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DAMAGEPLAN, PANTERA Album Sales Jump Sharply Following Guitarist's Death

DAMAGEPLAN and PANTERA albums have seen a sharp sales increase in the last week as a result of the shocking death of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, who was shot and killed while performing onstage at a Columbus nightclub. The following is an overview of the sales figures f...

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QUIET RIOT Announce U.K. Tour Dates; 'Live & Rare' Samples Posted Online

QUIET RIOT will commence their 2005 world tour in England, where the group has not performed in twenty years, with the following dates: Feb. 11 - Bradford, UK - Rio Feb. 12 - London, UK - The Underworld Feb. 13 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City Feb. 14 - Dudley, UK - Jb's Additional tour ...

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QUIET RIOT Singer: DIMEBAG Was A Nice Person In A Business Full Of Phonies

QUIET RIOT frontman Kevin DuBrow has issued the following statement in memory of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "I did not know Darrell as well as many others but well enough to know that he was a really, really nice person in a business full of phonies. "Darrell and Vinni...

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NEWSWEEK Magazine Covers DARRELL's Murder: DIMEBAG's Last Waltz

Kevin Peraino of Newsweek reports: Darrell (Dimebag) Abbott was known around the heavy-metal world for his scary stage persona. The burly lead guitarist for a group called DAMAGEPLAN adorned his body with leather and tattoos, and wore a scraggly goatee he often dyed red. He spoke his own language, w...

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NBC's KEVIN TIBBLES Reports On DIMEBAG's Death: Video Available

Ohio investigators continue to search for answers in the nightclub shooting that left five people dead, including the lead guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott of DAMAGEPLAN. Watch NBC's Kevin Tibbles report for "Today" at MSN.com. ...

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Eyewitness Says Club Shooter Was Calm As 'Nightmare' Unfolded

MTV News reports: Having befriended DAMAGEPLAN drum tech John "Kat" Brooks before the group's show in Columbus, Ohio Wednesday night (Dec. 8),28-year-old Kevin Holycross found himself standing off to the side of the stage as the band began performing. "The beginning of the nightmare," as he called...

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DAMAGEPLAN Shooting Update: VINNIE PAUL Uninjured; Metal Musicians Mourn DIMEBAG's Passing

Scoop of the Columbus, Ohio radio station The Blitz 99.7 FM has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul was uninjured in the shooting incident at a Columbus nightclub which resulted in the death of Paul's brother, Dimebag Darrell. According to Scoop, who attended the concer...

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Heavy Metal Musicians Pick Their Favorite Albums Of All Time

U.K.'s Live 4 Metal webzine has published a list of a number of metal musicians' Top Five Albums of All Time. Among the artists featured in the article are the following: Metal Mike Chlasciak (TESTAMENT, ex-HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM) 01. DEATH – Symbolic 02. CARCASS – Heartwork 03. YNGWIE MALMSTEEN – Risi...

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PROJECT: FAILING FLESH's KEVIN Comments On Recording Sessions With DECEASED

PROJECT: FAILING FLESH member Kevin 131 has issued an update from his Assembly Line Studios regarding his production/engineering work with fellow Virginia metallers DECEASED. Commented Kevin: "The tracking for 'And The Weird Travel On' is done! It has been killer working with the guys from DECEASED....

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METALLICA Perform On California's KROQ 106.7: Audio Available

METALLICA stopped by Los Angeles radio station KROQ 106.7 on Monday (Nov. 29) to answer a few questions and perform a short set on the "Kevin & Bean" breakfast show. The group's set list for the performance consisted of the following: 01. Sad But True 02. Master of Puppets 03. One 04. Nothing El...

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MASTODON Confirmed For Japan's EXTREME THE DOJO VOL. 11 Tour

MASTODON are the latest act added to the Extreme The Dojo Vol. 11 Japanese mini-tour featuring CONVERGE and ISIS. According to the official Extreme The Dojo web site, MASTODON confirmed their participation in the festival this past week. The dates are as follows: Feb. 02 – Osaka, JPN @ Club Quattro...

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LAMENT Featuring Ex-BLOOD FEAST Drummer: New Songs Available For Download

LAMENT, the new female-fronted band featuring former BLOOD FEAST drummer Kevin Kuzma, have uploaded two full-length tracks from their recently recorded EP, "Sea of Red". Check out the title cut and "Prison Cell" at this location. "Sea of Red" was recorded and mastered this fall at Studio Blicharz an...

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Former OUTSPOKEN Members Launch New Project

Former members of the Lava/Atlantic "post-grunge alternative metal" recording artists OUTSPOKEN — Shaun Kennedy (guitar),Kevin McCreery (guitar),Donnie Highland (drums) and Frank Green (bass) — have teamed up with singer Geo Teubl (ex-BRIDGE) in an as-yet-unnamed new band. Teubl and the rest of th...

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CHIMAIRA Drummer To Guest On New DAATH Album

Kevin Talley (CHIMAIRA, DYING FETUS, MISERY INDEX) will lay down a few tracks on the upcoming sophomore album from Atlanta-based technical death metallers DAATH. The CD, entitled "The Hinderers", will also feature guest guitar solos by Jim Malone (ARSIS) and James Murphy (TESTAMENT, OBITUARY, DEATH)...

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HATEBREED Added To EXTREME DOJO VOL. 12 Japanese Tour

HATEBREED are the latest act added to the Extreme Dojo Vol. 12 Japanese tour featuring SHADOWS FALL, AS I LAY DYING and EVERYTIME I DIE. However, they will NOT play the February 7, 2005 Tokyo show because of a scheduling conflict with a Big Day Out festival apprearance. The dates are as follows: Feb...