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FIRST BLOOD Announces Headlining Tour

FIRST BLOOD has announced its first national headlining tour for January 2007. Support acts on the bill chosen by the band include DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR, BLOODLINED CALLIGRAPHY, and DEAD HEARTS. Releasing their full-length debut, "Killafornia", on Trustkill this year, the group has already completed...

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DESTINY Drummer To Play On HAMMERFALL Bassist's New Solo Album

DESTINY's Birger Löfman has been tapped to play drums on HAMMERFALL bassist Magnus Rosén's new solo album. Starting on December 20 and finishing on December 22, Löfman is laying down the drums on eleven tracks together with Magnus Rosén for Magnus' forthcoming fifth solo CD. The recordings are takin...

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FU MANCHU Announces First Leg Of 'We Must Obey' Tour

On February 28, California rock powerhouse FU MANCHU will commence their first North American tour in nearly two years, a six-week headlining trek. This will kick off the world tour in support of their new album "We Must Obey" (street date: February 20),praised by Decibel magazine as the band's "be...

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DISTURBED Frontman Talks With Jacksonville's PLANET RADIO: Audio Available

DISTURBED singer David Draiman was on the phone with Klinger of Planet Radio 107.3 in Jacksonville on December 1. Draiman talked about the expense of recording live shows, their support acts on the Music as a Weapon tour, life on the road, owning a Hummer H2, and "the scream." Download and listen to...

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3 INCHES OF BLOOD Added To CRADLE OF FILTH Tour

3 INCHES OF BLOOD, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based metal sextet, has been added to the entire CRADLE OF FILTH North American tour, also featuring Finland's THE 69 EYES in the middle slot. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 23 - Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ Jan. 24 - Trocadero, Th...

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EVANESCENCE Drummer Draws Inspiration From LARS ULRICH For New Album

Modern Drummer magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with EVANESCENCE's William "Rocky" Gray. An excerpt from the chat follows: Modern Drummer: What was growing up in Little Rock like for you as a professional musician? Rocky: There was a big music scene here in the late '90s and the e...

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Ex-PESTILENCE Frontman: CHUCK SCHULDINER 'Wasn't A Sympathetic Man'

Deathrasher magazine recently conducted an interview with former PESTILENCE/ASPHYX/BOLT THROWER and current DEATH BY DAWN frontman Martin van Drunen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Deathrasher: Old metalheads prefer to stay with their classic bands and are not interested in listen to the...

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THE ACACIA STRAIN Added To JOB FOR A COWBOY Tour

Massachusetts' THE ACACIA STRAIN, currently wrapping up dates with labelmates THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD and LIGHT THIS CITY as well as FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW, have officially been confirmed for the upcoming January/February tour alongside JOB FOR A COWBOY, PYSOPUS, SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY and DA...

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HOWLING SYN Prepares To Record New Album

Mainman Patryk Pigeon of the Canadian "gothic metallers" HOWLING SYN has issued the following update: "Yes, it's time for me and my band HOWLING SYN to record our third album. I'm leaving tomorrow for 3 Rivieres (it's in the province of Quebec, for those who don't know). We will work with Francis Pe...

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ARMY OF ANYONE To Headline SNOCORE TOUR

SnoCore Tour is back in 2007 with headliners ARMY OF ANYONE. The tour will kick off January 18 in Houston, TX with support from HURT and more to be announced. The first round of dates has been released and the majority will go on sale this weekend. ARMY OF ANYONE (featuring vocalist Richard Patrick...

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INHUMATE, EMETH, EPITOME Confirmed For France's SOUL GRINDING FESTIVAL VII

INHUMATE, EMETH, EPITOME and GOREZONE are among the confirmed bands for the Soul Grinding Festival VII, set to take place February 24, 2007 at La Laiterie in Strasbourg, France. The feastival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): CARNAL DECAY EMETH EPITOME GOREZONE GORYPTIC INFES...

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SLASH, CHRIS ROBINSON Jam With JET In Los Angeles

VELVET REVOLVER and former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash showed up to perform the ROLLING STONES' "Salt Of The Earth" with JET during the band's semi-secret, partially acoustic show at the small Spaceland club in Los Angeles on Sunday night (December 10),according to Launch Radio Networks. BLACK CR...

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UNEARTH: More European Tour Dates Announced

Hot on the tail of their success as special guests to HATEBREED in November, and following their imminent stateside run as direct support to SLAYER, Boston's UNEARTH have announced their first-ever headlining tour of Europe in March/April 2007. Main support will come from Glendale, Arizona-based pow...

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HAMMERFALL, KING DIAMOND Members Join Forces In X-WORLD/5

HAMMERFALL bassist Magnus Rosén has teamed up with KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque and PAGAN'S MIND vocalist Nils K.Rue in a brand new project called X-WORLD/5. The band, whose mission is to "bring heavy metal into the future," features a sound that "comes to bring light above the darkness . ....

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INTRONAUT: Van Breakdown Forces Show Cancellations

California-based progressive metal/rock band INTRONAUT — featuring drummer Danny Walker (formerly of California grinders UPHILL BATTLE),Sacha Dunable (ex-guitarist for L.A. doomsters ANUBIS RISING) and Leon del Muerte (former IMPALED guitarist/EXHUMED bassist) on guitars and vocals, and bassist Joe...