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KISS Members To Be Inducted Into LONG ISLAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME

Original KISS members Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Peter Criss will be among the first inductees in the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. Over the next two years the Hall will be honoring artists or groups that were either born on Long Island, or resided on Long Island for a significant portion of t...

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TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY Schedule Dates With CHIMAIRA, ARCH ENEMY, HATE ETERNAL

TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY, the new band featuring former MEGADETH/current F5 bassist David Ellefson, ex-W.A.S.P. drummer Stet Howland, guitarist Peter Scheithauer (BELLADONNA, KILLING MACHINE) and vocalist Todd Barnes (13-A),will be joining the Jägermeister-sponsored CHIMAIRA/ARCH ENEMY/HATE ETERNAL tour...

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Japan's DIR EN GREY In Talks To Support KORN On U.S. Tour

Billboard.com is reporting that Japanese band DIR EN GREY, who made their stateside debut with a showcase at last month's South by Southwest Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas before following it up by stops at the 800-capacity Avalon in New York and the 2,000-capacity Wiltern Theatre in Lo...

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ILL NINO, GOD FORBID, SILENT CIVILIAN to Team Up For U.S. Tour

Just back from sold-out tours of Europe and Australia, bi-lingual Latino metal sextet ILL NINO is set to criss-cross America leading the "One Nation Undivided" spring tour. Presented by Jagermeister, the 28-city major market assault is ILL NINO's first and only U.S. headlining tour supporting its la...

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DESTRUCTION Frontman Comments On Ecuadorian Concert Fiasco

It was reported yesterday that DESTRUCTION's April 15 concert in Quito, Ecuador ended in total chaos after the local promoter lost control of the 2,000 fans that wanted to attend the gig in a venue that could only accommodate half of them and that didn't have a working lighting system. According to...

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NECROPHOBIC: New Song Samples Posted Online

Audio samples of the new NECROPHOBIC tracks "I Strike with Wrath" and "The Crossing" have been posted online at this location. Both songs come off the Swedish death metallers' fifth album, "Hrimthursum", due on May 22 via Regain Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Bloodhymns" was recorded at the House...

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DESTRUCTION: Ecuador Concert Ends In Total Chaos

According to a posting on DESTRUCTION's official web site, the German thrashers' April 15 concert in Quito, Ecuador ended in total chaos after the local promoter lost control of the 2,000 fans that wanted to attend the gig in a venue that could only accommodate half of them and that didn't have a wo...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman To Guest On New SPARZANZA CD

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving will be laying down backing vocals on the new album from Swedish hard rockers in SPARZANZA. Dolving will be singing on the track "Dead Rising", which will appear on SPARZANZA's third CD, "Banisher of the Light", tentatively due later in the year. Dolving had previo...

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Orgasmatron

Having survived the "Robbo" phase that resulted in 1983's often unjustly derided "Another Perfect Day", 1984's double-LP compilation "No Remorse" introduced the world (by way of four new songs) to another revamped MOTÖRHEAD lineup. Ex-SAXON drummer Pete Gill replaced Philthy Animal Taylor and Brian...

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OPETH Guitarist: 'We'll Never Let Anybody Interfere With Our Music'

Australia PyroMusic.net has just conducted an interview with OPETH guitarist Peter Lindgren. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: PyroMusic.net: How have fans reacted to the radical label change to Roadrunner? I know initially there was a bit of an uproar, but how are things now? Peter Lindgre...

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PAIN Mainman Offers Update On New Album, Covers CD

PAIN mainman Peter Tägtgren has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "As most people know, I've been busy with the other band HYPOCRISY and gonna do the Neckbreakers Ball [European] tour in April and a few selected festivals. But at the same time I'm working on the [PAIN] c...

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MEKONG DELTA: Work On New Album 'Progressing Nicely'

According to a posting on The Official Mekong Delta Thrash Pages, work on new material from the legendary German progressive thrash outfit MEKONG DELTA "is progressing nicely. Five of the eight group songs are completely finished musically. The other three are a little more difficult to complete bec...

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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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METALLICA Manager To METS' WAGNER: Turn Up The Volume

Adam Rubin of the New York Daily News has issued the following report: In Mets opener, Billy Wagner enters ninth inning to sounds of METALLICA's "Enter Sandman", rocking Yankee fans who claim the song belongs to Mariano Rivera. Not only should the Mets play "Enter Sandman" when closer Billy Wagner t...

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8THSIN Announce New Album Title

8THSIN, the project led by IT (a.k.a. Tony Särkkä; WAR, ABRUPTUM, OPHTHTALAMIA, VONDUR),have set "Cosmogenesis" as the title of their third album, which is tentatively scheduled to be recorded later in the year. One songtitle has surfaced so far: "The Plumed Serpent". According to a posting on the...