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FU MANCHU, FIREBALL MINISTRY Manager Joins CORE ENTERTAINMENT

Brian Frank has joined Core Entertainment as Managing Partner, it was announced by the company's Founding Partner Bill Siddons. Based in Los Angeles, Core Entertainment represents ALICE IN CHAINS, JERRY CANTRELL, FIREBALL MINISTRY, FU MANCHU, KMFDM, THE THIEVES and TSAR as music clients. The company...

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HELLOWEEN And GAMMA RAY To Team Up For European Tour

German power metallers GAMMA RAY have been officially confirmed for the upcoming HELLOWEEN European tour. The trek will kick off mid-November and will include one or two additional acts. Apart from very few festival appearances, this will be the first time ever HELLOWEEN and GAMMA RAY have toured to...

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MANOWAR's MAGIC CIRCLE FESTIVAL Adds Second Date

MANOWAR's Magic Circle Festival has been officially extended to two days. The festivities will now begin on July 6, 2007, in addition to the original date of July 7, 2007. The festival will take place in Bad Arolsen, Germany with the amazingly low admission price of 10 euros for each day. Tickets fo...

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HIGH ON FIRE Announces North American Tour

HIGH ON FIRE has announced the details for its first North American headlining tour in support of its highly-anticipated new album "Death Is This Communion". "Death Is This Communion" will receive a North American release on September 18. The "Death Is This Communion North American Tour" kicks off o...

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WISDOM To Open For HEAVEN AND HELL In Budapest

Hungarian "traditional" metallers WISDOM will support HEAVEN AND HELL on July 4 at Petofi Hall in Budapest, Hungary. WISDOM's latest CD, "Words of Wisdom", was released last November. A video for the track "Wisdom", taken from the latest album, can be downloaded at this location. Drawing influences...

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JUSTICE Confirmed For Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST

German thrashers JUSTICE have been confirmed for the Earthshaker Fest, set to take place July 19-21 in Kreuth, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER CRADLE OF FILTH DEW-SCENTED DEZPERADOZ ELUVEITIE FEAR MY THOUGHTS FREEDOM CALL GAMMA RAY GOD DE...

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LION'S SHARE, HEAVENLY Confirmed For Germany's MAGIC CIRCLE FESTIVAL

LION'S SHARE, one of Sweden's finest melodic metal groups, and HEAVENLY, a French power metal band in the vein of GAMMA RAY and HELLOWEEN, have been confirmed for the Magic Circle Festival, set to take place on July 7, 2007 in Bad Arolsen, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows:...

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BRET MICHAELS Says His Upcoming Reality TV Show On VH1 Is 'Music-Driven'

Launch Radio Networks reports: POISON lead singer Bret Michaels is seemingly everywhere these days, with the recently released "Poison'd" — which features the band's interpretations of such classic tracks as ALICE COOPER's "I Never Cry" and THE ROLLING STONES' "Dead Flowers" — available in record st...

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K.K. DOWNING Says 'Nostradamus' Cannot Be Compared To Any Other JUDAS PRIEST Album

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing recently answered a number of fan questions via his newly launched web site. A few excerpts follow: Q: I was wondering who makes your guy's leather jackets and pants, and does he have like a website or something I could look at because I really want some of that g...

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Former DAMAGEPLAN Manager's Company Is No More

226 Music Group, Inc., the company launched by former DAMAGEPLAN manager Paul Bassman, has announced that after a series of unfortunate setbacks the company will close its artist management division and is currently assessing the viability of its independent label division. On April 10, 2007, DROWNI...

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INTO ETERNITY Gearing Up For DREAM THEATER Tour

INTO ETERNITY guitarist Tim Roth has issued the following update: "We have been relaxing back home in Canada for the past five weeks since our last tour. There even has been a little bit of working on new material for a future record. I just got a small Mbox2 ProTools rig, so now I can ...

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FULL BLOWN CHAOS Signs With FERRET MUSIC

Ferret Music has announced the signing of New York hardcore heroes FULL BLOWN CHAOS. The band will release its next full-length CD, titled "Heavy Lies the Crown", this August. Commenting on the signing, vocalist Ray Mazzola says, "We spoke to a lot of labels and a lot of big players made offers but...

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DAVID SHANKLE GROUP To Release 'Hellborn' In July

DAVID SHANKLE GROUP (DSG),the band led by former MANOWAR guitarist David Shankle, will release its new album, "Hellborn", on July 6 through Magic Circle Music. According to a press release, "Hellborn" is "a very different animal to [its predecessor], 'Ashes to Ashes' [2003], and offers something fo...

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BOBBY JARZOMBEK To Perform With FATES WARNING AT Italy's EVOLUTION FEST

Drummer Bobby Jarzombek (SEBASTIAN BACH, HALFORD, ex-ICED EARTH) has issued the following update: "Finally! My cast came off my wrist last Wednesday, May 30th, and although I'm still feeling a little pain I'm feeling like a normal human being once again. I played a couple gigs over the weekend using...

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HELLYEAH: More U.S. Dates Announced

HELLYEAH — the new band featuring members of MUDVAYNE, PANTERA and NOTHINGFACE — has announced the dates for the second leg of its "Fire It Up" U.S. tour beginning July 6 at Milwaukee's Summerfest and ending July 16 in San Diego. From there, it's on to Family Values through September. The newly adde...