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ROB ROCK And FIREWIND To Tour Japan

Rob Rock (Ex-IMPELLITTERI, DRIVER, JOSHUA) and his solo band RAGE OF CREATION will be teaming up with FIREWIND, the band featuring acclaimed guitarist Gus G. (DREAM EVIL, MYSTIC PROPHECY, NIGHTRAGE),for a short Japanese tour in January. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 21 - Osaka, JAP @ Banana...

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METALLICA Cancel South American & Japanese Dates, Cite 'Physical And Mental Exhaustion'

METALLICA have cancelled their previously announced South American tour due to "physical and mental exhaustion," it was announced today. The group's Japanese trek, which was to follow immediately the South American dates, is also believed to be affected by the cancellation. According to the band's A...

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DISILLUSION Set Release Date For Full-Length Debut

Leipzig, Germany-based metallers DISILLUSION have set a January 26 European release date through Metal Blade Records for their full-length debut, "Back To Times Of Splendor". The CD will be mixed in early November at Tam Recording Studios in Zwickau, Germany before being mastered at Mastersound Stud...

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SYMPHORCE Complete Work On 'Twice Second'

German power metallers SYMPHORCE, featuring BRAINSTORM frontman Andy B. Franck, have completed work on their new album, titled "Twice Second". The follow-up to 2002's "PhorcefulAhead" was recorded at House Of Music studios in Winterbach, Germany in September with producer Achim Köhler (BRAINSTORM, P...

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GUNS N' ROSES: No Bonus Material Included On Forthcoming DVDs

GUNS N' ROSES' forthcoming DVD editions of the 1998 home video "Welcome to the Videos", plus the separate 1992 home videos "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II: World Tour - 1992 in Tokyo" will include no bonus features not available on the original VHS releases, according to Billboard.co...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE: 1,000,000 Records Sold

Veteran death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE recently reached the one-million mark for combined sales of all their albums. Bandmembers Alex Webster, Pat O'Brien, George Fisher and Jack Owen commemorated the occasion with Metal Blade Records owner/CEO Brian Slagel at Sonic Ranch studios in El Paso, Texas....

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NAPALM DEATH, NASUM, ANAL CUNT To Team Up For Japanese Tour

NAPALM DEATH, NASUM, ANAL CUNT and PIG DETROYER will be teaming up for the Extreme The Dojo VII tour of Japan in January. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 09 - Club Quattro – Osaka, JAP Jan. 10 - Club Quattro – Nagoya, JAP Jan. 12 - Club Quattro - Tokyo, JAP In other NASUM-related ...

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STRYPER: Spreading The Message Of Christ

STRYPER singer Michael Sweet recently spoke to the Toledo Blade about the band's decision to reunite this fall for their first nationwide performance junket in more than 12 years. "The inspiration, more or less, was when we got together and recorded two new songs in January for the compilation album...

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VOMITORY Prepare To Record New Album, Announce Vocalist Search

Swedish death metallers VOMITORY will enter Studio Kuling in Örebro, Sweden in December with producer Henrik Larsson to record their fifth full-length album. A March 2004 release through Metal Blade Records is expected. In other news, VOMITORY are currently seeking a new vocalist as a result of bass...

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KING DIAMOND: New Interview Posted Online

A lengthy new interview with KING DIAMOND regarding the group's forthcoming CD, "The Puppet Master", has been posted online at this location. Due on October 21 through Metal Blade Records, "The Puppet Master" album (view cover here) will contain a bonus disc of frontman/namesake King Diamond telling...

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PRIMAL FEAR Set North American Release Date For DVD

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have set November 4 as the North American release date for their long-awaited DVD, "The History Of Fear". As previously reported, the disc features the group's full Wacken 2001 performance, an October 2002 show filmed in Stuttgart, Germany on the "Black Sun" tour,...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN: Upcoming Appearances Announced

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has lined up the following appearances during October/November: Oct. 08 – Osaka, JAP @ Festival Hall (w/ Sera Masanori) Oct. 09 – Tokyo, JAP @ Budokan (w/ Sera Masanori) Oct. 19 – Osaka, JAP @ (w/ Aikawa Nanase) Oct. 29 – Peking, CHI (Mini-Concert Event) Oct....

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THE CROWN Slam Former Singer TOMAS LINDBERG: 'No One Could Deal With Him When He Was Drunk'

Swedish thrashers THE CROWN have slammed former singer Tomas Lindberg over his departure from the group, blaming his split with the band on his excessive alcohol consumption while on tour. Speaking to Sweden's biggest metal magazine Close-Up, bassist Magnus Olsfelt said, "The primary reason [for the...

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KING DIAMOND: 'The Puppet Master' Preview Available Online

A five song preview of the forthcoming KING DIAMOND CD, "The Puppet Master", has been posted online at this location (Macromedia Flash required). The songs available for listening are "The Ritual", "Blue Eyes", "Emerencia", "Magic" and "The Puppet Master". Due on October 21 through Metal Blade Recor...

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VADER Singer's Solo Project To Record New Promo CD

PANZER X, the solo project of VADER vocalist/guitarist Peter, are tentatively scheduled to enter Studio X in Olsztyn, Poland in November/December to record a three-song demo. Although the band's lineup has yet to be solidified, the vocal duties will likely be handled by Grzegorz Kupczyk (CETI, TURBO...