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Original Bassist BLACKY, MARTYR Guitarist To Perform With VOIVOD In Canada

Canada's pioneering metal band VOIVOD, whose last performance took place on July 30, 2003 in Florida during that summer's Ozzfest tour, will make its trimphant return to the stage on June 22, 2008 as part of the Heavy MTL festival in Montreal. The group has issued the following update regarding its...

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VOIVOD Drummer To Guest On 'The Metal File'

Drummer Michel "Away" Langevin of Canada's pioneering metal band VOIVOD will guest on this week's edition of "The Metal File" program on Montreal's CHOM-FM (commercial, 50,000 watts). "The Metal File" can be heard live from 12 midnight to 1 a.m. Friday nights on CHOM-FM. It is also available for lis...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN: 'I'm Healthier Than I've Ever Been'

Eddie Van Halen recently spoke to People magazine about his health in the wake of last month's announcement that VAN HALEN's ongoing world tour was put on ice after the guitarist was diagnosed with an unspecified medical condition. There are still no public details on exactly what ailed, or ails, th...

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VAN HALEN Performs At TIGER JAM XI; Video Footage, Photos Available

VAN HALEN resumed its tour earlier in the week with a performance in Reno (April 17) and last night's (Saturday, April 19) appearance at Tiger Wood's charity event, Tiger Jam XI, at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Check out pictures from the Las Vegas concert at Wire Image. Fan-filmed video...

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LOUDNESS Taps DED CHAPLIN Drummer For Japanese Dates

Kozo Suganuma, drummer for one of the most popular fusion bands in Japan, FRAGILE and a former member of DED CHAPLIN (featuring LOUDNESS singer Minoru Niihara),has been tapped to fill in for LOUDNESS drummer Munetaka Higuchi for the latter group's previously announced Japanese dates. Higuchi was ho...

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INTO ETERNITY Mainman Checks In From The Road

Founding guitarist/principal songwriter Tim Roth of Canadian extreme progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY has issued the following update: "We are almost halfway done our USA tour with SYMPHONY X and EPICA. This has been another very successful tour again for us! Every crowd is absolutely insane and...

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DEEP PURPLE Bassist Checks In

DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover has posted the following message on his web site: "After the South American tour, which went very well, I returned to the UK to help my sister Christine care for our mother, Brenda. She is nearly 86 and has been battling cancer for a few years. The whole family has ....

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BLOODBATH Back In The Studio For Third Full-Length Album

Guitarist Anders "Blakkheim" Nystrm of the Swedish death metal "supergroup" BLOODBATH has issued the following update: "BLOODBATH just spent the last week at Park Studio in Stockholm where Axe [drummer Martin 'Axe' Axenrot] put down an (un)healthy doze of all the basic ingredients and more to get th...

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NEIL TURBIN's DEATHRIDERS: Texas Tour Dates Announced

DEATHRIDERS, the band led by former ANTHRAX singer Neil Turbin, will invade Texas in June as part of the "Back with a Vengeance" tour. The group will perform on Friday, June 13 at the Dream World Music Complex in Arlington and on Saturday, June 14 at the The Meridian in Houston. Live streaming will...

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LOUDNESS Drummer Diagnosed With Liver Cancer

LOUDNESS drummer Munetaka Higuchi was diagnosed with liver cancer (Hepatocellular Carcinoma) earlier this month, according to Japanese media reports. He is still in the hospital, where he has been undergoing radiotherapy for HCC. LOUDNESS will play the three previously announced Japanese dates with...

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NEIL TURBIN's DEATHRIDERS: Footage From 2005 'Thrash Against Cancer' Event Posted Online

Capital Chaos has posted video footage of DEATHRIDERS, the band led by former ANTHRAX singer Neil Turbin, performing the ANTHRAX classic "Panic" on July 9, 2005 at the Pound in San Francisco, California as part of the Thrash Against Cancer festival. Also on the bill were LAAZ ROCKIT, BROCAS HELM, AN...

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AGENT STEEL Begins Work On New Material

California-based power metallers AGENT STEEL have issued the following update: "We just loaded in our gear this week into our new rehearsal studio in Los Angeles and started working on new song ideas; and also revisiting the 'STEEL' catalog. We've begun to kick around guitar riff ideas in attempt to...

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LILLIAN AXE To Perform At Benefit Concert In Dallas

New Orleans-based hard rockers LILLIAN AXE will perform at the American Cancer Society Benefit Race for Life this Saturday, April 12 at Reno's Chop Shop (210 N Crowdus St.) in Dallas, Texas. LILLIAN AXE will enter the studio in June to begin recording the band's sixth studio and ninth overall album...

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ILLDISPOSED's 'The Prestige' Lands On Danish Chart

Danish metallers ILLDISPOSED have entered the album chart in their home country at position No. 44 with their latest effort, "The Prestige". The CD was mixed at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden with Fredrik Nordstrm and features cover artwork by Mattias Norn. In other news, ILLDISPOSED has made...

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DEEP PURPLE Singer To Perform At JEFF HEALEY Tribute Concert

According to CBC News, DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan is among the artists who will participate in a pair of Toronto tribute concerts to honor Canadian guitar great Jeff Healey, who died March 2 of cancer. Jeff Healey's backup band JAZZ WIZARDS will open the first tribute concert May 3. CREAM vocalis...