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FU MANCHU Announces First Leg Of 'We Must Obey' Tour

On February 28, California rock powerhouse FU MANCHU will commence their first North American tour in nearly two years, a six-week headlining trek. This will kick off the world tour in support of their new album "We Must Obey" (street date: February 20),praised by Decibel magazine as the band's "be...

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IRON MAIDEN To Play U.K.'s Donington Park In June?

According to Last.fm, IRON MAIDEN has booked the U.K.'s Donington Park for June 6, 2007 — two days before the Download festival kicks off. This would, of course, fit with the rumors lately about MAIDEN going on a festival tour next summer, and the fact that MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson has been a...

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TOOL Gearing Up For BIG DAY OUT

Launch Radio Networks reports: TOOL just finished up this year's touring schedule with a two-month run through Europe, and the band's first stops in 2007 are Australia and New Zealand. The quartet is headlining the annual Big Day Out festival down under, and TOOL drummer Danny Carey told Launch he's...

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WOLFMOTHER Is 'Honored' To Be Nominated For 'Hard Rock' GRAMMY

WOLFMOTHER spoke to The West Australian about the band's nomination in the "Best Hard Rock Performance" category at the Grammy Awards, which will be held in Los Angeles in February. "I think that means we are going to go to the circus of the Grammys which will be interesting," drummer Myles Heskett...

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SONIC REIGN Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of SONIC REIGN. According to a press release, SONIC REIGN is one of the best black metal bands ever to come out of Germany and will take the metal world by storm with their upcoming album "Raw Dark Pure". "SONIC REIGN is exactly the band we were looking...

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CLUTCH: European Tour Dates Announced

CLUTCH has announced the following European tour dates in April: Apr. 03 - Sugar Mill - Stoke, UK Apr. 04 - Academy 3+2 - Manchester, UK Apr. 05 - King Tut's - Glasgow, UK Apr. 06 - Barfly - Birmingham, UK Apr. 07 - Zodiac - Oxford, UK Apr. 08 - Mean Fiddler - London, ...

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TOOL's ADAM JONES Recognized For Album Artwork

Launch Radio Networks reports: TOOL guitarist Adam Jones received his first solo Grammy nomination last Thursday (December 7) for "Best Recording Package", thanks to his work as art director for the band's latest album, "10,000 Days". The spectacular packaging includes 3-D artwork and photos, along...

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Full Circle

On the surface, Michigan working-class heroes CHROME HELMET (named after a song by Detroit's BIG CHIEF, whose artist Mark Dancey supplies the cover here) seem like any other bunch of earnest lunkheads bashing out their quasi-original tunes in a shitty bar after a long week at their respective jobs....

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MINISTRY Mainman Comments On GRAMMY Nomination

MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen has commented on the band's Grammy nomination in the "Best Metal Performance" category for the song "Lies Lies Lies" off the band's latest album "Rio Grande Blood". This is the fourth Grammy nomination for Jourgensen and MINISTRY, who were also nominated in 1993, 2000...

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LAMB OF GOD Drummer Comments On GRAMMY Nomination

LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler has commented on the band's Grammy nomination in the "Best Metal Performance" category for "Redneck", the scorching first single from their acclaimed album "Sacrament". Said Adler: "Grammy nomination? Is someone still trying to make up for that whole JETHRO TULL thing...

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SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, STONE SOUR Among GRAMMY Nominees

SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, STONE SOUR and MASTODON are among the nominees for the 49th annual Grammy Awards, set to be broadcast live on CBS from Los Angeles' Staples Center on Sunday, February 11, 2007. The nominees in the "Hard Rock" and "Metal" categories are as follows: Best Metal Performance: LAMB OF...

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MOTÖRHEAD Guitarist Performs With TOOL In Germany

MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell joined TOOL on stage for the song "Sober" during the latter band's headlining performance Monday night (Dec. 4) at the Arena in Leipzig, Germany. Campbell reportedly made a similar appearance at TOOL's gig in Cardiff, U.K. on November 30. It is not presently known i...

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MASTODON: Video Update From The Road Available

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have posted the first in a series of video updates from the band's European tour with TOOL. Watch it at this location. As previously reported, MASTODON will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Saturday, December 16 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Mu...

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MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN: For The Most Part, I Have No Idea Who TOOL Fans Are

Aaron Burgess of The Onion's The A.V. Club recently conducted an interview with TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan. A few excerpts from the chat follow: The A.V. Club: The last press campaign you did focused as much on your political views as on the music. Given how outspoken you are, why don't you...

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TOOL Finds 'Pot' Of Gold With Latest Single

Launch Radio Networks reports: TOOL keeps scoring rock radio hits despite being notorious for writing long, complex songs that aren't exactly radio-friendly. Drummer Danny Carey told Launch that the group had an inkling its latest chart-topping track, "The Pot", could get a lot of airplay. "It's obv...