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MELIAH RAGE Guitarist Comments On METAL CHURCH Tour

Hot on the heels of the just-released "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep", Boston metallists MELIAH RAGE have secured a month's worth of dates opening for one of the founding fathers of thrash metal, METAL CHURCH. The tour will also include a January 29 date at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New Yor...

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DEF LEPPARD Frontman Prefers ELTON JOHN To BLACK SABBATH

Steve Baltin of AOL Music reports that DEF LEPPARD is preparing to enter the studio to begin work on a new album. "We're hoping to get started around January and get it finished by the end of the summer," frontman Joe Elliott tells AOL Music. As for what has influenced Elliott of late, ...

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TOOL Gearing Up For BIG DAY OUT

Launch Radio Networks reports: TOOL just finished up this year's touring schedule with a two-month run through Europe, and the band's first stops in 2007 are Australia and New Zealand. The quartet is headlining the annual Big Day Out festival down under, and TOOL drummer Danny Carey told Launch he's...

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RITCHIE BLACKMORE On Renaissance Music, State Of Today's Music Industry

The MySpace Interview recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW, BLACKMORE'S NIGHT) and his fiancée/BLACKMORE'S NIGHT singer Candice Night. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Q: As a child, what did you aspire to be and when did you disc...

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THE ACACIA STRAIN Added To JOB FOR A COWBOY Tour

Massachusetts' THE ACACIA STRAIN, currently wrapping up dates with labelmates THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD and LIGHT THIS CITY as well as FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW, have officially been confirmed for the upcoming January/February tour alongside JOB FOR A COWBOY, PYSOPUS, SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY and DA...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Manager: 'I Believe In AXL ROSE'

Former GUNS N' ROSES manager Merck Mercuriadis has issued the following "open letter" to the group's fans: "Along with all of the other GUNS N' ROSES fans around the world I read 'An Open Letter To The Fans From Axl' this evening with much interest. About half way through it occurred to me that I .....

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DEAD TO FALL, TOO PURE TO DIE, AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK To Team Up For SLAYING THE MIDWEST Tour

DEAD TO FALL, TOO PURE TO DIE, AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK and NIGHTS LIKE THESE will team up for the "Slaying The Midwest Tour 2007" beginning in late January. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 19 - Rogers, MN @ Showcase Skatepark Jan. 20 - Milwaukee, WI @ Orchard Inn Jan. 21 - Chicago, IL ...

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1349, GOATWHORE: North American Tour Dates Announced

Norwegian black metallers 1349 will team up with GOATWHORE, NACHTMYSTIUM and AVERSE SEFIRA for a North American tour beginning late March. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Mar. 28 - The Muse - Nashville TN Mar. 29 - Jaxx - West Springfield VA Mar. 30 - The Loft - Poughkeepsie NY Mar. 31 - ...

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MINISTRY Mainman Comments On GRAMMY Nomination

MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen has commented on the band's Grammy nomination in the "Best Metal Performance" category for the song "Lies Lies Lies" off the band's latest album "Rio Grande Blood". This is the fourth Grammy nomination for Jourgensen and MINISTRY, who were also nominated in 1993, 2000...

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Ex-ANATHEMA Mastermind DUNCAN PATTERSON To Launch ÍON Project In Romania

According to Metalhead.ro, Duncan Patterson (ex-ANATHEMA, ANTIMATTER) will launch the debut album from his ÍON project on December 15 at Old School Club in Bucharest, Romania at an "Anathema Live Tribute" event. Produced by Metalhead and Absynthe Productions, the concert will also feature members fr...

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TOOL Not Tired Of Touring Yet

Launch Radio Networks reports: TOOL is currently in the midst of a two-month European tour and will also hit Australia and New Zealand in early 2007 before returning home for another North American trek, beginning in mid-March. Drummer Danny Carey told Launch that the band continues to enjoy playing...

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New MINISTRY Album Due In September 2007

REVOLTING COCKS guitarist Sin is currently collaborating with MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen on the final MINISTRY album, entitled "The Last Sucker". "It should be done by May 1st and released by mid-September 2007," Sin writes in an online posting. "So far it's BLAZING!" In a May 2006 interview wit...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY To Tour With PSYOPUS, SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY

The Arizona destructive metal quintet known as JOB FOR A COWBOY has just confirmed an upcoming tour with Metal Blade labelmates PSYOPUS and Ferret newcomers SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY. The tour kicks off on January 12 in Menomonee, WI and will end on February 18 in Arlington Heights, IL. Two more acts wil...

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BYZANTINE Prepares To Record New Album

West Virginia's forward-thinking metal band BYZANTINE will tentatively enter the studio December 8 to record the follow-up to 2005's "...And They Shall Take Up Serpents". They will then take a break from the recording process to support GOD FORBID for two weeks on a tour package also boasting GOATWH...

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TOOL Credits Grunge Scene For Band's Success

Launch Radio Networks reports: TOOL may be one of the most recognizable names on the rock scene today, but that wasn't always the case. The band began on the West Coast in the early '90s, but it took the success of Seattle's grunge scene to make TOOL the international success that it is today. Launc...