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IRON MAIDEN Bassist's Daughter To Perform At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

Lauren Harris (photos) — daughter of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris — has been confirmed to perform at this year's Download festival, joining headliners TOOL, METALLICA, and GUNS N' ROSES, plus dozens more. Lauren Harris recently spent time in Miami, Florida recording a solo album with Grammy-nomi...

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H.I.M. Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE Festival

Finnish goth metallers H.I.M. have been confirmed for this year's Roskilde Festival, set to take place June 29 – July 2 in Roskilde, Denmark. Also scheduled to appear are GUNS N' ROSES, TOOL, DEFTONES, OPETH, TRIVIUM, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, HATESPHERE, BURST and VOLBEAT, among others. More acts wi...

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EYES OF FIRE: 'It All Dies Today' Video Posted Online

Orange County ambient-metal quintet EYES OF FIRE's video for the track "It All Dies Today" — the first single off the group's sophomore disc, "Prisons" — has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). "I'm just glad there's not a whole lot of us in it," EYES OF FIRE frontman Dan Kaufman .....

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A PERFECT CIRCLE: 'Thirteenth Step' Certified Platinum

A PERFECT CIRCLE's sophomore album, "Thirteenth Step", was certified platinum on March 24, 2006 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in excess of one million copies. Released in September 2003, "Thirteenth Step" was described by MP3.com as "a moodier, tenser, and mor...

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DARK NEW DAY To Release Acoustic EP

DARK NEW DAY, the new band featuring Clint Lowery (ex-SEVENDUST) on guitar, Brett Hestla (ex-CREED, VIRGOS MERLOT) on vocals, Will Hunt (ex-SKRAPE, TOMMY LEE) on drums, Clint's brother Corey Lowery (ex-STEREOMUD, STUCK MOJO) on bass, and Troy McLawhorn (ex-DOUBLE DRIVE) on guitar, will release an ac...

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TOOL: U.S. Tour Dates Announced

TOOL will play a number of U.S. dates in May, including two concert dates in New York City, following their April 30 headlining performance at the Coachella festival in Indio, California. The Coachella performance will be the band's first live appearance in the U.S. since 2002. Confirmed dates are a...

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Hosannas From the Basements of Hell

Pick a band, any band, and if they incorporate any sort of tribal drone, ethereal wall-of-noise roar, mystical third-eye ravings or percussive punk-driven art house nihilism in their music, you can likely thank KILLING JOKE for the influence. The launching pad for a hundred metal, punk and new wave...

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TOOL: Unofficial 'Vicarious' Video Posted Online

An "unofficial" TOOL video (read: put together by a fan) for "Vicarious", the first single off their new album, "10,000 Days", has been posted online at YouTube.com. Clocking in at seven-minute-plus, "Vicarious" will begin arriving at rock radio stations on or around April 17. The band's fourth full...

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MASTODON: Cover Of METALLICA's 'Orion' Posted Online

MASTODON's cover of METALLICA's "Orion", which was recorded for the recently released Kerrang! magazine tribute to the METALLICA album "Master of Puppets", has been posted online at www.myspace.com/mastodon. Also available at the same location are pictures and videos from the recording sessions for...

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TRIVIUM, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE Festival

TRIVIUM and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have been confirmed for this year's Roskilde Festival, set to take place June 29 – July 2 in Roskilde, Denmark. Also scheduled to appear are GUNS N' ROSES, TOOL, DEFTONES, OPETH, HATESPHERE, BURST and VOLBEAT, among others. More acts will be announced soon. For mo...

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THE HAUNTED Guitarist: 'A Step Further Into A Dark, Twisted And Horrific Place'

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED are scheduled to enter Antfarm Studios in Aarhus, Denmark in May with producer Tue Madsen to begin recording their new album for a tentative late October release via Century Media Records. THE HAUNTED's Per Möller Jensen will record the drums at Puk Studios in Randers,...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: U.S. Club Tour Kick-Off Date Announced

ALICE IN CHAINS have confirmed that they will be playing a series of U.S. club dates starting on May 18. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. As previously reported, ALICE IN CHAINS have selected William DuVall to sing lead vocals with the group on their upcoming U.S. club tour and subsequ...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Promise 'A Few Surprises' On Upcoming Tour

ALICE IN CHAINS manager Susan Silver has confirmed to Launch Radio Networks that the band have selected William DuVall to sing lead vocals with the group on their upcoming European tour (as first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET yesterday),adding that there will also be "a few surprises." DuVall perfor...

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MASTODON Hope To Start Prog Revolution With 'Blood Mountain'

MTV.com is reporting that Atlanta-based metallers MASTODON are putting the finishing touches on their third album, "Blood Mountain", with Seattle-based producer Matt Bayles (ISIS, HORSE THE BAND). The CD will be mixed later in the month in New York by Rich Costey (AUDIOSLAVE, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE). A...

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SIKTH Finalize Track Listing For 'Death Of A Dead Day'; New Single Posted Online

London, U.K.-based SIKTH have finalized the track listing for their Bieler Bros. debut, "Death of a Dead Day", due on June 6. The CD was produced by members of SIKTH and was mixed by Matt LaPlant at Bieler Bros Studios in Pompano Beach, Florida. The first ten thousand copies of the album will contai...