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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...

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ONSLAUGHT To Enter Studio Tomorrow

Vocalist Sy Keeler of the reformed lineup of the classic U.K. thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT has issued the following update: "The day has arrived. After two rescheduled dates, ONSLAUGHT will enter Backstage studio [in Derbyshire, England] with producer Andy Sneap tomorrow, July 26th, to start work on 'Kil...

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MEGAFORCE RECORDS Founder Talks About METALLICA's Early Days

METALLICA fan site For Whom Metallica Tolls recently conducted an interview with Johnny Zazula, Executive Producer of METALLICA's debut LP, "Kill 'Em All", and founder of Megaforce Records, the first record company to sign METALLICA. Several excerpts from the interview follow: For Whom Metallica Tol...

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ONSLAUGHT Sign With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Reformed classic British thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT has signed a deal with Candlelight Records for the release of their long-awaited fourth album, "Killing Peace". The band are scheduled to enter the studio the first week of July with producer Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY, EXODUS) to...

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ONSLAUGHT: More 'The Night Of British Thrash' Details Revealed

Vocalist Sy Keeler of the reformed classic British thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT has sent the following message to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "ONSLAUGHT will be appearing at Bradford Rio's [in Bradford, England], Saturday June 3 as co-headliners with XENTRIX, with current Thrash 'til Death tour acts EVILE, PITIFUL...

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ONSLAUGHT To Play One-Off U.K. Date With TESTAMENT, XENTRIX

Reformed classic British thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT will play a one-off date with TESTAMENT and XENTRIX at Bradford Rio's on June 3. This will be the only U.K. date that TESTAMENT will be playing with ONSLAUGHT and XENTRIX. It will be ONSLAUGHT's last U.K. appearance before going off to record their ne...

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ONSLAUGHT Confirmed For Spain's LORCA ROCK Festival

Reformed classic British thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT have been confirmed for the Lorca Rock festival, set to take place June 17 in Murcia, Lorca (south of Alicante),Spain. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: WHITESNAKE TWISTED SISTER DEVILDRIVER ANVIL ONSLAUGHT CHRIS CAFFERY NIGHTRAGE FIREWI...

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ONSLAUGHT To Enter Studio In July

Reformed classic British thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT will enter the studio the first week of July to begin recording their new album, "Killing Peace", tentatively due in September via an as-yet-undetermined label. The band's current lineup includes Sy Keeler (vocals),Nige Rockett (guitars),Steve Grice...

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ONSLAUGHT Confirmed For Czech Republic's BRUTAL ASSAULT Festival

Reformed classic British thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT have been confirmed for the Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 10­-12 at Svojsice U Prelouce (100 km east of Prague) in the Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BIRDFLESH CARNIV...

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ONSLAUGHT Confirmed For Bulgaria's MONSTERS OF ROCK Festival

Reformed classic British thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT have been confirmed for the Monsters of Rock festival, set to take place August 3-7 at the Black Sea resort of Varna in Bulgaria. Also scheduled to appear are MOTÖRHEAD, SAXON, UFO. NEVERMORE, FEAR FACTORY, GAMMA RAY and KREATOR, among many others. ON...