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Gunman Who Opened Fire At Montreal College Was Heavy Metal Fanatic

The gunman who opened fire at a Montreal college Wednesday (September 13),killing one student and wounding at least 19 others before being gunned down by police, has been identified as heavy-metal fan Kimveer Gill (Photo#1, Photo#2),of Laval, north of Montreal, according to the Montreal La Presse...

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DISTURBED: New Audio Interview Posted Online

The "Cort and Fatboy Show" (Rock 101 KUFO, Portland) interviewed Dan Donegan of DISTURBED and discussed the reasoning behind covering the GENESIS hit "Land of Confusion", DISTURBED action figures, Todd McFarlane, David Draiman's surgery, partying with Zakk Wylde and METALLICA vs. PANTERA. You can he...

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PAGANIZER, MACHETAZO: Spanish, Portuguese Tour Dates Announced

Reactivated Swedish death metallers PAGANIZER will tour Spain and Portugal with grind legends MACHETAZO in December.Tentative dates are as follows: Dec. 01 - A Coruña Dec. 02 - Vigo (+ Haemorrhage) Dec. 03 - Braga (POR) Dec. 05 - León (PAGANIZER only + local band) Dec. 06 - Bilbao Dec. 07 - Tarragon...

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SKYCLAD Vocalist Schedules Online Chat

SKYCLAD vocalist Kevin Ridley will be participating in an online chat starting on Monday, September 18 at 9:00 p.m. CET. The chatroom is located at SKYCLAD's official message board. To join the chat room you need to have JAVA installed and register for the forum. Topics to be discussed include progr...

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DRAGONFORCE Doesn't Want To Be Pigeonholed As "Power Metal' Band

Stuart Derdeyn of Canada's The Province reports that U.K. quintet DRAGONFORCE's "Valley Of the Damned" is another tour de force of super-tight, melodic hard rock with its tongue firmly planted in its cheek. Imagine BON JOVI fronting IRON MAIDEN played almost twice as fast and you've got what the gro...

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BUCKCHERRY's Record Labels Sued Over Sexy Video of Minor

MTV.com reports: A lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court alleges that Warner Music Group, Atlantic Records and others helped coerce a 16-year-old girl into making a pornographic rock video when the band BUCKCHERRY advertised for extras on MySpace. According to a Los Angeles Tim...

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SOUFLY's MARC RIZZO Holding Guitar Clinics Nationwide

On SOULFLY's upcoming U.S. tour with FULL BLOWN CHAOS, INCITE, SCARS OF TOMORROW and WICKED WISDOM — which begins September 18 in San Diego — fans will have the chance to get up close and personal with guitarist Marc Rizzo before many of the shows. Marc will be holding a number of free guitar clinic...

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NODE: More Tour Dates Announced

Italian extreme metallers NODE have announced more dates as part of their "As Node Kills Tour 2006": Supporting LACUNA COIL, POISONBLACK: Sep. 26 - Milan, ITA @ Alcatraz Sep. 28 - Barcelona, SPA @ Razmatazz 2 Sep. 29 - Madrid, SPA @ Madrid Arena Sep. 30 - Bergara, SPA @ Jam Oct. 01 - Bordeaux, ...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Confirmed For Luxembourg's DARK SATUR(N)DAYS FESTIVAL

Austrian/American "epic metal" band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS has been confirmed for the Dark Satur(n)days Festival, set to take place October 20 at Shiny'z Café in Kehlen, Luxembourg. Also scheduled to appear are ANUBIZ and KYRENEE. For more information, visit www.dark-saturndays.hot.lu. VISIONS OF ATLAN...

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DRAGONFORCE Guitarist Says His Band Does Not Like To Hide Behind The Monitors

Tom Lanham of InsideBayArea.com reports: If you thought professional boxers had a hard time of it in the ring, try joining the ranks of U.K. hyper-metal sensation DRAGONFORCE, invites battered bandleader Herman Li. When the longhaired warhorse of a guitarist steps onstage, he often becomes so pumped...

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VENGEANCE: More Tour Dates Announced

Dutch metal outfit VENGEANCE has lined up the following dates during the coming weeks: Sep. 15 - Zoetermeer, Netherlands at Boerderij (with ELEKTRO VAN KLOOSTER) Sep. 16 - Baarlo, Netherlands at Shiwa (with STORMRIDER) Sep. 19 - Paris, France at La Locomotive * Sep. 20 - Pratteln, Switzerland at Z7...

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Label Founder Talks About EXODUS' Singer-Less Gig In New York

The makers of "Get Thrashed", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a one-and-a-half-minute video clip featuring Todd Gordon — who earned his rightful place in the annals of thrash metal's history by sig...

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DEADSY Frontman To Guest On ALICE COOPER's Radio Show

DEADSY frontman P. Exeter Blue I (a.k.a. Elijah Blue, son of actress/singer Cher and Gregg Allman) will be Alice Cooper's special guest on Cooper's radio show "Nights with Alice Cooper" airing on Tuesday, September 12. The program is a classic-rock format and is nationally syndicated on the United S...

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SHADOWS FALL In Pre-Production With NICK RASKULINECZ

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner has issued the following update: "Well, everyone, as of two weeks ago we started pre-production for our new album with our producer Nick Raskulinecz [FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR, VELVET REVOLVER]. He flew out from [Los Angeles] on a Monday evening, and by Tuesday afte...

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EIGHTEEN VISIONS To Tour With HINDER

Epic recording artists EIGHTEEN VISIONS are hitting the road with HINDER for a barn-storming tour that kicks off October 18 in College Station, Texas. EIGHTEEN VISIONS started the year by touring with AVENGED SEVENFOLD and COHEED & CAMBRIA, then followed by tearing up the Warped Tour. Prior to t...