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POWERMAN 5000 Launches 'Destroy What You Enjoy' YouTube Contest
"Destroy What You Enjoy" is not only the title to POWERMAN 5000's latest album, it's also the theme to their latest competition. The band wants you to direct and produce your own POWERMAN 5000 music video! All you have to do is submit the most entertaining home video and you can win a Schecter Omen-...September 8, 2006
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MINISTRY: Remaining Tour Dates Cancelled Due To 'Circumstances Beyond Our Control'
As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on August 24, MINISTRY has now officially confirmed the cancellation of its remaining tour dates due to "circumstances beyond our control," according to Undercover News. Countries affected include Australia, New Zealand, South America, Japan and "beyond." It has be...September 8, 2006
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EIGHTEEN VISIONS To Tour With HINDER
Epic recording artists EIGHTEEN VISIONS are hitting the road with HINDER for a barn-storming tour that kicks off October 18 in College Station, Texas. EIGHTEEN VISIONS started the year by touring with AVENGED SEVENFOLD and COHEED & CAMBRIA, then followed by tearing up the Warped Tour. Prior to t...September 5, 2006
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HATEBREED Fans Reign Supreme
HATEBREED treated its hometown fans to a signing of its new album, "Supremacy", at Exile On Main St in Hamden, Connecticut on Tuesday (August 29). This was a very special event because the bandmembers grew up shopping at this store themselves. Al, the owner, told stories about vocalist Jamey Jasta's...August 31, 2006
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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer AL ATKINS: Video Interview Posted Online
A nine-minute video interview with original JUDAS PRIEST frontman Al Atkins has been posted online at Guitarist TV (click on "G-TV Interviews"). As previously reported, Atkins recently released a new promotional DVD. Produced by Mpeguk Ltd, the set (released on DVD-R) includes music videos of three...August 28, 2006
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MINISTRY: Japanese, Australian Tour Dates Cancelled?
MINISTRY's previously announced tour dates in Japan and Australia — which were scheduled to take place in early October — have apparently been cancelled. It should be noted, however, that this information has not yet been officially confirmed by the band. No reason has yet been given for the cancell...August 24, 2006
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ANATHEMA: 'Security Alert' Forces Jordanian Concert Cancellation
ANATHEMA's previously announced August 25 concert at Amman Al Ahleyeh Areana in Jordan has been officially cancelled. "The band and promoter have received notification from the Jordanian security services (Mukhabarat) that there has been a security alert and they are not prepared to let the show go...August 23, 2006
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WITCHCRAFT: More U.S. Tour Dates Announced
Swedish doom/'70s-influenced heavy stoner rock kings WITCHCRAFT are returning to the United States this October and November. The band, who released "Firewood" last year on Candlelight Records, will be touring with DANAVA. The initial dates are as follows: Oct. 23 - Sunset Tavern - Seattle, WA Oct....August 23, 2006
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MINISTRY: Video Interview Available
Metal Hammer magazine recently hooked up with MINISTRY's Al Jourgensen and Mike Scaccia for a few glasses of "vino" before their London performance to talk about MINISTRY's "friends": writers, junkies, philosophers, occultists, psychedelic drug experimentalists and a whole host of other loonies. But...August 21, 2006
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EXPERIENCE HENDRIX Comments On Upcoming JIMI HENDRIX Auction
Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. has commented on the recent announcement by Ocean Tomo Auctions, LLC, a division of the Chicago-based intellectual capital merchant banc, Ocean Tomo, that it has been retained by the administrator of the estate of Michael Frank Jeffery to sell their rights, title and inter...August 19, 2006
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JORMUNGAND Calls It Quits
Erie, Pennsylvania-based black metal band JORMUNGAND has apparently split up following the departure of Imperial Lord Balaam (vocals),Fury (guitar) and Ihnnos. Commented Fury in a posting on the band's MySpace page (since deleted): "As it has always been said, all good things must come to an end. F...August 17, 2006
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ZOMBI To Tour With SUPERSYSTEM
Fresh on the heels of a wildly successful European tour with ISIS and acclaimed performance at the respected Supersonic Festival, Pittsburgh's sci-fi instrumental rock duo ZOMBI has announced North American fall tour plans with SUPERSYSTEM. ZOMBI will pair up with Touch and Go's SUPERSYSTEM (formerl...August 17, 2006
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EIGHT AND ONE HALF's AL JOURGENSEN-Produced Recordings To See Light Of Day
Criterion International is set to release a project by the band EIGHT AND ONE HALF, entitled "The Jourgensen Sessions", produced by MINISTRY's Al Jourgensen in 1983. This collection spans a tapestry of sounds, from funk-inspired dance grooves in the vein of ABC, to dark electro synths reminecent of...August 11, 2006
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AUDIOSLAVE And SYSTEM OF A DOWN Members Named In Anti-BUSH Ad
Launch Radio Networks reports: AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello and SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian are among the people listed in an anti-George W Bush petition, in a full-page newspaper ad that ran Thursday (August 3) in the New York Times. The full-page ad from the group World Can't Wait a...August 7, 2006
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MINISTRY: Australian Tour Dates Announced
Industrial metal pioneers MINISTRY have lined up the following dates in Australia: Oct. 08 - The Arena Ent. Complex – Brisbane, AUS Oct. 09 - The Big Top at Luna Park – Sydney, AUS Oct. 10 - The Palace Complex – Melbourne, AUS Oct. 12 - Metropolis Fremantle - Perth, AUS As previously reported, MINIS...August 3, 2006