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DESTRUCTION Cancel Remaining South American Dates

German thrashers DESTRUCTION have issued the following statement via their official web site: "DESTRUCTION is unfortunatly unable to play the remaining shows of the South America tour due to huge organisational problems and transportion issues. Therefore the dates in Cordoba and Rosario (Argentina)...

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Church Of Satan High Priest: 6/6/06 Is 'Just A Day, Like Any Other'

Susan Carpenter of SouthFlorida.com is reporting that several heavy metal artists are taking advantage of the fact that June 6, 2006 (6/6/06) falls on a Tuesday — when new albums are typically released — to unleash their new CDs, including DEICIDE, who are renowned as much for a statement they issue...

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It's Official: CARNIVORE To Perform At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET exclusively reported on April 21, CARNIVORE have now been officially confirmed for the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. CARNIVORE's performance is slated for August 4, according to posting on the official Wacken web site. CARNIVORE are al...

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IN FLAMES Bassist Says European Headlining Tour Was 'Great'

IN FLAMES bassist Peter Iwers has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "I am at home again and as I'm writing this I'm in my garden, having a coffee and just chilling! The European part of the tour was GREAT. Never in the whole world did I expect such a great ...

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GODSMACK Frontman Collaborating With Illusionist CRISS ANGEL

Billboard.com is reporting that GODSMACK's Sully Erna and illusionist Criss Angel are reworking the theme song from Angel's popular A&E series, "Mindfreak", for Angel's forthcoming Koch Records album. "The theme song was more electronic, more MINISTRY, and Criss wanted to make it more power and...

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CARNIVORE Rumored For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR, Bulgaria's MONSTERS OF ROCK

CARNIVORE will be reuniting for at least two European festival gigs this summer, including a possible appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany on August 3 and a slot at the Monsters of Rock festival in Bulgaria on August 4. However, it should be noted that neither of these two festival...

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CARNIVORE's New Touring Lineup Begins To Take Shape

Former DUST TO DUST and current METAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION drummer Steve Tobin has been tapped by TYPE O NEGATIVE's Peter Steele to be the drummer in Steele's new version of CARNIVORE, which is planning on playing select dates later in the year. According to Tobin, two gigs have been tentatively booke...

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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...