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Former SLAYER/EXODUS Drummer PAUL BOSTAPH Looking For New Band

Drummer Paul Bostaph (SLAYER, TESTAMENT, FORBIDDEN, SYSTEMATIC) has issued a statement regarding his recent departure from EXODUS and his future plans. Commented Paul: "As you all have already heard (and in case some have not),I have parted ways with EXODUS. They now have their original drummer Tom...

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MARILYN MANSON And SLAYER To Co-Headline North American Summer Tour

SLAYER and MARILYN MANSON have announced that they will co-headline a North American major-market summer tour beginning on July 25 on the East Coast. Plans are for the tour to play some twenty-five cities and wrap up early September on the West Coast. A full, confirmed schedule will be announced sho...

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NINE, CULT OF LUNA, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

NINE, CULT OF LUNA, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR and STURM UND DRANG have been confirmed for the Metaltown festival, set to take place June 30 at Frihamnen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SLAYER MACHINE HEAD MASTODON STONE SOUR MESHUGGAH NINE CULT OF LUNA HARDCORE SUPERST...

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VOLBEAT Added To Denmark's ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

According to Metalzone.dk, Danish metal band VOLBEAT will be the first act to perform on the main stage at this year's Roskilde Festival, set to take place July 5-8 in Roskilde, Denmark. Also scheduled to appear are SLAYER, MASTODON, PELICAN and CULT OF LUNA, alongside RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, MY CHEM...

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The Blackening

"The Blackening", MACHINE HEAD's sixth studio album, is quite simply the band's best effort since its shattering 1994 debut, "Burn My Eyes", and may even surpass that modern classic. It may also be the best all-out metal recording of 2007. This is a no-holds-barred, brutally heavy, uncompromising al...

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MORTAL SIN To Support SLAYER In Sydney

Reactivated Australian thrashers MORTAL SIN will support SLAYER and MASTODON on April 17 at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney. "If you ain't inside the venue early to catch our show I will personally whip your ass!" vocalist Mat Maurer joked in an online posting. "We wanna show some Aussie metal pride!...

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MELIAH RAGE: In Writing Mode

Guitarist Anthony Nichols of Boston metallers MELIAH RAGE has been busy writing music for the band's next record, tentatively due before the end of the year. According to the group, "the music thus far is heavier and more riff-oriented than the last two releases, but has all the elements of classic...

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BENEDICTION Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival

BENEDICTION and ENTER SHIKARI have been confirmed for this year's With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. Meanwhile, 1349 cancelled their appearance at the event. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical or...

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'Get Thrashed' Thrash Metal Documentary: East Coast Premiere Announced

"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, will have its East Coast premiere in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Sunday, April 1 at 6:00 p.m. as part of the Backseat Film Festival....

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EXTREMA Signs With SCARLET RECORDS

Legendary Italian metal band EXTREMA has announced that it has parted ways with V2 Records and signed a new worldwide deal with Scarlet Records. The band, whose latest full-length effort, "Set The World On Fire", was released in 2006, is working on a double DVD, entitled "Murder Tunes & Broken B...

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Report: THE END RECORDS' Heavy Metal Makeover

David Whitford of Fortune Small Business magazine reports: Never before in the history of the planet has there been so much music floating around, of all kinds and easily accessible. Thanks to iTunes and its cousins, from YouTube (great for live concert clips) and MySpace (unsigned bands) to satelli...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION, STONE SOUR, UNEARTH, CHIMAIRA Confirmed For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

WITHIN TEMPTATION, STONE SOUR, UNEARTH, CHIMAIRA and JOB FOR A COWBOY have been confirmed for the Download festival, set to take place June 8-10 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 30 SECONDS TO MARS BOWLING FOR SOUP BRIN...

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Report: Death/Thrash Metal Is The Soundtrack Of Child Prodigies

Jonathan Brown of U.K.'s The Independent reports: Heavy metal has long been saddled with a reputation for attracting admirers more interested in decibels than Descartes. New research, however, promises to rescue the genre from the mosh pit of intellectual obscurity. A study has revealed that death m...

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LAMB OF GOD Drummer Says Band Will Play This Year's OZZFEST

LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler has issued the following update via the band's official fan club, the Congregation: "Sitting in my hotel room on a day off in Montreal. What a lame rock star thing to say. Let's start again. Last night we played Guelph, Ontario. Possibly the hottest show we have ever...

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MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH, VELVET REVOLVER Confirmed For For ROCK AM RING/ROCK IM PARK Festivals

MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH, VELVET REVOLVER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, TYPE O NEGATIVE, LAMB OF GOD, AS I LAY DYING, CHIMAIRA and BLOODSIMPLE are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals, set to take place June 1-3 in the German towns of Nürburgring and Nürnberg,...