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MNEMIC: Live And Uncensored From The U.S.

MNEMIC guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie has posted the following tour report on the group's official web site: "So we're back! I dont know how to put this, but the MESHUGGAH tour is unfortunately over. "The last week or so has been nothing but fragments of memories merging into one big pile of image...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Drummer Celebrates One Year Of Sobriety

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on tehe band's official web site: "Houston, you have a problem. STRAPPING's stinky tourbus is parked at the Meridian. I suggest 'flame.' Damn, and I bought some sorta de-funking agent yesterday, too. "On a personal note, yester...

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Former CARCASS Frontman Taps Comic-Book Artist For Solo Album Cover

Former CARCASS bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker has tapped Larry Welz from Cherry Comics to create the original art for Walker's upcoming solo album consisting exclusively of country and blues covers. Check out Larry's work at www.cherrypublishing.com. The CD, entitled "Welcome to Carcass Cuntry", will...

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SOILWORK Frontman: 'Thanks For Rocking Out'

SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Sitting in a very dark and cold dressing room in Houston at the Meridian. I got very surprised when I got up this morning and felt how cold it was outside... Is it usually as cold as this in ...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, JUDAS PRIEST, DEF LEPPARD Concert Attendance Figures Revealed

The following are a few select recent heavy metal/hard rock concert attendance figures, as reported by Billboard magazine: Artist/Event: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, BRAND NEW SIN Venue: Electric Factory City/State: Philadelphia, Pa. Date: Oct. 22, 2005 Attendance: 1,758 Capacity: 2,250 Artist/Event: BLACK...

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ANTHRAX Drummer On Upcoming Tour: 'Bring A Helmet'

ANTHRAX have officially announced the January kick-off of their 2006 headline reunion tour with support acts GOD FORBID and SWORN ENEMY. This tour steamrolls straight through January 21, including a January 7 hometown show at New York City's Nokia Theater in Times Square, a January 13 stop at the re...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Checks In From U.S. Tour

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We are in Boulder, CO today… I had to switch out my camo shorts for camo pants — damn it's cold! "I saw my first racoon today, right outside the coffee shop on the street… Wow… I am from ...

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MORBID ANGEL, BEHEMOTH, KRISIUN To Team Up For U.S. Tour

MORBID ANGEL, BEHEMOTH, and KRISIUN will apparently be teaming up for a U.S. tour next spring. Only two dates have been announced so far: Apr. 06 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx Apr. 09 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club An official confirmation is expected shortly. ...

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Wet Animal

Nice name, eh? Formed in 1995 by TROUBLE guitarist Rick Wartell, the debut album from Chicago's WET ANIMAL now sees a 2005 release. Along with Shane Pasqualla (vocals/guitar),Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums),and Michael "Vito" Diprima (bass),the band has created a respectable hard rock album with cutting...

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SEVENDUST: 'Greatest Hits (Chapter One)' Due In December

FMQB is reporting that SEVENDUST will release the first chapter of their greatest hits collection by year's end. Entitled "Greatest Hits (Chapter One)", it contains fan favorites "Black", "Angel's Son" and "Enemy", plus four exclusive bonus tracks. "Greatest Hits (Chapter One)" is set to be released...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY To Offer 'Instant' Concert Recordings On Current Tour

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY have have teamed up with Instant Live to offer high-quality CDs of three Californian dates (San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco) on their current tour. Instant Live will be recording the band's set at each of these dates, and the completed CDs will be available for pickup j...

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Former CARCASS Frontman's Country/Blues Solo Album To Surface Early Next Year

Fractured Transmitter Records will be issuing former CARCASS bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker's solo album consisting exclusively of country and blues covers from artists including SKEETER DAVIS, HANK WILLIAMS, JOHNNY CASH, CONNIE SMITH, and JOHN DENVER — albeit with a metallic spin. The CD, entitled "W...

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SOUNDSCAN Report: SLIPKNOT, OZZY OSBOURNE, DEEP PURPLE

SLIPKNOT's first full-length concert album, "9.0 Live", has sold just over 42,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 17 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. Meanwhile, OZZY OSBOURNE's new collection, "Under Cover", shifted just under 9,000 copies to...

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PRONG: More U.S. Tour Dates Announced

PRONG have lined up the following dates during the coming months: Nov. 09 - Key Club - Los Angeles LA, , CA Nov. 10 - The Galaxy - Santa Ana, CA Nov. 11 - The Pound - San Francisco, CA Nov. 12 - Empire Ballroom - Las Vegas, NV Nov. 19 - Studio Seven - ...

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LED ZEPPELIN Win Polar Music Prize

CBC Arts is reporting that LED ZEPPELIN and Russian conductor Valery Gergiev have been named the 2006 winners of the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm. Founded in 1989 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and Stig Anderson, manager of Swedish pop group ABBA, the annual prize honors one pop and one cla...