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TYPE O NEGATIVE Singer Says He Is 'Proud' Of Germany And France For Staying Out Of War In Iraq

Unlike most of his American counterparts, TYPE O NEGATIVE frontman Peter Steele supports Germany and France's decision to stay out of the war in Iraq and believes that the U.S. has no business playing the role of the world's policeman in the current Middle East conflict. Speaking to the Dutch online...
April 23, 2003
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BIOHAZARD: 'There Is No Honor In Slaughtering The Innocent'

BIOHAZARD have posted a message on their official web site clarifying their stance on the war in Iraq. The group's statement reads as follows: "To our friends everywhere, "Recently, we've been bombarded with questions regarding BIOHAZARD's stance on the war in Iraq. In regards to that, let us remind...
April 23, 2003
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TERROR 2000 To Support DESTRUCTION In Japan

TERROR 2000, the side project of SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid and DARKANE guitarist Klas Ideberg, will embark on their first-ever Japanese tour in support of DESTRUCTION in late May. The tour, dubbed "Thrash Disaster", will consist of two shows at Shibuya Club Quattro in Tokyo on May 27-28....
April 23, 2003
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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'I Demand Respect From People I Work With'

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has hit out at the producer of the national tour of "Jesus Christ Superstar" for claiming that his presence on the tour was "only selling between 30 and 50 tickets per night in 3,000-seat theatres" and has once again offered an explanation for missing the Colu...
April 12, 2003
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OMEN Confirmed For Germany's KEEP IT TRUE Festival

Classic U.S. metallers OMEN are the latest act to have been confirmed for Keep It True festival, set to be held on July 19 in Gerlachsheim, Germany. Organized by Oliver Weinsheimer from German magazine Heavy Oder Was?! and MAJESTY singer Tarek Maghary, the self-dubbed "underground metal" festival wi...
April 8, 2003
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SPINESHANK Drummer: New Album Is Our Best-Sounding Release To Date

SPINESHANK have completed work on their third full-length album, "Self Destructive Pattern", for a June 24 release through Roadrunner Records. "We finished mixing early last week and it sounds amazing," drummer Tommy Decker wrote in an online posting. "Jay Baumgardner ending up doing the final mixes...
April 7, 2003
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EDGUY: Live Video Available For Download

A video of EDGUY performing the track "The Headless Game" at last year's ProgPower USA III festival is now available for download at this location. EDGUY will release their first-ever double live album, "Burning Down The Opera", on June 2 through AFM Records. The band, whose last CD, "Mandrake", was...
March 30, 2003
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STONE SOUR Debut Certified Gold

STONE SOUR's self-titled debut album has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of more than 500,000 copies in the U.S. The album, described by Guitar World magazine as "melodic metal that some might actually call arena rock," has maintained a stead...
March 28, 2003
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FRED DURST: 'Go USA! Go Freedom For Iraq!'

LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst has posted the following message to the group's official web site: "What the hell is up people!!!! I just finished doing a song with Snoop Dogg and I brought Bubba Sparxxx in on it too!! It's a cool track I wrote with DJ Lethal. We've also been rehearsing for the ...
March 21, 2003
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CAGE Confirmed For MILWAUKEE METALFEST

San Diego, California heavy metal band CAGE has been confirmed to make their first-ever appearance at the Milwaukee Metalfest XVII to be held on Friday and Saturday, July 25 & 26, 2003 at the U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. CAGE will be supporting their upcoming new release, "Darker...
March 21, 2003
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JACQUES BELANGER Rejoins EXCITER

Former EXCITER vocalist/frontman Jacques Belanger has rejoined the band after a one-and-a-half-year absence. As a result, Rob Degroot, who joined EXCITER in the fall of 2002, is no longer the band's vocalist. According to an official Osmose Productions newsletter, "the band felt that [Rob] was not p...
March 18, 2003
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DEICIDE Cancel Dates Due To 'Crew' Problems

DEICIDE have been forced to cancel several dates on their current The Coalition For Musikal Armageddon Tour 2003, also featuring AMON AMARTH, BEHEMOTH, REVENGE and VEHEMENCE. The following is DEICIDE frontman Glen Benton's official statement on the matter: "Hello this is Glen Benton of DEICIDE. Ther...
March 18, 2003
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LEMMY, IAN ASTBURY, NICKE ANDERSSON Join MC5 At Comeback Show

THE CULT/THE DOORS frontman Ian Astbury last night (March 13) joined a reformed MC5 during a comeback show for the seminal Detroit garage rockers in London, according to NME.com. Astbury took to the stage in the legendary 100 Club for a show closing "Kick Out The Jams", the MC5's anthem and calling...
March 14, 2003
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USA Today: Those '80s Metal Bands Still Strike A Chord

USA Today published an article in its March 11 edition spotlighting the current popularity of '80s metal and the renewed media interest in a musical subculture many thought was extinct prior to the recent Rhode Island nightclub blaze in which nearly 100 people died. According to author Clara Frenk,...
March 13, 2003
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THE WILDHEARTS' GINGER Offers Iraq Solution

Frontman Ginger of the British band THE WILDHEARTS has issued yet another message condemning President George Bush over his foreign policy and the possibility of the U.S. waging war on Iraq. It reads as follows: "I believe that to make this world work efficiently we need to unify and act as a world,...
March 12, 2003