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DRY KILL LOGIC Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival

DRY KILL LOGIC, THE BUSINESS, BOLD, MISCONDUCT, DIE KASSIERER and BAD MANNERS are the latest confirmed bands for the the With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 – July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):...

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PERRY FARRELL's SATELLITE PARTY To Release First Single In February

Jonathan Cohen of Billboard.com reports that former JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell's new band, the SATELLITE PARTY, will unveil its first single, "Kinky", around Valentine's Day. The group's Steve Lillywhite-produced debut album, "The Ultra Payloaded Satellite Party", will arrive in March v...

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ENTOMBED Explains U.S. Tour Cancellation

Sweden's ENTOMBED has issued a statement explaining the band's reasons for the cancellation of its previously announced West Coast tour with DISMEMBER and GRAVE. The statetement reads as follows: "Due to circumstances beyond our control, ENTOMBED sadly has had to postpone their upcoming USA West Coa...

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ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER, GRAVE Tour Cancelled

The previously announced ENTOMBED / DISMEMBER / GRAVE / THE ABSENCE North American tour, which was scheduled to take place December 1-16, is now officially cancelled. "We worked hard on this tour, but unfortunately the headliner, ENTOMBED, will not be able to make the tour for December," a represent...

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JON OLIVA: 'To Me SAVATAGE Was Never SAVATAGE After CRISS Died'

Metal-Temple.com / Rock Hard writer Orpheus Spiliotopoulos recently conducted an in-depth interview with SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva. An excerpt from the chat follows: Q: I'd like to ask you why you left SPV Records and how [much] better do you feel it is with AFM Records now? Jon Oliva: "The SPV...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Says Copenhagen Show 'Was Great And Horrible At The Same Time'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on the band's MySpace page: "So last night we played in Copenhagen and it was great and horrible at the same time. We played this really small club, it was overpacked and the doors were closed through all the bands. No fucking oxyge...

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KISS: 'Kissology' Sells 52,000 Copies First Week Of Release

KISS' "Kissology: Volume One 1974-1977" DVD box set sold a whopping 52,000 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 1 on Billboard's Music Video chart. "Kissology: Volume One 1974-1977" is a monumental six-hour, two-DVD box set featuring vintage material going all the way back to...

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DREAM EVIL's 'United' Sees Chart Action

DREAM EVIL's "United" album has hit the Swedish official album charts at position #24, the Swedish metal charts at #3 as well as the Greek album charts at position #41 (now up to #28). On December 13, Sweden's DREAM EVIL will make its U.S. live debut when it headlines the Century Family's third annu...

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THE HAUNTED Singer: 'Heading Into Week Two Of Tour And I Start Obsessing Over Sex'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "I crack myself up, predictable son of a bitch... Heading into week two of tour and I start obsessing over sex. "I'm a big boy. I should know better. At least I think I should. So there's the everlasting duality...

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IT DIES TODAY, HASTE THE DAY Featured On 'A Santa Cause II' Compilation

Immortal Records announces the release of "A Santa Cause II". Due out November 21, this innovative digital-only compilation will be sold exclusively through MySpace. Log onto www.myspace.com/asantacause for more information. A portion of the proceeds will go directly to Cure Autism Now, an organizat...

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The Dead Eye

What to make of this new HAUNTED album? It's hard to take it out of context and judge it on its own merits — on one hand, you have the band's formidable back catalog to measure it against, a smorgasbord of modern-day Swedish thrash that renders 95% of their colleagues obsolete. Tied to that is ...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: Touring Plans Revealed

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the solo project of SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, will begin the first leg of its European tour on March 31 at the prestigious ProgPower UK Festival. The band will then return to Europe for the summer festival season and will play many all-acoustic dates between festival appearanc...

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Ex-KISS Drummer PETER CRISS: New Solo Album Title Revealed

According to KissNews.de, original KISS drummer Peter Criss recently gave an interview to Perfect 10 magazine in which he revealed details about his upcoming solo CD. The album, entitled "One for All", will feature contributions from the following musicians: Paul Shaffer, Will Lee, Clifford Carter,...

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GLENN DANZIG Discusses Touring Plans, Infamous 'Punch' Video

Peter Atkinson of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with Glenn Danzig. A few excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: I keep hearing stuff about you retiring, or at least really scaling things back. Obviously that's not the case at the moment. Danzig: I probably won't do much, if any touring,...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'About Socialist Libertarianism... Words Are Not Enough'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "I am slightly confused here. What is hard to grasp with the idea of an anarchist society? A social structure built on responsible individual action based in free will rather than that of the obligatory choicele...