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Ex-METALLICA Bassist JASON NEWSTED Forced To Sit Out ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA Tour
As they gear up for the November 21 release of their highly anticipated Epic debut and the New Year's Eve launch of their much-buzzed-about national tour, ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA have suffered a major setback with the loss of all-star bassist Jason Newsted. The former METALLICA member is scheduled for i...October 23, 2006
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Live at CBGB 1982
Everyone that thinks they understand the term "hardcore" needs to view this DVD. Watching Rastacore trailblazers BAD BRAINS destroy CBGB during a series of 1982 performances from a three-day hardcore festival at the legendary venue is downright inspiring. Alternating between frenetic hardcore and me...October 23, 2006
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Triumph or Agony
If you were among those disappointed by BLIND GUARDIAN's streamlining of their sound this year, your luxury liner has come in. RHAPSODY OF FIRE have, if anything, gone even further off the deep end into operatic, cinematic, utterly bombastic and gaudy symphonic metal. Choirs swell, drums thunder, st...October 23, 2006
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MEGADETH To Help Launch 'Gears Of War' XBOX Game With Private Mini-Concert
MEGADETH is set to play a "Gears of War - Match Made In Hell" event on Halloween, which will celebrate the much anticipated Xbox 360 game. "Gears of War" and Xbox were both sponsors of the Gigantour this year, and MEGADETH has written a song entitled "Gears of War", which is slated to appear on ...October 21, 2006
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TRASHLIGHT VISION Frontman Assaulted In North Carolina; Band Forced To Pull Off Tour
TRASHLIGHT VISION vocalist/guitarist Acey Slade (ex-MURDERDOLLS) was attacked from behind on Monday, October 16 by an unknown patron and hit several times in the head with a beer bottle inside the bar where the band had performed earlier in the evening. He was treated for a concussion and laceration...October 20, 2006
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EVANESCENCE Continues European Chart Reign
MonstersAndCritics.com reports that EVANESCENCE starts a second week at the helm of European Top 100 Albums with "The Open Door" (Wind-Up). Although it loses its chart-topping berths in Germany and Switzerland, falling to No. 2 in those markets, the album adds a No. 1 debut in Greece and a No. 2 ent...October 20, 2006
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IRON MAIDEN Drummer, Manager Check In
IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenNorway.com has been updated with several new tour diary entries from MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain and manager Rod Smallwood. Check them out at this location. An excerpt from Nicko's "Long Island & New Jersey" entry follows: "There are a few problems that we have encoun...October 19, 2006
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EXILIA To Release 'Your Rain' Single
Italian female-fronted quartet EXILIA will release a limited-edition single, "Your Rain", in Germany on October 27. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Your Rain 02. Never Again 03. Remind Me 04. Snakes 05. Kill Me EXILIA was recently forced to cancel its European tour due to "a fracture...October 18, 2006
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DARK FUNERAL: Latvia And Lithuania Shows Postponed
Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have issued the following update: "[It's] now [been] over a week since all of our gear (guitars, bass, wireless systems, cymbals etc) was confiscated by the police in Peru. And we still have not received any news if or when it will be returned to us. At this poin...October 18, 2006
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LORDI: Spanish Dates Cancelled
According to Oikotimes.com, Finnish Eurovision Song Contest winners LORDI were forced to cancel the Spanish leg of their Bringing Back The Balls To Europe tour after some of the members of the band and the crew were taken ill. The tour will resume on October 22 in Antwerp, Belgium. Commented the ban...October 17, 2006
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LEEWAY Frontman Schedules EDDIE'S FUNHOUSE Appearances
Vocalist Eddie Sutton of the legendary New York hardcore/metal act LEEWAY has issued the following update: Well (deep sigh),CBGBs has had its last gasp/heartbeat with three BAD BRAINS shows, and it puts and end to an era of memories that will never leave our souls... Which means we all need to come...October 16, 2006
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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Schedules Australian In-Store Appearances
ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott will be making several in-store appearances in Australia to demonstrate Krank amplifiers and ESP guitars. Entry is free and the first 100 people through the door will receive a signed poster. These in-store signings are taking place on the same days as the ARCH ENE...October 16, 2006
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MISFITS Book Excerpts Available Online
Over the next several days, music writer Joel Gausten will run a series of excerpts from an extensive history of the MISFITS on his Myspace page, www.myspace.com/gaustenbooks. Gausten will include the full MISFITS chapter as part of his upcoming book, titled "Albums that (Should've) Changed the Worl...October 16, 2006
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IRON MAIDEN Guitarist Says Reaction To New Live Show Has Been 'Stunning'
Christina Fuoco of The Flint Journal recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN guitarist Dave Murray. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On playing the band's new album, "A Matter of Life and Death", in its entirety on its current tour: "We thought the songs were so strong that it justifies...October 15, 2006
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IRON MAIDEN Drummer Defends Band's Decision To Play Entire New Album Live
A video clip of IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson ripping up the "Play Classics" sign that was thrown on stage by a member of the audience at the group's headlining show at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York on Thursday (Oct. 12) has been posted online at YouTube.com. In a live interview...October 14, 2006
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