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SINERGY To Record New Album In February
Finland's SINERGY will enter the studio on February 1 for at least six weeks to begin recording their fourth full-length album, tentatively due in June 2004 through Nuclear Blast Records. "Me and [guitarist] Alexi [Laiho, also in CHILDREN OF BODOM] spent the first two days I was back in Finland [aft...August 19, 2003
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Review: Refocused METALLICA Cranks It Up
Michael D. Clark of the The Houston Chronicle is reporting that as headliners of Saturday's (Aug. 2) Summer Sanitarium tour at Reliant Stadium, METALLICA "brought a sound system that would make a Harrier jet flyby sound church-quiet. They exploded on compositions of chaos at a decibel level not one...August 4, 2003
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Inferno
Something to light up your hi-fi? If the variable quality of their recent catalogue is anything to go by, then you can really only expect something that flickers at best from the grimacing Swedes — more of a mild conflagration than an inferno in your CD tray. ENTOMBED used to be SUCH a great death ....July 29, 2003
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FU MANCHU Frontman: 25 New Songs Ready To Be Recorded
FU MANCHU singer/guitarist Scott Hill has posted the following message to the band's official web site: "We are playing three shows in California this August. San Jose August 8th at The Usual, August 9th [in] San Francisco at Slims, August 10th [in] Santa Monica at the Santa Monica Civic. This shoul...July 25, 2003
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SUFFOCATION: All Tour Plans On Hold
Due to undisclosed "issues" with their booking agent, reunited New York death metallers SUFFOCATION have put all tour plans on indefinite hold. No further information is available at this time. SUFFOCATION were previously rumored to be in talks with DEEDS OF FLESH about teaming up for a limited run...July 16, 2003
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'Wacken Metal Overdrive' To Be Released On DVD
On July 28, SPV/Steamhammer will be releasing a special DVD, entitled "Wacken Metal Overdrive", featuring interviews and live footage of various artists performing at the annual Wacken Open Air Festival, widely considered to be the biggest and best "pure metal" festival in the world. The complete tr...July 12, 2003
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The Beacon Journal: TIM OWENS 'Not Available' To Comment On Split With JUDAS PRIEST
Kymberli Hagelberg of Ohio's The Beacon Journal reports that Tim "Ripper" Owens was "not available" Friday (July 11) to comment on the announcement that he has been replaced in JUDAS PRIEST by his predecessor, Rob Halford. The announcement of Owens' departure apparently came as news to his former wi...July 12, 2003
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JUDAS PRIEST's TIPTON On Reunion With HALFORD: 'If We Don't Do It Now, Maybe We Never Will'
JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton has spoken to Billboard.com about the group's decision to reteam with estranged lead singer Rob Halford for a new album and tour in 2004, marking the veteran British heavy metal band's 30th anniversary. "We all agreed that we feel the time is right," Tipton said....July 11, 2003
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JUDAS PRIEST/HALFORD Reunion: The Official Press Release!
After more than 12 years apart, JUDAS PRIEST and original lead vocalist Rob Halford have reunited for a global live concert tour in 2004. The definitive JUDAS PRIEST lineup of Rob Halford, lead guitarist Glenn Tipton, lead guitarist K.K. Downing, bassist Ian Hill and drummer Scott Travis are back. T...July 11, 2003
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TARAXACUM Set Release Date, Track Listing For 'Rainmaker'
TARAXACUM, the group featuring former STEEL PROPHET vocalist Rick Mythiasin, EDGUY bassist Tobias Exxel on guitar, drummer Franky Wolf, ex-HAGGARD guitarist Danny Klupp and ROUGH SILK/AXEL RUDI PELL keyboardist Ferdy Doernberg, have set an August 25 release date through MTM-Metal Records for their s...July 11, 2003
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NICK CARTER Wows 'Metalheads' At Sarasota Party
FrickForBrian from NicksAngel.com attended the Sarasota boat races this past weekend where BACKSTREET BOYS star Nick Carter's team took first place. She says, "The party Nick performed at was insane! It was like the 'STEEL DRAGON Tribute' concert from the movie 'Rock Star'. You had to go down this L...July 8, 2003
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BURDEN OF GRIEF Name New Album
German death/thrash metal act BURDEN OF GRIEF have set "Fields Of Salvation" as the title for their third full-length album, tentatively due later in the year through Massacre Records. The follow-up to 2001's "On Darker Trails" will contain nine tracks and will be mixed at Jailhouse studios in Denma...July 1, 2003
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Of Which They Bleed
It doesn't suffice to be a plain old death metal band these days. By their spidery logo alone, it would suggest that New York's WITHERED EARTH are entirely and wholeheartedly clinging to the malevolent horns of MORBID ANGEL et al. But peel back the layers of blood-spattered graphics and mummified gh...June 28, 2003
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SKINLAB: Raw, Brutal And Straight To The Point!
SKINLAB frontman Steev Esquivel has posted the following update to the group's official web site: "Hey, hey ya'll, time to drop some more news. "Tons going on in the SKINLAB camp. We've been busy trying to get everything together for the next release, 'The Nerve Damage Sessions'... At first, the ide...June 25, 2003
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Rock Historian Urges Australian Government To Preserve AC/DC Childhood Home
In a recent newspaper article in the Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Rock historian Glenn A. Baker urged the government to include the former house of the Young family (childhood home of AC/DC guitarists Angus and Malcolm Young) in the list of places to be preserved for the Australian national her...June 24, 2003
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