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MARDUK Pull Out Of Turkey's ROCK THE NATIONS Festival

Swedish black metallers MARDUK have cancelled their previously announced appearance at the Rock the Nations festival in Istanbul, Turkey "due to [the] incompetence of the organizer," according to a posting on the group's web site. "The band was stranded on the airport in Sweden trying to pick up tic...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist Says New Album Sounds Like 'Traditional PRIEST'

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing has spoken to Canada's Chart Attack about the group's upcoming studio album — the first to feature vocalist Rob Halford since 1990's classic "Painkiller". "It happened very quickly," says Downing. "We haven't beaten around the bush. And immediately, obviously with...

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UNEARTHED: Former ICED EARTH Members Speak Out

UNEARTHED, the new band formed by former ICED EARTH members Gene Adam (vocals),Dave Abell (guitar),and Mark Prator (drums),along with Bill Owen (guitar) of the pre-ICED EARTH band PURGATORY and NASTY SAVAGE/ex-AGENT STEEL bassist Richard Bateman, recently did an interview with the Chilean "heavy...

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Report: GUNS N' ROSES Victim 'Sickened' By Decision To Clear Riot Cops

CBC News reports: The man who suffered extensive injuries when he was hit in the face by a police officer's steel baton during the GUNS N' ROSES riot (video) says he's shocked that his complaint has been dismissed. Police Complaints Commission adjudicator Ross Collver has ruled that Const. Reg Forst...

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GREEN CARNATION Confirmed For Slovenia's METAL CAMP Festival

GREEN CARNATION, the Norwegian band featuring Tchort (a.k.a. Terje Vik Schei, ex-EMPEROR, SATYRICON, EINHERJER),are the latest band confirmed for the first installment of the Metal Camp festival, a two-day event set to take place August 20-21 in Tolbin, Slovenia. GREEN CARNATION will play the main...

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Judge: No Disciplinary Action Against GUNS N' ROSES Riot Cops

CBC Online reports: Two Vancouver Police officers did not use excessive force at the GUNS N' ROSES riot in November 2002, says the retired judge who chaired a Police Complaints Commission hearing into the incident. Adjudicator Ross Collver has found Const. Reginald Forster did not use excessive forc...

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APOCALYPTICA Confirmed For Slovenia's METAL CAMP Festival

Finnish string combo APOCALYPTICA are the latest band confirmed for the first installment of the Metal Camp festival, a two-day event set to take place August 20-21 in Tolbin, Slovenia. The festival is being co-produced by Austrian and Slovenian booking agencies and will take place at a "very beauti...

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OBITUARY Singer: New Songs Are 'Very Heavy'

OBITUARY frontman John Tardy has provided BLABBERMOUTH.NET with an exclusive update on the songwriting sessions for the group's first collection of new material since 1997's "Back From the Dead", tentatively due in early 2005 through an as-yet-undetermined label (most likely Roadrunner). Read on: On...

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DAMAGEPLAN's DIMEBAG Talks Guitar

DAMAGEPLAN guitarist Dimebag Darrell (ex-PANTERA) recently spoke to Guitar.com about his current guitar set-up and the recording process for the band's debut album, "New Found Power". The following are some of the highlights of that interview: Guitar.com: So tell me about your latest guitar arsenal....

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SLAYER, DIMMU BORGIR, NIGHWISH Perform At DYNAMO Festival: Photos Available

The Dynamo Open Air web site has uploaded photos of most of the bands that performed at the long-running Dutch festival last weekend. Check them out: ILL NIÑO (photos) CHILDREN OF BODOM (photos) OOMPH! (photos) SOULFLY (photos) AFTER FOREVER (photos) LIFE OF AGONY (

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RED TIDE Sign With NEOBLAST RECORDS

Edmonton, Alberta-based progressive death metal doomsters RED TIDE have inked a deal with Neoblast Records for the release of their second album. "Para Bellum" will be made available worldwide in September 2004. The complete track listing for the 27-minute CD is as follows: 01. Pact Of Steel 02. Ins...

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BLACK CROWES Guitarist To Release Solo Album

BLACK CROWES guitarist Rich Robinson will release his first solo album, "Paper", on August 24 through his own Key Hole Records label. Robinson sings, plays guitar, bass, keyboards on percussion on the CD, which features contributing musicians, former BLACK CROWES keyboardist Eddie Harsch and BR5-49'...

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Lawyer: GUNS N' ROSES Riot Cops Went Overboard

The Province reports: A lawyer for Vancouver B.C.'s Police Complaints Commission says the actions of two Vancouver police officers during the GUNS N' ROSES riot in 2002 were unreasonable and unnecessary. Dana Urban told a public hearing that to simply accept the word of the two officers that their a...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Is Concerned About His Vocal Cords For OZZFEST

Ozzy Osbourne is reportedly worried that his voice wont be good and lively enough for live performances on this summer's Ozzfest tour after spending months in a neck brace following a quad bike accident last December. Ozzy is said to have been exercising regularly to get back in shape for the concer...

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FLESH MADE SIN: Debut Album Due In September

Dutch thrashers FLESH MADE SIN will enter Harrow studio later this month with producer Marc ter Braak to begin recording their full-length debut, entitled "Dawn of the Stillborn". Cover artwork will be handled by Manuel Tinnemans (PENTACLE, NECROPHAGIA). A September release through an as-yet-undeter...