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TESTAMENT Part Ways With Longtime Manager

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have parted ways with their longtime manager, Phil Arnold of the Thrill Entertainment Group. In a statement announcing his split with the band, Arnold said, "It has been a great nine-plus-year relationship, but it has come to a point where it is not...

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F5 Featuring Ex-MEGADETH Bassist: East Coast Dates With MARC RIZZO, ALEX SKOLNICK Announced

For six nights only (Thursday, July 6 through Tuesday, July 11),F5 — the new Phoenix-based band featuring former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, ex-SICK SPEED vocalist Dale Steele, drummer David Small, and guitarists Steve Conley and John Davis — will headline a brief tour on the East Coast with S...

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EXODUS Guitarist GARY HOLT Explains BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Cancellation

Guitarist Gary Holt of veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS has issued a statement explaining the band's decision to cancel their appearance at this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24, 2006 in Balingen, Germany. In a June 5 press release ann...

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GODSMACK, ROB ZOMBIE Tour Dates Announced

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on April 26, GODSMACK have now officially confirmed that they will be teaming up with ROB ZOMBIE for a North American co-headlining tour beginning in late August. According to MTV.com, GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin said this fall tour is the band's way of thankin...

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Former SPREAD EAGLE Bassist Joins SEBASTIAN BACH's Touring Band

Bassist Rob De Luca (SPREAD EAGLE) will be joining Sebastian Bach's (SKID ROW) solo band on their upcoming European tour dates with GUNS N' ROSES as well as festival appearances in Austria, Bulgaria and Japan. The Japanese dates will feature KISS, ALICE IN CHAINS and GODSMACK, amongst others. For al...

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EXODUS: Classic 1997 Live Clip Featuring MACHINE HEAD's FLYNN Posted Online

A great video clip of EXODUS performing their classic song "A Lesson in Violence" live at the Trocadero in San Francisco, California on March 8, 1997 — with a special guest appearance by MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn — has been posted online at YouTube.com. EXODUS' entire performance at the Tro...

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DEF LEPPARD Bassist Comments On Upcoming Tour

With their new album "Yeah!" still hot off the presses, DEF LEPPARD is ready to celebrate with a summer-long tour. The band will kick off its 54-date tour in fitting fashion Saturday night (June 3),when it shares the stage with some of metal's giants at the Gods of Metal festival in Milan, Italy. T...

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PAINMUSEUM To Release 'You Have The Right To Remain Violent' EP

PAINMUSEUM, the band led by HALFORD/SEBASTIAN BACH guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak, has set a July 1, 2006 release date for their new enhanced EP, entitled "You Have the Right to Remain Violent". To be released exclusively on Metal Mike's own imprint C.M.M. Entertainment, LLC, the EP will feature a...

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SCREAMS OF ERIDA Complete Work On 'The Red Testament'

Boston-based metalcore band SCREAMS OF ERIDA have completed work on their full-length debut, "The Red Testament". The album was recorded from January to March with the help of producer Ken Susi (UNEARTH),and was mixed by Eric Rachel (A LIFE ONCE LOST, EVERY TIME I DIE, ATREYU). An early summer rele...

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NEVERMORE Guitarist STEVE SMYTH Forced To Sit Out European Festival Dates

NEVERMORE guitarist Steve Smyth (ex-TESTAMENT) has issued the following statement: "It is with deep regret that I will not be able to perform at any of European festivals over the next week with NEVERMORE, as I am now in hospital being treated with dialysis. The total kidney failure that I thought w...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist SKOLNICK To Perform At Tennessee's RIVERBEND FESTIVAL

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the experimental band led by TESTAMENT/ex-SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, will be featured at this year's annual Riverbend Festival, set to take place June 9-17 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Other performers this year include HANK WILLIAMS, JR., ANGIE STONE, KENNY ROGERS, AUDIO AD...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: I Am Not Playing Any Concerts With SKID ROW'

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has posted the following message on his official web site: "I am getting tired of making this announcement but everytime two-fifths of my old band does some, shows they use my picture and voice to promote their bait-and-switch 'gigs', so I will say it again: I...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Confirmed For Japan's UDO MUSIC FESTIVAL

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has been confirmed for the Udo Music Festival 2006, set to take place July 22-23 at Fuji Speedway in Mt. Fuji, Japan. Also scheduled to appear are KISS, ALICE IN CHAINS, PUSSYCAT DOLLS, STEVE VAI, GODSMACK, TAYLOR HAWKINS & THE COATTAIL RIDERS, TRIBE OF GY...

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THE ALIEN BLAKK Seek New Label Home

THE ALIEN BLAKK — a predominantly instrumental project led by Boston-based guitarist Joshua Craig, with contributions from former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM drummer Craig Nielsen — are currently seeking a new label for their debut release. Interested parties can contact t...

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HIBERNUS MORTIS Call It Quits

South Florida cult death metal act HIBERNUS MORTIS have officially called it quits. Drummer Cesar Placeres' statement on the matter reads as follows: "It's with sad regret I have to announce that we are calling it quits. I don't wanna get too sappy, even though it does make me kind of at a loss for...