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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Frontman Survives Hurricane Katrina

David Menconi of North Carolina's The News & Observer is reporting that one person who barely escaped New Orleans ahead of Hurricane Katrina last week was Pepper Keenan, guitarist/vocalist for the Raleigh metal band CORROSION OF CONFORMITY. Keenan was at his home in New Orleans between legs of t...

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IRON MAIDEN Manager Reports ON CLIVE BURR Benefit Gig

IRON MAIDEN manager Rod Smallwood has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Last Friday's final show at Hammersmith Apollo was a memorable night. With the help of many of you we raised at least £110,000 for the Clive Burr MS Trust and we will post the final number when the a...

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Bassist ILKER ERSIN Quits FREEDOM CALL

Bassist Ilker Ersin has left German power metallers FREEDOM CALL. In an interview with RockSomething.com conducted Monday night (September 5),Ersin said, "At the moment, things are bad, I've just quit the band — no joke. I am very sorry for the FREEDOM CALL fans that I have quit the band, but there...

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BLOODSTOCK: Next Year's Festival Details Revealed

The organizers of the U.K.'s Bloodstock festival have announced the first details of next year's event. The 2006 installment of the Bloodstock Open Air festival will take place on July 14-15 at the Catton Hall in Derbyshire while Bloodstock 2006 is scheduled for September 29-30 at the Assembly Rooms...

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Norway Gears Up For Brand New Metal Show On National Radio

NRK's trend-setting radio channel P3 goes back to wearing black every Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. from September 7 during "Tinitus" — a two-hour program featuring music to crush your eardrums to. From SLAYER and SLIPKNOT, METALLICA and MESHUGGAH to SLOGSTORM and SCUM, "Tinitus" is the show that doesn't t...

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COLDSEED Featuring SOILWORK Singer, Ex-BLIND GUARDIAN Drummer: Audio Available

COLDSEED, the new project featuring SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid and former BLIND GUARDIAN/current SAVAGE CIRCUS drummer Thomen Stauch, have uploaded rough-mix audio samples of two tracks from their upcoming debut album. Check out the songs "Democracy Lesson" (mp3) and "On My Way" (mp3). Co...

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AXEL RUDI PELL To Enter Studio In January

German guitar hero AXEL RUDI PELL and his band have just completed their final performances for this year. The shows in Osnabrück, Wacken and Kavarna (Bulgaria) all went "really well," according to a posting on Pell's web site. Commented Axel: "Especially the show in Kavarna, where we played togethe...

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NOCTURNE Join MUSHROOMHEAD for FREEDOM TOUR This Fall

Riding high off the success of their fourth album "Guide to Extinction" (Triple X Records),the industrial metal band NOCTURNE has announced that they have teamed up with Jägermeister, MUSHROOMHEAD and DOPE as part of the Music for FREEdom Tour that runs through September. The Music for FREEdom Tour...

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SIRIUS Hard Attack Beams VOIVOD's PIGGY Into Space

The "Bloody Roots" metal history show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack channel will honor VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour on Tuesday (Aug. 30 at 9:00 p.m. EST) and Friday (Sept. 2 at 1:00 p.m. EST),playing a full hour of classic VOIVOD songs, plus VOIVOD covers by DECEASED and DAHLIA...

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DEMONS & WIZARDS: 'Terror Train' Video Posted Online

DEMONS & WIZARDS' video for the song "Terror Train" has been posted online at this location. The clip was shot on location in Gothenburg, Sweden with director Roger Johansson (THE HAUNTED, DARK TRANQUILLITY, IN FLAMES, NAPALM DEATH). "Terror Train" comes off the group's sophomore album, "Touched...

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MEGADETH Mainman Says GIGANTOUR Is Doing 'Better Than Expected'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine recently spoke to Aaron Yoxheimer of The Morning Call about Gigantour, the six-week festival trek co-headlined by MEGADETH and DREAM THEATER. Several excerpts from the chat follow: On the need for another traveling metal festival, which arrives in Reading, PA today: "I...

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SAVAGE CIRCUS: Debut Album Delayed

SAVAGE CIRCUS, the new band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch and PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson (vocals, guitar) and Emil Norberg (lead guitar),have pushed back the release date of their new album, "Dreamland Manor", to September 5 from the previously announced August 29. Acco...

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HELLOWEEN: 'Mrs. God' Video Posted Online

HELLOWEEN's video for their new single, "Mrs. God", has been posted online at SPV.de (Real Media). "Mrs. God" is the first single off the long-running German power metallers' new album, "Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy", due on October 31 via Steamhammer/SPV. The single comes out on September...

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HELLOWEEN: 'Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy' Details Revealed

HELLOWEEN's long-awaited new album, "Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy", will be issued by Steamhammer/SPV on October 31. The track listing for the double-CD is as follows: CD 1: 01. The King for a 1000 Years 02. The Invisible Man 03. Born on Judgment Day 04. Pleasure Drone 05. Mrs. God 06. Sile...

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OZZFEST, Hang Your Head In Shame: The Backstage Perspective

The manager of a well-known heavy metal band (*NOT* IRON MAIDEN) who attended this past weekend's Ozzfest show at the Hyundai Pavillion in Devore, California has submitted the following first-hand account of the evening that will surely go down as one of the most shameful moments in recent rock hist...