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LACUNA COIL: Italian Video Tour Diary Available

An Italian video tour diary featuring LACUNA COIL and NODE, filmed during the two bands' recent European dates, has been posted online at this location. As previously reported, LACUNA COIL has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2...

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IN FLAMES To Utilize Two Session Guitarists On North American Tour

Sweden's IN FLAMES is preparing to launch a North American headlining tour in support of its critically acclaimed album "Come Clarity". Support on the trek, which will launch on December 5, will come from LACUNA COIL, THE SWORD and SEEMLESS. As the Swedish metal titans prepare to depart Europe for t...

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KYLESA To Support THE SWORD On Regional Dates

Fresh off supporting CONVERGE, SOME GIRLS and MODERN LIFE IS WAR, Savannah's sludge rockers KYLESA have confirmed a handful of regional tour dates alongside THE SWORD, as well as confirming an appearance at Daytona Beach's "This Is Your Fest 2006" alongside a host of other bands. The band is continu...

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LACUNA COIL: Video Of DOWNLOAD Festival Performance Available

Video footage of LACUNA COIL's performance on the main stage of the U.K.'s Download festival, which took place in June 2006, has been posted online at the Download festival web site. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Tight Rope 02. Fragile 03. To The Edge 04. Fragments Of Faith 05. Swamped 06....

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TRIVIUM Frontman: First U.S. Headlining Tour Was 'Incredible'

TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Finally home in Chicago for a little break before we head to Finland this Friday. We have just a little time off before we get back at it. "Well, I gotta say man, at first we were very nervous about ...

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LACUNA COIL: New Video Interview With CRISTIANO MIGLIORE Available

A five-minute video interview with LACUNA COIL guitarist Cristiano Migliore, conducted late October by the Finnish magazine Katso during the band's visit to Helsinki, has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). As previously reported, LACUNA COIL will make its triumphant return to the U...

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SOLEFALD: New Music Posted Online

Norwegian musician Cornelius Jakhelln (SOLEFALD, STURMGEIST) has issued the following update: "It is a pleasure to write you on the eve of Borat's great movie film premiere — I for sure will not miss out on that one. I am now back in Berlin, where I try to recuperate after a long and sunny Norwegian...

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LACUNA COIL Announces Complete Fall U.S. Tour Itinerary

Italy's LACUNA COIL will make its triumphant return to the U.S. on November 17 as part of the annual Blackest of the Black tour alongside the legendary DANZIG, Century Media labelmates THE HAUNTED, BELPHEGOR and ASESINO. Following this two-week trek are two headlining dates in Mexico, which lead the...

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ALICE COOPER's Sword Has Been Found

ALICE COOPER's sword — which he lost during a show in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, on Friday — has been found. According to WFMZ-TV, a Monroe County man and his 12-year-old daughter called the station to say that they have the sword and want to give it back. Cooper lost the sword when "it got caught .....

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RUFFIANS: 'Desert Of Tears' U.S. Release Date Announced

OSM Records has announced that it will release RUFFIANS's brand new studio album, titled "Desert of Tears", on December 6, 2006. This 11-track album is said to be "pure classic power metal at its finest" and as a bonus it will include the video track "Do or Die". "Desert of Tears" is currently recei...

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Triumph or Agony

If you were among those disappointed by BLIND GUARDIAN's streamlining of their sound this year, your luxury liner has come in. RHAPSODY OF FIRE have, if anything, gone even further off the deep end into operatic, cinematic, utterly bombastic and gaudy symphonic metal. Choirs swell, drums thunder, st...

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ALICE COOPER Loses Stage Sword In Audience, Offers Reward For Its Return

The following message has been posted at ALICE COOPER's official web site: "Alice did a show last night [Friday, Oct. 20] at Penn's Peak in Pennsylvania. Great show, great audience. During the concert, Alice was doing his thing with one of his swords and it got caught up in the dancer's whip and it...

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SLAYER Kicks Off European 'Unholy Alliance' Tour: Photos, Setlist Available

The European leg of SLAYER's "Unholy Alliance Tour: Preaching to the Perverted" kicked off last night (Friday, October 20) in Den Bosch, Holland. The core lineup of the European "Unholy Alliance Tour" consists of SLAYER, IN FLAMES, CHILDREN OF BODOM, LAMB OF GOD, and THINE EYES BLEED, and is schedul...

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TRIVIUM: More 'The Crusade' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

Florida-based metallers TRIVIUM have entered the national album charts in the following countries with their new album, "The Crusade": Australia: #14 Austria: #44 Canada: #23 Germany: #23 Ireland: #12 Italy: #86 Japan: #46 Norway: #61 Sweden: #41 Switzerland: #92 The Netherlands: #64 U.K.: #7 U.S.:...

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PAUL STANLEY On New Solo CD: 'The Last Thing I Wanted To Do Was Try To Re-Create The Past'

New Times recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley about his upcoming solo album, "Live to Win". A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the long wait between solo albums: "I've always wanted to do this. But the problem is that some of the other people in the band wa...