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AFTER FOREVER Confirmed For PROGPOWER USA VIII Festival

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has been confirmed for the ProgPower USA VIII festival, set to take place October 5-6, 2007 at Center Stage Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. The final festival billing is as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER COMMUNIC FIREWIND PAGAN'S...

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NAMM's International Fastest Drummer Contest Announced

NAMM International has announced its fifth annual quest to find the "World's Fastest Drummer." This highly charged interactive event will be a feature at this year's NAMM Winter Session in Anaheim, Ca. The contest, which consists of two categories, "Fastest Hands" and "Fastest Feet," will be held ea...

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SLAYER, TWISTED SISTER, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: More NAMM Appearances Detailed

The following artist appearances have been scheduled for the EMG Pickups booth (# 4850) at the NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants),which is being held January 18-21, 2007 the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA: Friday, January 19: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.: Ladies of EMG featuring: Mic...

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QUO VADIS Guitarist Comments On Ontario Dates

Guitarist/vocalist Bart Frydrychowicz of the Canadian technical metallers QUO VADIS has issued the following update: "I just wanted to thank all the fans who showed up at the Ontario shows [in late December]. In the end, we made it to Hamilton [on Dec. 28] seven hours late due to mechanical problems...

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OPETH Frontman Begins Writing New Album, Commences Work On Side-Project

According to a posting on OPETH's official web site, the group's frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has started writing material for what is supposed to be the ninth OPETH record, tentatively due before the end of the year. In addition, he is working on an as-yet-unnamed side-project. More information will b...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Bassist: 'I Just Want To Sleep In My Own Bed For A While'

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx recently reflected on the past year and offered a look ahead to what 2007 may bring in the following update, courtesy of KNAC.COM Boston contributor Deb Rao: "You know, there were a few reasons that MÖTLEY CRÜE and AEROSMITH wanted to tour together. One reason was we b...

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NIKKI SIXX Checks In From Aspen

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message in his online diary: "Spent the last few days here in Aspen [Colorado] relaxing and hanging out. Aspen Peak magazine threw us [Royal Underground, Nikki's clothing line with former St. John CEO Kelly Gray] a really cool event at Tomorrow...

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Guitarist JASON TRUBY Confirms He Is No Longer A Member Of P.O.D.

P.O.D.'s manager, Tim M. Cook of Cook Management, LLC, has released the following letter to the group's fans: "I'm getting ready to get on a plane to New York for New Year's. "As most of you know by now, P.O.D. and MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE are playing on top of the 'Pontiac Garage' in Times Square. ...

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ENTOMBED, KORPIKLAANI Confirmed For Poland's METALMANIA Festival

Sweden's ENTOMBED, Finland's KORPIKLAANI and Poland's 2TM2,3 are the latest confirmed bands for the 21st edition of the Metalmania festival — the biggest metal fest in Central-Eastern Europe — set to take place on March 24, 2007 at Spodek Hall in Katowice, Poland. The festival billing is shaping up...

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DRAGONFORCE: Australian Tour Dates Announced

U.K. extreme power metallers DRAGONFORCE will return to Australia in May 2007 as part of their Inhuman Rampage World Tour. This is will be DRAGONFORCE's second time in Australia touring in support of their latest album. Tickets go on sale February 16. The dates are as follows: May 09 - Sydney, AUS -...

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MISFITS' JERRY ONLY Storms SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO With 'Hostile Takeover'

MISFITS' Jerry Only will storm the doors of Sirius Satellite Radio on Friday, January 5 as guest host of Sirius' weekly show "Hostile Takeover"! Tune in as Jerry controls the horizontal and the vertical for a solid 60-minutes playing, well… whatever he feels like playing! Classic punk rock of course...

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SLIPKNOT DJ's 'Nightmare Before Christmas Party' Gets Shut Down By Police

Kyle Munson of DesMoinesRegister.com reports that the "Nightmare Before Christmas Party" — organized by the Des Moines collective of DJs known as the Sound Proof Coalition that includes SLIPKNOT member Sid Wilson (a.k.a. DJ Starscream) — planned for Friday night and Saturday morning in downtown Des...

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OPETH Mainman: 'I Will Practice My Playing Like An Idiot'

OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt has issued the following update: "OK, just a brief note to say thanks to everyone that came and saw us during the 'Ghost Reveries' world tour 2005/2006. 19 months of touring, pretty much. We're gonna post all the dates on Opeth.com soon and it will loook insane! What t...

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SPEAKERS FOR THE DEAD Guitarist Succumbs To Cancer

SPEAKERS FOR THE DEAD, a Fresno, California-based band that combines heavy metal, hard rock and brutal hardcore with alternate singing and shouting, has issued the following statement: "It is with an extremely heavy heart that we write this, but our brother Jason Garcia (guitarist for GRYP and SPEAK...

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OTEP To Guest On MUSICPLUSTV.COM Tonight

After wrapping up "The Ascension" tour last night at the Whisky in Los Angeles, OTEP will be on air live tonight at 9:00 p.m. PST / 12:00 a.m. EST on MusicPlusTV.com. Fans can interact directly with the band live on AOL Instant Messenger by messaging MUSICPLUSTV. Be sure to tune in to "Aural ...