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CAR BOMB Announces U.S. Tour Dates

CAR BOMB has announced a U.S. tour in support of its brand new album, "Centralia". CAR BOMB will begin this month long run of dates on August 5 in Lawrence, KS, working its way through the South and along the East Coast from there. CAR BOMB will be joined by LAST CHANCE TO REASON for ...

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DIO, GREAT WHITE, XYZ Members Raise Money For Former KNAC Personality

Members of DIO, GREAT WHITE and XYZ came out to rock with local tribute bands METAL KNIGHTS, MASTERS OF REALITY and LIGHTS OUT to help raise much needed money for KNAC radio legend Tawn Mastrey at Martini Blues in Huntington Beach, California this past weekend. Just a few months ago it was announced...

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ATREYU Announces Headlining Shows

Acclaimed metallic rock act ATREYU has announced plans for a headlining tour in support of its upcoming Hollywood Records debut, "Lead Sails Paper Anchor". The much-buzzed-about album arrives in stores on August 28 and the tour begins September 9 at the Big Easy in Boise, ID, with openers HASTE THE...

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MICHAEL And RUDOLF SCHENKER 'Came To Blows' At ROCK & BLUES CUSTOM SHOW, Says Journalist

U.K.-based music journalist Dave Ling has issued the following report via his official web site: "Just home from the Rock & Blues Custom Show in Pentrich [England], where the best and worst of the Schenker family was displayed. Regardless of the falling rain, the SCORPIONS played a blinder as la...

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Report: Heavy Metal And Jazz Meet At The Extremes

Greg Burk of the Los Angeles Times reports: The common factors between metal and jazz? Technique: the wonderfully unnatural feats the human limbs and brain are forced to accomplish when running down riffs at quicksilver speed, or playing 11th chords in 11/8 time. Improvisation: Always at the root of...

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DEVILDRIVER Added To OZZFEST's Second Stage

Santa Barbara, California's DEVILDRIVER has been added to Ozzfest 2007's lineup starting in Dallas, Texas on August 2. They will be playing the second stage at 3:30 p.m. As a result, DEVILDRIVER has been forced to cancel its previously announced U.S. headlining dates which were supposed to take plac...

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ENTOMBED Frontman: 'All The Biggest Leaders In The World Have Been Mentally Ill'

ENTOMBED vocalist L.G. Petrov, in the first of two interviews, recently spoke to Lucem Fero's Welsh interviewer Anthony Morgan. Topics of discussion included circumstances surrounding the delay of latest album "Serpent Saints", NAPALM DEATH, the welcomed return to raw aggression and how the internal...

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SLAYER Frontman To Take Part In Online Chat

SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya will take part in an online chat with members of the online SLAYER community, the Slatanic Wehrmacht, on Monday, July 30, at 4:00 p.m. EDT. To become a member of the Slatanic Wehrmacht, click here. Araya recently told Gary Graff of Billboard.com that in addition to...

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BAD BRAINS: Photos From Video Shoot Available

The first video off the new BAD BRAINS album, "Build a Nation", has been completed. SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian directed the effort, which is a video combination of two songs, "Give Thanks and Praises" and "Jah Love". Check out photos from the video shoot at Sasquatch Festival at this lo...

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RATT: Audio Interview With STEPHEN PEARCY Available

Chicago radio personality Cara Carriveau has posted an audio interview with RATT frontman Stephen Pearcy as part of her podcast, "Cara's Basement". Pearcy discusses many things, from how he got his start in rock and roll literally by accident to attending Friars Club Roasts with Milton Berle. You ca...

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UNEARTH Announces Tour With DARKEST HOUR, AUGUST BURNS RED, SUICIDE SILENCE

Massachusetts metal phenomenon UNEARTH will hit the road in the U.S. for the first time since their run of dates with DIMMU BORGIR back in April/May of this year. Joining UNEARTH on tour will be Victory Records' DARKEST HOUR (Washington D.C.),Solid State's AUGUST BURNS RED (Pennsylvania),and Centu...

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MEGADETH: Japanese Tour Dates Announced

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message on the band's official forum: "Just wanted to say that it has been a lot of entertainment for me the last three weeks getting to come back and spend time with you each morning. "It's as if y'all are in my house having coffee each mornin...

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Classic JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, MOTÖRHEAD, SLAYER Tracks Featured On 'Heavy Metal Box'

According to Billboard.com, Rhino Records has set an October 2 release date for "Heavy Metal Box". The four-disc, 70-song set boasts classic tracks from IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, MOTÖRHEAD and SLAYER, among dozens of others. Arranged chronologically from 1968 to 1991, the compilation also boasts hi...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist Sings 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door' In Japan; Video Available

GnrDaily.com reports: After GUNS N' ROSES' last gig in Osaka, Japan this past Saturday night (July 21),several band members and friends headed out into the warm Osaka night to celebrate. Later on in the night, Axl Rose, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (guitar),Frank Ferrer (drums),Tommy Stinson (bass),Bub...

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IRON MAIDEN, DRAGONFORCE Songs Added To 'Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock'

IRON MAIDEN's "The Number of the Beast" and DRAGONFORCE's "Through the Fire and Flames" are among the latest confirmed tracks for the upcoming Activision title Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. According to GameSpy, since the release of the first Guitar Hero game, DRAGONFORCE has consistently been o...