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THERION To Resume Touring In January 2007

THERION's Christofer Johnsson has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "THERION will go on tour again, starting in end of January 2007. "I don't like when local promoters are announcing THERION shows before they are official. Before a contract has been signed, it is not to b...

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INFERNAL MAJESTY: Former Singer's Claims Are 'Publicity Stunt'

Canadian metallers INFERNAL MAJESTY have commented on ex-singer Chris Bailey's recent interview in which he accused his former bandmates of withholding royalties that were rightfully his and lanching a smear campaign against him after he had made a decision to leave the group. In an interview with M...

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Ex-INFERNAL MAJESTY Singer Claims Former Bandmates Ripped Him Off

Luxi Lahtinen of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with former INFERNAL MAJESTY frontman Chris Bailey. An excerpt from the question-and-answer session follows: Metal-Rules.com: You contacted me via email just recently regarding the interview I did with both Kenny Hallman and Brian Lang...

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TUNGSTEN Begin Work On New Material

On April 10-11, 2006, TUNGSTEN members Mark Talamo (drums) and Al Hodge (vocals and guitar) met in Madisonville, Louisiana at the new H/T studio for the first time to collaborate on some new music since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005 and destroyed their hometown of Chalme...

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H.I.M. Schedule 'Rockline' Appearance

Finnish goth metallers H.I.M. will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" airing Monday, May 8. The live show begins at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET, and fans are encouraged to call in with questions during the program at (800) 344-ROCK (7625). To find a station ne...

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Terror For Sale

The last time I interviewed SOILWORK vocalist "Speed" Strid, he hadn't recorded this new TERROR 2000 album yet. I asked him if it was gonna be stressful or taxing to make another album so soon after "Stabbing the Drama", and he replied, more or less, that "we just have to get drunk and go make ...

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FATES WARNING: 'Spectre Within' Special Collectors' Edition Artwork Available

Dangerous Age Graphics has announced a very limited edition (only twenty canvas originals!) canvas prints of FATES WARNING's "Spectre Within" artwork, hand-retouched and signed by cover artist Ioannis (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, BIOHAZARD, DEEP PURPLE, ALLMAN BROTHERS, UFO, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN)....

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AEROSMITH Bassist Glad To Help Anti-Violence Organization

Launch Radio Networks reports: AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton was one of the featured performers on Friday, April 7 at the annual "Banned In Boston" anti-violence benefit. He portrayed former First Lady Barbara Bush, and it was his fourth appearance in drag, having been Laura Bush, Martha Stewart, a...

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Us Versus Them

Well, it's been a little while since militant hardcore bruisers GAT-ROT released the "Conflict" MCD in 2000. Newly signed to Rotten Records and about to release an inflammatory full-length called "Us Versus Them", time off has not translated into a mellowing with age. "Us Versus Them" is a varied ha...

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ENTHRALLMENT Confirmed For Bulgaria's MONSTERS OF ROCK Festival

Bulgarian brutal death metallers ENTHRALLMENT have been confirmed for the Monsters of Rock festival, set to take place August 3-7 at the Black Sea resort of Varna in Bulgaria. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABLEPSIA ANNIHILATOR ATROCITY AXEL RUDI PELL BRAZEN A...

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H.I.M. Frontman: 'I Was Sleeping An Hour A Night For Eight Weeks'

Kerrang! magazine (web site) recently spoke to H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo about some of the dark rumors that have surrounded him of late. In February he spent a night in a Helsinki jail after allegedly threatening to kill his neighbor. Prior to that he was drugged and robbed in a Minneapolis bar, ra...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Drummer To Sit Out Tonight's Show Due To Injury; Fan To Step In

After playing multiple MÖTLEY CRÜE shows wearing a brace and taking anti-inflamatory injections, drummer Tommy Lee's doctor instructed him to give his injured right hand wrist a break after his tendonitis made it difficult for him to perform. Tendonitis is a common and painful injury for drummers wh...

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ABDULLAH Named 'Best Local Metal Band' By Cleveland's FREE TIMES

Cleveland doom rockers ABDULLAH have been honored as the "Best Local Metal Band" in the annual Free Times music awards for 2006. The Cleveland Free Times is the big weekly entertainment publication in Northeastern Ohio, along with long-standing rival Scene magazine, and past winners of this award ha...

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Report: DAVID LEE ROTH Sinks To New Low

Paul Heine of the Billboard Radio Monitor has issued the following report: The train wreck known as Roth Radio sank to a new low Tuesday (April 4) when David Lee Roth, in an act of defiance, resorted to reading the comics on the air. Reeling from an apparent management directive to read and ...

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HIRAX: Guitarist GLENN ROGERS Rejoins The Fold

HIRAX vocalist Katon W. De Pena has announced that lead guitarist Glenn Rogers has rejoined the band. Lead guitarist Lance Harrison, bassist Steve Harrison and drummer Fabricio Raveli complete the group's new lineup. "I wanted to make some changes for a while," said De Pena. "The only other band mem...