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RESISTANCE Confirmed For Germany's HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Festival

Los Angeles metallers RESISTANCE have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Headbangers Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place July 24-26, 2008 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABANDONED AMULANCE ANCESTRAL AXEHAMMER BLACK HAWK...

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LYNAM Added To VINCE NEIL'S MOTLEY CRUISE

Birmingham, Alabama-based hard rockers LYNAM have joined the musical lineup of Vince Neil's Motley Cruise. Vince himself will perform, as will the reunited RATT, SKID ROW and SLAUGHTER. Departing from Miami on January 24, 2008, Vince Neil's Motley Cruise will set sail for the Mayan Riviera, stopping...

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CHTHONIC At OZZFEST 2007: West Palm Beach Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Taiwanese black metal band CHTHONIC performing at the Sound Advice Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday, August 30 as part of this summer's Ozzfest 2007 tour can be viewed below. CHTHONIC will continue its historic "UNlimited" tour next month, when it will...

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NIGHTWISH To Perform At CD-Release Parties In Helsinki And Hamburg?

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH are expected to perform at the Hamburg, Germany release party for their new album, "Dark Passion Play", which will take place on the album's German release date, September 28, at a club called Delphi Showpalast. It has been announced that the entire grou...

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Legendary Long Island Record Store LOONEY TUNES Destroyed In Fire

Looney Tunes, the long-standing independent record store in West Babylon, New York which has hosted in-store appearances by such artists as OZZY OSBOURNE, QUEENSRŸCHE, DREAM THEATER, TYPE O NEGATIVE and STAIND (whose 2001 rooftop in-store performance attracted 7,500 fans to the store) experienced a...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS To Co-Headline Miami's BANG! MUSIC FESTIVAL

SMASHING PUMPKINS have been confirmed as the headliners of the second day of the two-day Bang! Music Festival, set to take place November 10-11 at the Bayfront Park Amphitheater in Miami, Florida. Confirmed for Saturday, November 10 is KANYE WEST along with RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS and AUTOMATIC LOVELETTE...

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SONATA ARCTICA: New North American Tour Dates Announced

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA — whose third North American tour begins September 12 in Fort Worth, Texas and includes a headlining performance at the ProgPower USA VIII festival in Atlanta, Georgia — are planning on returning in February 2008 for another batch of dates that will cover mos...

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Sweden's THE POODLES To Support GOTTHARD

Swedish hard rock band THE POODLES — consisting of vocalist Jakob Samuel (THE RING, ex-TALISMAN, JEKYLL & HYDE),guitarist Pontus Norgren (THE RING, ex-TALISMAN),bassist Pontus Egberg (ex-LION'S SHARE) and drummer Christian Lundqvist — will support Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD on the "Domino Eff...

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DANZIG To Hit The Road In October

Contrary to Internet rumors, Glenn Danzig will NOT be rejoining his former MISFITS bandmates for any of the group's upcoming U.S. appearances. In fact, BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal that Glenn is planning on hitting the road with DANZIG in October for about two weeks' worth of dates on the...

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BLOODSIMPLE Frontman Discusses Upcoming Album

Florida Entertainment Scene recently conducted an interview with BLOODSIMPLE frontman Tim Williams. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Florida Entertainment Scene: Is it true the next BLOODSIMPLE album is going to be called "Red Harvest"? Tim: It is very true. It's coming out on October 9, 2...

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THRESHOLD: Audio Interview With RICHARD WEST Available

TheRighttoRock.com has has issued its latest podcast (episode #27) featuring THRESHOLD keyboardist Richard West. Richard discusses THRESHOLD's latest CD, "Dead Reckoning", as well as the band's current status. The interview lasts approximately 35 minutes and can be heard at this location. THRESHOLD...

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TIAMAT Begins Recording New Album

TIAMAT mainman Johan Edlund ha issued the following update: "Last night I got back home [to Greece] from a week of [TIAMAT] rehearsals and some days of drum recordings [for the new album] in Sweden. The trip turned into a quite personal trauma and a few tears left my eyes while careening through red...

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GENE SIMMONS Celebrates Birthday At INDY 300 Race In California; Video Available

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons celebrated his 58th birthday prior to the Indy 300 auto race on Sunday, August 26, 2007, at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. Video footage of Gene's speech at the event can be viewed below. According to Metromix.com, the A&E network is already talking ab...

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BEHEMOTH To Play First At OZZFEST In West Palm Beach

Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH will play first on the Ozzfest second stage on Thursday, August 30 at the Sound Advice Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida (the final show of the Ozzfest 2007 tour) due to the fact that they have to catch a flight back to Poland later that same day. Doors open...

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AS I LAY DYING, ALL THAT REMAINS, HASTE THE DAY: More U.S. Dates Announced

AS I LAY DYING will embark on a U.S. headlining tour beginning late October. Support on the trek will come from ALL THAT REMAINS, HASTE THE DAY, and THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 27 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater Oct. 28 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater ...