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MACHINE HEAD, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ARCH ENEMY Confirmed For NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL
MACHINE HEAD, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ARCH ENEMY, ICED EARTH, CHILDREN OF BODOM have been confirmed to headline this year's New England Metal & Hardcore Festival, set to take place April 30-May 1 at The Palladium in Worcester, Mass. The following groups are currently scheduled to appear at the festiv...February 26, 2004
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WALLS OF JERICHO Vocalist Suffers Broken Nose At Show
WALLS OF JERICHO vocalist Candace Kucsulain received a broken nose from an exuberant audience member while playing in Memphis last week. After stirring up a rabid pit with their thick metallic riffage and savage hardcore breakdowns, Candace was the unintended recipient of a spinning fist. The formid...February 24, 2004
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MOTÖRHEAD Drummer To Perform At Swedish Eurovision Song Contest!
MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee will perform live at the "Swedish Eurovision Song Contest" in Gothenburg on Saturday, February 28. He will join Swedish Euro-pop superstar E-TYPE, who is competing with a brand new song, "Paradise", produced by highly respected pop/rock producer Max Martin (BACKSTREET BO...February 23, 2004
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RAG MEN: More Tour Dates Announced
RAG MEN, the New York-based band featuring frontman Jorge Rosado (MERAUDER, GOD IS I),guitarist Mitts (SKARHEAD, CROWN OF THORNZ),bassist Ian "Bulldog" Edwards (FREYA, ex-EARTH CRISIS),and drummer Rigg Ross (SKARHEAD, ex-HATEBREED),have confirmed a couple days with VIETNOM in Canada right before...February 22, 2004
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OZZFEST 2004: The Official Press Release
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2004--"The day OZZfest comes to town is the best day of summer for hardcore fans of hard rock and metal music. They know they're getting value beyond what they paid for." So says OZZfest founder Sharon Osbourne. "The music starts at 9:30 a.m. and doesn't stop unti...February 20, 2004
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P.O.D. To Kick Off Headlining Tour In May, LACUNA COIL, BLINDSIDE To Support
P.O.D. will embark on their "Payable On Death" U.S. theater tour beginning May 1 in Denver, Colorado. Support at all dates will come from Sweden's BLINDSIDE, Italy's LACUNA COIL and HAZEN STREET, the new hardcore "supergroup" featuring Chad Gilbert (NEW FOUND GLORY) and David Kennedy (BOX CAR RACER)...February 20, 2004
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37 STABWOUNDZ Sign With GARDEN OF EXILE RECORDS
Dutch metal/hardcore act 37 STABWOUNDZ have signed a deal with new label Garden of Exile Records. The band, who play and create a blend of groovy crossover-metal with influences from bands like CROWBAR, MERAUDER and PANTERA, recently had their debut album, "Embrace Solitude", mastered by Tue Madsen...February 20, 2004
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YAKUZA Complete Work on New Demos, Seek Replacement Bassist
Chicago's experimental hardcore/metal band YAKUZA have finished demoing material for their upcoming release, tentatively titled "Dishonor". Singer/saxophonist Bruce Lamont describes the music as "much more dynamically intense and stylistically even more adventurous" than past projects. "Our intentio...February 19, 2004
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UNEARTH Officially Added To 'Headbanger's Ball Tour II'
Massachusetts-based metallers UNEARTH have been officially added to the forthcoming "Headbangers Ball Tour II", featuring HATEBREED, DAMAGEPLAN and DROWNING POOL. "Touring with HATEBREED, the most credible, hard working hardcore/metal band around today is something we have wanted to do since this ba...February 19, 2004
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SILENT FORCE Singer Says American Fans Are More Demanding Than Their European Counterparts
SILENT FORCE frontman D.C. Cooper (ex-ROYAL HUNT) recently spoke to Pittsburgh's The Tribune-Review about the differences between the American fans and those in Europe and Japan, where Cooper is said to be looked upon as "a heavy-metal superstar." "The music programs in schools (in Europe) emphasize...February 17, 2004
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KATAKLYSM: Touring Plans Announced
Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have decided to postpone their South African, Russian and Baltic states tour, originally scheduled for May to a later time this year. Instead, the band will be touring North America throughout the spring & summer, beginning April 30 at the New England Metal And...February 14, 2004
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BIOHAZARD Drummer: New CD/DVD Planned For September
BIOHAZARD drummer Danny Schuler has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Yo, what up everybody. Been getting pummeled with questions about the status of BIOHAZARD, a new CD, a DVD, tour, everything, so I wanted to take this opportunity to shed some light on what's going on...February 10, 2004
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For three years, we've been hearing rumors that Dave Grohl — former drummer for NIRVANA, singer and guitarist for his own band, FOO FIGHTERS, as well as sometime drummer for QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE — one of the last standing heroes of alternative rock, was compiling an album of thrash metal tunes, w...February 10, 2004
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'Get Thrashed': Thrash Metal Documentary Preview Clip Posted Online
The makers of "Get Thrashed", the upcoming documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted the first preview clip via the project's official web site. The first clip features Zetro Souza (vocals),Gary Holt (guitar) and Tom Hunting (d...February 9, 2004
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'Choosing Death: The History Of Death Metal & Grindcore' Due This Fall
Feral House Books will release "Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore", written by longtime extreme metal journalist Albert Mudrian, this autumn. "Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore", which features an introduction by internationally...February 4, 2004
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