LEPPARD: 2008 Tour Dates Announced

DEF LEPPARD has announced the following European tour dates: May 21 - Sandnes, Norway - Classic Rock Festival May 23 - Halden, Norway - Fredriksten Festning May 24 - Trondheim, Norway - Market Place Jun. 06 - Sölvesborg, Sweden - Sweden Rock Festival Jun. 08 - Kalingrad, Russia - City Airport Jun. 1...

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PARADOX: 'Electrify' Pushed Back A Week

Long-running German metallers PARADOX have pushed back the German release date of their fourth album, "Electrify", to January 18 from the previously announced January 11. The CD was produced by guitarist/vocalist Charly Steinhauer and was mixed and mastered at the Hansen Studios in Denmark by Jacob...

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DIMEBAG's 'Dime ML War Camo' Now Available From DEAN GUITARS

Dean Guitars has announced the release of the Dime ML War Camo, an American-made production piece of an ML that late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott modded out prior to his death. Most recognizable is the famous Dime 333 symbol. Thirty years ago, Dean rocked the guitar world wi...