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TWISTED SISTER Frontman Discusses 'Matzo and Metal' VH1 CLASSIC Special

The New York Post reports that TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider joined three Jewish rockers — MOUNTAIN's Leslie West, ANTHRAX's Scott Ian and SISTER bandmate JJ French — for VH1 Classic's "Matzo and Metal: A Very Classic Passover", which airs April 24, the second night of Passover. West leads the...

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SOUNDSCAN REPORT: C.O.C., ADEMA, FANTOMAS And HAMMERFALL

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending April 12, 2005, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (The Billboard 200 chart position included, where applicable): CORROSION OF CONFORMITY – "In the Arms of God": 8,967 (#108) ADEMA – "Planets": 6,701 (#152) FANTOMAS...

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HAMMERFALL: Japanese, Mexican, South American Tour Dates Announced

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "The tour premiere in Helsinki (and Jyväskylä),Finland, last week went remarkably well! The audience was absolutely crazy, which always helps ;-),and we were all very pleased with this outing. I c...

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U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK Festival Backed By Mighty WACKEN

The mighty German heavy metal festival, Wacken, has leant its European marketing muscle to the U.K. in a global demonstration of support for the launch of Bloodstock Open Air (B-O-A) — the leading independent U.K. festival that is dedicated to heavy metal music. With Wacken's support, B-O-A will be...

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ROADBURN FESTIVAL Live Webcast Scheduled For Today

Holland's VPRO 3voor12 will carry a live webcast of the 10th Roadburn Festival from the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland on Saturday, April 9. The live webcast starts at 18:45 CET (16:45 GMT, U.S. East Coast at 12:45 p.m. and U.S. West Coast at 9:45 a.m.). All the performances from the Roadburn Festiva...

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SLASH Is A Smash Playing National Anthems At TORONTO BLUE JAYS Home Opener

Shi Davidi of The Canadian Press has issued the following report: Slash was doing a show with his band VELVET REVOLVER in Toronto recently when he decided to play a couple of bars from "O Canada". "The whole place went nuts," the rock guitarist recalled Friday. "I was like 'OK settle down, just wait...

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DAMN 13 Announce New Record Deal, Line Up Tour Dates With MOTÖRHEAD, C.O.C.

Toronto's DAMN 13, the brainchild of former MONSTER VOODOO MACHINE frontman Adam (Doom) Sewell, are set to kick off a slew of Canadian dates opening for MOTÖRHEAD and CORROSION OF CONFORMITY. In celebration of their 30th anniversary, MOTÖRHEAD kicked off a full North American tour last month. The ba...

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MERCENARY Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

Danish metallers MERCENARY have been confirmed for the 2005 edition of the Roskilde Festival, set to take place June 30-July 3 in Roskilde, Denmark. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are BLACK SABBATH, AUDIOSLAVE, THE HAUNTED, ISIS, ENSLAVED, SUNN O))) and D.A.D. The Roskilde Festival is hel...

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C.O.C. Frontman Says METALLICA Audition Didn't Alienate His Bandmates

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY frontman Pepper Keenan recently spoke to Vancouver's Straight.com about the group's current tour with North American tour with MOTÖRHEAD and his audition for the bassist slot in METALLICA. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: On touring with MOTÖRHEAD: "It's two re...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Film Video For 'B.Y.O.B.'

MTV.com is reporting that SYSTEM OF A DOWN shot a video for their new single, "B.Y.O.B.", last weekend in downtown Los Angeles with director Jake Nava, who has helmed mainly pop and R&B clips over the years. "B.Y.O.B.", an acronym for "Bring Your Own Bombs", is about the business behind war, amo...

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M.O.D. To Team Up With CRISIS And BEYOND THE EMBRACE For U.S. Tour

M.O.D. will be teaming up with CRISIS and BEYOND THE EMBRACE for a U.S. tour beginning in early June. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jun. 18 – Fayetteville, NC @ Jesters Jun. 29 - New York City, NY @ Knitting Factory Jun. 23 – Farmingdale, NY @ Crazy Donkey Jul. 01 – Buffalo, ...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Part Ways With Guitarist, Announce Replacement

Austrian "epic metal" band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have parted ways with guitarist Werner Fiedler "due to personal reasons." Replacing him in the band is Wolfgang "Wops" Koch, who made his live debut with the group in Chur and Biberach. "The feeling with him is great and VISIONS OF ATLANTIS is ready to...

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THE HAUNTED Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED have been confirmed for the 2005 edition of the Roskilde Festival, set to take place June 30-July 3 in Roskilde, Denmark. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are BLACK SABBATH, AUDIOSLAVE, GREEN DAY, ISIS, ENSLAVED, SUNN O))) and D.A.D. The Roskilde Festival is he...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN: New Single 'B.Y.O.B.' Available Online

SYSTEM OF A DOWN's new single, "B.Y.O.B.", can be previewed in its entirety at MTV.com. "B.Y.O.B." comes off "Mesmerize", the first half of SYSTEM OF A DOWN's new double album, "Mesmerize/Hypnotize". "Mesmerize" is due on May 17 while "Hypnotize" is expected to surface sometime this fall. "B.Y.O.B."...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Visits 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien': Transcript Available

Ozzy Osbourne was on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" to promote the new season of "The Osbournes" and his new box set, entitled "Prince of Darkness". Ozzy discussed how he's been sober for nearly a year, the recent break-in at his home in England, his son Jack's latest plans on becoming a firefighte...