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SUFFOCATION Cancel European Tour

Legendary New York death metallers SUFFOCATION have posted the following message on their official web site: "SUFFOCATION regrets to announce that our scheduled European run for June 12th - July 2nd has been cancelled due to the inability of the booking agent to secure the dates needed to fulfill th...

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GLENN HUGHES 'Rockumentary' To Air Tomorrow

This week's Metal Express Radio special feature is a "Rockumentary" with the legendary "voice of rock" — none other than Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH). In this 60-plus-minute "Rockumentary" airing on Thursday, May 25, Glenn talks about many of the phases of his remarkable career, and pro...

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LORDI, WICKED WISDOM, GOJIRA Confirmed For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

VirtualFestivals.com is reporting that Finland's LORDI — having just won the Eurovision Song Contest with their arockalyptic anthem "Hard Rock Hallelujah" — will return to Download festival at Castle Donington, England to play the Gibson Guitar/MySpace.com stage prior to SICK OF IT ALL on Sunday 11...

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AC/DC: The Search For 'Rosie' Continues

The Tasmanian newspaper The Advocate recently published the following article on the search for Rosie — the woman immortalized in the AC/DC song "Whole Lotta Rosie": The search for rock 'n' roll's most ample and arguably most famous groupie has moved to Wynyard. Australian rock band AC/DC immortaliz...

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MERCENARY: New Album Details Revealed; Bassist Announced

Denmark's MERCENARY have wrapped up recording and mixing their new album, "The Hours That Remain", with producer Jacob Hansen (RAUNCHY, COMMUNIC, MAROON, HATESPHERE),who had previously worked with the group on their "11 Dreams" offering. Commented the group: "We made what we feel is the most powerf...

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GLENN HUGHES Working On New American Record Deal

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) has posted the following message on his official web site: "Only a couple of weeks before the [new Glenn Hughes solo] album ['Music for the Divine'] comes out and I am hard at work doing all the press. The reviews have been amazing...

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RE:IGNITION: Debut Album To Feature Guest Appearances By MACHINE HEAD, 36 CRAZYFISTS Members

RE:IGNITION, the San Francisco Bay Area band featuring in its ranks SKINLAB members Steev Esquivel (guitar) and Snake (bass),are continuing work on their debut album, "Empty Heart, Loaded Gun", due later in the year via Corporate Punishment Records. Esquivel has issued the following update in the a...

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WICKED WISDOM To Perform On 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'

WICKED WISDOM — the five-piece band featuring actress Jada Pinkett Smith (wife of Will Smith) — will be performing on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Wednesday, May 17. The show airs nationally on NBC from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. ET/PT. WICKED WISDOM's self-titled debut album was released in Fe...

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Ex-SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Members Join Forces With Former EXCEL Singer In AGAINST

Former SUICIDAL TENDENCIES members Amery Smith (drums),Grant Estes (guitar) and Louichi Mayorga (bass) have joined forces with ex-EXCEL frontman Dan Clements in a new band called AGAINST. "We're currently in the studio working and have two songs that will appear on [the] 'Welcome to Venice 2' [comp...

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TRIVIUM: Video Update From MATT HEAFY

TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy has checked in with a quick video update from AudioHammer studios in Sanford, Florida, where the band are recording their third album, "The Crusade", for a fall 2006 release via Roadrunner Records. Check it out at link text this location. In a recent interview with Live-M...

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IRON MAIDEN: Producer KEVIN SHIRLEY Issues Final Studio Report

IRON MAIDEN producer Kevin Shirley has issued final update as part of his ongoing studio diary covering the making of the group's new album, tentatively due this fall. An excerpt from the latest entry follows: "Mixed another two songs this week — the first (and #8 on the album) is one of my favorite...

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UFO's PAUL CHAPMAN Teams Up With MSG's ROBIN MCAULEY On New Project: Audio Available

Legendary guitarist Paul Chapman (UFO) has uploaded a demo sample of a song ("No Place to Run") from his new project at his official web site. According to Chapman, the project — which has been in the making for the past 14 months — consists of reworkings of UFO tracks that were originally ...

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SUFFOCATION Confirmed For Switzerland's MOUNTAINS OF DEATH Festival

New York death metal legends SUFFOCATION have been confirmed for the Mountains of Death festival, set to tale place August 18-19 in Muothathal, Switzerland. Also scheduled to appear are SACRAMENTAL BLOOD, OPHIOLATRY, MACHETAZO, WASTEFORM, CRIPPLE BASTARDS, ARSEBREED, DISAVOWED, GORE INHALED, FLESHLE...

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Guitarist DAN SPITZ Says ANTHRAX Touring Cycle Is 'Not Over'

ANTHRAX guitarist Dan Spitz has posted the following message on his official web site: "Well, all you peeps, I'm back from the European tour and happy to report complete freakin' chaos and a wooosie feeling of jet lag from my trip aboard the Milan to the U.S.A. flight of doom. Thank you to all the ....

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REDEMPTION: New Album Update

REDEMPTION's primary songwriter and guitarist/keyboardist Nicolas van Dyk has issued the following update on the progress of the recording sessions for the band's new album, entitled "The Origins of Ruin": "We can see the light at the end of the tunnel and we're just about finished tracking, with on...