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SENTENCED Added To Finland's TUSKA METAL FESTIVAL
SENTENCED have replaced OPETH at this year's edition of Finland's Tuska festival, set to take place July 11-13 in the Kaisaniemi park in the center of Helsinki. As previously reported, OPETH were forced to cancel their appearance at Tuska due to "logistical and financial" difficulties connected with...July 5, 2003
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Former SAVATAGE Singer To Release CIRCLE II CIRCLE Debut In The U.S.
Returning to the realm of majestic heavy music after a three-year hiatus, former SAVATAGE vocalist and Tampa native Zak Stevens is prepared to unleash the debut album, "Watching In Silence", of his new band CIRCLE II CIRCLE through AFM Records (distributed in North America through The End Records) o...July 3, 2003
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OPETH Recruit SPIRITUAL BEGGARS Keyboardist For Upcoming Tour
OPETH have recruited SPIRITUAL BEGGARS Hammond organ/keyboard "legend" Per Wiberg to handle the keyboard duties during their upcoming U.S. tour with PORCUPINE TREE. The gigs, which will not feature any of the heavier material that OPETH is most famous for, will focus primarily on the band's "more me...June 6, 2003
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OPETH Confirm North American Tour With PORCUPINE TREE
Sweden's OPETH have confirmed the dates for their upcoming "Damnation" Tour 2003 with PORCUPINE TREE. The details are as follows Jul. 15 – Toronto, ONT - Opera House Jul. 16 – Montreal, QUE - Medley Jul. 17 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza Jul. 18 – Boston. MA - Berkeley Performance Centre Jul. 19 ...May 29, 2003
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PANZERCHRIST In The Studio
Danish death metallers PANZERCHRIST have just entered the Antfarm Studio (EXMORTEM, MNEMIC, RAUNCHY) with producer Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, KONKHRA) to record the follow-up album to 2000's "Soul Collector", titled "Room Service". "Room Service" will contain 11 songs, including a "blasting" version o...May 21, 2003
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OPETH To Team Up With PORCUPINE TREE For North American Tour
OPETH will be teaming up with PORCUPINE TREE for a co-headlining North American tour beginning in early July. According to PORCUPINE TREE's official web site, "OPETH have recently been touring North America extensively to promote their 2002 album 'Deliverance', but on their tour with [PORCUPINE TREE...May 16, 2003
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Accelerated Evolution
Devin Townsend and "writer's block" are two things that have about as much chance as coming together in this lifetime as George Bush hugging a tree. In his world, if he's not working on or releasing an album, then he probably pops a thermometer in his mouth to check if he's coming down with somethin...April 27, 2003
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Office Of Strategic Influence
Controversy isn't something readily associated with something as mathematical and calculated as a progressive rock supergroup. But controversial this album is — and not for the first reason that springs to mind. That group/album title, you see, eludes to a proposed covert US information agency dream...April 5, 2003
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MISFITS, THE DAMNED, THE DICKIES To Team Up For U.S. Tour
MISFITS, THE DAMNED, THE DICKIES, AGNOSTIC FRONT, BALZAC and D.I. will team up for a month-long U.S. tour, dubbed Misfits Fiend Fest, beginning on July 24. Exact dates and venues will be announced soon. The event will be headlined by the MISFITS all-star lineup of founding member Jerry Only, with sp...April 3, 2003
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OPETH Mainman To Collaborate With PORCUPINE TREE Singer
OPETH mastermind Mikael Akerfeldt and PORCUPINE TREE frontman Steven Wilson will reportedly collaborate on a LINDA PERHACS cover for a tribute CD to the early '70s U.S. singer/songwriter, due later in the year. OPETH's new album, "Damnation", will be released in a limited-edition digipak version (ar...March 24, 2003
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HATE ETERNAL Involved In Van Accident
HATE ETERNAL were involved in a van accident Saturday (March 8) afternoon in Wisconsin en route to a show on their headlining tour with DYING FETUS, KATAKLYSM, and INTO ETERNITY. HATE ETERNAL's van slid on a patch of black ice on the highway and hit a tree, causing their trailer to swing around and...March 12, 2003
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JOHN SYKES Signs U.S. Distribution Deal
Legendary English guitar superstar John Sykes (TYGERS OF PAN TANG, THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE, BLUE MURDER, SYKES) has signed a deal with Burnside Distribution Corporation in order to make his solo releases more readily available in the U.S. As part of the agreement, John's four solo albums — "Out Of My...March 6, 2003
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NIKKI SIXX Talks About 'The Heroin Diaries', MÖTLEY CRÜE Reunion
MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist and songwriter Nikki Sixx recently spoke to MTV.com about his soon-to-be-published book of journal entries, dubbed "The Heroin Diaries", which he expects to have out by Christmas. "It starts on Christmas morning 1986 with me sitting in front of a Christmas tree alone, shooting up...March 5, 2003
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UPDATED: GREAT WHITE Pyro Ignites Fire At Rhode Island Club, At Least 86 People Reported Dead
A fire ignited by a pyrotechnic display at a GREAT WHITE concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island late Thursday resulted in dozens of deaths. Fire officials said they found at least 86 bodies inside the remains of the club near the front door. Officials said many of the victims perished after they fran...February 21, 2003
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JASON NEWSTED: New VOIVOD CD Is 'First Time I Get To Decide What People Hear From Me'
Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted claims that he has no idea who his replacement in the group will be and he insists that he is no longer interested in returning to the band despite his previous statements to the contrary. "I really am happy with [my new band] VOIVOD at this point," Newsted tol...February 10, 2003
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