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SECRETS OF THE MOON Replaces TAAKE At Germany's PARTY.SAN METAL OPEN AIR

German black metallers SECRETS OF THE MOON have replaced TAAKE on the billing of this year's Party.San Metal Open Air festival, set to take place August 9-11, 2007 in Bad Berka, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ASPHYX BELPHEGOR BEWITCHED CEPHALIC CA...

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JUDAS PRIEST: 'We're All Really Excited About How Great This Record Is Shaping Up'

JUDAS PRIEST is currently recording a concept album about the 16th Century French prophet Nostradamus. The band has issued the following update: "Scott [Travis, drums] has just finished his first stint in the studio [in England] which went incredibly well!! He's flown back to the U.S. now. Rob [Half...

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CRASHDIET Begins Recording Second Album

Swedish/Finnish "glam rockers" CRASHDIET have entered a studio in Sundsvall, Sweden with producer Patrik Frisk to begin recording their second album, tentatively due in August. A blog has been launched at the group's official web site which will contain audio and video updates from the studio. CRASH...

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BLACK SABBATH: More New York City Signing Session Details Revealed

BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN AND HELL guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) will be signing copies of the new BLACK SABBATH CD, "The Dio Years", on Tuesday, April 3 between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at Best Buy (44th & 5th Av...

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HEAVEN AND HELL, LAMB OF GOD, ICED EARTH: U.K. Tour Dates Revealed

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported last night, 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) — will tour the U.K. in November 2007 with support from none other than LAMB OF GOD...

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HEAVEN AND HELL To Tour U.K. With LAMB OF GOD, ICED EARTH

BLABBERMOUTH.NET has learned that 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) — will tour the U.K. in November 2007 with support from none other than LAMB OF GOD and ICED EAR...

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LILLIAN AXE: 'Waters Rising' To Arrive In June

Opening for the likes of RATT, POISON, QUEENSRŸCHE, KROKUS, STRYPER and LITA FORD, working with some of rock's most respected producers and scoring several "Headbanger's Ball"-approved video clips, LILLIAN AXE certainly carved (or perhaps more appropriately, chopped) a niche for themselves with meta...

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TAAKE's Record Label Distances Itself From Frontman's 'Extremely Stupid Stunt'

TAAKE's record label, Dark Essence Records, has issued a statement distancing itself from the Norwegian black metal band after the group' singer appeared on stage in Essen, Germany last week with a swastika symbol drawn on his chest. Commented the label: "In the last days, there's been a lot of cont...

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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...