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Upstate New York's TMT METAL FESTIVAL: More Bands Announced

More bands have been confirmed for the TMT Metal Festival, set to take place July 18-20 at the Skyview Drag Strip in Tioga Center, upstate New York. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: FORBIDDEN FLOTSAM AND JETSAM RAVEN NEIL TURBIN & THE DEATHRIDERS ATTACKER HELSTAR HATRED "METAL"...

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FORBIDDEN Added To New York's TMT METAL FESTIVAL

Reunited San Francisco Bay Area metallers FORBIDDEN have been added to the TMT Metal Festival, set to take place July 18-20 at the Skyview Drag Strip in Tioga Center, upstate New York. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: FORBIDDEN FLOTSAM and JETSAM RAVEN HELSTAR CHRIS CAFFERY ATTACKER DE...

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MINISTRY Guitarist Schedules NAMM Signing Sessions

MINISTRY/REVOLTING COCKS guitarist Sin Quirin will take part in several signing sessions during this year's NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants),which runs from January 17 to January 20 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The details are as follows: Jan. 18 - TonePros...

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MOB RESEARCH Putting Finishing Touches On Debut Album

The surviving members of MOB RESEARCH — the collaboration between WARRIOR SOUL frontman Kory Clarke and late MINISTRY/KILLING JOKE bassist Paul Raven — are completing the vocals for the remaining four tracks on the group's debut album, "Holy City Zoo", for a tentative spring 2008 release. According...

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BLACK SABBATH, SLAYER, DIAMOND HEAD, IRON MAIDEN Among Top Albums For Riffs

Leading Japanese rock magazine Burrn! has published an article titled "Think About The Riffs" in which it cites DIAMOND HEAD's "Lightning To The Nations" album as the third greatest album for riffs following BLACK SABBATH's "Master Of Reality" and SLAYER's "Reign In Blood". The article goes on to sa...

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SCARS Announces New Album Title

Brazilian thrashers SCARS have set "Devilgod Alliance" as the title of their new album, tentatively due next spring. The CD will contain 11 tracks and will be recorded in January. According to the group, the album's lyrical concept will be based on ageless literature masterpieces that portray evil a...

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MINISTRY Mainman's Christmas Poem

MINISTRY mainman Al "Alien" Jourgensen has penned a special Christmas poem entitled "T'was The Night Before Impeachment". It goes like this: T'was 2007 and all through the year Not a creature was buying this climate of fear The stockings were hung in a foreclosure scare In hopes that the Banks would...

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Forever In Leather

Old-school metal bands don't get much more authentic than Cleveland, Ohio working-class bruisers DESTRUCTOR. After a well-received 1985 debut, the band signed to Island Records and was hard at work on their major-label debut when their longtime friend and bassist was murdered. The stunned group went...

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CELTIC FROST's MARTIN AIN Describes Incident With Former Session Guitarist

The Norwegian edition of MTV's "Headbanger's Ball" has posted a short video clip of Martin Ain and Franco Sesa of CELTIC FROST talking about one little incident they had in the U.S. with their previous session guitarist, namely Norway's own Anders Odden. Odden formed the legendary Norwegian death me...

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MINISTRY: Four Dates Added To 'C U LaTouR'

MINISTRY has added four more dates to the North American leg of its "C U LaTouR". The trek — which also features special guests MESHUGGAH and opening act HEMLOCK — will now kick off on March 26 in Calgary, Alberta, and then play Vancouver (which is just about sold out) on March 28 as previously ...

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ANGER AS ART Confirmed For Holland's DOKK'EM Festival

ANGER AS ART, the Los Angeles-based thrash metal band featuring Steve Gaines (ABATTOIR, BLOODLUST, PAGAN WAR MACHINE, DREAMS OF DAMNATION),has been confirmed for the Dokk'em open-air festival, set to take place August 9, 2008 near Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Also appearing on the bill are DIAMOND HEAD...

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RAVEN: Footage From MARIO'S METAL MEETING Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of the legendary British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN performing at the first edition of Mario's Metal Meeting on November 11, 2007 at 013 in Tilburg, the Netherlands can be viewed below. RAVEN is putting the finishing touches on its new album, "Walk through Fire", at Ass...

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RAVEN Plays 'Blinder' At UK's HARD ROCK HELL

RAVEN bassist/vocalist John Gallagher has issued the following update: "Recovering from the lunacy of the last week — no sleep 'til bedtime!!! And bedtime never freekin shows up! "The Hard Rock Hell gig [in the UK] was excellent — a great set-up at a holiday camp at Minehead in South West England —...

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MINISTRY: New Audio Interview With AL JOURGENSEN Available

MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen was recently interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Download the 11-minute interview in MP3 format at this location (4 MB). On the heels of itws final studio release, "The Last Sucker", released September 18, 2007, MINISTRY h...

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MINISTRY, MESHUGGAH, HEMLOCK: Complete Tour Details Revealed

On the heels of their final studio release, "The Last Sucker", released September 18, 2007, MINISTRY has announced their final world tour, "C U LaTouR", with special guests MESHUGGAH and opening act HEMLOCK. MINISTRY kicks off the North American leg of "C U LaTouR" in Vancouver on March 28, 2008, st...