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THE 2003 METAL GODS TOUR: The Official Web Site

An official web site will be launched later this week for the upcoming The 2003 Metal Gods Tour, a multi-band package featuring HALFORD, co-headliners TESTAMENT, IMMORTAL, CARNAL FORGE, PRIMAL FEAR, PAINMUSEUM, and AMON AMARTH. Check it out at www.themetalgods.com. The trek, which will mark Rob Half...
March 24, 2003
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CARNAL FORGE To Tour With Childhood Idols

Swedish thrashers CARNAL FORGE are currently preparing to embark on The 2003 Metal Gods Tour, a multi-band package featuring HALFORD, co-headliners TESTAMENT, IMMORTAL, PAIN MUSEUM, and AMON AMARTH. The trek is set to kick off on April 25 at the House Of Blues in Chicago. CARNAL FORGE bassist Lars L...
March 21, 2003
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DARK TRANQUILLITY: We Are Not Touring With HALFORD!

Sweden's DARK TRANQUILLITY have denied reports that they have been confirmed for The 2003 Metal Gods Tour, a multi-band package featuring HALFORD, co-headliners TESTAMENT, IMMORTAL, CARNAL FORGE, PAIN MUSEUM, and AMON AMARTH. "Regarding touring, the information circulating on the [Internet] implying...
March 21, 2003
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ROB HALFORD: I Have No Plans To Reunite With JUDAS PRIEST

Ex-JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford has issued a statement dispelling the persistent rumors of a possible reunion with his former bandmates and placing much of the blame for the proliferation of false information about his activities on his former management company, Sanctuary Music Group. Halford'...
March 19, 2003
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PAIN MUSEUM Replace SYMPHONY X On THE 2003 METAL GODS TOUR

PAIN MUSEUM, the new band featuring HALFORD members Metal Mike Chlasciak (guitar) and Bobby Jarzombek (drums),have replaced SYMPHONY X on the bill of the much-anticipated The 2003 Metal Gods Tour, a multi-band package featuring HALFORD, co-headliners TESTAMENT, IMMORTAL, DARK TRANQUILITY, AMON AMAR...
March 18, 2003
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'RIPPER' OWENS: I Am The Singer Of JUDAS PRIEST, ROB HALFORD Is The Singer Of HALFORD

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens has once again dismissed suggestions of a possible PRIEST reunion with Rob Halford, telling Montreal Gazette last week that all the talk of a reunion "does get on your nerves, but it's just rumor and it's always going to be there. We're JUDAS PRIEST and I'm t...
March 18, 2003
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CAGE: New Album Samples Posted Online

San Diego, California's CAGE have posted clips of three tracks from their forthcoming CD, "Darker Than Black", at this location. The group's third CD, "Darker Than Black" was produced at Silvercloud Studio by Richard Carr (HALFORD, BRUCE DICKINSON) and is slated for an April 22 European release thro...
March 14, 2003
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THE 2003 METAL GODS TOUR: Lineup Announced!

Former JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford's forthcoming U.S. tour, The 2003 Metal Gods Tour, will be a multi-band package featuring Rob's blazing quintet HALFORD, co-headliners TESTAMENT, IMMORTAL, SYMPHONY X, DARK TRANQUILITY, AMON AMARTH, CARNAL FORGE and more. The 2003 Metal Gods Tour is set to ki...
March 14, 2003
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JUDAS PRIEST/IRON MAIDEN/MOTÖRHEAD Tour A No-Go: Management

JUDAS PRIEST Management Co-Ordinator Jayne Andrews has refuted a freshly-circulated rumor that JUDAS PRIEST (featuring Rob Halford) will be embarking on a summer U.S. tour with IRON MAIDEN and MOTÖRHEAD as part of a monster package that will see PRIEST and MAIDEN sharing the stage for the first time...
March 2, 2003
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HALFORD: Japanese Live Photos Posted Online

A bunch of excellent live photos of HALFORD performing at Tokyo, Japan's Shibuya Kokaido on Feb. 15 have been uploaded to this location. As previously reported, HALFORD's upcoming The 2003 North American Metal Gods Tour will begin in late April in the Northwest. The full lineup for the tour, which w...
March 1, 2003
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HALFORD Dedicate East Coast Shows To Rhode Island Victims

Rob Halford has posted the following message to the band's official forum: "Hi everyone… The band and myself are stoked about coming back to the East Coast for the two sell-out shows at L'Amours.. We have missed you guys and will kick your ass this Friday and Saturday with a killer set that we recen...
February 28, 2003
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HALFORD U.S. Tour To Begin In Late April

HALFORD's upcoming The 2003 North American Metal Gods Tour will begin in late April in the Northwest, according to HALFORD manager John Baxter. The full lineup for the tour, which will be covering "various genres of metal," will be announced soon. ...
February 26, 2003
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HALFORD Manager: Tokyo Show Was Filmed For Upcoming DVD

HALFORD manager John Baxter has issued a statement refuting a report published here yesterday that indicated that no shows on the band's recent Japanese tour were filmed for an upcoming DVD. "We filmed the second Tokyo show [on Feb. 15 at Shibuya Kokaido]," Baxter said in a web posting. "We are goin...
February 24, 2003
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HALFORD Didn't Film Japanese Dates For Upcoming DVD: Opening Act

Despite the band's announcement last month that they would be filming a live DVD during their recent tour of Japan, HALFORD ended up not recording any of the shows on the trek, according to opening act CHILDREN OF BODOM. "There was no film crew [at the shows]," C.O.B. keyboardist Janne Warman told F...
February 23, 2003
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CHILDREN OF BODOM Guitarist Jams With HALFORD

CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist Alexi Laiho joined HALFORD on stage at their show in Sapporo, Japan Wednesday night (Feb. 19) for a triple-axe-attack version of the JUDAS PRIEST classic "Living After Midnight". CHILDREN OF BODOM, whose latest CD, "Hate Crew Deathroll", entered the Finnish charts at #1,...
February 19, 2003