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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: Split With ICED EARTH Is 'What I Needed'

Singer Tim "Ripper" Owens has released a statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding his surprising departure from ICED EARTH three months after the release of the group's latest album, "Framing Armageddon - Something Wicked Part I". ICED EARTH mainman/guitarist Jon Schaffer issued a press release last...

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DISTURBED Frontman Sells California Home For $2.5 Million

According to a posting on the Big Time Listings blog, DISTURBED frontman David Draiman has sold his castle-like house in Los Angeles’ Northridge area for $2,580,000. Draiman purchased the residence in late 2005 for $2,535,000 (just $45,000 less than he sold the house for, meaning he surely lost mone...

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HARDCORE SUPERSTAR: Spanish Dates Cancelled

Swedish sleaze rockers HARDCORE SUPERSTAR have issued the following update: "We're incredibly sorry to tell you all that our tour-bus broke on the way to Gijon (Spain) and as we seem to be followed by bad luck these days, the whole band got ill (especially Jocke [Berg, vocals]) because we sat in the...

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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman Checks In From the Road

ARCH ENEMY vocalist Angela Gossow has issued the following update: "Thanx to everyone for coming out to the Black Crusade tour and showing some love! The tour is going very well, despite all the bad luck and tragic news backstage — everybody is pulling through. All my love goes out to Phil [Demmel,...

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SHADOWS FALL Frontman BRIAN FAIR: 'You Don't Have To Kill In Order To Live'

Unmistakable with his trademark knee-length dreadlocks, SHADOWS FALL lead vocalist Brian Fair appears in a brand-new pro-vegetarian ad for peta2 — the world's largest youth animal rights organization. The tagline — a personal testimonial by Fair — reads, "I became a vegetarian many years ago after l...

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DAYSEND Parts Ways With Guitarist

Guitarist Michael Kordek has left the Sydney, Australia-based metal band DAYSEND. "The reason is that I have other musical and non-musical interests that I'd like to pursue and I feel that now is the time to take them on," he says in a statement. "I want to send the biggest and most brutal of thank...

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SCALD To Release 'Fluke' Mini-CD In December

Irish metal band SCALD will release its new mini-album, "Fluke", in December via the Belfast-based record label Midhir Records. According to a press release, the CD will be released in "a specially designed digi-folder with artwork by Unhinged Art, depicting the relationship between the actions of t...

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TAD: 'Busted Circuits And Ringing Ears' DVD Due In February

MVD has set a February 19, 2008 release date for the "Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears" DVD from Seattle "grunge" pioneers TAD. According to a press release, the disc contains archival footage spanning the band's entire career, from the club days to the arenas. The documentary also utilizes insightf...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Parts Ways With Singer, Guitarist

Minnesota-based vocalist Melissa Ferlaak and guitarist Wolfgang "Wops" Koch have officially left the Austrian symphonic metal band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS. Commented the group in a statement: "Yes, you read right, Melissa, as well as her boyfriend Wolfgang are not in VISIONS OF ATLANTIS anymore. We were...

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'Rock Of Love' Runner-Up HEATHER Touring With POISON Tribute Band

Former stripper Heather Chadwell didn't land the real Bret Michaels on VH1's "Rock of Love" but maybe she'll have better luck with a fake one. The chick who tatted Bret's name on her is going on tour with TALK DIRTY 2 ME, the self-described "the world's ultimate POISON tribute act." There will be a...

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PRIMORDIAL Frontman Clarifies His Stance On Illegal Music Downloading

Vocalist Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill of the of the Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL has issued the following update: "The [new PRIMORDIAL] album ['To the Nameless Dead'] is officially out this week and while the shipping figures from the label are excellent and more than the last one sold, it remai...

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THE AGONIST Drops Off ENSLAVED Tour

Vocalist Alissa White-Gluz of Montreal's THE AGONIST has issued the following update: "So, after desperately trying to make our way through a blizzard's Rocky Mountain terrain to get to our Oregon show and continue the ENSLAVED tour... we found ourselves stranded in a ditch, with the trailer upside...

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LEAVES' EYES Frontwoman Sharing Her Luck, Love, Fortune And Happiness

LEAVES' EYES frontwoman Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull has issued the following update: "It's already a week since we played our last show for this year in Krefeld, Germany, with BLIND GUARDIAN, and now we're back in the studio, composing songs for our third album. It was very, very nice to meet 'the G...

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DARKANE: Video Footage With New Singer Available

Guitarist Christofer Malmström of the Swedish thrashers DARKANE has issued the following update: "DARKANE played our debut show with Jens [Broman; CONSTRUCDEAD, THE DEFACED] on vocals last Saturday at the ProgPower Scandinavia festival in Copenhagen, Denmark. Jens enjoyed every second of the show, a...

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DISTURBED Singer: 'We've Been Able To Deliver What People Expect From Us'

In a brand new interview with LiveDaily.com, DISTURBED frontman David Draiman explained he is at a loss as to why his band has weathered the music industry storm and remained a viable act. But he has a few ideas. "I think we're fortunate enough that we've been able to deliver what people expect ...