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HOLY TERROR Announce New Vocalist

Guitarist Kurt Colfelt (a.k.a. Kurt Kilfelt; ex-AGENT STEEL) of the reformed Seattle-based speed metal band HOLY TERROR has sent the following message to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding the group's recent vocalist search: "So the search for the singer has ended as quickly as it began. Man, we got respons...

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METAL INSURGENCE TOUR Schedules Hurricane Relief Concert

The Metal Insurgence Tour, featuring JON OLIVA'S PAIN (led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva),CHRIS CAFFERY'S FACES (solo project of SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery),and BEYOND FEAR (fronted by former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens),will p...

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MYTHIASIN Announce New Bassist, Prepare To Record Debut Album

Guitarist Mark Coglan of MYTHIASIN — the band fronted by former STEEL PROPHET vocalist Rick Mythiasin — has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We are VERY happy to announce our new bassist, Doug Truman. Doug played with Dave [Bellomo, drums], Star [Coglan, guitar] and I...

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AGENT STEEL To Begin Recording New Album In October

California-based metallers AGENT STEEL have issued the following update: "We've been rehearsing NEW material ONLY and things have been going well. We have a couple of West Coast shows coming up with HELSTAR (September 23-24 at the Brick by Brick in San Diego, and The Jumping Turtle in San Marcos, CA...

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IRON MAIDEN Manager Reports ON CLIVE BURR Benefit Gig

IRON MAIDEN manager Rod Smallwood has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Last Friday's final show at Hammersmith Apollo was a memorable night. With the help of many of you we raised at least £110,000 for the Clive Burr MS Trust and we will post the final number when the a...

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Black Thunder

DOOMRIDERS is a project consisting of Nate Newton (CONVERGE, OLD MAN GLOOM),Jebb Riley (THERE WERE WIRES, DISAPPEARER),Chris Pupecki (CAST IRON HIKE),and Chris Bevalaqua (HALLRAKER). You're probably thinking to yourself, "just what we need, a hardcore/noisecore super group". Well, guess again bec...

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RON KEEL: DON DOKKEN Is Using Katrina Disaster As Excuse To Back Out Of ACOUSTIC OUTCASTS TOUR

The organizers of the Acoustic Outcasts Tour, including KEEL frontman Ron Keel, have issued the following statement in response to Don Dokken's "announcement" that the tour has been cancelled "because of the hurricane disaster": "I am extremely happy to report that our agent, Robert Hovey from Globa...

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DOKKEN To Hit The Road In November

DOKKEN mainan Don Dokken has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "The Acoustic Outcasts tour is canceled because of the hurricane disaster. Our booking agent/soundman lives in New Orleans and there has been no contact with him since Saturday. As well, our tour bus is probab...

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AC/DC: 'Rock Masters' Video To Be Issued In U.S.

According to Amazon.com, AC/DC's "Rock Masters" video will be issued on VHS in the U.S. by Image Entertainment. The video was issued on DVD in Japan in 2003 and features the concert at Golders Green Hippodrome in London on October 27, 1977. The release date for this video has not been finalized. Cli...

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REQUIEM Complete Work On New Album

Finnish melodic metallers REQUIEM have completed work on their third album, "Requiem Forever", for an October 24 release via Scarlet Records. The CD was mastered at Chartmakers studios in Helsinki, Finland, by Svante Forsbäck (STRATOVARIUS, RAMMSTEIN) and will feature artwork by Carlos Del Olmo (SOI...

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Guitarist ALLEN WEST Quits OBITUARY

Guitarist Allen West has announced his departure from OBITUARY. West's exit from the group comes on the eve of OBITUARY's U.S. tour with NAPALM DEATH and Allen feels that the fans deserve no surprises when they don't see the band that they were expecting. Allen will concentrate fully on LOWBROW, who...

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Booking Agent Responds To BYZANTINE's Internet 'Threat'

Booking agent Jeffrey Churchwell of Digger International has issued a response to a scathing statement posted by the band BYZANTINE (via their guitarist, Tony Rorhbough) on their official web site in which they appeared to encourage their fans to physically assault Churchwell over the removal of BYZ...

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Reformed HOLY TERROR Seek Vocalist

Recenly reformed Seattle-based speed metal band HOLY TERROR are currently searching for a singer. Commented guitarist Kurt Colfelt (a.k.a. Kurt Kilfelt; ex-AGENT STEEL),"We attempted to get in touch with our original singer, Keith Deen, and I'm taking the lack of any response as a 'No.' We did what...

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AC/DC: Classic 1977 Performance To Air On Australia's JJJ Radio

According to a posting on AC-DC.net, Australian radio station JJJ will air this weekend an AC/DC concert recorded at Sydney's Haymarket on January 30, 1977. Part of Impossible Music Festival, with live music all weekend, the AC/DC show airs on Saturday (August 27) at 8:00 p.m. More information is av...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG's 'Deth And Life Experiences

During the late eighties at the tender age of 21, classically trained guitarist Jeff Young stepped into the metal world as lead guitarist for the legendary band MEGADETH. Jeff's highlight performances on the group's 1987 "So Far, So Good... So What!" album and tours astounded MEGA-fans and guitar af...