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FATES WARNING Confirmed As 'Special Guest' On QUEENSRŸCHE/DREAM THEATER Tour

FATES WARNING have been officially confirmed as the "special guest" on the forthcoming QUEENSRŸCHE/DREAM THEATER co-headlining tour of North America beginning in June. No dates have been officially announced, but it is believed that the tour will be making a stop in the Los Angeles area on July 24 a...
March 28, 2003
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Management: GREAT WHITE's Next Live Appearance To Take Place On April 29

GREAT WHITE's management company, Manic Music Management Inc., has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to refute a previously published report that the group would be performing on April 17 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Beverly Hills, California. According to Manic, "it is possible that individual members may mak...
March 27, 2003
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Former SKUNK ANANSIE Frontwoman: My Solo Debut Is My Best Work Yet

Former SKUNK ANANSIE frontwoman SKIN says that her upcoming solo debut, "Fleshwounds", is a much more personal affair than anything she has previously done — an album of love songs that don't so much celebrate the emotion as mourn its passing. "At the beginning of this project, my brief was to write...
March 23, 2003
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LOSTPROPHETS Singer Clarifies War Statement

LOSTPROPHETS singer Ian Watkins has issued a follow-up message clarifying his previous statement in which he accused most anti-war musicians of being more interested in publicity than politics. "Radio 1 are kinda making more of an issue [of my comment] than it really was," Watkins writes on the band...
March 22, 2003
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DESTRUCTION's SCHMIER: 'War Was Never A Solution'

DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer has issued a statement via the band's official web site in an attempt to clarify the group's reasons for posting their cover version of THE EXPLOITED's "Fuck The U.S.A." as a protest against the U.S.-led war on Iraq. "This war is touching all o...
March 21, 2003
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SUFFOCATION Reunite, Begin Work On New CD

Acclaimed New York death metallers SUFFOCATION, who issued several successful albums in the early '90s, have officially reunited after a four-year break (as previously reported here and here) and are in the process of writing and recording their long-awaited sixth release. The group's current lineup...
March 21, 2003
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DIAMOND REXX: No More SCHMIDT

Contrary to a report posted here last week, former MASTER drummer Bill Schmidt is no longer a member of Chicago's DIAMOND REXX. Schmidt, who joined REXX "officially" on Sept. 22, 2002 was not featured on the band's latest CD, "The Evil", and was replaced earlier this year by returning REXX drummer J...
March 20, 2003
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PASSENGER Set American Release Date For Debut Album

Sweden's PASSENGER, the new project featuring IN FLAMES vocalist Anders Friden, ex-TRANSPORT LEAGUE drummer Patrik J. Sten, GARDENIAN guitarist Niclas Engelin (ex-IN FLAMES),and HEADPLATE bassist Håkan Skoger, have set an April 28 release date through Century Media Records for their debut self-titl...
March 20, 2003
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VADER: DEPECHE MODE Cover Posted Online

Veteran Polish death metallers VADER have posted their cover of DEPECHE MODE's "I.F.Y." at this location. The track was originally released several years ago on a mini-CD of the same name. ...
March 20, 2003
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JASON NEWSTED: 'LARS ULRICH Can Kiss My Ass'

Ex-METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted has hit out at Lars Ulrich for stating in a recent radio interview that Newsted seemed "lost" by accepting the job as OZZY OSBOURNE's new four-stringer. "If Lars was good enough he would have joined OZZY, too," Jason told Greek magazine Rock On. "Lars can kiss my a...
March 20, 2003
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ROB HALFORD: I Have No Plans To Reunite With JUDAS PRIEST

Ex-JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford has issued a statement dispelling the persistent rumors of a possible reunion with his former bandmates and placing much of the blame for the proliferation of false information about his activities on his former management company, Sanctuary Music Group. Halford'...
March 19, 2003
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TYPE O NEGATIVE Officially Change Album Title

As first predicted here on March 15, TYPE O NEGATIVE have now officially changed the title for their upcoming CD to "Life is Killing Me" from the originally announced "The Dream Is Dead". The album, due in June through Roadrunner Records, was recorded at Brooklyn, New York's Systems 2 studios and wa...
March 19, 2003
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YAKUZA Added To The OPETH/LACUNA COIL Tour

The Chicago based experimental quartet YAKUZA have just been added to the first half of the OPETH/LACUNA COIL tour that will begin May 1 is Seattle, Washington. Garnering high accolades from the broad spectrum of the rock media for their Century Media debut, "Way of The Dead", YAKUZA can play to cro...
March 17, 2003
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RAMMSTEIN: We Are Not Breaking Up!

Despite rumors to the contrary, German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN have no intention of breaking up. RAMMSTEIN keyboardist Christian "Flake" Lorenz recently posted a logbook entry to the "Fan Area" section on the official site addressing the recent rumors and assuring the fans that the band would...
March 15, 2003
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Moroccan Court Grants Bail for Heavy Metal Fans

A Moroccan court has freed on bail 11 heavy metal music enthusiasts controversially jailed for offences against morality and linked by the prosecution to a "Satanist" cult, according to Reuters. Three others were refused bail. Defense lawyer Mahfoud Billeh said on Wednesday the 11 were freed on Tues...
March 12, 2003