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QUEENSRŸCHE Backing Vocalist PAMELA MOORE Hospitalized; Band Plays 'Edited' Show

A BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the name of Kit Ekman has submitted the following report: "I just returned home from the QUEENSRŸCHE show at the Saenger Theater in beautiful Mobile, Alabama this evening [August 30]. A few minutes before the show began, Geoff Tate [QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist] came out from b...

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DRAGONFORCE Schedules Vancouver Signing Session

U.K. extreme power metallers DRAGONFORCE will be holding an after-show autograph session in Vancouver, B.C. on September 12 at the Scrape Records booth (around 11:00 p.m.) at the Croatian Cultural Centre. The band's latest album, "Inhuman Rampage", will be specially priced at the venue along with th...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE To Guest On Indie 103.1's 'Chaos' Tomorrow

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine will be the special guest tomorrow night (Wednesday, August 30) on Indie 103.1 FM's "Chaos" metal show with host Full Metal Jackie at 10:00 p.m. PST. Mustaine will likely be discussing MEGADET's upcoming Gigantour jaunt across North America, which will include a concer...

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POISON-ous Vibes

David Koon of Arkansas Times reports that even though POISON's concert at Little Rock's Riverfest Ampitheatre Sunday night (August 27) went off without a hitch, the paper's "man behind the scenes" — Market Street Cinema owner and dedicated metal head Matt Smith — said that the atmosphere backstage w...

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HOLY MOSES Bassist Checks Into Psychiatric Hospital

German thrashers HOLY MOSES have posted the following message on their official web site: "Unfortunately, we have to let you know that our bass player Ozzy [Robert 'Ozzy' Frese] had to go into a psychiatric clinic unexpected. As soon as Ozzy is back on his feet, he will be back in the band again, bu...

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IRON MAIDEN Singer: 'We Have No Interest In Hitting Dozens Of Cities In America'

IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson recently spoke to MTV.com about the making of the band's new album, "A Matter of Life and Death", due on September 5 via Sanctuary. "We did the whole thing in just a shade under four months," said Dickinson. "We don't get together to make records that much anymor...

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Swedish Black Metallers SHINING Comment On Rumors Of Singer's Suicide

Reactivated Swedish black metallers SHINING have issued the following statement regarding the widespread rumors that the group's leader, Niklas Kvarforth, has committed suicide: "There have been many rumours saying that our front-man, founder Kvarforth is dead. We wish these speculations to be put t...

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MEGADETH: New Album Pushed Back To 2007

MEGADETH frontman Dave Mustaine has told Gary Graff of Billboard.com that the band's upcoming album, entitled "United Abominations", has been pushed back to an early 2007 release through Roadrunner Records. "We're putting the finishing touches on it," Mustaine told Billboard.com. "We've got a little...

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BLOODSIMPLE Launches Drummer Search

BLOODSIMPLE bassist Kyle Sanders has issued the following update: "As many may know and others may not, we parted ways with our buddy Chris Hamilton [drums] a few months back. It sucked, but it happened. He's a slammin' drummer and a good dude but things happen for a reason and it happened. We didn'...

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ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER, GRAVE To Team Up For West Coast Tour

ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER, GRAVE and THE ABSENCE will be teaming up for a West Coast tour in December. Confirmed dates are as follows: Dec. 01 - Hollywood, CA @ Knitting factory Dec. 02 - San Francisco, CA @ The Pound Dec. 03 - Chico, CA @ TBA Dec. 04 - Portland, OR @ Rock N Roll ...

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DISTURBED Drummer Explains Why He Hasnt Tied The Knot Yet

Launch Radio Networks reports: DISTURBED drummer Mike Wengren proposed to his future wife nearly a year ago, on August 31, 2005, onstage in her hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since then, however, the couple have not managed to seal the deal. Wengren told Launch what's been holding up the big day....

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DECREPIT BIRTH Guitarist Spends Time In Canadian Jail

Santa Cruz, California-based death metallers DECREPIT BIRTH have issued the following update: "We would like to thank everyone who made the Bloodletting 5 tour a great success for us. A huge thanks goes out to everyone in DEEDS OF FLESH, VILE and ODIOUS MORTEM, as well as Mike and Thunderdome Tourin...

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EWIGKEIT Preview Demo Version Of 'Guantanamo Bay' Track

English experimental metal project EWIGKEIT (currently signed to Earache Records) has uploaded a demo recording of a new track, entitled "Guantanamo Bay International - Suspect Package Holiday", on its MySpace page. Commented EWIGKEIT mastermind James Fogarty: "The track is not only in reference to...

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Blood of the Snake

You don't get to be a respected journeyman like DEREK SHERINIAN without making a few friends along the way — or without having the chops to execute stop-on-a-dime stylistic changes and make yourself sound convincing. "Blood of the Snake" goes all over the place, with a little something for everyone,...

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Drugs of Faith

President George W. Bush's war in the Middle East has sure given many politically minded extreme music acts loads of material to wrap around a violent amalgam of drums, bass, and guitars. One needs only to view the cover art of Northern Virginia's DRUGS OF FAITH to determine that the grindy crust tr...