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Police File 116 Charges Against SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND Concert-Goers
According to the Winston-Salem Journal, an undercover police operation at the Sounds of the Underground concert Thursday (June 30) outside the Joel Coliseum Annex led to charges against 60 people, Winston-Salem police said yesterday. Most of the charges were for drug possession. Officers and agents...July 2, 2005
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CANDLELIGHT And AFM RECORDS Announce North American Agreement
Candlelight Records has announced a new North American agreement with Germany's AFM Records. Under the agreement, Candlelight will cooperatively market and release several titles, including new records from MASTERPLAN, ROB ROCK and ANNIHILATOR. AFM Label Manager Nils Wasko says of the new cooperatio...June 30, 2005
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DANZIG, CHIMAIRA, BEHEMOTH Confirmed For 'BLACKEST OF THE BLACK' Tour
Glenn Danzig, at the forefront of the hardcore/dark metal movement for more than 25 years, has announced that the 2005 "Blackest of the Black" tour will kick off in San Diego at the end of September and end on the West Coast on Halloween. For the sophomore year of this fall traveling festival, Danzi...June 29, 2005
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MANOWAR Confirmed For Turkey's ROCK THE NATIONS Festival
MANOWAR are the first confirmed band for this year's edition of the Rock the Nations open-air festival, set to take place August 6 at Seven Towers of Istanbul in Turkey. About seven bands will be sharing the stage with MANOWAR. Other confirmed acts will be announced soon. Rock the Nations' first ins...June 28, 2005
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SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND Tour: Photos From Opening Night Posted Online
ReturnToThePit.com has uploaded photos from the opening night of the Sounds of the Underground tour, which took place Saturday (June 25) at Paul E. Tsongas Arena in Lowell, MA. Check out pictures of the following artists: A LIFE ONCE LOST (65 pics) ALL THAT REMAINS (56 pics) CHIMAIRA (96 pics) CLUTC...June 27, 2005
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NEVERMORE: 'This Godless Endeavor' Album Listening Party Scheduled For Next Month
NEVERMORE's upcoming CD, "This Godless Endeavor", will be played in its entirety at Seattle's Studio 7 on July 16 from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to this free event, which will be hosted by KISW 99.9 FM's "Metal Shop". As previously reported, Century Media Records has uploaded a full-len...June 23, 2005
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NEVERMORE: 'Final Product' MP3 Available For Download
Century Media Records has uploaded a full-lengh MP3 of the new NEVERMORE track "Final Product" at this location. "Final Product" comes off the group's upcoming CD, "This Godless Endeavor", due on July 26 via Century Media Records. A video for the track was filmed on June 11 in Los Angeles with direc...June 21, 2005
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Tools of Destruction
I like melodic hard rock and metal as much as the next guy (or gal). Shit, I even like some of the traditional '80s stuff; you know, the cheesy, pop-flavored fare. That doesn't mean that I like every band and I sure as hell don't respect all of it. Regardless, I realize that not every ...June 20, 2005
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SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND Tour Is In Demand, On Demand And In Your Home
Music Choice, the pioneer in music programming in 40 million homes is the exclusive TV sponsor of the Sounds of the Underground Tour. To support this tour, they are currently airing a "MC Exclusive" 30-minute Video On-Demand program to seven million Comcast Digital Cable and Comcast High-Speed Inter...June 15, 2005
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KORN, OPETH, LACUNA COIL Confirmed For Poland's METAL HAMMER FESTIVAL
KORN, OPETH and LACUNA COIL have been confirmed for the Metal Hammer Festival, set to take place August 31 at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland. Commented KORN frontman Jonathan Davis in an online posting: "I made our booking guy book a show there in Poland. I'm very excited to play there again....June 14, 2005
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OPETH Mainman MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT: 'The New Album Never, Ever Gets Boring'
OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt recently spoke to U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine about the group's upcoming album, "Ghost Reveries", tentatively due on August 30 via Roadrunner Records. A few excerpts from the interview follow: Terrorizer: Still working on the album? Mikael: "We still have the cover to d...June 8, 2005
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Label Rep: New OPETH Album Is 'Crushing'
Roadrunner Records A&R rep Mike Gitter was in the studio with OPETH early last week checking out the progress of the recording sessions for the band's new album, "Ghost Reveries", due late summer via Roadrunner. Gitter had the following to say about what he's heard: "Heard four songs and was blo...June 7, 2005
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STORMLORD Part Ways With Keyboardist, Announce Replacement
Italian "extreme epic metal" act STORMLORD have parted ways with keyboardist Simone Scazzocchio. "There were no discussions or troubles with him, he was simply not interested in playing metal music anymore," the band write in a press release. "Our split has been friendly, we kept good relations and...June 5, 2005
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THE ETERNAL Name New Album
Australian melodic doom metal band THE ETERNAL (formerly CRYPTAL DARKNESS) have set "Sleep of Reason" as the title of their forthcoming second album, due late September via Firebox Records. The follow-up to last year's "The Sombre Light of Isolation" was recorded at Palm Studios in Melbourne and is...June 5, 2005
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OBITUARY, OPETH, NILE Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival
OBITUARY, OPETH, NILE and BEHEMOTH are among the confirmed bands for the Hole in the Sky festival, set to be held August 24-27 in Bergen, Norway. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are HIGH ON FIRE, TAAKE, BLOOD RED THRONE, AUDIOPAIN and SAHG (featuring members of GORGOROTH, AUDREY HORNE and M...June 2, 2005
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