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TRIVIUM: 'The Crusade' Lands In BILLBOARD Top 25

TRIVIUM's new effort, "The Crusade", sold over 31,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to land position No. 25 of next week's The Billboard 200 chart. As previously reported, "The Crusade", debuted in the national U.K. album chart at No. 6 and is No. 1 on the rock chart....

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EVILE Signs With EARACHE RECORDS

Earache Records has announced the signing of fast-rising young U.K. thrashers EVILE. The group just completed is triumphant performance at last weekend's Damnation Festival, where they slayed the crowd on the Jagermeister stage, as openers for THE HAUNTED, SKINDRED and BIOMECHANICAL. EVILE formed tw...

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TRIVIUM Drummer: I've Always Considered Us To Be A Melodic Thrash Metal Band

Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with TRIVIUM drummer Travis Smith. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: What can you tell us about the new record? Travis Smith: "Well, it's a lot different than 'Ascendancy' as far as that goes. The music is better just from us being...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SHADOWS FALL: More Tour Dates Announced

L.A.'s own 2CENTS hit the road with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SHADOWS FALL and BURY YOUR DEAD next month, in support of their Atlantic debut, "Lost At Sea", produced by Matt Hyde (SLAYER, HATEBREED). The CD features "Song for Darrell Abbott", a tribute to the band's hero, late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist...

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TRIVIUM: 'The Crusade' Debuts In U.K. Top 10!

TRIVIUM's new effort, "The Crusade", debuted in the national U.K. album chart at No. 6 and is No. 1 on the rock chart. It has also been certified silver in the U.K. for sales in excess of 60,000 copies. According to Hits Daily Double, "The Crusade" is poised to sell between 30,000 and 35,000 copies...

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TRIVIUM On MTV2's 'Headbanger's Ball': Video Available

TRIVIUM's Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu guest-hosted this past weekend's edition of MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball", which aired Saturday night (October 14). Watch the show online at this location (click on "Videos" and scroll down video menu). As previously reported, TRIVIUM's new album, "The Crusade",...

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EXODUS Guitarist Issues Post-Tour Update

EXODUS just returned home to the San Francisco Bay Area after completing the "Monsters Of Mayhem" tour with HATEBREED, NAPALM DEATH, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, DESPISED ICON and FIRST BLOOD. Guitarist Gary Holt has check in with the following update: "Just returned home yesterday, feeling a bit shot r...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH To Perform With THE MERCY CLINIC In Hollywood

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, the Los Angeles-based band featuring ex-W.A.S.P. guitarist Darrell Roberts, former MOTOGRATER vocalist Ivan Moody (Ghost),ex-U.P.O. guitarist Zoltan Bathory, and former DEADSETT bassist Matt Snell, will join THE MERCY CLINIC (the new group featuring ex-DAMAGEPLAN singer Pat...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: U.S Show Details Announced

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metal band VICIOUS RUMORS will play three shows in California in late October prior to its European tour with BEYOND FEAR and COURAGEOUS (which runs from Oct. 31 to Nov. 19). The dates are as follows: Oct. 21 - John Mclaren Park - San Francisco, CA (3:00 p.m. show) Oct...

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DEFTONES Performs New Single In London: Video Available

DEFTONES performed its new single "Hole in the Earth" during the group's headlining appearance at the Electric Ballroom in London on Thursday (Oct. 12). Watch a video clip at YouTube.com. DEFTONES will release its new album, "Saturday Night Wrist", on October 31 via Warner. An e-card for the CD can...

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METALLICA: DVD Of Promotional Videos To Surface Before End Of Year

In the latest issue of the METALLICA Club (the group's official fan club) members-only magazine "So What!", the following information was released: "We can confirm that there will be, at some point, a DVD of all the promotional videos METALLICA have made. Word is it will emerge before the end of 200...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Members To Guest On SIRIUS SATTELITE RADIO Tonight

TYPE O NEGATIVE's Kenny Hickey and Johnny Kelly will discuss their SEVENTH VOID project during an appearance on Sirius Sattelite Radio's Hard Attack channel (#27) tonight (Oct. 10) at 10:00 p.m. EST. As previously reported, SEVENTH VOID will play its first-ever New York City show on Wednesday, Octob...

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The Crusade

TRIVIUM blasts back onto the scene with a third effort that is one of the best metal releases of 2006 and quite possibly the heavy music album of the year. "The Crusade" sounds like the record that METALLICA could have made during the height of its early years, and while some may be uncomfortable wi...

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CAMP FREDDY On 'Tonight Show With Jay Leno': Video Available

VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash and CHEAP TRICK's Rick Nielsen joined CAMP FREDDY to perform their version of CHEAP TRICK's "Surrender" on NBC-TV's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Thursday night (October 5). This was CAMP FREDDY's first television appearance since "The Showbiz Show with David Spade...

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TRIVIUM Frontman Checks In From The Road

Florida's TRIVIUM kicked off a headlining tour late last month in support of its new album, "The Crusade", due on October 10 via Roadrunner Records. Frontman Matt Heafy has checked in from Worcester, Mass. with the following update: "This tour has been beyond incredible. We had no idea what to expec...