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RICK RUBIN's COLUMBIA Co-Chair Move To Take Place This Week?

According to Hits Daily Double, the much-rumored-about move of producer Rick Rubin to Columbia Records as co-chairman could take place as early as this week, with the Grammy-winning producer bringing his American Recordings label and associated artists (including SLAYER) along with him from Warner B...

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CHIMAIRA Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival

Cleveland's CHIMAIRA has been confirmed for this year's With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMON AMARTH BAD MANNERS BARCODE BOLD BRUJERIA BY NIGHT C...

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VITAL REMAINS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

VITAL REMAINS has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN BULL...

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EVANESCENCE, MÖTLEY CRÜE, MACHINE HEAD Confirmed For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

EVANESCENCE, MÖTLEY CRÜE and MACHINE HEAD 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): BOWLING FOR SOUP BRING ME THE HORIZON DEVIL DRIVER DIMMU BORGIR DRAG...

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SLAYER, MASTODON, MESHUGGAH Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

SLAYER, MASTODON and MESHUGGAH have been confirmed for the Metaltown festival, set to take place June 30 at Frihamnen in Gothenburg, Sweden. Also scheduled to appear are STONE SOUR and MACHINE HEAD, according to Roadrunner Records Sweden. Revolver magazine's 2007 "Readers' Poll" singled out SLAYER's...

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POWDERBURN, FORCE FED, COURSE OF RUIN To Perform At 'Get Thrashed' North American Premiere

POWDERBURN, FORCE FED and COURSE OF RUIN will perform at the North American premiere of "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. The free rooftop screening is scheduled for Su...

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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING: 'We're Probably The Biggest Underground Band Ever'

Blender.com has posted two new video clips of SLAYER guitarist Kerry King being interviewed in New York City in February. Watch the footage online: Video#1 (on the group's Grammy win and band's history) Video#2 (showing his tattoos) Revolver magazine's 2007 "Readers' Poll" singled out SLAYER's Kerry...

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DROPKICK MURPHYS Confirmed For Germany'd WITH FULL FORCE Festival

Massachusetts-based punk band DROPKICK MURPHYS has been confirmed for this year's With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMON AMARTH BAD MANNERS BARCOD...

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NEUROSIS: New Album Track Listing, Release Date Revealed

Long-running Oakland, California-based industrial/alternative/metal pioneers NEUROSIS will release their new album, "Given to the Rising", on May 8 via Neurot Recordings. The band began recording the effort in December at Electrical Audio studio in Chicago with producer Steve Albini. "[We are] forgi...

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The Fans Have Spoken: SLAYER Comes Out On Top In Readers' Polls

Having won their first-ever Grammy Award last month — "Best Metal Performance" for the track "Eyes of the Insane" — thrash icons SLAYER have just picked up a handful of even more awards, and these are from the fans. Revolver magazine's 2007 "Readers' Poll" singled out SLAYER's Kerry King and Jeff Ha...

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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING: 'I Just Won A GRAMMY — I Don't Got To Do Sh*t'

antiMusic/Thrashpit's Billy Gamble caught up with SLAYER as they roared through Rhode Island earlier this month, fresh off their Grammy win. He spoke with guitarist Kerry King about their outing with UNEARTH, the current state of metal, the Grammys, Dave Lombardo and why SLAYER never followed metal...

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SLAYER, MASTODON, CULT OF LUNA To Play Denmark's ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

According to Clonemetal.dk, SLAYER, MASTODON, PELICAN and CULT OF LUNA will play this year's Roskilde Festival, set to take place July 5-8 in Roskilde, Denmark. Also scheduled to appear at the event are RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE and THE WHO, among others. Coming off a 24-date North...

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KORN, VELVET REVOLVER, LAMB OF GOD, DIMMU BORGIR Confirmed For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

KORN, VELVET REVOLVER, LAMB OF GOD, DIMMU BORGIR, DRAGONFORCE and DEVILDRIVER 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: BRING ME THE HORIZION DEVILDRIVER DIMMU BORGIR DRAGONFOR...

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SLAYER, MASTODON Confirmed For Poland's MYSTIC FESTIVAL

SLAYER and MASTODON have been confirmed for the Mystic Festival, set to take place June 5 at Spodek in Katowice, Poland. A flyer for the concert can be viewed at this location. Coming off a 24-date North American headlining tour and their first-ever Grammy win, SLAYER will head off to Australia for...

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DIMENSION ZERO: Photos From CLOSE-UP BÅTEN Posted Online

Several photos from DIMENSION ZERO's appearance at the Close-Up Båten festival/day-long cruise (which took off from Stockholm, Sweden on February 15) have been posted online at this location. The Swedish band's performance at the festival marked the first time ever that IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper St...