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SOIL Guitarist Slams BLABBERMOUTH.NET Detractors

SOIL guitarist Shaun Glass has issued the following statement in response to the BLABBERMOUTH.NET detractors who have criticized the band for its refusal to play the October 26, 2006 date of the MUSHROOMHEAD/SOIL tour at Columbus, Ohio's Alrosa Villa — the club where PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Di...

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GREAT WHITE: Families Look To Lawsuit For Accountability In Nightclub Fire

The Associated Press reports: Now that the criminal case stemming from The Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island is ending, the families of some of the 100 people killed in the blaze are looking to a massive civil case for accountability. The federal lawsuit, filed by nearly 300 people who were inj...

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SOIL Refuses To Play Club Where DIMEBAG Was Murdered

Chicago's SOIL has refused to play the October 26, 2006 date of the MUSHROOMHEAD/SOIL tour at Columbus, Ohio's Alrosa Villa — the club where PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was murdered. "We find it in bad taste that the club is even still standing," said guitarist Shaun Glass....

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GREAT WHITE: Questions In Nightclub Fire Remain Unanswered

Eric Tucker of The Associated Press reports: The trials of Jeffrey and Michael Derderian would have spanned months and involved mounds of exhibits, hundreds of witnesses and graphic testimony about the fire at The Station nightclub that killed 100 people more than three years ago. But the decision b...

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RAZORBACK Signs With AOR HEAVEN

RAZORBACK, the new band consisting of Rolf Munkes (guitar, MAJESTY, ex-VANIZE),Stefan Berggren (vocals, ex-COMPANY OF SNAKES),Marcus Bielenberg (bass, ex-VANIZE),Chris Heun (guitar, ex-SHYLOCK) and Andre Hilgers (drums, ex-AXXIS, SILENT FORCE),has inked a new record deal with the Munich, Germany...

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METAL BLADE RECORDS Launches YouTube Channel

Metal Blade Records has launched its own YouTube channel at this location. From now on, new videos from all Metal Blade artists will be posted on this awesome platform. Currently available for viewing are clips from SIX FEET UNDER, DISILLUSION, UNEARTH, THE RED CHORD, GOREROTTED, IMPIOUS, GOD DETHRO...

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GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire: Families Outraged By Club Owner Pleas

The Associated Press reports: Relatives of the 100 people killed in a 2003 nightclub fire sparked by rock band GREAT WHITE's pyrotechnics are furious that the club owners are pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter charges and that one of them will avoid prison. For family members still upse...

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GREAT WHITE: Jury Selection In Nightclub Fire Trial Delayed

The Associated Press reports that jury selection in the criminal trial for an owner of a nightclub where a fire killed 100 people three years ago has been delayed. Michael Derderian, 45, is charged in the Feb. 20, 2003 fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, which was sparked by a pyrotechnic...

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MASTODON: In-Store Appearances, Venue Signings Announced

MASTODON has lined up a number of in-store appearances and venue signings during the current tour in support of its "Blood Mountain" CD. Fans can come by to meet the band, hear the record and get their copy of "Blood Mountain" autographed. The details are as follows: In-store appearances: Sept. 19 5...

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COPROFAGO Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Chile's COPROFAGO has inked a deal with Candlelight Records. COPROFAGO was formed in Santiago on June of 1993 by Sebastián Vergara (guitar, vocals) and Pablo Alvarez (guitar),plus two friends of theirs. With that young lineup (all still at school),the band recorded a standard death metal demo that...

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CRIMINAL ELEMENT: 'Criminally Contaminated' Single Now Available

CRIMINAL ELEMENT — the band featuring Vince Matthews (DYING FETUS) on vocals, Terrance Hobbs (SUFFOCATION) on guitar, Derek Boyer (SUFFOCATION) on bass, Joe Cincotta (CATASTROPHIC) on guitar, Rob Maresca (CATOSTROPHIC, PYREXIA) on drums, and Chris Yuastella on backing vocals — has released a three-s...

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PUDDLE OF MUDD Impersonator Assaulting Women In Illinois

MJI Interactive reports that police in Illinois are searching for a man who has been assaulting women while pretending to be former PUDDLE OF MUDD guitarist Paul Phillips. The man allegedly threatened two different females, one of whom he held at gunpoint, while claiming he was the rocker. "I've see...

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Former GREAT WHITE Tour Manager Wants Sentence Reduced

The Associated Press reports that a tour manager who ignited a blaze that killed 100 people wants his sentence reduced. Daniel Biechele pleaded guilty to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter in February and was sentenced to four years in prison. His lawyer filed a motion today asking a judge to re...

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14 People Arrested At FAMILY VALUES Concert In Winsconsin

Janesville, Wisconsin's The Janesville Gazette reports that the Walworth County Sheriff's Department patrol division and drug unit made a combined 14 criminal arrests at Saturday's (August 26) Family Values Tour concert at Alpine Valley Music Theater in East Troy, WI. Three were arrested for resisti...

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Investigation Continues Into Grave Robbery Where SLIPKNOT Lyrics Were Found

Jesse Truesdale of Bonner Springs, Kansas' The Chieftain reports that the investigation of a recent grave robbery in Kansas, where a sheet of SLIPKNOT lyrics was left at the scene, continues. The ashes of Justin Manning and the urn containing them were stolen from his grave last week. Manning, 17, o...