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BAD RELIGION: New Tour Dates Announced

California punk rockers BAD RELIGION have lined up the following dates: Aug. 29 - Area 4 Festival - Luedinghausen, Germany Aug. 30 - Rock Am See - Konstanz, Germany Sep. 05 - Fortaleza, Brazil - Monophone Arena Sep. 06 - Jóquei Clube De SP (GAS Festival) - São Paulo, Brazil Sep. 10 - Regency Grand ....

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BELIEVER: New Album To Feature Guest Appearances By SACRIFICE, Ex-EVANESCENCE Members

Guitarist/vocalist Kurt Bachman of the reactivated late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metal band BELIEVER has posted the following message on the group's MySpace page: "Everything is going great with the [recording of the new BELIEVER] record. We just recorded some amazing guest guitar solos from...

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HEAVEN AND HELL: Jones Beach Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of HEAVEN AND HELL's August 10, 2008 performance at the Nikon at Jones Beach in Wantagh, New York (where the band was playing as part of the "Metal Masters Tour" alongside TESTAMENT, MOTÖRHEAD and JUDAS PRIEST) can be viewed below (clips uploaded by YouTube user "oneshot73")...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG Says His Solo Album Is 'About 85 Percent Complete'

Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has issued the following update: "Dear friends, I want to thank you so much for your open ears and all the amazingly thoughtful comments and feedback you have shared with me since the initial posting of the three advance tracks from my pending album, 'Equilibrium...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Comments On Upcoming U.S. Dates With METALLICA

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD will support METALLICA on the third leg of their upcoming North American tour. Commented MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn, "We are so fuckin stoked beyond belief to be main support to METALLICA in America; we're speechless!!! Dream come true type shit! L...

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HEAVEN AND HELL Apologizes For Abbreviated Set In Wantagh, Holmdel

Joe Siegler, the webmaster of the unofficial BLACK SABBATH web site Black-Sabbath.com, has received the following note from a spokesperson for SABBATH/HEAVEN AND HELL: "The band [HEAVEN AND HELL] would like to apologize for not having played 'Neon Knights' in Jones Beach [in Wantagh, New York] nor a...

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Former OZZY, DIO, DEEP PURPLE, AC/DC and QUIET RIOT Musicians Bring BIG NOIZE To Iraq

Vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),bassist Phil Soussan (OZZY OSBOURNE),guitarist Carlos Cavazo (QUIET RIOT) and drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC) will bring their band BIG NOIZE to Iraq and Kuwait in September. This rock and roll invasion is designed to increase morale a...

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METALLICA: North American Tour Dates Announced

METALLICA has posted the following message on its official web site: "Time for a different sort of vacation ... one right here on our home turf!! Now that [the new METALLICA album] 'Death Magnetic' is complete, we're ready to start a proper indoor arena tour of the States and Canada and we can't wai...

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POISON Singer BRET MICHAELS: 'I Don't Wanna Fight JOE ELLIOTT'

POISON singer Bret Michaels spoke to the nationally syndicated rock radio show "The Tour Bus" (web site) about his band's ongoing war of words with DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott over Elliott's comments at a June 6 press conference at the Sweden Rock Festival, in which Joe said bands like POISON and...

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JOE STUMP Putting Finishing Touches On New Solo Album

REIGN OF TERROR/HOLYHELL guitarist Joe Stump has issued the following update: "Both the Bulgarian festival and the Magic Circle Festival were quite successful for HOLYHELL. The band played killer sets at both, and the band's fan base has really begun to grow. We previewed a couple new things from th...

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ANVIL CHORUS In Mixing Mode

After three successful San Francisco reunion shows, influential '80s progressive NWOSFHM (New Wave of San Francisco Heavy Metal) band ANVIL CHORUS has nearly wrapped up recording 12 songs for a tentative late 2008/early 2009 release. The tracks are all re-recorded, new versions of the popular casset...

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MCQUEEN Seeking New Bassist

UK all-girl band MCQUEEN is seeking "a talented and inspiring female bassist." The group says, "Preferably, we want you to be over 21 years old (so you can drink in the USA!) but if you are younger and feel you have the talent and can prove it — we want to hear from you! You ...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL Says JOE ELLIOTT Vs. POISON Feud Is 'Much Ado About Nothing'

David Schmeichel of the Winnipeg Sun recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivan Campbell. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. On choosing their setlist: "It's a tough thing for us, and we're kind of between a rock and a hard place. As artists, you keep wanting to move fo...

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INTRONAUT: 'Prehistoricisms' Widget Available

Progressive titans INTRONAUT are set to unveil their highly anticipated new album, "Prehistoricisms", on September 16. For those who are eagerly awaiting the release, a widget has now been made available below which features two tracks from the album, "Australopithecus" and "The Literal Black Cloud"...

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FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES Members Keeping Busy With New Projects

FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES guitarist Brian Deneeve has launched an as-yet-unnamed new project with ex-EMANUEL singer Matt Breen, bassist Matt Trinkwald and drummer Joe Magurn. The band will enter the studio on August 25 with producer Dean Maher (FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES, RISE AGAINST, ATREYU) to begin recordi...