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ONSLAUGHT, SUSPERIA, EVILE To Team Up For U.K. Tour

ONSLAUGHT, SUSPERIA and EVILE will team up for a U.K. tour in May. The dates are as follows: May 02 - Academy 3, Manchester May 03 - Rio's, Leeds May 04 - Corporation, Sheffield May 05 - JBs, Dudley May 06 - Venue TBC May 07 - Underworld, London May 08 - Bierkeller, Bristol ONSLAUGHT's ...

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POISON Drummer's CHOP SHOP Under Consideration For Reality-TV Show

Chop Shop Drum Company, which counts POISON drummer Rikki Rockett as one of its partners, is rumored to be under consideration for a reality TV show similar to "Orange County Choppers", only in this case it will be showing the making of custom drums each week instead of custom bikes. No further info...

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ONSLAUGHT Guitarist Talks About Reunion Album

Back in action after 15 years of silence, U.K. thrash metal legends ONSLAUGHT have just recorded the album of their lives. Brutal, infectious and brimming with energy, "Killing Peace" is set to blow every other thrash album of the last two decades out of the water, as original members Nige Rockett (...

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ONSLAUGHT: Full New Track 'Shock & Awe' Available For Streaming

A full-length version of the new ONSLAUGHT track "Shock & Awe" is available for streaming via the band's newly re-launched web site. Check it out at this location. The song comes off the reformed lineup of the classic U.K. thrash outfit's upcoming album, "Killing Peace", due on March 5 via Candl...

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ONSLAUGHT: New Album Samples Available

The reformed lineup of the classic U.K. thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT has uploaded two audio samples from its upcoming album, "Killing Peace", at its MySpace page. Check out the tracks "Burn" and "Shock and Awe" at this location. Due on March 5, 2007 via Candlelight Records, "Killing Peace" was recorded a...

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ONSLAUGHT: New Album Tracks To Be Aired At Birmingham Gig

Vocalist Sy Keeler of the reformed lineup of the classic U.K. thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "Following the ONSLAUGHT live set at the Halloween special, the Barfly, Birmingham this coming Monday, 30th October, Sy Keeler will be taking over the decks, and p...

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ONSLAUGHT: Better Than SLAYER At Their Best?

Drummer Steve Grice of the reformed lineup of the classic U.K. thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "ONSLAUGHT have now completed the recording of their new studio album 'Killing Peace', which is due for release in February [via Candlelight Records]. The album i...

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ONSLAUGHT Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Vocalist Sy Keeler of the reformed lineup of the classic U.K. thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "ONSLAUGHT are back in Backstage studios [in Derbyshire, England] with Mr. Sneap [producer Andy Sneap] (on Monday 16th October) to put finishing touches to the Sne...

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ONSLAUGHT: 'In Search Of Sanity' Reissue Now Available

ONSLAUGHT's classic "In Search of Sanity" album, which entered the U.K. national charts at No. 36 upon its release in the spring of 1989, is being reissued through Plastic Head. Drawing heavily on early-day METALLICA, with former GRIM REAPER singer Steve Grimmett at the mic, ONSLAUGHT's "In Search o...

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ONSLAUGHT To Team Up With NAPALM DEATH For Greek Dates

ONSLAUGHT will team up with NAPALM DEATH for two shows in Greece in January. The dates are as follows: Jan. 27 - Thessaloniki, GRE - Hydrogios Jan. 28 - Athens, GRE - An Club ONSLAUGHT is scheduled to perform at the Bloodstock festival in the U.K. this weekend (Sept. 30),to be followed by an ...

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POISON's RIKKI ROCKETT To Speak At Puppy Awareness Event

POISON drummer Rikki Rockett (photo) will be one of many guest speakers at a prominent animal awareness conference known as Puppy Mill Awareness Day on September 16 at Intercourse Park in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The event is to help raise awareness of excessive cases of animal cruelty at puppy mill...

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POISON: Near-Brawl Erupts Onstage In Atlanta

The Metal Sludge web site has been updated with several fan accounts in regards to POISON's performance last night (Friday, August 25) at The HiFi Buys Amphitheatre in Atlanta, Georgia: Account#1: "Don't know what started it, but right before the encore Bret [Michaels, vocals] and Bobby [Dall, bass]...

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ONSLAUGHT: New Album Pushed Back To February

Drummer Steve Grice of the reformed lineup of the classic U.K. thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "ONSLAUGHT are off to Japan with VENOM, DEATH ANGEL and SODOM in September to play Thrash Domination 06 Festival in Tokyo and would like to announce a warm-up dat...

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POISON Drummer: NIKKI SIXX Is Too Old To Care About 'Dumb Little Rivalries'

Michael Christopher of DelcoTimes.com's "Rock Music Menu" recently conducted an interview with POISON drummer Rikki Rockett. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the recently released "The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock" compilation: "Capitol was going to put (the best of) out whether we...

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ONSLAUGHT: 'Terror Alert' Forces Cancellation of European Festival Appearances

Reformed classic U.K. thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT has been forced to pull out of two European festivals this weekend due to the 'critical level terror alerts" which brought airports across the U.K. to a standstill. The band was due to headline Metal Mania Open Air Festival in Slovenia on Friday, August...