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SOLITUDE AETURNUS: Tour Dates Announced

Long-running Arlington, Texas-based doom metallers SOLITUDE AETURNUS have lined up the following dates during the coming months: Jul. 16 - Robb's MetalWorks Showcase - San Antonio, TX Oct. 29 - TBA - GRE Oct. 30 - TBA - GRE Nov. 01 – TBA – HUN Nov. 03 – TBA – Venice, ITA Nov. 04 – ...

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DARK NEW DAY: More Tour Dates With CHEVELLE Announced

DARK NEW DAY, the new "supergroup" featuring Clint Lowery (ex-SEVENDUST) on guitar, Brett Hestla (ex-CREED, VIRGOS MERLOT) on vocals, Will Hunt (ex-SKRAPE, TOMMY LEE) on drums, Clint's brother Corey Lowery (ex-STEREOMUD, STUCK MOJO) on bass, and Troy McLawhorn (ex-DOUBLE DRIVE) on guitar, have annou...

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Black Empire

I really thought FORCE OF EVIL would follow up a solid, if unoriginal, debut with an album that saw the band coming into its own and honing its craft. Nothing of the sort happens on "Black Empire". If anything, it's a step backwards; most of the songs sounding like tracks that didn't make it onto .....

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ANTHRAX Press Conference To Feature Host Of 'Non-Musical' Speakers

In a move that combines political activism with a long-awaited musical reunion, the heavy metal band ANTHRAX will hold a press conference on Friday, April 1, at 2 p.m. Eastern at the Sirius broadcast center in New York City. The press conference will be broadcast live over Hard Attack/27, Sirius' ex...

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More OZZFEST Speculation: OZZY OSBOURNE Solo To Replace IRON MAIDEN On Last Seven Shows?

A Clear Channel event detail page for the August 27 stop on the Ozzfest 2005 tour is listing OZZY OSBOURNE separately from BLACK SABBATH as one of the artists performing at the show, leading to speculation that OZZY may be replacing IRON MAIDEN on the last seven dates of the trek. Although Ozzfest's...

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Jury Awards $100,000 In Damages To TED NUGENT For Canceled Concert

The Associated Press is reporting that a Muskegon County jury ruled Thursday (March 31) that a music festival must pay $100,000 in damages to rock star Ted Nugent. The guitarist-singer, perhaps best known for his 1977 hit "Cat Scratch Fever", had sued Muskegon Summer Celebration over the cancellatio...

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Former 40 BELOW SUMMER Guitarist Joins SECONDDAY

Former 40 BELOW SUMMER guitarist Jordan Plingos has officially joined the New York-based band SECONDDAY. "When [previous guitarist] Joe [Parascandola] couldn't make the trip to play SXSW [in Austin, Texas] with us, Jordan stepped up and learned our entire set in two days, came down to Texas with us,...

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THUS DEFILED: New Album To Feature ROTTING CHRIST's SAKIS

U.K. black metallers THUS DEFILED will fly to the U.S. in April to record their new album, "Daemonspawn", at Noise Farm Studio in Texas. Sakis from the legendary ROTTING CHRIST will be providing backing vocals on the album. The band will also make their first appearance on U.S. soil as special guest...

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ETERNITY BLACK: Former HELSTAR Guitarist Discusses New Project

Texas-based metal band ETERNITY BLACK, featuring former HELSTAR members Larry Barrigan (guitar),Rob Trevino (guitar) and Russell Deleon (drums),recently made song samples from their latest demo available for download at EternityBlack.com. The demo CDs will arrive in time for their next show Friday...

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Record Prices Set At Auction Of JOHNNY RAMONE's Movie Poster Collection

More than two dozen record prices were set for movie posters for "Casablanca", "Citizen Kane", "Frankenstein", "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" and other films in a public auction that included the movie poster collection of the late RAMONES guitarist Johnny Ramone. The $1 million auction was conducted...

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TED NUGENT's Breach-Of-Contract Suit Gets Underway

Grand Rapids, Michigan's WOOD-TV is reporting that Ted Nugent's breach-of-contract lawsuit against the Muskegon Summer Celebration festival has gone to trial. The court hearing got under way today in Muskegon County Circuit Court. A jury was selected, the lawyers gave their opening statements and th...

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KITTIE: Discussing The Future With ARTEMIS RECORDS

KITTIE frontwoman Morgan Lander has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Hey, everyone! This is Morgan here. We wanted to keep all of you as up to date as possible with what has been going on with the band, as not much has been communicated to you all from the KITTIE ...

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ROBERT PLANT Rocks With LED ZEPPELIN, Solo Material At SXSW

Launch Radio Networks reports: Robert Plant may not want to reunite LED ZEPPELIN, but he had no trouble playing the group's songs last week during his feature performance at the South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. Plant and his band, the STRANGE SENSATION, reached into the ZEP catalo...

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KILLJOY Discusses New NECROPHAGIA Album

NECROPHAGIA frontman Killjoy recently spoke to Unholiestgoddess of The Dirt about the group's upcoming album, "Harvest Ritual Vol. 1". An excerpt from the interview follows: The Dirt: "Harvest Ritual Vol. 1" is finally coming after a long time in the making. You've always promised NECROPHAGIA would...

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POWDERBURN Named 'Best Metal Band' At AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS

Heavy metal outfit POWDERBURN were recognized as the top metal artist at the 2005 Austin Music Awards (AMAs) last week. The AMAs is an annual awards ceremony held during the city's SXSW Music Festival. Awards go to artists of various genres who receive the most votes per The Austin Chronicle, the ci...