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Report: French 'Fans' Sabotage SLIPKNOT Show

Olivier Rouhet of Rock Hard France sent us the following report from the 2004 edition of Fury Fest, a three-day event held June 25-27 at the Park Des Expositions in Le Mans, France: "Headlining the last day of the Fury Fest Festival in Le Mans (France),SLIPKNOT had to endure the hostility of French...

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The Book Of Heavy Metal

Judging by the vibe surrounding this third DREAM EVIL album, big things are expected. And from the fact that these Swedes scream "Metal!" at every given opportunity and willfully admit to rifling the riff chests of every heads-down-no-nonsense act known to man — JUDAS PRIEST, ACCEPT and DIO are appa...

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OZZFEST 2004: Press Conference Video Posted Online

Ozzfest's official web site is currently hosting a four-and-a-half-minute Quicktime video clip shot at the February 20, 2004 press conference to announce the lineup for this year's traveling festival. Included in the clip are interviews with SUPERJOINT RITUAL's Philip Anselmo, SLAYER's Kerry King, S...

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Report: RAMONES Guitarist Battling Prostate Cancer

Rolling Stone magazine is reporting that RAMONES guitarist Johnny Ramone is in a Los Angeles hospital battling prostate cancer. "Johnny's been a champ in confronting this, but at this point I think the chances are slim," drummer Marky Ramone told the magazine. "John never smoked cigarettes, he wasn'...

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MACHINE HEAD: New Live Videos Posted Online

HDPvidz.com is currently hosting a couple of professional-quality video clips of MACHINE HEAD performing live on June 4 at the Rock Am Ring festival in Germany. Download the files at the following locations: "Imperium" (MPG, 63 MB),"The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears" (MPG, 51 MB). In other news, ...

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PRIMORDIAL Singer Leads BATHORY Tribute At Ireland's DAY OF DARKNESS Festival

PRIMORDIAL's Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill fronted a special tribute to BATHORY's Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg at Ireland's Day of Darkness festival on Saturday, June 12. Nemtheanga was joined for the impromptu performance by a host of artists from Ireland's tight-knit black metal scene. The hastily assem...

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SPIN 66 To Open For KISS/POISON In San Antonio

Texas-based SPIN 66, whose sound is set to recall the best of GARBAGE, THE CARS, BLONDIE, NO DOUBT and BERLIN, will play the side stage at the kick-off date of the KISS/POISON tour at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in San Antonio on Thursday (June 10). The band will play at 6:00 p.m. and will also pe...

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Brooklyn-Based Rock Trio ZO2 To Promote Debut CD On KISS/POISON Summer Tour

The Brooklyn-based rock trio ZO2 has been named as the opening act for the eagerly anticipated KISS and POISON tour in summer 2004. KISS has always fearlessly taken hot up-and-coming acts on the road with them as openers often rocketing those artists to success, and ZO2 is the latest in that long, d...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Explains Absence From DOWNLOAD Festival

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has issued a videotaped message explaining his absence from the group's headlining performance at the Download festival on Sunday (June 6). A BLABBERMOUTH.NET transcript of the message follows: "We've been going pretty hard for most of the year, as you are aware, and we...

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LARS ULRICH To Rejoin METALLICA On Stage In Germany

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich will "definitely" join the band at their performance in Ludwigshafen, Germany Tuesday night (June 8),according to an online posting by METALLICA's webmaster Niclas Swanlund. "I know you are all worried about Lars," he writes. "The reports I have heard [Tuesday] morning...

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SLIPKNOT's JORDISON: It Was An Honor To Play For METALLICA

SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has commented on filling in for METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich for their headlining performance at the Download festival in England Sunday (June 6). "It was an honor last night to play for a band I've looked up to for so long," Jordison said in a statement. "[Before thi...

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Report: METALLICA Drummer 'Waiting On Test Results'

NME.com is reporting that METALLICA's Lars Ulrich is in a German hospital waiting for the results of tests after falling ill in Europe. As previously reported, the group had to play last night's (June 6) Download headline slot with SLIPKNOT and SLAYER drummers Joey Jordison and Dave Lombardo. Accord...

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Report: MACHINE HEAD, HATEBREED, LIFE OF AGONY Drummers Jammed With METALLICA

According to Metal Hammer, MACHINE HEAD's Dave McClain, HATEBREED's Matt Byrne and LIFE OF AGONY's Sal Abruscato all jammed with James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo and and Kirk Hammett before the METALLICA trio settled on the drum line-up of Joey Jordison (SLIPKNOT),Dave Lombardo (SLAYER) and Flemming...

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VINCE NEIL Invites TOMMY LEE To 'End Feud' During New York City Appearance

According to the New York Post, former MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil has invited Tommy Lee to join him on the stage and "end their feud" during his appearance at Crobar in New York City Monday night (June 7). Neil, who's said to be pocketing $50,000 from party sponsor Stella Artois, is appearing a...

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DOWNLOAD 2004: METALLICA, KORN, SLIPKNOT Photos Posted Online

METALLICA (minus drummer Lars Ulrich),KORN and SLIPKNOT were among the performers at the Download festival in Donington Park, England Sunday (June 6). Check out pictures from Film Magic. As previously reported, Ulrich was taken to hospital with an undisclosed illness just hours before METALLICA wer...