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PISSING RAZORS, SINGLE BULLET THEORY, DOWNSET, SEVEN WITCHES Members Form THE DOWNTRODDEN

Matt Difabio (guitar; PISSING RAZORS, SINGLE BULLET THEORY),Andre Acosta (vocals; PISSING RAZORS),Chris Hamilton (drums; DEADBOLT, IN RUIN, CRISIS, DOWNSET, MEDICATION, BLOODSIMPLE, SAINT CAINE) and Bill Mez (bass; SEVEN WITCHES) have joined forces in a new band called THE DOWNTRODDEN. PISSING RAZ...

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LED ZEPPELIN To Headline UK's GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL?

MonstersAndCritics.com reports that LED ZEPPELIN will headline next year's Glastonbury Festival. The legendary rock group — who played a sensational comeback concert at London's O2 arena earlier this month — will take to the stage for the world-famous musical extravaganza, in Somerset, England, befo...

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NEUROSONIC To Support PUDDLE OF MUDD In North America

Vancouver, British Columbia hard rock band NEUROSONIC will support PUDDLE OF MUDD on the following dates: Jan. 29 - Slim's - San Franciso, California Jan. 31 - Roseland Theater - Portland, Oregon Feb. 01 - The Big Easy Concert Hall - Spokane, Washington Feb. 02 - El Corazon - Seattle, Washington Feb...

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HELLYEAH, MACHINE HEAD, NONPOINT, ANKLA: First U.S. Dates Announced

HELLYEAH, MACHINE HEAD, NONPOINT and ANKLA will team up for a U.S. tour beginning late January. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jan. 25 - Northern Lights - Clifton Park, NY Jan. 26 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ Jan. 27 - Toad's Place - Richmond, VA Jan. 29 - The Music Farm - ...

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JASON BONHAM On LED ZEPPELIN Reunion Tour: 'I'm Still The New Guy, And I Wouldn't Know'

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: Still buzzing from LED ZEPPELIN's reunion show on Dec. 10 in London, drummer Jason Bonham says he's the wrong guy to ask about any future plans for the group. "I'm still the new guy, and I wouldn't know," Bonham — whose late father, John Bonham, was ZEP's origina...

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LED ZEPPELIN Used METALLICA's Sound Engineer For Reunion Concert

At front of house for LED ZEPPELIN's recent 02 Arena concert was a Midas XL8 Live Performance System provided by Britannia Row, with two engineers at the controls. Big Mick Hughes mixed the band — Jimmy Page on guitar, John Paul Jones on bass and drummer Jason Bonham — while Robert Plant's front of...

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Report: LED ZEPPELIN In Talks To Return To Belfast

Eddie McIlwaine of the Belfast Telegraph reports: Negotiations are going ahead to bring legendary band LED ZEPPELIN back to Belfast where they first played their class rock hit, "Stairway to Heaven", for the first time in public, 36 years ago. Promoter Peter Aiken, whose late father Jim brought ZEPP...

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HELLYEAH And MACHINE HEAD To Team Up For U.S. Tour?

According to the web site of the Amos' Southend music hall in Charlote, North Carolina, HELLYEAH and MACHINE HEAD will play the venue on January 30, 2008 as part of what is expected to be a national tour featuring the two bands. No further information is currently available. HELLYEAH's live DVD, "Be...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE To Guest On IRON MAIDEN Singer's Radio Show

Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Friday, January 11 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the program live via the Internet between 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. U.K. time...

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MUDVAYNE And HELLYEAH Are Looking For Best New Bands

MUDVAYNE and HELLYEAH have announced that they will be searching music social networking site Amie Street for the best up-and-coming metal bands for them to endorse. Fans of these two bands will be encouraged to create profiles on Amie Street, and message the bands with their suggestions. Any artist...

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STRAIGHT LINE STITCH: Hometown Gig Postponed

Knoxville, Tennessee-based female-fronted metal/hardcore act STRAIGHT LINE STITCH has postponed its previously announced December 21, 2007 concert at Blue Cats in the group's hometown. "As many of you know, we are currently recording our new debut record for Koch Records. As of right now all the mus...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE: 'Scream Aim Fire' Video Posted Online

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's video for the track "Scream Aim Fire" can be viewed below (courtesy of Headbanger's Blog) (NOTE: The video stream may not be available to some non-U.S. residents.) The song is the title cut of the Welsh metallers' forthcoming sophomore album, due in the U.S. on January 29,...

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UFO: 'Showtime' HD-DVD Due Next Year

UFO's "Showtime" concert film will be released as a state-of-the-art HD-DVD through SPV on the following dates: Germany: February 22, 2008 Rest of Europe: February 25, 2008 USA: April 8, 2008 With the recording of their live DVD, "Showtime", at the Pumpwerk in Wilhelmshaven on May 13, 2005, the Brit...

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CELLADOR Pulls Out Of TRAIL OF TEARS Tour

Guitarist Bill Hudson of Nebraska-based power metallers CELLADOR has issued the following update: "Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had pull off the TRAIL OF TEARS, ECHOES OF ETERNITY, and UNEXPECT tour. "We’d like to apologize to all of our fans who were looking forwa...

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AKERCOCKE Frontman To Guest On 'The Powersurge'

AKERCOCKE frontman Jason Mendonca will take part in a live interview this Saturday (December 15) on KBeach.org's "The Powersurge". "The Powersurge", hosted by Eric Bryan of thrash band NECROSCOPE and "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey", broadcasts from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. every Saturday. Requests from the...