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Second Annual 'Cruefest Atlanta' Charity Event: Host, More Performers Announced

English Nick of Rock 100.5 will host the second annual Cruefest Atlanta charity event, set to take place June 14, 2009 at the 10 High Club in Atlanta, Georgia. Scheduled performers include PYROMATIC, THE LOST BOYS, METALSOME INCORPORATED, ANGEL III, THE JULIA DREAM, SMASHED ALLEY and THE SWEAR. For...

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DETONATION To Record New Material

Dutch death/thrash metal act DETONATION has issued the following update: "New songs are what we'll be focusing on the upcoming period. We have a fair amount of new material finished and will most likely hit the studios next month to record a couple of new songs. These recordings will mainly be to se...

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Former LUNGBRUSH Frontman Loses Battle With Cancer

Former LUNGBRUSH singer Troy "Roach" Coates died yesterday (Saturday, March 21) after a 13-month battle with a rare form of adrenal cancer. He was 43 years old. According to his bio, "Roach fought to get metal and all heavy/hardcore music back to the forefront of the Chicago music scene and into the...

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VINCE NEIL's Skylar Neil Memorial Golf Tournament To Be Held In Early May

Vince Neil is perhaps best known as the front man for the legendary rock group MÖTLEY CRÜE. But thanks to his Skylar Neil Foundation he is also widely recognized as a man who generously gives back. After losing his five-year-old daughter Skylar to cancer in 1995, Vince dedicated himself to raising a...

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VOLBEAT Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE Festival

Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT have been confirmed for this year's Roskilde Festival, set to take place July 2-5, 2009 in Roskilde, Denmark. There are also warm-up events which run from Saturday, June 28 until the start of the festival. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMADOU &a...

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CANCER BATS: New Audio Interview Available

Liam Cormier, vocalist of Toronto, Canada's hardcore/metal band CANCER BATS, was interviewed by JamNow.com while the band was out as a part of the Rockstar Taste of Chaos tour. The chat is now available for streaming at this location. "Deathsmarch", the new video from CANCER BATS, can be viewed belo...

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MESSIAH'S KISS/RIOT Singer MIKE TIRELLI Undergoes Surgery For Stomach Cancer

Mike Tirelli has been an integral part of the music scene for over 20 years both as a singer and songwriter. His talent and perseverance brought him worldwide recognition performing with such bands as BURNING STARR, RIOT, MESSIAH'S KISS, HOLY MOTHER, LASTLIX and ZILLION, to name just a few. In the f...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarist To Appear At 'Childhood Cancer Sucks!' Benefit Event

QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton will appear at the Childhood Cancer Sucks! benefit tonight (Friday, March 13) at the Columbia City Theater in Seattle, Washington. Childhood Cancer Sucks! is a benefit concert for CureSearch, the nation's largest childhood cancer research foundation. Get ready fo...

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THE STEVE GRIMMETT BAND Replaces TONY HARNELL At U.K.'s Z ROCK 2009 Festival

THE STEVE GRIMMETT BAND — the U.K.-based group led by former GRIM REAPER/ONSLAUGHT singer Steve Grimmett — has replaced ex-TNT frontman Tony Harnell on the billing of the Z Rock 2009 festival, set to take place May 29-30, 2009 at JB's in Dudley, England. The event organizers said in a statement: "As...

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DETONATION: Footage From 'Music Against Cancer' Concert Posted Online

Video footage of the Dutch death/thrash metal act DETONATION performing on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at the Music Against Cancer concert at Hedon in Zwolle, Holland can be viewed below (clips uploaded by "ErhanLiveMetal"). DETONATION will team up with British band BLOODSHOT DAWN for a U.K. tour later...

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LOUDNESS To Release 'Return To Forever - Aun' In May

Veteran Japanese metallers LOUDNESS will release their new studio album, "Return To Forever - Aun", on May 27 via is Tokuma Japan Communications. LOUDNESS's upcoming tour of Japan will focus exclusively on songs from the band's first four albums — "The Birthday Eve" (1981),"Devil Soldier" (1982),"...

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LIQUID GRAVEYARD Preparing To Record Debut Album

LIQUID GRAVEYARD, the new band featuring former CANCER frontman John Walker, will be at SadMan Studios in Madrid, Spain between April 13 and May 3 recording its debut album for a late 2009 release. LIQUID GRAVEYARD's lineup is completed by Raquel Walker (ex-ABFYS) on vocals, Acaymo Delgado on drums...

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STRYPER Singer's Wife Succumbs To Cancer

STRYPER singer Michael Sweet's wife Kyle Rae Sweet passed away on March 5, 2009 after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer. She was only 52 years old. Michael and Kyle met when she was hired to do makeup for STRYPER's first video, "You Know What To Do". They married in 1986 and had two children ...

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SLASH's Wife Calls AXL ROSE A 'Loser'

Perla Hudson, wife of former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash (real name: Saul Hudson),has responded to a newly published interview with GN'R singer Axl Rose in which he describes the top-hatted axeman as "a cancer." Addressing the possibility of a reunion of GUNS N' ROSES' classic lineup, Rose said i...

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AXL ROSE On SLASH: 'I Consider Him A Cancer And Better Removed, Avoided'

Longtime Axl Rose friend and associate Del James, whose short story, "Without You", inspired the epic clip for GUNS N' ROSES' "November Rain", recently sat down for a chat with Rose and is sharing the results of that one-on-one exclusively with Spinner.com. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow...