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NEVERMORE Sign New Record Deal, Prepare To Film Video
NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane has posted the following message on the band's official message board: "We're doing a video for 'I, Voyager' within the next month, we just signed a new record deal, [and] we're working on a headline U.S. tour at the moment and we're writing a bunch of new tunes." With...February 26, 2004
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HECATE ENTHRONED Comment On Singer's Departure
British black metallers HECATE ENTHRONED have issued the following statement regarding the recent departure of their vocalist Dean. "Well, we were as shocked as many of you obviously are at Dean's leaving, a sad day indeed but we respect Dean's motives and reasons and cant argue with them, he is a m...February 26, 2004
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OBITUARY Officially Confirmed For New Jersey's MARCH METAL MELTDOWN VI Festival
Reunited death metal legends OBITUARY have officially confirmed their appearance at next month's March Metal Meltdown VI festival in Irvington, New Jersey. "I read on Blabbermouth (Feb 16th) that [singer] John [Tardy] said he wasn't sure if OBITUARY confirmed the March Metal Meltdown, but I had conf...February 25, 2004
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TWO/DIE/FOR? Members Of Finland's TO/DIE/FOR Battle Over The Group's Name
Ex-TO/DIE/FOR singer Jape Perätalo is trying to reclaim the name of his former group for his current project (presently known as TIAGA) after being offered a record deal by Spinefarm Records, his former bandmates allege. Perätalo left TO/DIE/FOR last August due to a "lack of motivation," according t...February 24, 2004
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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Talks About The Infamous 'Unleash The Fucking Fury' Tape
Swedish guitarist YNGWIE MALMSTEEN has spoken out about the infamous "unleash the fucking fury" tape (mp3),which first surfaced exclusively on BLABBERMOUTH.NET in December 2002 — 14 years after it was allegedly made. The now-legendary recording was originally said to have been made during a Transla...February 24, 2004
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DIO, IN FLAMES, BESEECH Others Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA OPEN AIR METAL FESTIVAL
DIO, IN FLAMES, BESEECH, CHAOSBREED, TROLLHEIM'S GROTT and CHARON are the latest bands confirmed for Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, set to take place July 16-18 in the Kaisaniemi park in the center of Helsinki, Finland. The previously announced co-headliner KING DIAMOND will NOT be performing at thi...February 24, 2004
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VICIOUS RUMORS To 'Crush The World' With New DVD
Veteran San Francisco Bay Area melodic metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have confirmed that they have signed a multi-album recording contract with Holland's Mascot Records (as first reported here last week). "Mascot Records is a very 'guitar shred'-oriented label signing guitar legends such as Michael Schen...February 23, 2004
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MOTÖRHEAD Drummer To Perform At Swedish Eurovision Song Contest!
MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee will perform live at the "Swedish Eurovision Song Contest" in Gothenburg on Saturday, February 28. He will join Swedish Euro-pop superstar E-TYPE, who is competing with a brand new song, "Paradise", produced by highly respected pop/rock producer Max Martin (BACKSTREET BO...February 23, 2004
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'All-Star' KISS Tribute Band Performs At Norwegian ALARM AWARDS
BLACK DIAMOND BRIGADE (photo#1, photo#2),a one-off collaboration between Knut "Euroboy" Schreiner (TURBONEGRO, guitar),Billy Gould (FAITH NO MORE, bass),Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven (SATYRICON, guitar),Torgny Amdam (AMULET, vocals) and Tarjei Strøm (RALPH MYERZ, drums),performed at the Alarm Award...February 22, 2004
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JOSH HOMME: 'NICK OLIVERI Is The Most Bad-Ass, Intense Individual I've Every Played With'
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE mainman Josh Homme has challenged former QOTSA bassist Nick Oliveri's recent online post about his split from the group, where Nick wrote, "A pure idea has been polluted. It's funny. 'A band about an idea?' The concept was simple: A ROCK BAND, selfless, mindless, ego-free, un...February 20, 2004
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THE GATHERING Singer: Toronto Venue Owner Lied To Us
THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen has issued a statement accusing the owners of a Toronto venue and associated concert promoters of leaving them "without any kind of equipment to play" during their recent appearance in the city and "lying about everything" with regards to what transpired o...February 20, 2004
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BILLY MCCARTHY Responds To Rumors He Co-Wrote POISON's 'Talk Dirty To Me'
Former D'MOLLS member Billy McCarthy (a.k.a. Billy Dior) has issued a statement responding to rumors that he was responsible for co-writing the POISON hit "Talk Dirty To Me" (1986) with POISON guitarist C.C. Deville and that he wasn't properly credited for his work. "We have received numerous inquir...February 19, 2004
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MISTRESS OF REALITY Drummer To Join STRATOVARIUS?
Speculation is running rampant that STRATOVARIUS leader Timo Tolkki is focusing his attention on Simona Bressi (a.k.a. Jill Ward) from the Los Angeles-based BLACK SABBATH cover band MISTRESS OF REALITY (web site) as a possible replacement for of Jörg Michael in the new STRATOVARIUS lineup. Rumors of...February 18, 2004
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It's Official: MACHINE HEAD Re-Sign With ROADRUNNER RECORDS U.S.
Roadrunner Records has confirmed in a posting on their web site that MACHINE HEAD have re-signed with the label for the North American release of their fifth studio album, "Through The Ashes of Empires" (as exclusively reported here last Friday). "We previously had a deal with the band that was only...February 17, 2004
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METALLICA: 'Monster' Documentary To Receive Theatrical Premiere In New York
More information has been revealed concerning the theatrical and DVD release of the METALLICA documentary, "Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster". During a recent "Question & Answer" session with the METALLICA fan site The 4 Horsemen, filmmaker Joe Berlinger revealed that the documentary is set to be...February 17, 2004
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