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Cop Loses Job For Eating Pot-Laced Cookies At TOOL Concert

The Spokesman-Review recently reported that a Spokane, Washington city police officer resigned after being told two of his fellow officers saw him buy and eat two $1 cookies that apparently contained marijuana at a TOOL concert, a police spokesman said. Jonathon Smith, a three-year officer, quit lat...

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GODSMACK, SHADOWS FALL Among 'Hard Rock Band' Nominees At BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS

GODSMACK, SHADOWS FALL and CONVERGE are among the nominees for the 19th annual Boston Music Awards, set to take place September 27 at the city's Avalon Ballroom. GODSMACK received a total of five nods, including one in the "Male Vocalist of the Year" category for Sully Erna, who will compete against...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: Classic 1985 Live Video Featuring JASON NEWSTED Posted Online

A classic video clip of FLOTSAM AND JETSAM performing the song "She Took an Axe" in 1985 — featuring future METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted — has been posted online at YouTube.com. As previously reported, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM's classic debut, "Doomsday for the Deceiver", will be reissued as a "Special...

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GLENN HUGHES, CHAD SMITH To Guest On PLANET ROCK This Weekend

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) and his drummer/producer Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) will be interviewed on Planet Rock this Saturday, September 9 at 7:00 p.m. GMT. More information is available at this location. As previously reported, Hughes's European t...

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ALLHELLUJA: 'Pain Is The Game' To Receive Japanese Release In October

ALLHELLUJA, the Danish/Italian project featuring HATESPHERE frontman Jacob Bredahl and Stefano Longhi from Scarlet Records, will release its sophomore album, "Pain is the Game", in Japan on October 25 via Soundholic. As previously reported, ALLHELLUJA has posted a song from "Pain is the Game", entit...

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JOE LYNN TURNER Featured On HOWARD LEESE CD

Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) is featured on two songs on the forthcoming solo album from Howard Leese (HEART, PAUL RODGERS). Leese is recording the CD for Stuart Smith and Richie Onori's Black Star Records label. Smith describes "Hot to Cold"...

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SYMPHORCE Announces New Album Title, Drummer

German power metallers SYMPHORCE, featuring BRAINSTORM frontman Andy B. Franck, have announced the addition of drummer Steffen Theurer to the group's ranks. The band is currently working on material for its upcoming CD, "Become Death", which it expects to begin recording in November at the House of...

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POISONBLACK Frontman Says SENTENCED is 'Over And Done'

Chad Bowar of HeavyMetal.About.com recently conducted an interview with POISONBLACK/ex-SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: HeavyMetal.About.com: On the first CD J.P. Leppaluoto was the vocalist. When he left the band, did you audition other vocalists, or did...

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A Matter of Life and Death

Seven out of the ten very long, largely interminable tunes on IRON MAIDEN's 14th studio offering start out with either a gentle, low bass line or a softly strummed guitar. There's nothing wrong with either type of intro, but hearing it over and over again starts to make the listener feel like he's h...

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REDEMPTION Signs With INTROMENTAL MANAGEMENT

California-based progressive metal band REDEMPTION, featuring vocalist Ray Alder of FATES WARNING, has signed with Intromental Management. Intromental has worked closely with REDEMPTION for the past four years, promoting the band's 2003 self-titled debut and 2005's critically acclaimed "The Fullness...

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SUFFOCATION Drummer Says Rumors Of European Tour With NAPALM DEATH Are False

SUFFOCATION drummer Mike Smith has issued the following statement: "I just want to clear the ongoing rumor that there is a SUFFOCATION/NAPALM DEATH tour set for Europe. We have never spoken or been approached by any promoter regarding such a tour. In the past Mitch [Harris, NAPALM DEATH guitarist] h...

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GLENN HUGHES: First European Tour Details Revealed

Glenn Hughes's (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) European tour is scheduled to begin October 24 in Dublin and tentatively slated to end on December 11 in Paris. Final confirmations are being made at the moment, and as it will be Glenn's most intensive and important solo tour yet, his management wants to...

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TRIVIUM Frontman Checks In

TRIVIUM frontman Matthew Heafy has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "MKH here checking in while on break here in Holland as our three-week press tour across mainland Europe and the U.K. comes to a close, we have been working promoting our latest release 'The Crusade' whi...

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GLENN HUGHES To Announce European Tour Dates

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) has posted the following message on his official web site: "Once again back home in L.A. I really enjoyed the recent shows — whether it was for 10,000 people in Bulgaria or playing the Mike Moore annual bash in NJ. I have had a gre...

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THE ETERNAL Goes Acoustic

Mark Kelson (guitar and vocals) and Chris Stevenson (keyboards) of the acclaimed Australian ambient/dark/doom metal act THE ETERNAL will be doing a number of acoustic gigs in the upcoming months, featuring both THE ETERNAL songs and "a few surprises.' According to the band, this is not their new dir...