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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Adds New Guitarist

According to the official THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN MySpace page, the band has added former HEADS WILL ROLL guitarist Jeff Tuttle to its lineup. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN recently entered the studio with producer Steve Evetts (SAVES THE DAY, EARTH CRISIS, SEPULTURA) to begin recording its new album,...

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METALLICA's HAMMETT: Playing LIVE EARTH 'Might Be Most Important Moment Of Our Career'

The Associated Press reports that Kirk Hammett is one guitar legend who cares about the planet. "I just said to my wife earlier today this might be the most important moment of our entire career," Hammett told an incredulous interviewer after his band METALLICA performed at the London instalment of...

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STRATOVARIUS To Debut New Song At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS will debut a new song, entitled "Last Night on Earth", during their appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival, which is being held August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. STRATOVARIUS is scheduled to perform on Saturday, August 4 on the "True Metal Stage" between...

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ICED EARTH: European Headlining Shows To Take Place In October

ICED EARTH is scheduled to perform at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland on October 15. More European headlining shows are expected to be announced soon. ICED EARTH will support HEAVEN AND HELL on a U.K. tour beginning on November 4 in Newcastle. SPV has set the following release dates for ICED EARTH's new...

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THOR To Headline NORTHWEST METALFEST

Canadian rock warrior THOR will shake the very halls of Valhalla itself from the stage of the fourth annual Northwest Metalfest outdoor festival, to be held near Vancouver between Chilliwack and Hope, British Columbia, Canada on Aug. 10-12. The festival will feature 30 bands, free camping, free show...

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GOD FORBID: GFTV Episode Six Now Available

GOD FORBID's exclusive YouTube channel GFTV has made its sixth episode available, featuring footage of "President Jorge Bush" speaking to the people about the Live Earth concert and the global climate crisis. Watch the episode below. Produced and edited by GOD FORBID, GFTV gives fans an exclusive lo...

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SICK OF IT ALL, AS I LAY DYING, CONVERGE Support Charity Organization

SICK OF IT ALL, AS I LAY DYING, CONVERGE, EARTH CRISIS, UNEARTH and WALLS OF JERICHO have teamed up with Alveran Records to support Germany-based charity organization Zartbitter (which has been helping sexually abused children for more than 20 years) To support this good cause, the bands have signed...

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CHRIS CORNELL Talks About LIVE EARTH

Deb Rao of Glam-Metal.com recently conducted an interview with former AUDIOSLAVE/SOUNDGARDEN vocalist Chris Cornell. An excerpt from the chat follows: Glam-Metal.com: Chris, let's begin this interview by discussing your recent performance at Live Earth in Hamburg, Germany on July 7th. As an artist,...

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King of the Grey Islands

How do you judge the second post-comeback album of a band as revered as CANDLEMASS, especially when they've lost their beloved and iconic vocalist (again, and probably for the last time)? It's obviously a record made under duress, with a lot of pressure, given the success of the band's return. Is "p...

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BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR To Be Filmed For Future Release

The organizers of the Bloodstock Open Air festival — which is scheduled to take place August 16-18 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England — have announced that this year's event will be captured and immortalized on film. Music movie specialists Dead Duck Productions are co-ordinating a multitude of f...

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DARKEST HOUR, EARTH CRISIS Titles To Be Released On Colored Vinyl

Victory Records will release five more titles on limited-edition, colored vinyl on Tuesday, August 14, 2007. Following the successful response of the last wave of releases that included BAD BRAINS, BAYSIDE and COMEBACK KID, the label will be pressing SILVERSTEIN's newest LP, "Arrivals & Departur...

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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD: SLAYER's KERRY KING Is 'Afraid' Of Getting Old

Greece's metal TV show "TV War", which airs on MAD TV, recently conducted an interview with METALLICA frontman James Hetfield. Watch the interview in two parts: Part#1, Part#2. A transcript of the chat follows: On why the setlist for the "Sick of the Studio '07" tour consisted mostly of pre-1991 mat...

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TRIVIUM Frontman Reveals Worst Thing About Touring Under Threat Of Terrorism

TRIVIUM vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy has answered ten questions submitted by fans on the band's message board. A couple of excerpts follow: Q: How does terrorism affect a touring band with a lot of equipment? Particularly at airports. Matt: Nowadays we try to always ship what we need to have overse...

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FREYA Added To European HELL ON EARTH Tour

FREYA, the Syracuse, New York-based band featuring former EARTH CRISIS members Karl Buechner (vocals) and Erick Edwards (guitar),has been added to the Hell On Earth 2007 tour, set to kick off in early September. The complete lineup is now as follows: WALLS OF JERICHO BORN FROM PAIN ALL SHALL PERISH...

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JORN: Video Footage From Poland's METALMANIA Festival Available

Video footage of former MASTERPLAN/ARK singer Jorn Lande performing at the Metalmania Festival on March 24, 2007 at the Spodek Hall in Katowice, Poland has been posted at YouTube. As previously reported, Frontiers Records will release JORN's "Live in America" two-CD set on September 21. Recorded liv...