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KING DIAMOND Slams Metal Blade Records, Fate Of US Tour Uncertain
KING DIAMOND leader and namesake has slammed Metal Blade Records over the record company's apparent inability/refusal to provide the band with adequate support necessary to put the group out on the road in support of their upcoming Abigail II: The Revenge CD (which is due on January 29th). In a soon...January 21, 2002
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DIAMOND HEAD To Play UK Club Shows, Metal Meltdown IV
The reunited NWOBHM legends DIAMOND HEAD will be playing five mainly electric shows at the end of March, including four gigs in the UK and one at the Metal Meltdown IV festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. The dates are as follows: Mar. 23 - Milton Keynes, UK @ Zak's Club Mar. 26 Newcastle, ...January 19, 2002
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MANOWAR, DIAMOND HEAD, DEICIDE, Others To Play Metal Meltdown IV
MANOWAR, TWIZTID, DIAMOND HEAD, DEICIDE, WAYNE, D.R.I., BLAZE and BLITZKRIEG are some of the bands scheduled to perform at the Metal Maltdown IV festival, which is scheduled to take place at the Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey on April 5-6. For more info, go to: www.metalfest.com. ...January 18, 2002
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KING DIAMOND, SINERGY American Tour Gets Pushed Back
The KING DIAMOND/SINERGY US tour, which was scheduled to begin in mid-March, has now been pushed back to late April due to unspecified production problems with KING DIAMOND's substantial stage set, which will not be resolved before the previously-proposed start date. ...January 14, 2002
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TAETRE To Record "...Madness" In February
Sweden's TAETRE will enter KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy LaRocque's Los Angered Recordings in early February to record their third album, entitled Divine Misanthropic Madness, for a late 2002 release. ...January 13, 2002
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KONKHRA/DAEMON Update From Lundemark
KONKHRA/DAEMON mainman Anders Lundemark has offered the following update on the two bands' current status via KONKHRA's official web site at www.konkhra.com: [On KONKHRA] “Well, Johnny [Nielsen, drums] and Kim [Mathiesen, guitars] got back in the band, so now we are intact in our old line-up. We had...January 9, 2002
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SINERGY Recruit Session Drummer For Upcoming Tour
SINERGY will be utilizing the services of Finnish drummer Janne Parviainen (i.e. WALTARI, BARATHRUM, JIMSONWEED) for the duration of the group's 2002 Suicide By My Side world tour. Although Parviainen will appear with the band as a session musician, a possibility exists that he will be upgraded to t...January 5, 2002
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PROBOT's Dave Grohl: Lemmy Is God!
FOO FIGHTERS mainman Dave Grohl (ex-NIRVANA) recently posted a message on the band's site describing the experience of working with MOTORHEAD mastermind Lemmy on a song called "Shake Your Blood", which will appear on an upcoming album by Grohl's metal side-project PROBOT. In his diary message, Grohl...January 3, 2002
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DIAMOND HEAD: No Original Band Reunion Planned!
Despite DIAMOND HEAD's previous announcement that the four original members of the band have been rehearsing and writing together for the first time since 1983, there will not be a reunion IN ANY FORM of the original line-up, according to a clarification statement issued by the group. As previously...December 28, 2001
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KING DIAMOND, SINERGY Set To Tour North America!
KING DIAMOND is tentatively set to embark on a 5-6 week tour of North America in March/April on a four-band package that will also include SINERGY (in their first-ever North American appearance) in the support slot. More information, including the identities of the other acts on the bill, will be ma...December 27, 2001
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MEGADETH's Mustaine And DIAMOND HEAD's Tatler To Record New CD!
MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine and DIAMOND HEAD mainman Brian Tatler have been collaborating on material for a forthcoming project that they're both excited about and are due to enter the studio in the next few months to record a full-length album, according to an official statement from Tatler. Deta...December 26, 2001
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LED ZEPPELIN Certified Diamond For Fifth Time!
LED ZEPPELIN's self-titled boxed set has been officially certified diamond by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for sales in excess of 10 million copies. ZEPPELIN's fifth diamond award, the latest certification ties the group with THE BEATLES as the artist with the most diamond aw...December 23, 2001
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In spite of my reservations about ENTOMBED's last offering, 2000's Uprising, it's difficult not to have a great deal of respect for the five Swedes that continue to churn out their own brand of death-ish rock'n'roll roughly a decade and a half after their inception. Seemingly oblivious to the outsi...December 17, 2001
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Archive News Dec 05, 2001
METALLICA are taking a break for the holidays, but will return to the studio in January with a view towards releasing a new studio album next fall, according to statements attributed to the band's management and their publicist by MTV.com. While frontman James Hetfield spent time in rehab for alc...December 5, 2001
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Archive News Dec 04, 2001
METALLICA have posted the following update on the present condition of frontman James Hetfield via their official web site at www.metallica.com: ... “Yes folks, we have word from James, and the news is all good. His recovery has gone exceedingly well, he is back out, about and feeling rather ....December 4, 2001
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