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MARSHALL LAW: New Album Title Announced

Long-running U.K. metallers MARSHALL LAW have changed the projected title of their long-awaited new album to "Razorhead" from the previously announced "Axis of Power". The CD will be recorded at M2 studio in West Midlands during January/February for a tentative late spring/early summer release. As p...

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SAVATAGE: Ultra-Rare Video Of VAN HALEN Cover Posted Online

An ultra-rare video clip of SAVATAGE (under the band's original moniker AVATAR) performing VAN HALEN's "Eruption" and "You Really Got Me" during an outdoor concert held in a strip mall parking lot in Clearwater, Florida sometime around 1981-1982 has been posted online at YouTube.com. Also available...

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TRASHLIGHT VISION: Live Performance Of RAMONES Classic Posted Online

A video clip of TRASHLIGHT VISION — the band fronted by former MURDERDOLLS guitarist Acey Slade — performing a cover of the classic RAMONES song "My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)" at The Continental in New York City in September 2005 is available for viewing on the UVTV (Under...

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Report: GREAT WHITE Victims Feel Bite; Band To Raise Cash For Harp Seals

Dave Wedge of the Boston Herald reports: Aging rockers GREAT WHITE are kicking off a reunion tour in Los Angeles later this month, but they'll be raising money to save harp seals in Canada, not to help the hundreds of victims burned when the band's pyrotechnics sparked a deadly nightclub blaze in Rh...

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Report: Witnesses Offer Conflicting Testimony In METALLICA-Related Fan Death

Eliza Barlow of the Edmonton Sun reports: Four teens were walking away from a fight with Stefan Conley (photo) on a city bus when Conley reached for one of them and was shoved to the floor, a teen witness told court [Wednesday, Jan. 3]. The girl testified Wednesday at a preliminary ...

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ERIC SINGER To Appear At Cleveland KISS EXPO

KISS drummer Eric Singer (also in ALICE COOPER and ERIC SINGER PROJECT) will be a special guest at the first-ever Cleveland KISS Expo, set to take place Saturday, February 10 at the Holiday Inn Hotel Cleveland Airport from 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. (12 noon for VIP ticket holders). Singer will be ta...

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GREAT WHITE: Fire Marshal Who Inspected Nightclub Missed Foam

The Associated Press reports: A town fire marshal who inspected a nightclub months before a fire killed 100 people told a grand jury investigating the blaze that he didn't see flammable foam around the stage because his "fire-safety" inspection was focused on extinguishers, exit signs and emergency...

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IGNITE: European Tour Postponed

West Coast conscious hardcore champions IGNITE have postponed their previously announced European tour with DEATH BY STEREO and BURN THE 8 TRACK. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "We are very sad to announce that our upcoming European tour from February 15 - March 10 is...

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MELIAH RAGE Guitarist Comments On METAL CHURCH Tour

Hot on the heels of the just-released "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep", Boston metallists MELIAH RAGE have secured a month's worth of dates opening for one of the founding fathers of thrash metal, METAL CHURCH. The tour will also include a January 29 date at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New Yor...

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Former BLACK SABBATH, QUIET RIOT, DIO Members Join Forces In 3 LEGGED DOGG

Judging by the bandmembers' resumes, it's understandable to assume that 3 LEGGED DOGG would reflect old-school '80s metal. After all, its members are veterans of such world renowned metallic institutions as RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, DIO, QUIET RIOT, DAVID LEE ROTH, and BONHAM. But upon hearing the qui...

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OVERKILL, DESTRUCTION, INTO ETERNITY, GOD FORBID Members Comment On SEATTLE METAL FESTIVAL

The Seattle Metal Festival IV will be held on January 20, 2007, at The Showbox in Seattle, Washington, featuring exclusive Pacific Northwest appearances of some of the biggest names in metal. "We are looking forward to this show," said OVERKILL bassist D.D. Verni. "We have been wrapped up in the stu...

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RE:IGNITION To Record San Francisco Show For Live EP

RE:IGNITION, the San Francisco Bay Area band which features in its ranks SKINLAB members Steev Esquivel (guitar) and Snake (bass),will record its January 6 show at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco for an upcoming live EP. More information will be made available soon. RE:IGNITION is currently put...

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ANGER AS ART: West Coast Dates Announced

ANGER AS ART, the Los Angeles-based thrash metal band featuring Steve Gaines (ABATTOIR, BLOODLUST, PAGAN WAR MACHINE, DREAMS OF DAMNATION),has lined up the following dates: Jan. 05 - Lyrics Nightclub - San Bernardino, CA Feb. 17 - Knitting Factory - Hollywood, CA (w/ DESTRUCTION, SADUS) Feb. 23 - C...

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HELMET: California Dates Announced

HELMET has lined up the following dates: Jan. 07 - Glass House - Pomona, CA Jan. 31 - Troubadour - West Hollywood, CA Feb. 01 - Troubadour - West Hollywood, CA As previously reported, HELMET's new video for "Monochrome", filmed by director David Brodsky (GWAR, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, THE RED CHORD) of...

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DAN SWANÖ Lays Down 'Brutal' Backing Vocals On New THRESHOLD Album

Swedish multi-instrumentalist/producer Dan Swanö (EDGE OF SANITY, NIGHTINGALE, SECOND SKY, BLOODBATH) has laid down backing vocals on the new album from U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD, entitled "Dead Reckoning". Swanö guests on the CD's opening song, "Slipstream", and the third track, "Elusive...