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ANVIL CHORUS To Perform At 2006 HAIGHT ST. FAIR
Legendary Bay Area metal band ANVIL CHORUS will be playing at the 2006 Haight St. Fair on Sunday, June 11 in San Francisco, California. The group's current lineup consists of the following: Thaen Rasmussen - Guitar Aaron Zimpel - Bass, Lead Vocals Joe Bennett - Drums Phil Bennett - Keyboards Carlos...May 31, 2006
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Legendary Baltimore Venue Hammerjacks Closes Its Doors
The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Hammerjacks, once a Baltimore icon of heavy metal and rock, closed Saturday (May 27) after the sale of its building to developers. The club never regained its legendary status after its reincarnation in 2000 in a two-story brick building on Guilford Avenue, where...May 31, 2006
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CELTIC FROST has had one of the strangest and more controversial career arcs in recent metal history. Rising out of the ashes of Swiss act HELLHAMMER in 1984, FROST centered largely around singer and guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer (a.k.a. Tom Warrior) and bassist Martin Eric Ain. Early releases such...May 29, 2006
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SLAYER Spark 9/11 Controversy
According to the World Entertainment News Network, SLAYER has sparked controversy with a new song about 9/11 from the terrorists' viewpoint. The California foursome were fed up with other bands' American perspective of the attacks on New York and Washington D.C. in 2001, so they wrote their own uniq...May 27, 2006
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ALL THAT REMAINS To Film 'This Calling' Video Next Week
ALL THAT REMAINS, the Massachusetts-based act featuring former SHADOWS FALL vocalist Philip Labonte, will hit the Jersey shore (the now-abandoned Hancock Naval Base in Sandy Hook) on Tuesday, May 30 to film the video for "This Calling", from their forthcoming album "The Fall of Ideals", with directo...May 26, 2006
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DISTURBED: Weeding Out The Knuckleheads
Yuri Wuensch of the Edmonton Sun recently spoke to DISTURBED drummer Mike Wengren about the band's tribute concert to late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, who was killed in December 2004 during a DAMAGEPLAN concert in Ohio. "It was really cool, unbelievable," Wengren recalled....May 26, 2006
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DAVID LEE ROTH Continues Pushing For VAN HALEN Reunion
David Lee Roth recently spoke to Gary Graff of Billboard.com about the possibility of a reunion with his former VAN HALEN bandmates. "I see it absolutely as an inevitability," said Roth, who was deposed by CBS Radio in late April as one of Howard Stern's replacements. "There's contact between the tw...May 25, 2006
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THE DARKNESS To Headline Finland's ILOSAARIROCK Festival
British rockers THE DARKNESS have been confirmed for Finland's Ilosaarirock festival, set to take place July 14-16 in Joensuu. Also scheduled to appear are MOKOMA, NEGATIVE, ENTOMBED, KATATONIA, RAISED FIST, ROTTEN SOUND, SCAR SYMMETRY, SWALLOW THE SUN, DEATHCHAIN, DIABLO, TAROT and TWILIGHTNING, am...May 25, 2006
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SHADOWKEEP: New Audio Sample Available
U.K. power metallers SHADOWKEEP have announced the full details of their third album, due later in the year. The band — featuring founder guitarist duo Chris Allen and Nicki Robson, drummer Scott Higham and debutants Stony Grantham on bass and singer Richie Wicks — have been working at Thin Ice Stud...May 25, 2006
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DEEP PURPLE Frontman: 'Our Record Company Is Thrilled With Us'
antiMUSIC's Morley Seaver recently conducted an interview with DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan. An excerpt from the chat follows: antiMUSIC: You said you're pulling in the crowds...how is the record ["Rapture of the Deep"] doing globally? Ian Gillan: "Biggest-selling record we've had since 'Perfect...May 24, 2006
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DAVID LEE ROTH Says Demand For New Solo Tour Dates Is 'Amazing'
Launch Radio Networks reports: David Lee Roth didn't expect to be on the road this season because of his radio program, but his schedule opened up when he lost that gig. Roth told Launch he's mapping out a summer tour that will start in mid-to-late June, and that promoters are very happy he's availa...May 23, 2006
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SUSPERIA To Enter Studio In August
Norwegian metallers SUSPERIA are scheduled to enter the studio in August to begin recording their new album, tentatively due in early 2007. The follow-up to 2004's "Unlimited" will reportedly contain 10 "very diverse individual songs with a lot of variation." One of the tracks that will appear on th...May 22, 2006
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RUSH Worship At Toronto's Rogers Centre
The Toronto Sun has issued the following report: "Toronto Blue Jays catcher Gregg Zaun makes no secret of his music interests or the fact that he is a huge fan of the band RUSH. So at a recent Toronto game against the Oakland Athletics at the Rogers Centre, Zaun was sufficiently psyched when he lear...May 22, 2006
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THE SISTERS OF MERCY, FREEDOM CALL Added To Finland's TUSKA OPEN AIR Metal Festival
THE SISTERS OF MERCY and FREEDOM CALL have been added to the lineup of the ninth annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, set to take place June 30 – July 2 at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland. FREEDOM CALL have replaced U.K. power metallers DRAGONFORCE, who were forced to pull out of the event after la...May 22, 2006
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NIGHTWISH: 'End Of An Era' CD/DVD Audio/Video Samples Available
Audio and video clips from NIGHTWISH's upcoming live CD/DVD package, entitled "End of an Era", have been posted online at MusicBay.se. Due out June 2, "End of an Era" contains recordings/footage of NIGHTWISH's final concert with singer Tarja Turunen, which took place on October 21, 2005 at the Hartw...May 21, 2006
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