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DRAGONFORCE: 'Inhuman Rampage' To Receive U.S. Release Via ROADRUNNER

Roadrunner Records has announced the signing of U.K. power metal masters DRAGONFORCE. The band's Roadrunner U.S. debut, "Inhuman Rampage", was released in the U.K., mainland Europe and Japan on January 9, 2006 to critical raves and, in nearly three months, 30,000 copies in sales. Since forming in Lo...

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FIREBALL MINISTRY To Support DISTURBED

The Los Angeles-based hard rock quartet FIREBALL MINISTRY will soon return to the road for a series of shows alongside multi-platinum rockers DISTURBED. The groups — who performed a sold-out California show together in January — will tour America and Canada for two weeks beginning on May 20. These w...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer: QUEENSRŸCHE Singer Is A 'Two-Faced Douche Bag'

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has slammed QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate as a "two-faced douche bag" for "consistently bashing DREAM THEATER and even [Portnoy] personally in the press." When a DREAM THEATER fan suggested in a posting in "The Forum" section of Portnoy's web site that Tate was i...

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Former CANCER Members Complete Work On HAIL OF FIRE Demo

HAIL OF FIRE, the new band featuring former CANCER members Carl Stokes (drums),Dave Leitch (lead guitars),Barry Savage (lead guitars),and Ian Buchanan (bass),along with newcomer Rob Lucas on vocals, have launched their official web site at www.hailoffire.co.uk. The group, whose musical direction...

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MY DARKEST HATE Part Ways With Vocalist, Bassist; Replacements Announced

MY DARKEST HATE, the German death metal band featuring former PRIMAL FEAR drummer Klaus Sperling, have parted ways with singer Chris Simper and bassist Oliver Schort. Replacing them in the group's current formation are Claudio Enzler (SACRIFICIUM) on vocals and Alex Palma (LUNA FIELD) on bass. MY DA...

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POISONBLACK To Release New Album In The Fall

The current lineup of POISONBLACK — Ville Laihiala (vocals, guitar, formerly of SENTENCED),Janne Markus (guitar),Marco Sneck (keyboards),Antti Remes (bass) and Tarmo Kanerva (drums) — are continuing to write material for their sophomore album, which they hope to begin recording this spring for a...

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NIRVANA Stake To be Acquired By U2's BONO?

James Hall of the U.K.'s Telegraph.co.uk is reporting that Elevation Partners - the private equity company whose partners include Bono, the U2 singer - is thought to be the front-runner in a multi-million pound deal to acquire a stake in the back catalogue of NIRVANA, the 1990s grunge pioneers. The...

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KURT COBAIN Action Figure Coming In June

A new Kurt Cobain action figure, which features the striped sweater and stringy hairstyle the late NIRVANA frontman sported in his band's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video, will be available via NECA (National Entertainment Collectibles Association) in late June. Check out photos of the figurine at th...

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Producer: New IRON MAIDEN Songs Are 'Very Progressive With Catchy Choruses'

The first of the IRON MAIDEN studio updates from producer Kevin Shirley has been posted on the IronMaidenOnlineClub.com forums (accessible to registered members only). An excerpt from the report follows: "After our first week of knuckling down and beginning to cut basic tracks, we had a very interes...

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JASON NEWSTED On SUPERNOVA Singer: 'I Already Know What I'm Looking For'

The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that hundreds of hopefuls began lining up outside the Rockit Room nightclub in San Francisco on Tuesday (March 21) — some eight hours before the 10 a.m. casting call — in order to compete for the singer slot in SUPERNOVA, the new supergroup featuring MÖTLEY C...

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GENE SIMMONS Named Grand Marshal Of Honda Grand Prix Of St. Petersburg

Waving the checkered flag at this year's Honda Grand Prix at St. Petersburg will be none other than venerable entrepreneur and rock legend, Gene Simmons, it was announced on Monday (March 20) by event officials. Watch on Sunday, April 2 (live on ESPN at 3:45 p.m. EST) as Simmons kicks off the second...

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TANKARD, CATARACT, MY DARKEST HATE Confirmed For Germany's ANCIENT SPIRIT FESTIVAL IV

TANKARD, CATARACT and MY DARKEST HATE have been confirmed for the Ancient Spirit Festival IV, set to take place May 27 at Universal D.O.G. in Lahr, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: TANKARD CATARACT MY DARKEST HATE FEAR MY THOUGHTS FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING DEADBORN CLUSTER BOMB...

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P.O.D.: 'The Warriors Tour 2' Dates Announced

P.O.D. have unveiled details of their headlining spring tour of the United States. The month-long trek comes in the wake of the Southern California-based band's fourth full-length label release, "Testify", which has sold 122,000 copies since its late January release, according to Nielsen SoundScan....

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SIG:AR:TYR: Debut Album Finally Sees Light Of Day

Canadian "atmospheric viking metal" act SIG:AR:TYR have announced the release of their debut full-length CD, "Sailing The Seas Of Fate", via Morbid Winter Records. "It has been a very long wait for this CD to be released, and I am glad to have it finally see the light of the sun," stated the band's...

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King of Stars - Bearer of Dark

Another year-end release on Singapore's Pulverised Records (Deathgasm in the U.S.),it would be a shame if this one escaped notice and fell through the cracks. If you're like me, you looked askance at label advertisements describing the band as "Swedish fantasy black metal". As it turns out, "King o...