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THEATRE OF TRAGEDY Announce Session Guitarist For European Tour

Norway's THEATRE OF TRAGEDY have announced that guitarist Bjørnar Landa (DEATHFARE, ARTIFACT) will be stepping in for Frank Claussen on their upcoming European tour, which kicks off March 31 in Copenhagen, Denmark. "Since Frank sadly couldn't make the tour, we are very happy to have Mr. Landa along...

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THEATRE OF TRAGEDY: 'Storm' Video Posted Online

Norway's THEATRE OF TRAGEDY have uploaded the video for their new single, "Storm", to their newly relaunched official web site (free registration required). The clip was shot on February 25 in Nürnberg, Germany and was produced by AVA Studios. "The location was at a huge old building and the video w...

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DEAD BOYS Come Alive For Shows, Recording

Greg Prato of Billboard.com is reporting that punk pioneers the DEAD BOYS are planning on doing about a week's worth of gigs in May starting around May 8 up in Montreal. "The confirmed dates so far are Montreal, Toronto, London and Hamilton," guitarist Cheetah Chrome told Billboard.com. "And then wh...

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PLAGUE BRINGER Sign With SEVENTH RULE RECORDINGS

Seventh Rule Recordings has announced the signing of Chicago's PLAGUE BRINGER. PLAGUE BRINGER is a duo from Chicago whose music is "an assault of programmed bulldozer blast beats, de-tuned stabbing guitars and savage animalistic vocals, yielding a relentless blend of spastic electronic carnage," acc...

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MEGADETH Mainman On Dubai Trip: 'What A Blast! What A Surprise!'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I just returned from [playing the Desert Rock festival in] Dubai and am in between stints of sleep amidst serious jet lag. But I can't wait to tell you how it was, so cut me some...

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MEGADETH Play First Show With Bassist JAMES LOMENZO: Photos Available

Phride.com has uploaded a bunch of photos of MEGADETH and TESTAMENT performing at this year's Desert Rock 2006 festival, which took place Thursday (March 16) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Check them out: Megadeth, Testament. MEGADETH's appearance at Desert Rock marked their debut performance with...

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Ex-MACHINE HEAD Drummer Sets Record Straight On TESTAMENT Poster Charity Auction

Former MACHINE HEAD and current SANGRE ETERNA drummer Chris Kontos has commented on the response from BLABBERMOUTH.NET detractors to a recent auction of an autographed TESTAMENT "Reunion Tour 2005" poster (featuring the original lineup: Chuck Billy, Eric Peterson, Alex Skolnick, Greg Christian and L...

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DISTURBED's 'Land Of Confusion' Clip To Leave 'Lasting Impression' With MTV Audience

Todd McFarlane — the comic-book artisan behind "Spawn" and the entrepreneur who's built himself an action-figure empire — recently spoke to MTV.com about the task of directing the video for DISTURBED's hard-rockin' take on the classic GENESIS hit "Land of Confusion". McFarlane hopes DISTURBED's vide...

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TESTAMENT Auctioning Framed Autographed 'Reunion' Poster

TESTAMENT will be holding an eBay auction of an autographed "Reunion Tour 2005" poster (featuring the original lineup: Chuck Billy, Eric Peterson, Alex Skolnick, Greg Christian and Louie Clemente, with special guest John Tempesta) in a specially customized frame designed by Chuck Billy. It's one of...

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VOIVOD Drummer Says New Album Is 'Mind-Blowing'

Greg Prato of Billboard.com is reporting that VOIVOD are scheduled to release their new album, "Katorz", in June via The End Records. It will be the group's first CD since the passing of co-founding guitarist Denis D'Amour (a.k.a. Piggy),who died last August after a battle with colon cancer. "It c...

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OTEP Announce One-Off Show In West Hollywood

OTEP have announced a one-off show at The Whisky in West Hollywood, California on April 13. "We will be playing the best of both albums PLUS experimental gathas from the new opus," the band write on their web site. OTEP recently announced the addition of former AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE guitarist Karma C...

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REVOLVER Magazine Sold To U.K.'s FUTURE PUBLISHING For $4 Million

According to BrandRepublic.com, U.K. magazine giant Future Publishing has paid £2.3 million (approximately $4 million) to buy U.S. heavy metal magazine Revolver, which has a circulation of around 200,000 (NOTE: San Francisco Business Times lists the magazine's circulation in today's report as 150,00...

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THEATRE OF TRAGEDY: Pictures From 'Storm' Video Shoot Posted Online

Norway's THEATRE OF TRAGEDY shot a video for their new single, "Storm", on February 25 in Nürnberg, Germany. "The location was at a huge old building and the video was shot inside the wall in catacomb-like rooms," the band write on their web site. "There was no more than maybe 1 degree Celsius and w...

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GREG LEON Starts Work On New INVASION album; Re-Teams With SURVIVOR Drummer

Southern California guitar legend/vocalist Greg Leon (ex-DOKKEN, QUIET RIOT) has started work on a new studio album, tentivately titled "Stormbringer". Joining Greg Leon on the follow-up to last year's "Unfinished Business" (Leon's first record under the INVASION banner since their cult classic 1984...

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DISTURBED Tap TODD MCFARLANE To Direct Next Video

According to IGN.com, Spawn comic and movie creator Todd McFarlane revealed at the inaugural New York Comic-Con this past weekend that he has been tapped to direct the next video for DISTURBED. McFarlane, along with longtime Spawn artist Greg Capullo, recently collaborated on the band's "Ten Thousan...