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OPETH Forced To Cancel Helsinki Show

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have been forced to cancel tonight's (Monday, December 15) concert in Helsinki, Finland due to guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt contracting laryngitis. According to a posting on the band's web site, "The show will be rescheduled as soon as he's back on his feet...

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AXL ROSE: Why I Am Continung To Use Name GUNS N' ROSES

GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose has made a lengthy posting to the MyGNRForum.com web site where he answered a number of fan-submitted questions related to such topics as why he is continuing to use the GUNS name and the circumstances that led to the breakup of the classic GN'R lineup. His posting ...

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MUCKY PUP: 20th-Anniversary European Tour Planned

Reactivated New Jersey crossover/hardcore band MUCKY PUP will embark on a short European tour next summer to celebrate its twentieth anniversary. The trek will tentatively feature the same band lineup that recorded the "Now" album (1991) and will see the group performing songs from its first three r...

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MACHINE HEAD Cancels Last Two Shows Of SLIPKNOT Tour

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD have been forced to cancel their remaining two performances on the SLIPKNOT tour in Antwerp and Luxembourg, in the wake of guitarist Phil Demmel collapsing onstage again during the band's second-to-last song Friday night (December 12) in Sheffield, Engla...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Says AXL ROSE 'Sounds Amazing' On 'Chinese Democracy'

Bassist Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, LOADED, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) was interviewed this morning (Friday, December 12) by "The BJ Shea Morning Experience" on the Seattle station KISW 99.9 FM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On whether he's heard the new GUNS N' ROSES album, "Chinese De...

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ELVENKING Forced To Cancel Shows

Italian folk metallers ELVENKING have been forced to cancel five shows in their home country in January/February "because of serious family and health problems," according to a posting on the band's web site. The group says, "We are very sorry to cancel the dates scheduled so far, but we need a litt...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Replaces SALIVA At Seattle's 'KISW Holiday Hangover Ball'

There is a change to the bill for KISW's annual Holiday Hangover Ball, to be held this Friday, December 12, 2008 at Showbox SoDo in Seattle, Washington. Original headliners SALIVA who were scheduled to play, have been forced to cancel due to an unexpected health scare of lead singer Josey Scott. In...

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MISERY SIGNALS Drops Off BRING ME THE HORIZON Tour

Milwaukee, Wisconsin metalcore act MISERY SIGNALS has been forced to drop off the North American tour with BRING ME THE HORIZON and THE GHOST INSIDE after the group's lead vocalist, Karl Schubach, was taken ill. Commented MISERY SIGNALS: "As many of you may have noticed, we had to drop off the last...

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SLIPKNOT For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival?

In this week's issue of U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine, SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor reveals that the band has been approached to headline next year's Download festival. He says: "We've had an offer from Download but we've also got a few other options open to us at the moment. A couple of the guys in th...

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COLDPLAY Responds To JOE SATRIANI Lawsuit

COLDPLAY has issued a statement in response to the lawsuit filed against the band by guitarist Joe Satriani in which he claims that COLDPLAY ripped off portions of his song "If I Could Fly" for the group's Grammy-nominated track "Viva La Vida". "With the greatest possible respect to Joe Satriani, we...

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(HED)P.E. Debuts New Song And Launches New Online Community

(HED)P.E. has launched a new interactive web community at NewWorldOrphans.com for fans to interact and get content from the band's upcoming studio album, "New World Orphans". The site offers fans an inside look into the New World Order and other government conspiracies that are the centerpiece of th...

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ALL THAT REMAINS: Making Up For Cancelled Dates With Free T-Shirts

Massachusetts metallers ALL THAT REMAINS, who were forced to drop off the U.S. tour with IN FLAMES, 36 CRAZYFISTS and GOJIRA due to singer Phil Labonte's throat issues, have issued the following update: "We are so bummed we had to cancel. We can't wait to reschedule these shows and we promise to mak...

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ANTHRAX, MEGADETH, THE CULT Members To Take Part In 'Simon Phillips Retrospective' Concert

Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX),Chris Broderick (MEGADETH, ex-NEVERMORE, JAG PANZER) and John Tempesta (THE CULT, ex-ROB ZOMBIE, EXODUS, TESTAMENT) are among the guest musicians who will take part in the 30th Anniversary Simon Phillips Retrospective concert, which will be held on Thursday, January 15, 20...

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Singer SHELDON TARSHA Talks About His Decision To Return To ADLER'S APPETITE

Returning ADLER'S APPETITE singer Sheldon Tarsha was the featured guest on this past Saturday's (December 6) edition of "The Classic Metal Show". Tarsha talked at length about his decision to rejoin forces with former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler and ADLER'S APPETITE's upcoming touring plans....

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SCORPIONS Wikipedia Page Censored In U.K. For Child Pornography

According to Sky News, the article on the SCORPIONS' "Virgin Killer" album was blacklisted in Britain by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) because its cover features a nude prepubescent girl. The foundation's list is widely used by major Internet service providers (ISPs) to filter out child pornog...