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EXODUS: Rescheduled Brazilian Tour Dates Announced

The rescheduled dates for EXODUS' Brazilian tour have been announced. They are as follows: Oct. 22 - São Paulo, BRA @ Ledslay Oct. 23 - Ribeirão Preto, BRA @ Apoteose Oct. 24 – Recife, BRA @ Clube internacional de Recife As previously reported, EXODUS were forced to postpone their South American dat...

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TWILIGHTNING Guitarist Forced To Sit Out NIGHTWISH Tour

Guitarist Tommi Sartanen of Finnish power metallers TWILIGHTNING has been forced to sit out the band's current tour with NIGHTWISH. "Tommi fractured his shoulder quite badly couple of weeks ago in a local nigthclub," the band write on their web site. "So, we have this dude called Toni Tossavainen fr...

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Bassist TONY DOLAN Quits MANTAS, Blames Record Company Politics

Bassist Tony Dolan (ex-VENOM, ATOMKRAFT) has officially left MANTAS, the new band led by ex-VENOM guitarist Mantas. "After short deliberation, I have been forced to walk away from MANTAS owing to the decision from the [group's record] label, Demolition Records, to hinder and obstruct the [MANTAS] de...

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Iraqi Heavy Metal Band ACRASSICAUDA Forced Out By Radical Islamists

Popbitch.com is reporting that the Iraqi metal band ACRASSICAUDA have fled to Jordan after threats by radical Islamists in Iraq, prompting the web site to remark, "So U.S. and U.K.: well done for the new, free, liberal Iraq." Back in August, The Wall Street Journal published an article describing AC...

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VADER Drop Off CANNIBAL CORPSE/NAPALM DEATH North American Tour

Polish death metallers VADER have been forced to drop off the upcoming North American tour with CANNIBAL CORPSE, NAPALM DEATH, GOATWHORE, and KATAKLYSM due to an injury suffered by the band's frontman, Peter. An official statement from the group's manager, Mariusz Kmioek, reads as follows: "We are s...

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JIMI HENDRIX Visual Memoir To Be Published This Fall

Ozzy Osbourne and Eric Clapton are among the musical contemporaries offering personal insights on Jimi Hendrix and his music in "Classic Hendrix", described as the "most comprehensive visual memoir of Hendrix ever published." 34 of the most celebrated names in rock photography have supplied over 250...

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FORSAKEN Drop Off KEEP IT TRUE FESTIVAL Warm-Up Show

FORSAKEN have been forced to drop off the "Pounding Metal Attack" warm-up show for Germany's Keep It True Festival III after it was determined that the group's singer will have to undergo surgery prior to the festival date. Replacing them on the billing for the warm-up concert wil be German metaller...

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KITTIE, OTEP, CRISIS: More Tour Dates Announced

Canadian metal band KITTIE have added more dates to their upcoming tour with OTEP and CRISIS. The trek, dubbed "Metal Movement Tour", will kick off on September 27 in Farmingdale, NY and will last for at least six weeks. KITTIE were forced to cancel several dates on their North American headlining t...

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CRADLE OF FILTH's 'Gilded Cunt' T-Shirt Banned

According to Roadrunner Records U.K., merchandise company Blue Grape have had their printing plant refuse to handle the proposed artwork for the new CRADLE OF FILTH T-Shirt. The factory (TOT Shirts Ltd.) have been forced to reject the order since staff literally downed tools in disgust. The proposed...

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SKINLAB Singer To Front EXODUS On Rescheduled South American Tour

SKINLAB singer Steev Esquivel will front EXODUS on their rescheduled South American tour, tentatively set to take place in late October. EXODUS, who completed a Japanese trek earlier in the month, were forced to postpone their South American dates following the departure of singer Steve "Zetro" Souz...

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BIOHAZARD Guitarist Talks About Upcoming Album

BIOHAZARD guitarist Billy Graziadei recently spoke to Greece's Metal-Temple.com webzine about the songwriting process for the group's new album, tentatively due next year through SPV Records. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Metal-Temple.com: Your new album, yet unnamed, is going to be re...

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INFERNAL MAJESTY: European Tour Postponed

Long-running Canadian thrashers INFERNAL MAJESTY have been forced to postpone their European tour (which was to take place in September) until January "as work visas were not issued in time for some countries," according to a posting on the group's web site. The band are planning on returning to the...

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UFO Singer Explains Bassist PETE WAY's Absence From U.S. Tour

UFO vocalist Phil Mogg recently spoke to the UFO fan site Strangers In The Night about bassist Pete Way's inability to obtain a working visa in time for the band's current U.S. tour. "Since 9/11 there's been this knee-jerk reaction on the part of America, and the process for getting into the country...

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AMON AMARTH Break German Top 40

AMON AMARTH's latest CD, "Fate Of Norns", has entered the German Media Control Top 100 chart at position No. 31 and Austria's Media Control album chart at No. 56. The German debut marks the highest chart entry in Germany to date for the group's label, Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to last year'...

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ADEMA Vocalist Quits, Band To Hold Singer Auditions

Vocalist Mark Chavez has left ADEMA, according to the group's videographer Brad Nolan. The rest of the band are currently holding vocalist auditions in California and are said to be filming the entire process for a reality-TV show. As a result of Mark's departure, ADEMA have been forced to drop off...