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WAYSTED: U.K. Headlining Tour Announced

WAYSTED, the reunited semi-obscure mid-'80s British heavy metal outfit led by UFO bassist Pete Way (hence the spelling of the group's name),have announced the details of their U.K. headlining tour in September. Confirmed dates are as follows: Sep. 09 - The Tackeroo - Hednesford Sep. 10 - The Half M...

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MEGADETH Mainman Discusses His Close Relationship With Fans

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine recently spoke to The Digital Noise Network about Gigantour, returning to his roots, his split from former bandmates and the success of the group's "The System Has Failed" album. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: The Digital Noise Network: Dave, you're in...

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MUDVAYNE's 'Lost And Found' Certified Gold

MUDVAYNE's "Lost and Found" has been certified gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies. The follow-up to 2002's gold-certified "The End of All Things to Come", "Lost and Found" was recorded at The Plant studio in Sausalito, California wi...

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TOMMY THAYER: KISS Has Been My 100 Percent Focus For Past 15 Years

KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer recently answered a few questions from fans via his official web site. A few excerpts from the Q&A session follow: Q: With all your expertise in many different areas of entertainment, are there any projects outside of KISS you'd like to do? Tommy Thayer: "KISS is my 1...

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CRYONIC TEMPLE And TORCH Confirmed For Sweden's GOTHENBURG METAL FESTIVAL

CRYONIC TEMPLE and TORCH have been confirmed for the Gothenburg Metal Festival, set to take place June 18 at Musikens Hus in Gothenburg, Sweden. Other groups scheduled to perform at the festival include DESTINY, FALCONER, NOSTRADAMEUS and PATHOS. A video trailer for the upcoming event can be found a...

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ALIEN Complete Work On Comeback Album

Reunited Swedish AOR/hard rock outfit ALIEN have posted the following message on their official web site: "The last two songs of the new album were recorded during the weekend that just passed. Stefan Andersson (the guy who wrote 'Catch the Moon') came by the studio. He seemed to like what he heard....

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AS I LAY DYING Frontman Talks About Upcoming Album

Vocalist Tim Lambesis of San Diego metallers AS I LAY DYING recently spoke to MTV.com about the group's forthcoming sophomore release, "Shadows Are Security", due June 14 via Metal Blade Records. "Last time we were a little bit rushed and, being a new band, budget was always an issue," he said. "Thi...

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TOMMY LEE, AXL ROSE And GENE SIMMONS Are Among '20 Baddest Boys' In Music

MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee, GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose and KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons are among the 20 "baddest boys" in music, according to a list compiled by the MuchMoreMusic show "Listed". Hosted by Karina Huber, "Listed" features a weekly roster of top artists who live in the re...

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ALICE COOPER: 'Dirty Diamonds' Gets An Official Release Date

According to a post at SickthingsUK, New West Records has set an August 2 release date for the new ALICE COOPER album, entitled "Dirty Diamonds". The following press release has been issued by the label; After 30 albums and some of the most famous rock songs ever recorded, you'd think Alice Cooper's...

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GUNS N' ROSES: 'Chinese Democracy' Out By Christmas?

Sp1at.com has issued the following report: GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited comeback album, "Chinese Democracy", will be out by Christmas 2005, according to one employee at Universal Music Group. Sp1at.com recently spoke to the UMG worker, who said "The release of 'Chinese Democracy' is being organised n...

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LYNYRD SKYNYRD/BLACKFOOT's MEDLOCKE To Guest On 'American Idol'

When Fox airs this Wednesday's (May 18) segment of "American Idol", featuring their homecoming segments with the three remaining contestants, viewers will find LYNYRD SKYNYRD guitarist Rickey Medlocke as part of a surprise that awaited contestant Bo Bice. Bice, who had listed Medlocke's original ban...

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DISSECTION: New Album Update

Reactivated Swedish death metallers DISSECTION entered the studio on February 2 to begin recording their long-awaited third album, the group's first release since 1995's classic album "Storm of the Light's Bane". The recording is taking place at Black Syndicate Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, with DIS...

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ROSTOK VAMPIRES: Deal With NUCLEAR BLAST Falls Through

According to a posting at ROSTOK VAMPIRES' official web site, the reunited '90s German punk/thrash outfit will NOT be releasing their comeback album through Nuclear Blast Records after all. "Unfortunately, the nearly completed proceedings with Nuclear Blast failed in the nick of time," the band writ...

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CEPHALIC CARNAGE Complete New Video

CEPHALIC CARNAGE have completed work on the first music video from their new album, "Anomalies". The video, for the album's roll-out single, "Dying Will be the Death of Me", was shot on location in California by director Darren Doane (DEFTONES, NILE) and features the members of CEPHALIC kidnapping "...

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CREMATORY: Complete Work On Soundtrack, Prepare Live DVD

German dark metallers CREMATORY have completed work on the soundtrack to the movie "Con Game". Scenes from the movie, plus live footage, were used to create the clip for "Tick Tack", the third video off the group's comeback/reunion album, "Revolution". A brand-new live-DVD/CD package, entitled "Live...