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ZAO Added To IN FLAMES' North American Headlining Tour

Greensburg, Pennsylvania's ZAO have been added as one of the opening acts on IN FLAMES' upcoming North American headlining tour in support of their highly anticipated new album, "Come Clarity". Also appearing on the bill will be TRIVIUM and DEVILDRIVER. A late January 2006 West Coast launch is expec...

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SOULFLY Guitarist Confirmed For HOLIDAY SHRED FEST

SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo (ex-ILL NINO) will be performing at this year's Holiday Shred Fest on Saturday, November 19 at the Steel Music Hall in Rochester, New York. Also appearing on the bill will be "the ultimate shred master" Joe Stump and the JUDAS PRIEST tribute act XCITER, among others. For...

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Their Rock Is Not Our Rock

I've never understood the big deal about FIREBALL MINISTRY. The quartet is a solid rock band with a decent sense of melody, but they aren't the saviors of rock and roll. Maybe I haven't been exposed to enough of the music on previous releases (though I did recently see a strong live performance from...

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KICKING K8 Confirmed For San Bernardino's FREAK FEST

San Diego rockers KICKING K8, featuring former DIAMOND REXX drummer Bill Nychay, have been confirmed for this year's largest and most extreme expo, Freak Fest, set to take place November 18-20 in San Bernardino, California. Also scheduled to appear are POWERMAN 5000, (HED)P.E. and ONESIZEZERO, among...

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DRUG UNDER To Support GEORGE LYNCH In Texas

Denver, Colorado-based hard rock band DRUG UNDER have been added to several dates on the current GEORGE LYNCH tour.The band, who have been getting airplay on KBPI, KTCL and The Fox in their hometown of Denver as well as KBER in Utah and XM Radio Ch. 52 with the singles "Never Again", "Down" and "Ang...

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NIGHTINGALE Set Title For New Album

NIGHTINGALE, the Swedish progressive-metal band headed by Dan Swanö, have set "White Darkness" as the title of their upcoming album, tentatively due next year. About 75 percent of the material for the forthcoming CD was composed by Dan Swanö's brother Dag (a.k.a. Tom Nouga). The record will reported...

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SILENT FORCE: New Studio Photos Posted Online

SILENT FORCE, the power metal band featuring ex-ROYAL HUNT singer D.C. Cooper, have entered House of Music studio in Winterbach, Germany with producer Dennis Ward to begin recording the drums for their new album, tentatively due in early 2006 via AFM Records. Check out pictures from the studio at th...

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STILL REMAINS To Tour U.K. With BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS

Grand Rapids, MI's STILL REMAINS have signed up for K! XXV, an extra-special tour hitting the U.K. in January to celebrate Kerrang! magazine's 25th birthday. They will be joined by BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS and AIDEN. "We feel totally honored and privileged to be part of this bill,"...

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PATHS OF POSSESSION Announce Tampa Date With OBITUARY

PATHS OF POSSESSION, the Florida-based band fronted by CANNIBAL CORPSE vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, have scheduled a one-off show on December 9 at the Masquerade in Tampa, Florida. Also appearing on the bill are OBITUARY and UNDIVIDUAL. PATHS OF POSSESSION's debut album, "Promises in Bloo...

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DANZIG, DOYLE To Perform At 10th Annual NO LOVE PARTY

DANZIG will be performing at the West Coast Choppers' 10th annual No Love Party on Saturday, November 12 at 4:00 p.m. in Long Beach, California. Jesse James of West Coast Choppers and Glenn Danzig go way back, as anyone who's seen the "Mother '93" video knows. DANZIG will be joined during their perf...

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Judge Allows Lawsuit Against KISS Bassist GENE SIMMONS To Proceed

Samuel Maull of Newsday.com has issued the following report: A woman who claims to be a former girlfriend of KISS rocker Gene Simmons can proceed with a defamation lawsuit in which she says he made her sound like a "sex-addicted nymphomaniac" during a VH1 television show, a judge has ruled. State Su...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Drummer: 'No One Touches Us As A Live Monster'

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Howdy folks! It's yer big buddy Gene here, ready to open a can o' whoopass on ya! Oh, wait a minute — I'm being informed it's lima beans. Eww. "Sorry it's been a few days since I've been ...

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TWELFTH GATE Finalize Track Listing For New Album

Chicago-based power metallers TWELFTH GATE have finalized the track listing for their sophomore album, "Threshold of Revelation", tentatively due on February 7, 2006 via Season of Mist. The follow-up to 2003's "Summoning" was co-produced by Chris Djuricic (NOVEMBERS DOOM, MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO, ENFOR...

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Bassist SEAN MCNABB To Rejoin QUIET RIOT For Salt Lake City Concert

According to a posting on QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali's web site, former QUIET RIOT bassist Sean McNabb will be joining the band for their November 29 performance at University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, temporarily replacing regular bass player Chuck Wright. Also appearing on the bill w...

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PUMPJACK Confirmed To Headline Next Month's DIMEFEST

PUMPJACK have been confirmed as the headliners of Dimefest, an all-day event scheduled to take place December 10 at the Ridglea Theater in Fort Worth, Texas. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Dimebag Darrell Memorial Fund, which has been set up to help the victims of the December 8,...