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PARTY.SAN Festival Organizers To TAAKE: We Do Not Support 'Christian-Influenced Nazi Scum'

The organizers of the Party.San Metal Open Air festival (set to take place August 9-11, 2007 in Bad Berka, Germany) have issued a statement explaining their decision to remove Norwegian black metallers TAAKE from the billing of this year's event after the group' singer appeared on stage in Essen, Ge...

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Report: SCOTT WEILAND's Wife Arrested for Torching Wardrobe

TMZ.com reports that the wife of VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland was arrested this weekend after cops say she torched the rocker's $10,000 wardrobe in front of the couple's home in Toluca Lake, Ca. According to police, 31-year-old Mary Weiland was booked for investigation of felony arson vand...

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TAAKE Removed From TOMAHAWK FESTIVAL Billing Following Swastika Incident

Norwegian black metallers TAAKE — who found themselves at the center of another controversy last week when the group' singer appeared on stage in Essen, Germany with a swastika symbol drawn on his chest — have been kicked off the billing of the the Tomahawk Festival, set to take place March 31 at .....

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MEGADETH To Play Israel In July

MEGADETH will perform in Tel Aviv, Israel on July 2. The show will mark the band's first appearance in Israel since June 2005 when the group's performance at the Metalist Festival was stopped after only four songs due to the crowd's rowdy behavior (see previous BLABBERMOUTH.NET stories: Story#1, Sto...

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TONY IOMMI To Guest On ALICE COOPER's Radio Show

Legendary heavy metal guitarist Tony Iommi (HEAVEN AND HELL, BLACK SABBATH) will be Alice Cooper's special guest on Cooper's radio show "Nights with Alice Cooper" airing tomorrow (Tuesday, March 27). The program is a classic-rock format and is nationally syndicated on the United Stations Radio Netwo...

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HEAVEN AND HELL: Calgary Video Footage Available

A number of video clips of HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) — performing at the Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on March 14, 2007 have been posted online at...

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MELIAH RAGE: In Writing Mode

Guitarist Anthony Nichols of Boston metallers MELIAH RAGE has been busy writing music for the band's next record, tentatively due before the end of the year. According to the group, "the music thus far is heavier and more riff-oriented than the last two releases, but has all the elements of classic...

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NEIL TURBIN's DEATHRIDERS To Introduce New Lineup At San Diego Gig

DEATHRIDERS, the new band fronted by original ANTHRAX vocalist Neil Turbin, will play an all-ages show on Thursday, March 29 at the House of Blues in San Diego. The event will be free to everyone over 21 and only $10 for those under 21. This will be DEATHRIDERS' first performance with the new lineup...

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BILL STEER Says He Is 'Open' To The Possibility Of CARCASS Reunion

After years of consistently shooting down any possibility of a CARCASS reunion, guitarist Bill Steer appears to be finally changing his tune. In a brand new interview conducted last week in London by Patrizia Mazzuoccolo of the Norwegian metal radio show "Tinitus", Steer had the following to say whe...

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GORGOROTH Guitarist Released From Norwegian Prison

According to a posting on GORGOROTH's web site, the group's guitarist Infernus has been released on parole after serving time for aggravated sexual assault in connection with an alleged rape of a 29-year-old woman in Bergen, Norway in 2004. Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) and a friend (whose ident...

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CHRIS CORNELL To Support AEROSMITH At London's HYDE PARK CALLING

Former AUDIOSLAVE/SOUNDGARDEN frontman Chris Cornell has been confirmed as one of the support acts for AEROSMITH at this year's Hyde Park Calling festival in London. British band THE ANSWER will be opening the event, which takes place on June 24. Cornell will be honored at the third annual MusiCares...

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SAMAEL: 'Solar Soul' Track Listing Revealed

Swiss metal experimentalists SAMAEL have moved forward the release date of their eighth album, "Solar Soul" (Nuclear Blast),to June 1 from the previously announced June 15. The CD will contain the following track listing: 01. Solar Soul 02. Promised Land 03. Slavocracy 04. Western Ground 05. On the...

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BLITZKRIEG Signs With ARMAGEDDON MUSIC

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG have issued the following update: "Armageddon Music [Germany] have signed BLITZKRIEG. The band is just finishing the new album called 'Theatre Of The Damned' in the Absurd Studio in Hamburg, together with producer Schroedey. The album will...

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HEAVEN AND HELL To Support METALLICA In Vienna

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) — and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will support METALLICA on July 5 at Rotundenplatz in Vienna, Austria. HEAVEN AND HELL's March 30 con...

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VEHEMENCE, REBIRTH, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS Members Join Forces In REIGN OF VENGEANCE

Mark Kozuback (VEHEMENCE),Marshall Beck (REBIRTH, DESCEND, ex-VEXATION) and Ken "Sorceron" (ABIGAIL WILLIAMS) have joined forces in a new death metal project called REIGN OF VENGEANCE. The band's debut EP, which is expected this summer, will be "a concept album telling a grizzly tale about a man mu...