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Report: Heavy Metal Concerts Moved Off DISNEY Property

Greg Burk of the Los Angeles Times reports that five heavy-metal concerts scheduled at House of Blues clubs on Walt Disney Co. property in Anaheim, California and Orlando, Florida have been hastily shifted to other venues or canceled recently, according to House of Blues web site calendars. A Sept....

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MEGADETH Mainman: 'I'm Happy To See Guitar Players Making A Comeback'

Kevin C. Johnson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. On MEGADETH's resurgence: Mustaine: "There's lots of reasons why bands become popular again, why all of a sudden it seems like things are clicking again. We went into an experimental...

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CHTHONIC's Heavy Metal Message Crosses Globe

David Pierson of the Los Angeles Times reports: Lead singer Freddy Lim carefully drew black and red veins over his white-caked face while his mates in the heavy metal band adjusted their combat boots and studded leather minutes before they took the stage at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. Chris C...

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MOTÖRHEAD, WHITESNAKE, SAXON, JUDAS PRIEST Featured On 'Rock S'Cool' Double CD And DVD

Steamhammer/SPV has set an October 8 European release date for "Rock S'Cool", a double CD and DVD containing material some of the label's biggest and most promising hard rock and heavy metal artists. The "Rock S'Cool - A Spanking Good Song Collection" double CD consists of 30 tracks with a total pla...

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'Black Metal' Graphic Novel Creators Interviewed

The Washington Post's Express recently spoke to the creators of "Black Metal", a new graphic novel from author Rick Spears and artist Chuck BB. "Black Metal", published by Oni Press, is filled with funny sight gags and clever tributes to the music genre that inspired the comic, all told in the sort...

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AXEL RUDI PELL Covers MONTROSE; Audio Available

German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell has posted the sixth MP3 snippet from his upcoming "Diamonds Unlocked" covers album. Commented Axel: "Yes, the song has the same title as one song from 'Mystica', but nothing else in common! 'Rock the Nation' was the first song way back in the Seventies where I heard...

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AEROSMITH: Video Update From TOM HAMILTON Available

A new video update from AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton has been posted at this location. AEROSMITH postponed last night's (Monday, September 10) concert at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois due to "illness," according to concert organizers Live Nation. AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry has told B...

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MACHINE HEAD Claims WALT DISNEY Forced Another Concert Cancellation

MACHINE HEAD's web site has been updated with the following message: "In a not-so-stunning move, The Walt Disney Company have once again pressured promoter Live Nation into canceling MACHINE HEAD's performance at a House of Blues venue on Disney property, this time in Orlando, a mere four days after...

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AEROSMITH: Tonight's Show In Illinois Postponed

Chicago Sun-Times reports that the AEROSMITH concert scheduled for 7:30 tonight (Monday, September 10) at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois has been postponed, according to concert organizers Live Nation. A statement late this afternoon from the promoter says simply, "Due to illness the show...

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LIFE OF AGONY Bassist Discusses SPOILER NYC Project; Video Available

Holland's FaceCulture recently spoke to LIFE OF AGONY bassist Alan Robert about his punk band SPOILER NYC. Watch the interview in two parts at this location. SPOILER NYC's video for the song "Suicide Hotel" can be viewed below. The clip was shot on May 19 in New York with directors Dale "Rage" Reste...

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STRAIGHT LINE STITCH Signs With KOCH RECORDS

Koch Records has announced the signing of the Knoxville, Tennesseee-based female-fronted metal/hardcore act STRAIGHT LINE STITCH. The band is signed under the newly created Raging Nation Records imprint. The group will enter the studio this fall to record a new album for a 2008 release. STRAIGHT LIN...

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INVITRO: Audio Interview Available

ChroniX Radio's Jay Shields got a chance to sit down and interview INVITRO's Mikey Doling (ex-SOULFLY, SNOT) and Mike Pygmie at the Denver stop of the Family Values Tour. They talk about touring, the group's chemistry and the upcoming CD, "When I Was A Planet", due out September 11 through Gridiron...

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MEGADETH Mainman Claims SayNow Is 'Almost Like Phone Sex!'

According to a posting on MEGADETH's official web site, SayNow — a service that enables celebrities to connect to their audience over the phone — has contacted MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine to discuss the overwhelming results of Dave having a SayNow number, and to feature fans' conversations with h...

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Iraqi Heavy Metal Band ACRASSICAUDA Denied Exit Visas To Attend Film Festival

ACRASSICAUDA, the Iraqi heavy metal band which now lives in Damascus, Syria (where the men are among more than 1.2 million Iraqis seeking refuge from a war-torn nation),has been denied exit visas to attend the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, where a documentary focusing on their story, "H...

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AXEL RUDI PELL Covers FREE's 'Heartbreaker': Audio Available

German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell has posted the fifth MP3 snippet from his upcoming "Diamonds Unlocked" covers album. Commented Axel: "FREE were one of the bands who influenced me when I started to play the guitar in the early Seventies. Their guitar player Paul Kossoff (R.I.P. 1976) had this very em...