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MASSACRE 'Reunion' Tour Planned For October?

DENIAL FIEND "vokillist" Kam Lee (ex-MASSACRE, DEATH) has issued the following update: "Thanx to Sam Williams of DENIAL FIEND really busting his ass and working out some killer deal... I may be able to finally get a passport. So what looked like a dead end [on Wednesday, April 11] may turn around an...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Says BLABBERMOUTH.NET Detractors Are 'Making Fools Of Themselves'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "I get off the bus in Portland, Oregon. Rain and kind of a grey day. We all have a fucking cold, sniffling and coughing. I get a massage from one of my friends, I feel like I'd be lost ...

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NASTY IDOLS Returning To U.K. For First Time Since 1993

Legendary Swedish sleaze-glam band NASTY IDOLS has officially confirmed its first U.K. tour in nearly 14 years. Having just finished a brief tour of Italy on the heels of last year's triumphant performance at the Sweden Rock Festival in support of its "best-of" collection "Swedish Sleaze Collection"...

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DENIAL FIEND Frontman KAM LEE Unable To Tour Outside U.S.

DENIAL FIEND's previously announced European dates with VITAL REMAINS and BLOODY SIGN are in jeopardy after "vokillist" Kam Lee's (ex-MASSACRE, DEATH) passport application was apparently denied (no pun intended),making it impossible for him to tour outside the U.S. More information will be made ava...

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The 4Q Mangrenade

There is plenty of good news to go around in the Osmose, Crimes Against Humanity, and DRILLER KILLER camps. Perhaps the best news is that Osmose has licensed the DRILLER KILLER catalogue ("Fuck the World", "Reality Bites", "Cold, Cheap, and Disconnected", etc) to Wisconsin's Crimes Against Humanity...

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GORGOROTH Guitarist Launches FORCES OF SATAN RECORDS

Guitarist Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) of the Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH has started his own record label, Forces of Satan Records. According to a posting on the band's web site, the goal of the label is "to be an independent media company/record label with a clear-cut Satanic profile...

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DENIAL FIEND To Break Out MASSACRE Classics On European Tour

DENIAL FIEND, the Tampa, Florida-based band featuring Terry Butler (SIX FEET UNDER, ex-MASSACRE, DEATH),Kam Lee (ex-MASSACRE, DEATH),Curt Beeson (NASTY SAVAGE, LOWBROW) and Sam Williams (DOWN BY LAW, PSEUDO HEROES),will embark on a European tour mid-May with VITAL REMAINS and labelmates BLOODY SI...

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SONATA ARCTICA Frontman Discusses New Album, Possibility Of Solo CD

Clare B. of the Canada-based metal webzine Sacred Embrace recently conducted an interview with SONATA ARCTICA vocalist Tony Kakko. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Sacred Embrace: Have there been any responses yet to the [new SONATA ARCTICA] album ["Unia"]? Tony Kakko: I haven't seen any r...

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Finnish Heavy Metal Singer Wins 'Idols' Competition After Performing SCORPIONS, SONATA ARCTICA

22-year-old Finnish heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen was crowned the winner of the the national TV talent show "Idols" Friday night (April 6) after singing four songs — including SCORPIONS' "Still Loving You", SOUNDGARDEN's "Black Hole Sun" and SONATA ARCTICA's "Full Moon" — during the competition's...

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GORGOROTH To Film New Video Next Week

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH will film a video next week for an as-yet-undisclosed track from their latest album, "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam". "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam" was released last year via Sweden's Regain Records. The band was previously signed to Nuclear Blast Records, who relea...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Is Looking Forward To Playing Australia With GUNS N' ROSES

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has issued the following update: "Well, it's official: life is incredible! I told the audience from the stage last year that we would be back in Australia with GUNS N' ROSES, and I hate to say 'I told you so,' but.... I told you so!!! Right on! To say ...

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GORGOROTH Confirmed For Norway's HAMMERSLAG FESTIVAL

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have been confirmed for the Hammerslag Festival, set to take place July 20 at Støperiet in Tønsberg, Norway. For more information, visit www.hammerslagfestival.net. As previously reported, GORGOROTH guitarist Infernus was recently released on parole after serving...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' Advances To Show's Final

Video footage of 22-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen performing two Finnish metal/hard rock classics on the national TV talent show "Idols" last night (Thursday, March 29) has been posted online on YouTube: * "Sielut Iskee Tulta" (originally by KILPI): video * "You Break My Heart" (originall...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Is Going For U.S. Gold

Scott Iwasaki of the Deseret Morning News recently conducted an interview with BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE frontman Matthew Tuck. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On their reason for getting the band together: "We played together since we were boys and through our teens, and now we're adults....

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GOJIRA Frontman Talks About Current Tour, North American Success

Pure Grain Audio has posted a video interview with French extreme metallers GOJIRA from the band's recent stop in Guelph, Ontario in Canada while on tour with LAMB OF GOD, TRIVIUM and MACHINE HEAD. The interview is in-depth, covering several subjects including the group's beginnings, touring North A...