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LAMB OF GOD, MACHINE HEAD, TRIVIUM, GOJIRA: North American Tour Dates Announced

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on November 22, 2006, LAMB OF GOD has now officially confirmed that it will embark on a headlining American tour in 2007 with Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD, modern-day metal traditionalists TRIVIUM and France's heaviest metal export GOJIRA. Having spent the su...

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ALTARIA Parts Ways With Singer, Seeks Replacement

Finnish melodic metallers ALTARIA have parted ways with vocalist Taage. "It has become clear during this year that Taage and the other members of ALTARIA had different priorities," drummer Tony Smedjebacka says in a a statement posted on the band's web site. "When we wanted Taage to invest more time...

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Threshold

Six albums in, and a darker wind seems to be blowing through the HAMMERFALL camp, ruffling the frilliest of shirts and injecting a little minor-chord pomposity into the band's helium odes to how much rocking, well, rocks. Don't get me wrong, the band isn't reinventing their sound, or even trying any...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Frontman Performs With TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA In Seattle: Video Available

QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate joined the TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA onstage at the Key Arena in Seattle, Washington on December 6 for a rendition of the QUEENSRŸCHE hit "Silent Lucidity". A short video clip of the second half of the solo through the end of the song is available on YouTube at this lo...

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KISS Fanatic Pays Tribute To His Favourite Band In His Basement Shrine

David Sanderson of the Winnipeg Free Press reports: "My parents were always a little concerned about me," says Mark Sawatzky about his childhood. "I mean, there's something definitely weird about a little kid walking around singing "Put your hand in my pocket and grab onto my rocket..." Sawatzky was...

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DIMEBAG Art Tribute Curator: 'I Saw Many Cry Looking At These Amazing Pieces'

Chris "Curse" Mackey, curator of the Six-String Masterpieces "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott art tribute, issued the following message on the two-year anniversary of Dimebag's tragic passing: "Where we stand.... I take a moment of silence... a moment of retrospection, a time to reflect a time to respect wh...

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CRYPTOPSY, Ex-HATE ETERNAL Drummers Confirmed For CAPE BRETON INTERNATIONAL DRUM FESTIVAL

Flo Mounier (CRYPTOPSY) and Derek Roddy (HATE ETERNAL, MALEVOLENT CREATION, NILE, DIVINE EMPIRE, AURORA BOREALIS, COUNCIL OF THE FALLEN) are among the scheduled performers at the 7th annual Cape Breton International Drum Festival, set to be held at The Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island,...

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Report: Band Plays On At Alrosa — Just Not As Frequently

Aaron Beck of The Columbus Dispatch reports: During a recent concert at the Alrosa Villa, owner Rick Cautela carried on a conversation while keeping an eye on two poker-faced security guards aggressively patting down customers at the front door. "We feel pretty safe in here, but, you know, the same...

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IN FLAMES, THE HAUNTED, HAMMERFALL Nominated For 'Best Hard Rock' Award At Sweden's GRAMMIS

BACKYARD BABIES, EUROPE, HAMMERFALL, IN FLAMES and THE HAUNTED are competing for the "Best Hard Rock" honor at the Swedish "Grammis" awards, which are set to be held January 30, 2007 at Hovet in Stockholm. The bands have each been nominated for their most recent releases, all of which came out durin...

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MNEMIC To Support DEFTONES On European Tour

Danish metallers MNEMIC will support the DEFTONES on their upcoming European tour. Confirmed dates are as follows: Mar. 08 - Liverpool (UK) Unisversity Mar. 09 - Leeds (UK) University Mar. 11 - Manchester (UK) Academy Mar. 12 - Glasgow (UK) Academy Mar. 13 - Newcastle (UK) Academy Mar. 14 - Nottingh...

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GAIA EPICUS To Release New Album Via Own Label

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS have posted the following message on their official web site: "After having reviewed six offers for a new record deal, there was only two that could have been interesting to proceed, but we didn't go with any of these offers. For some time Thomas [Christian Hans...

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NOVEMBERS DOOM: European Tour Diary Posted Online

Chicago dark metal act NOVEMBERS DOOM, who just returned home from a two-week tour of Europe with labelmates AGALLOCH, have posted a tour diary on their official MySpace page. Singer Paul Kuhr writes, "We've arrived back home in Chicago, after two weeks in Europe. This was simply an amazing time, an...

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QUEENSRŸCHE: Photos From 'Operation: Mindcrime II' Tour Finale Posted Online

ZRock has posted photos of QUEENSRŸCHE's "Operation: Mindcrime II" tour finale at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA on December 2. Showcasing the 1988 masterpiece "Operation: Mindcrime" and the 2006 sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II" in their entirety, Geoff Tate and company took fans on a three-hour...

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FUNERAL Films 'This Barren Skin' Video

Norwegian cult doom band FUNERAL filmed its first video for the track "This Barren Skin" under director Marcel Lelienhof's watchful eye. The clip is expected to be ready in time for Christmas, although we doubt it will feature any of the images usually associated with this festivity. "This Barren Sk...

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Ex-CELTIC FROST Guitarist RON MARKS Working On New SUBSONIC Release

Dragon Eye Promotions has announced that, after some weeks of discussion between legal representatives on both sides of the Atlantic, a management contract has been signed between Dragon Eye and former CELTIC FROST guitarist Ron Marks, professionally known as SUBSONIC. Commented Ron Marks: "Every on...