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DIECAST To Embark On Headlining Tour, Shoot New Video

The Boston-based quintet DIECAST are set to embark on a headlining U.S. tour alongside THE HOODS and WINTER SOLSTICE immediately following their stint on the Heavyweights of Hardcore tour. The trek kicks off on Jan. 20 and runs through Feb. 10. The group's highly acclaimed new album, "Tearing Down Y...

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TRISTANIA Guitarist Talks About Comparisons To NIGHTWISH And EVANESCENCE

Norwegian Metal band TRISTANIA, fronted by Vibeke Stene, will release their fourth album, "Ashes", through SPV Records in January. Fresh off a highly successful European tour with THERION and TRAIL OF TEARS, the band will support NIGHTWISH across Europe in February. Guitarist and main composer Ander...

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Police: DIMEBAG Murder Investigation Mostly Wrapped Up

Police say they've mostly wrapped up the investigation of last week's fatal nightclub shooting and may never know the shooter's motive, according to The Associated Press. Columbus police Sergeant Brent Mull says the department's investigation of the shooting is essentially over except for required e...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Mainman Discusses Upcoming Album 'Alien'

Maniacal Canadian extremists STRAPPING YOUNG LAD have finalized the track listing for their highly anticipated new album, "Alien", now set for a March 22 release. The follow-up to the group's critically acclaimed 2003 release "SYL" was recorded at the Armoury and Greenhouse Studios (both in Vancouve...

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DARKTHRONE Refuse ALARM Award Nomination

Legendary Norwegian black metal band DARKTHRONE, nominated last Wednesday in the "Metal" category for the highly coveted Norwegian Alarm Awards, have now been removed from the list of nominees. DARKTHRONE, one of five candidates in the metal category for their album "Sardonic Wrath", communicated th...

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Funeral Services Set For DAMAGEPLAN's Bodyguard JEFFERY 'MAYHEM' THOMPSON

According to Jonesboro, Arkansas' KAIT-TV, funeral services are set for Thursday afternoon (Dec. 16) in Newport, AR for Region 8 native Jeffery Thompson, 40, who died December 8 at a nightclub shooting in Columbus, Ohio. The shooting, which also claimed the life of DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Dar...

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GOD FORBID: New Video To Debut On 'Headbanger's Ball'

GOD FORBID have just completed an extensive European tour with MACHINE HEAD and CALIBAN and will soon embark on the Stillborn Festival trek alongside such genre titans as HATEBREED, AGNOSTIC FRONT, CANDIRIA and FULL BLOWN CHAOS. The group's new video for their current album's title track, "Gone Fore...

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Conservative Web Site Says DIMEBAG 'Contributed To Culture Of Death' That Spawned His Killer

William Grim, Contributing Editor of the popular conservative web site The Iconoclast, has penned the following article with regards to the recent murder of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "You've undoubtedly heard by now that a demented fan last week killed heavy metal gui...

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DAMAGEPLAN's Bodyguard 'MAYHEM' Mourned

Jeff Mosier of The Dallas Morning News reports: As "Mayhem MacGregor," Jeff Thompson was a fictional Scottish protector of the king and queen each spring at the Scarborough Faire Renaissance festival. As just plain Mayhem, the 40-year-old Deep Ellum fixture was more recently the bodyguard for heavy...

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DIMEBAG's Murder: Witnesses Describe Grisly Details Of Gunman's Attack

John Futty, Evan Goodenow and Aaron Beck of The Columbus Dispatch have issued the following report: Shortly before DAMAGEPLAN took the stage at the Alrosa Villa, a man approached the band's bus behind the North Side nightclub. He wanted to know if lead guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and his brot...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE: 'Red, White & Crüe' Track Listing Revealed, More Tour Dates Announced

The raucous rulers of the sex-and-drugs-fueled nightlife on L.A.'s Sunset Strip have returned to their old stomping grounds. All four original members of MÖTLEY CRÜE, the glam-metal gods who've sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and who paved the way for other seminal rock acts, have reunite...

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RAUNCHY To Make Estonian Live Debut

Denmark's RAUNCHY have scheduled an appearance at the Hollywood Club in Tallinn, Estonia on January 29. "This will be our first time in Estonia and we will rock the house — BIG TIME," the band write on their web site. As previously reported, RAUNCHY are planning on entering the studio next summer to...

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JOE LYNN TURNER: 'The Usual Suspects' Track Listing Revealed

Frontiers Records has announced the details of the highly anticipated new studio album from Joe Lynn Turner (ex-RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE),entitled "The Usual Suspects". The album was produced by Bob Held and Joe Lynn Turner and will feature a host of well-known faces (hence the album title "The Usual S...

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KISS: Exclusive KISSWORLD Items Detailed

KISS' official web site has been updated with the following message regarding the first official KISS store, KissWorld, set to open in Melbourne, Australia in early 2005: "We are starting to add on more KISS collectibles exclusive to KissWorld and few rarer are Paul Stanley's actual played on stage...

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CALLISTO Sign With EARACHE RECORDS

Earache Records has announced the completion of a union with Finland's CALLISTO and Fullsteam Records (the home of such great bands as KOMA and FLOGGING MOLLY),in a deal which will see Earache issue the band's last album, "True Nature Unfolds", in all territories outside of the band's homeland. Hav...