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PROJEKT REVOLUTION Bands Promise Pyro, All The Hits

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports that the headliners of this year's Projekt Revolution tour are anticipating a particularly hard-rocking run when they hit the road July 25 in Auburn, Wash. "We're all rock bands; we want to put on cool light shows and blow sh*t up and have as much going on visuall...

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AKERCOCKE To Film 10-Year-Anniversary Concert For Live DVD/CD

Controversial U.K. dark art practitioners AKERCOCKE have announced a special show at the Underworld in London on August 4. This will be the band's much-discussed and previously postponed 10-year-anniversary concert. Commented the group: "We've decided finally to go ahead and mark the 10th year of th...

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MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Guitarist Says ALICE COOPER Was The Originator, Not MARILYN MANSON

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE guitarist Frank Iero has responded to claims by Marilyn Manson that the New Jersey emo titans are mere copycats. Manson previously blasted MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, saying he was embarrassed because "these people are doing a really sad, pitiful, shallow version of what I've done." Spe...

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GENE SIMMONS To Attend Iowa Corn Indy 250 IndyCar Series Race

According to DesMoinesRegister.com, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons will attend Sunday's Iowa Corn Indy 250 IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway in Newton, said the track's director of media relations, Mike Beecher. Simmons, the star of "Gene Simmons Family Jewels", a reality TV show on A&E,...

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LINKIN PARK: 'Minutes To Midnight' Certified Platinum

Further solidifying its place as one the world's leading rock acts, LINKIN PARK's third studio release, "Minutes to Midnight", has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales exceeding 1 million copies in the U.S. in just 4 weeks. "Minutes to Midnight" debuted...

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Report: Metal Fans Streamed To DOWNLOAD Festival Site

John Hayward of Billboard.biz reports: The metal/rock Download festival held at Donington Park in England June 8-10 generated almost a million unique visitors to its dedicated Web site, promoter Live Nation U.K. announced today (June 20). The event, headlined by MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE (Reprise),LINKIN...

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DIMMU BORGIR Frontman Discusses Band's Future Plans

Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with DIMMU BORGIR vocalist Shagrath. A couple of excerpts follow: Metal-Rules.com: What will happen for DIMMU BORGIR in 2008 touring-wise? What kind of plans have you already set for 2008 as far as touring is concerned? Shagrath: First of all, we are g...

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LINKIN PARK Singer Puts Solo Plans On Hold

Launch Radio Networks reports: LINKIN PARK vocalist Chester Bennington has put his solo plans aside for the moment to focus on his main band. Reports that Bennington was working on an album of his own first surfaced nearly two years ago, with the singer later telling MTV.com that he had up to three...

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ELVENKING Featured On Italian TV

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING will be featured tonight (June 18) at 9:00 p.m. (Italian time) on "Get Rocked!", a TV program which airs on Italian 3 channel. Aydan (guitar) and Zender (drums) will be interviewed. The show will also include discussion about the Midsummer Festival that will t...

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BLOOD STAIN CHILD: New Song Posted Online

Japan's BLOOD STAIN CHILD has posted a new song, entitled "Exotic 6 Coordinator", on its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's forthcoming album, "Mozaiq", due in Japan on July 18 and in Europe on July 20. A North American release date has not yet been announced. The was produced by BLOOD .....

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Discusses New U.D.O. Album 'Mastercutor'

Mark Carras of RockMyMonkey.com recently conducted an interview with former ACCEPT vocalist Udo Dirkschneider. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: You have a video for the song "Wrong Side of Midnight". Who thought of the concept for that? Udo Dirkschneider: There was a young...

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AKERCOCKE: 'Axiom' Video Posted Online

AKERCOCKE's music video for the song "Axiom" can now be found on YouTube. The clip was directed by Erica Herbert of HSI London (NIRVANA, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE). Her surrealist vision is the perfect compliment to AKERCOCKE's brutally beautiful sound. Deemed "a unique and beautiful visual outing" by fro...

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Former STATIC-X Guitarist Out On Parole

According to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections, former STATIC-X and DOPE guitarist Tripp Eisen was paroled from the Mid-State Correctional Facility and was released from custody on April 17, 2007 after serving time for allegedly meeting and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old gi...

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Fans Injured In Accident At Italian Rock/Metal Festival; Photos Available

NME.COM reports that several audience members have been hurt at the Heineken Jammin' Festival in Italy today (June 15) after a lighting and sound system collapsed. According to early reports from the site, following strong winds and heavy rain, the ground under the delay towers on site, which suppor...

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LINKIN PARK Frontman To Guest On KROQ Tomorrow

LINKIN PARK frontman Chester Bennington will call into the "Kevin & Bean" show on the Los Angeles radio station KROQ at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow (Friday, June 15). Tune in to KROQ 106.7 FM or listen live at www.kroq.com. LINKIN PARK will headline its fourth Projekt Revolution tour, beginning on July 2...