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Hardcore Concert Erupts Into Violence; Bandmembers Claim Police Brutality

J.J. Huggins and Marisa Donelan of Sentinel & Enterprise report that police arrested three band members outside a Leominster, Massachusetts church Saturday night (August 12) after a hardcore punk-rock concert featuring a band named CUT THROAT (MySpace page) erupted into violence, officials said...

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CRIMINAL Confirmed For Portugal's CAOS EMERGENTE 3 Festival

Anglo-Chilean thrashers CRIMINAL have been confirmed as one of the headliners of the Caos Emergente 3 festival, set to take place September 1-2 in Recarei Paredes near Porto, Portugal. The band will headline the second day. AMPUTATED BLEEDING DISPLAY BRAINWASH COCK & BALL TORTURE CRIMINAL DISCRA...

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AUDIOSLAVE And SYSTEM OF A DOWN Members Named In Anti-BUSH Ad

Launch Radio Networks reports: AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello and SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian are among the people listed in an anti-George W Bush petition, in a full-page newspaper ad that ran Thursday (August 3) in the New York Times. The full-page ad from the group World Can't Wait a...

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LACUNA COIL Lands Rolling Stone Cover

LACUNA COIL frontwoman Cristina Scabbia is featured on the cover of the new issue of the Italian edition of Rolling Stone magazine. Check it out at this location. To view a collection of LACUNA COIL magazine covers from all across the world, click here. LACUNA COIL made their much-anticipated return...

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THEE PLAGUE OF GENTLEMEN Frontman Imprisoned For 'Unimaginable' Criminal Acts

Belgian doomsters THEE PLAGUE OF GENTLEMEN have posted the following message on their official web site: "This second week of July 2006 was the last week of existence of THEE PLAGUE OF GENTLEMEN. Front man Steve [McMillan] has been arrested and imprisoned for criminal acts that none of the members c...

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LACUNA COIL Singer Checks In From OZZFEST

LACUNA COIL made their much-anticipated return to the U.S. on June 29 as part of this year's Ozzfest main-stage lineup. The massive summer trek coincides with the release of the new single "Enjoy The Silence", which impacted commercial radio this week. The video for the track, completed by the direc...

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VINNIE PAUL: TED NUGENT's Anti-PANTERA Comments 'Really Bummed Me Out'

Jesse Capps of RockConfidential.com recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: RockConfidential.com: Fans have been going nuts over [REBEL MEETS REBEL] for years. Was it always intended to be a project that would rel...

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OPETH Frontman Comments On Former Bus Driver's Guilty Plea To Child-Porn Charge

OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt has spoken to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet about the sentencing of the band's former tour bus driver to 25 years in prison on a guilty plea to a child porn charge. Leon Rodney Whitman Jr. (photo, charge report) was arrested in Tampa last ...

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BELPHEGOR Seek New Label Home

Austrian death/black metal act BELPHEGOR is currently looking for a new professional company/management to represent them for the release of their recently completed new album. Interested parties should contact the band at [email protected]. Commented guitarist Sigurd: "All options are open at the mo...

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SATYRICON Drummer: We Are '100% Focused On Writing Good, Powerful Songs'

David E. Gehlke of Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with SATYRICON drummer Frost. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Blistering.com: Do you feel "Volcano" could have been a bigger hit in the U.S.? Frost: "As far as I know, it did pretty well. It was our first experience on (SYSTEM OF...

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CRIMINAL ELEMENT To Release New Mini-CD In The Fall

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 — will release a new min...

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Report: U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival Ends With Violence

BBC News is reporting that about a dozen people have been detained by police after trouble broke out at the Download Festival at Donington Park, England Sunday night (June 11). Leicestershire Police were called to the site of the festival on Sunday after reports of fires being started. When officers...

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Former GREAT WHITE Tour Manager Can Work From Prison

The Associated Press has issued the following report: Former GREAT WHITE tour manager who was sentenced to prison for igniting a deadly nightclub fire should be allowed to work for a nonprofit agency while serving his time, a judge ruled Tuesday. Daniel Biechele pleaded guilty to 100 counts of invol...

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HARMONY DIES, DRYROT Confirmed For Germany's UP FROM THE GROUND Festival

HARMONY DIES and DRYROT have been confirmed for the Up From The Ground festival, set to take place August 25-26 in Gemünden, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): CRIMINAL DAWN OF DISEASE DISMEMBER DRYROT ENDSTILLE GOD DETHRONED GOREFEST HARMONY DIES HEARSE...

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GREAT WHITE Members Ordered As Witnesses In Nightclub Fire Trial

The Associated Press has issued the following report: Two members of the Los Angeles-based rock band GREAT WHITE have been subpoenaed as witnesses in the criminal trial of Michael Derderian, the club owner charged with involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of 100 people during a 2003 fire started...