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DANZIG And DOYLE To Perform Special MISFITS Set At NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL
Glenn Danzig will be joined by his former MISFITS bandmate Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein for a special 30-minute set of MISFITS classics during DANZIG's headlining performance at the 7th annual New England Metal & Hardcore Festival. DANZIG will top the bill on the second night of the three-day...March 18, 2005
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EYEHATEGOD And BYZANTINE Confirmed For TENNESSEE METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL
EYEHATEGOD and BYZANTINE are among the acts confirmed to appear at this year's edition of the Tennessee Metal & Hardcore Festival, set to be held Saturday, June 18 at the Kingsport Civic Auditorium in Kingsport, TN. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ACCURSED DAWN AFTERNOON AT THE AU...March 17, 2005
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JOE LYNN TURNER Talks About Working With BLACKMORE, Keeping YNGWIE On Life Support
Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE) recently spoke to MelodicRock.com about working with Ritchie Blackmore and keeping Yngwie Malmsteen on life support, among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: On what Ritchie Blackmore taught him: "We were...March 15, 2005
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Rock Critic Could Have Role In MÖTLEY CRÜE Flick
Ross Raihala of the St. Paul Pioneer Press is reporting that an unexpected character may pop up in the impending big-screen version of MÖTLEY CRÜE's 2001 tell-all book, "The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band". That character? Rock critic and "Fargo Rock City" author Chuck Klo...March 14, 2005
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SLIPKNOT Guitarist: 'Winning A Grammy Doesn't Validate Our Existence'
SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thomson recently spoke to David Wedge of the Boston Herald about being nominated for a Grammy in the "Best Hard Rock" and "Best Metal" categories. "It would be something to sit on top of my television and joke about," said Thomson, also known as Number 7. "But I wouldn't be a...March 14, 2005
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NEVERMORE: Studio Update
According to an online posting by NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane, the singer completed "the main vocals [Friday night, March 11] for a song called 'Final Product'. All the drums and rhythm guitars are done, just doing vocals, bass, and acoustic guitars at the moment." NEVERMORE are currently at Back...March 13, 2005
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MEGADETH's MUSTAINE Says He Wants To Begin Getting New Songs Out Of His Head
In three brand new postings on MEGADETH's official web site, the group's mainman Dave Mustaine revealed plans to record brand new material, and has commented on the band's upcoming U.S. tour plans and the recently released "Of Mice and Men" promotional video. Read on: "Yesterday [March 7] I chatted...March 8, 2005
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Paying Tribute To TOMMY VANCE
Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector.com has issued the following statement regarding the pasing of former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tommy Vance: "If there's one person I really owe a debt to in my career it's Tommy Vance. It might be hard for those outside the U.K. to realize just how important Tommy was to the...March 7, 2005
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JUDAS PRIEST: 'Angel Of Retribution' Enters U.K. Chart At No. 39
JUDAS PRIEST's "Angel of Retribution" has entered the U.K. album chart at a relatively unimpressive No. 39. The following are the previous PRIEST U.K. chart positions, as provided by the fine folks at Rockdetector.com: #74 – "Metal Meltdown" (1998) #47 - "Jugulator" (1997) #37 - "Metalworks" (1993)...March 6, 2005
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Serial Killer: METALLICA And LINKIN PARK Influenced Me To Kill
Serial killer Richard Paul White (photo),one of Colorado's most notorious killers, recently spoke from jail about his crimes. He has confessed to six murders in the Denver area. A lifetime of untreated mental illness, heavy metal music and violent movies drove him to kill, he said, in an exclusive...March 3, 2005
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EMBRACE THE END Sign With ABACUS RECORDINGS
Sacramento's EMBRACE THE END have inked a deal with Abacus Recordings. Featuring current members of FIRST BLOOD and KILLING THE DREAM, EMBRACE THE END separates itself from those acts and the current choking atmosphere of metalcore bands by their sheer scathing ferocity. The sextet just wrapped up t...March 2, 2005
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TRIPP EISEN's Attorney: 'We'll Deal With The Charges In Court'
Marc Pollack, manager for STATIC-X, has confirmed that the band have parted ways with troubled guitarist Tripp Eisen (real name Tod Rex Salvador),but would not use the term ''fired'' in connection with the break with Salvador, 39, of Burbank, Calif. Speaking to Tom Coombe of Allentown, Pennsylvania...March 2, 2005
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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman Opens Up In Revealing Interview
JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford recently conducted an interview with Canada's Exclaim! magazine. A few excerpts from the interview follow: Exclaim!: What are your current fixations? Rob Halford: "I am something of a bookworm. I do enjoy killing time in the bunk on the tour bus reading all kinds of...March 1, 2005
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METALLICA: 'Metallimania' DVD Trailer Posted Online
Killing Time Productions have uploaded a two-minute trailer for the DVD release of the classic "Metallimania" documentary, filmed between 1994 to 1996, that humorously captured METALLICA and the outer limits of fan worship in a pre-Napster world. Like "Some Kind of Monster", "Metallimania" was also...March 1, 2005
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Former KORN Guitarist's Appearance Draws Crowd Of Nearly 10,000
Misty Williams of the Bakersfield Californian is reporting that hundreds of KORN fans mingled in with thousands of regular church members and curious visitors at the Valley Bible Fellowship in east Bakersfield, California Sunday morning (Feb. 27) to hear their rock star idol, guitarist Brian "Head"...February 28, 2005
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