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D.C. COOPER Confirmed For BAY AREA ROCK FESTIVAL

Bay Area Rock Promotions has announce that D.C. Cooper has been confirmed as a special guest of the Bay Area Rock Festival. The current SILENT FORCE lead singer and former ROYAL HUNT frontman will make a guest appearance onstage with one of the bands on the first night of the festival. Additionally,...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER, PAUL DI'ANNO, QUIREBOYS To Team Up For Stockholm Date

According to the concert ticketing agency Ticnet.se, MICHAEL SCHENKER AND FRIENDS, former IRON MAIDEN frontman Paul Di'Anno and the QUIREBOYS will team up for a live show at Kolingsborg in Stockholm, Sweden on April 28. MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP's current touring lineup is as follows: Michael Schenker...

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IN FLAMES, HELLOWEEN, ARMORED SAINT Featured On 'Bang Your Head!!! 2006' DVD

IN FLAMES, DEATH ANGEL, RAVEN, HELLOWEEN, JON OLIVA'S PAIN and ARMORED SAINT are among the bands featured on the "Bang Your Head!!! 2006" DVD, due in Europe on March 12. In addition to 34 songs that were filmed during last year's Bang Your Head!!! festival (which took place June 23-24, 2006 in Balin...

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DRAGONLORD: Sacramento Date Announced

DRAGONLORD, the San Francisco-based black metal band featuring Eric Peterson (guitar, vocals; TESTAMENT),Gian Pyres (guitar; ex-CRADLE OF FILTH),Derrick Ramirez (bass),Lyle Livingston (keys) and Jon Allen (drums; SADUS, ex-TESTAMENT),will perform at On The Y in Sacramento, California on March 17...

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SCORPIONS Featuring ULI JON ROTH Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

SCORPIONS, featuring special guest Uli Jon Roth, have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AEROSMITH AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH ANNIHILATOR AXEL RUDI PE...

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POWDERBURN, FORCE FED, COURSE OF RUIN To Perform At 'Get Thrashed' North American Premiere

POWDERBURN, FORCE FED and COURSE OF RUIN will perform at the North American premiere of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene. The free rooftop screening is scheduled for Su...

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DEVILDRIVER Members To Play One-Off BELTFED Show

BELTFED, the death/grind collaboration between members of DEVILDRIVER (Jon Miller, Jeff Kendrick and John Boecklin) and PRESSURE 4-5 (Joe Schmidt),will play a one-off show on Friday, March 16 at club Velvet Jones in Santa Barbara, California. According to a press release, "the band currently does n...

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IN THIS MOMENT Frontwoman Fields Marriage Proposals From 'Fans'

Chris Harris and Jon Wiederhorn of MTV.com report that Maria Brink (MySpace profile) — the full-bosomed, pouty-lipped, heavily inked blond frontwoman for Southern California metallers IN THIS MOMENT — is reminded on an almost daily basis just how striking she is. "There's definitely a lot of marriag...

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SHADOWS FALL Frontman: 'We Just Wanted To Write A Full-On Metal Record'

"We just wanted to write a full-on metal record," says Brian Fair, lead singer of SHADOWS FALL. "We were like, 'I don't care what's going on, nowadays — let's write some fucking metal!' I mean, that's always been our attitude, but this time we went even further into our rock and thrash roots." "Thre...

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SCORPIONS, ULI JON ROTH, MICHAEL SHENKER GROUP Confirmed For U.K.'s ROCK & BLUES CUSTOM SHOW

Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS will be joined by the band's former guitarist, Uli Jon Roth, during their appearance at this year's Rock & Blues Custom Show, set to take place July 26-29 at Coney Grey Showground, Chesterfield Road, Pentrich, Derbyshire, England. The festival billing is sha...

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Former GODFLESH Frontman Discusses 2002 Nervous Breakdown

Chris Harris and Jon Wiederhorn of MTV.com report: With just hours before taking an April 2002 flight from London to Los Angeles, where his band GODFLESH were to begin a North American tour, singer and guitarist Justin Broadrick suffered a nervous breakdown. He was broke, his girlfriend of 13 years...

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Win Chance To Perform With JON OLIVA'S PAIN

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, DIONYSUS and NOSTRADAMEUS will embark on their European spring tour beginning March 30. JOP will be heading up a series of fan contests for select shows. The first contest has begun and will give three fans/guitarists the chance to perform live on stage with the Mountain King! Offi...

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GLENN HUGHES: Seven Songs Written For Next Album

Legendary bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) took part in a online chat with the Glenn Hughes Fan Forum on Saturday, February 17. When asked about when fans can expect to hear the follow-up to his latest album, "Music for the Divine", Hughes responded, "The songwriting has al...

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AFTER ALL To Support STONE SOUR In Belgium, Holland

Belgian thrashers AFTER ALL have been confirmed as direct support for STONE SOUR in Belgium and Holland. The details are as follows: Feb. 19 - AB - Brussels, Belgium Mar. 07 - Melkweg Max - Amsterdam, Holland AFTER ALL is confirmed to appear at this year's Pestpop festival on April 21 in Wieze, Belg...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary: U.S. Premiere Announced

"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, will have its North American premiere on Sunday, March 11 at 8:00 p.m. as part of the 2007 Texas Rock Fest. This will be a free roofto...