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HELLOWEEN, PRIMAL FEAR To Team Up For Japanese Tour

HELLOWEEN and PRIMAL FEAR will be teaming up for a Japanes tour in late February/early March. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 24 - Hiroshima, JPN - Club Quattro Feb. 26 - Osaka, JPN - Zepp Feb. 27 - Fukuoka, JPN - Zepp Mar. 01 - Tokyo, JPN - Zepp Mar. 03 - Nagoya, JPN ...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'DANI FILTH Is Entitled To Do Whatever The F.ck He Pleases'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has elaborated further on his scathingly negative comments about CRADLE OF FILTH which aired on a Norwegian radio station late last month. [See previous BLABBERMOUTH.NET stories: Story#1, Story#2.] In an interview with the metal show "Pyro" on Norwegian national ra...

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BLACK SABBATH's IOMMI Out And About In London

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi's official web site has been updated with the following message: "Tony was in London this week to attend a special evening for former IRON MAIDEN drummer Clive Burr at the Hard Rock Café. Clive donated his drum kit from the Beast on the Road tour to the Hard ...

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JUDAS PRIEST: 'Thank You For Your Loyalty And Dedication'

JUDAS PRIEST have issued the following holiday message via their official web site: "Hello to all our PRIEST fans around the world! Well, our touring is now completed for 2005 and what a great year it has been. The end of year shows saw the mighty PRIEST visiting Ukraine, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and...

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NINE INCH NAILS: More North American Tour Dates Announced

NINE INCH NAILS have announced a number of new North American shows beginning on February 10 in Champaign, Illinois. Support acts for the run have not yet been announced. NINE INCH NAILS have several concerts remaining this month, including a December 10 performance in Los Angeles as part of the ann...

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EUROPE Perform On Swedish TV: Video Available

Reunited Swedish rockers EUROPE performed the title track from their most recent studio album, "Start from the Dark", live on the Swedish national TV (TV4) show "Nyhetsmorgon" on Sunday, December 4. Watch the performance online at this location. As previously reported, Sanctuary Visual Entertainment...

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RUSH Guitarist: 'It's Time For A New Record'

RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson told the Detroit radio station WRIF 101.1 FM that the band are preparing to begin work on a new CD. "We're going to go in the studio early next year and start writing," he said. "It's time for a new record, time to move forward...we're going to hopefully finish ...

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JUDAS PRIEST Go Sightseeing In Moscow: Photos Available

JUDAS PRIEST Management Co-Ordinator Jayne Andrews has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Glenn [Tipton, guitar], Ian [Hill, bass], some of the crew and I all had a great day out in Moscow — checking out all the tourist sights — the Kremlin, Red Square, Lenin's Tomb, St....

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QUEENSRŸCHE To Begin Mixing 'Operation: Mindcrime II' Next Week

According to a posting on QUEENSRŸCHE's official web site, guest vocalist Pamela Moore (a.k.a. Sister Mary) and bassist Eddie Jackson have completed their parts for QUEENSRŸCHE's sequel to their platinum 1988 concept album, "Operation: Mindcrime", tentatively titled "Operation: Mindcrime II". The ba...

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QUEEN Guitarist Defends $200 Ticket Prices: 'I Guarantee It Will Be Worth It'

Billboard.com is reporting that QUEEN guitarist Brian May took to his official web site earlier in the week to address some fan concerns about the price of tickets for the upcoming QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS shows, which top out at around $200. "Well, I sympathize, guys, but I know our tickets are nowhere...

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NILE Mainman: 'THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT Are A Fine Bunch Of Fellows'

NILE mainman Karl Sanders has issued the following statement regarding the recent war of words with Dutch death metallers THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT over Sanders' claim that THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT have "managed to crawl into all kinds of [Karl's] print space" by claiming to have been named by Sanders "t...

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EPOCH OF UNLIGHT: In Writing Mode

Tennessee's melodic black/death metal act EPOCH OF UNLIGHT have commenced work on the follow-up to this year's creative output "The Continuum Hypothesis". Commented drummer Tino LoSicco, "The band is working on material for the fourth album. With the saturation in the scene with all the 'new melodic...

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Former PANTERA Manager: PHILIP ANSELMO 'Was Beyond Anybody's Control'

In the February 2006 issue of Revolver magazine (web site),several of PANTERA's former business associates recount the band's amazing rise to the status of the biggest extreme metal act in the world and the circumstances that led to their eventual break-up. Though it would be unfair to blame PANTER...

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SAXON To Get Into 'Serious Writing Mode' After Christmas Break

SAXON drummer Nigel Glockler has posted the following message on his official web site: "Just a quickie! We're back out for a short pre-Christmas tour starting this Saturday 3rd December in Stockholm. Due to the U.S. tour being postponed, we didn't waste anytime and spent a couple of weeks trying a...

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Former CARCASS Frontman JEFF WALKER: Solo Album Track Listing Revealed

Former CARCASS bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker has finalized the track listing for his upcoming solo album consisting exclusively of country and blues covers. The CD, entitled "Welcome to Carcass Cuntry", will include tracks from such artists as SKEETER DAVIS, HANK WILLIAMS, JOHNNY CASH, CONNIE SMITH,...