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VANDEN PLAS: First Tour Dates Of 2006 Announced

German progressive metallers VANDEN PLAS have announced the first tour dates in support of their upcoming CD, "Christ.0". They are as follows: Mar. 18 - Cologne Prog Night (Bürgerzentrum Ehrenfeld) - Köln, GER Apr. 02 - Headway Festival - NETH May 05 - Festival - Beauvais, FRA (w/ THERION, WITHIN TE...

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PRONG, BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION, TO/DIE/FOR To Perform At NAMM Show

PRONG, BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION and TO/DIE/FOR will be performing at the upcoming NAMM show on January 20, 2006. The concert will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Anaheim, California and is sponsored by Coffin Cases and Monster Energy Drinks. More information will be made available soon. PRONG recently a...

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VANDEN PLAS To Release New CD In February

German progressive metallers VANDEN PLAS will release their new album, "Christ.0", on February 24, 2006. It is a concept album inspired by Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Count of Monte Cristo". The recordings are currently taking place at the Bazement studios near Wiesbaden, Germany. The track listing...

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PRONG: More U.S. Dates Announced

PRONG will be teaming up with STATIC-X and ILL NINO for two shows at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California at the end of the month. In addition, they have scheduled three more headlining dates in late March. The group's itinerary is now shaping up as follows: Dec. 22 - Key Club - Hollywood, ...

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ROADRUNNER VP Of A&R MONTE CONNER: 'Number One Thing I Look For Is Originality'

Monte Conner, Senior Vice President of A&R at Roadrunner Records, recently answered several fan questions regarding his career achievements and the newly released "Roadrunner United: The All Star Sessions" album celebrating the label's 25th anniversary. A couple of excerpts from the question-and...

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New PRONG Drummer: TOMMY VICTOR 'Has A Heart Of Gold'

Current PRONG drummer Aaron Rossi has sent the following message to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "I never played drums for MEDICATION, damn it!! I auditioned for them, and that's about it. After the audition, I ended up recording a demo with Logan Mader [ex-MEDICATION, MACHINE HEAD, SOULFLY]. That was years ag...

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PRONG: More U.S. Tour Dates Announced

PRONG have lined up the following dates during the coming months: Nov. 09 - Key Club - Los Angeles LA, , CA Nov. 10 - The Galaxy - Santa Ana, CA Nov. 11 - The Pound - San Francisco, CA Nov. 12 - Empire Ballroom - Las Vegas, NV Nov. 19 - Studio Seven - ...

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DINO CAZARES Discusses New Project, Says He Is Open To Playing With BURTON C. BELL

Sweden's Close-Up magazine recently spoke to the four ROADRUNNER UNITED team captains Dino Cazares (ASESINO, ex-FEAR FACTORY, BRUJERIA),Joey Jordison (SLIPKNOT),Robert Flynn (MACHINE HEAD) and Matthew Heafy (TRIVIUM). In addition, Roadrunner Records Senior Director of A&R Monte Conner gives hi...

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Longtime ROADRUNNER A&R Man Talks About ROADRUNNER UNITED CD: Audio Available

Cleveland, Ohio's "The Metal Show" featured a special guest host for their October 9, 2005 show. Roadrunner Records Senior Director of A&R Monte Conner was guest DJ for the evening with show regular Chris Akin to celebrate 25 years of Roadrunner Records and the recent release of the ROADRUNNER U...

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ROADRUNNER UNITED: DINO CAZARES/MATT HEAFY Collaboration Posted Online

Another track from the upcoming ROADRUNNER UNITED "The All-Star Sessions" CD, entitled "The End", has been made available for streaming at Roadrun.com. This full-length release, in stores on October 11, 2005, is a "master class" in hard rock/metal. Boasting 55 artists from 42 of Roadrunner's past an...

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PRONG Mainman Talks About New Material, Split With DANZIG

Abrasive Rock recently conducted an interview with PRONG mainman Tommy Victor. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Abrasive Rock: You had some recent band member changes. First off, why did Dan [Laudo, drums] leave? Tommy Victor: "It was sort of a mutual thing. We'd been working on material for two...

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ROADRUNNER UNITED: First Track Available For Download

The first track from the upcoming ROADRUNNER UNITED "The All-Star Sessions" CD, entitled "The Dagger", has been made available for download at Roadrun.com. This full-length release, in stores on October 11, 2005, is a "master class" in hard rock/metal. Boasting 57 artists from 45 of Roadrunner's pas...

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Longtime Metal Journalist Pays Tribute To Fallen VOIVOD Guitarist

Longtime metal journalist and BLABBERMOUTH.NET contributor Don Kaye has issued the following statement regarding the passing of VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour: "It was almost exactly twenty years ago that I first met the members of VOIVOD, including guitarist Denis 'Piggy' D'Amour. I had bee...

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MINISTRY, REVOLTING COCKS, SPYDER BABY To Team Up For U.S. Tour

MINISTRY will be teaming up with REVOLTING COCKS and SPYDER BABY for the MasterBaTour 2006, a two-month trek set to kick off May 2006. Tickets for the Seattle show on May 28, 2006 go on sale today (July 20, 2005) at 10:00 a.m. from MINISTRY's official web site. As previously reported, MINISTRY mainm...

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RUIN Complete Demo With Former SOULFLY/SNOT Guitarist

Hollywood, California-based RUIN recently completed work on a three-song demo with producer Mikey Doling (former SNOT/SOULFLY guitarist). The three tracks — "Pull You Down", "Guilty Conscience" and "Unstable" — are currently available for listening at MySpace.com. The song "Pull You Down" features a...