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OVERKILL Announce First Dates In Support Of 'Killbox 13'

New Jersey thrash metal legends OVERKILL have lined up a handful of regional dates following performances at several esteemed European festivals this month. OVERKILL are supporting their latest album, "Killbox 13", the 13th studio effort from the longstanding band. These shows will be among the firs...
July 1, 2003
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RESPONSE NEGATIVE: New Concert Date Announced

RESPONSE NEGATIVE, the new Florida-based death/thrash metal band featuring former OVERKILL/GRIP INC. guitarist Bobby Gustafson, will be performing live at The Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale on Sunday, June 29. Also set to appear on the bill are SAQ, CHI PROJECT, and INHUMANE. For more information on...
June 22, 2003
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MACHINE HEAD: Cover Songs To Be Posted Online

MACHINE HEAD have finished recording the three cover songs recently selected in the cover-song contest posted at the group's official web site, www.machinehead1.com. As previously reported, the members of the group's official forum were asked to list three songs that they would like to hear MACHINE...
June 15, 2003
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Vocalist JOE COMEAU Confirms Departure From ANNIHILATOR

Vocalist Joe Comeau (ex-OVERKILL, LIEGE LORD) has issued a statement confirming his departure from ANNIHILATOR. Comeau's press release reads as follows: "Hello friends, "As you are probably now aware, I am no longer working with ANNIHILATOR. I would first like to thank all my friends and supporters...
June 11, 2003
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REBELLION Pull Out Of OVERKILL Tour

Germany's REBELLION, featuring former GRAVE DIGGER members Uwe Lulis (guitar) and Tommi Goettlich (bass),have pulled out of their previously announced European tour with OVERKILL due to "organizational problems." The group, who released their second album, "Born a Rebel" (Drakkar Records/BMG) in Ap...
June 6, 2003
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1349 Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival

Norwegian black metallers 1349, featuring SATYRICON drummer Frost, are the latest act to have been confirmed for Germany's With Full Force 2003 festival, which is set to take place July 4-6 at airport Roitzschjora, Löbnitz near Leipzig. The complete list of artists currently scheduled to appear at t...
June 4, 2003
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MACHINE HEAD To Produce Themselves On Upcoming CD

Despite published reports suggesting that MACHINE HEAD would work with British producer Russ Russell on their new, as-yet-untitled album, the band are believed to be contemplating tackling the production duties themselves when they begin recording in the San Francisco Bay Area later this month. The...
June 3, 2003
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Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD Festival: Complete Schedule Announced

The complete schedule for this year's installment of Bang Your Head festival, set to take place Jun. 27-28 in Balingen, Germany, has been announced. It is as follows: Friday, June 27 DESTRUCTOR (opener) BITCH ROBROCK AMON AMARTH AXXIS T.N.T. ANNIHILATOR DOKKEN SODOM HAMMERFALL DIO (headliner) Saturd...
June 2, 2003
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OVERKILL To Play At Holland's DYNAMO ROADSHOW

OVERKILL will play their only Dutch club date of the summer on July 3 at the Dynamo Roadshow in cafe Altstadt in Eindhoven, Holland. Support at the show will come from Germany's REBELLION, featuring former GRAVE DIGGER members Uwe Lulis and Tommi Goettlich. For more information, go to www.dynamoroad...
June 1, 2003
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ANNIHILATOR Part Ways With Singer, Announce Replacement

Veteran Canadian thrashers ANNIHILATOR have parted ways with vocalist Joe Comeau (ex-OVERKILL, LIEGE LORD) and have replaced him with Vancouver-based newcomer Dave Padden. Says ANNHILATOR mainman Jeff Waters: "Joe and I had a difference of opinion on an issue (not of a musical nature) that just coul...
May 21, 2003
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SLAYER Confirmed For Spain's METAL MANIA FESTIVAL

SLAYER are the latest act confirmed to perform at Metal Mania Festival, a three-day event set to take place July 11-13 at Auditorio Municipal de Villarobledo in Albacete, Spain. Other bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival are as follows: Friday, July 11 BLIND GUARDIAN NIGHTWISH SEPULTU...
May 21, 2003
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DIO, KREATOR, HAMMERFALL Confirmed For Spain's METAL MANIA FESTIVAL

DIO, KREATOR, HAMMERFALL, and STRATOVARIUS are the latest acts confirmed to perform at Metal Mania Festival, a three-day event set to take place July 11-13 at Auditorio Municipal de Villarobledo in Albacete, Spain. The acts currently scheduled to appear at the festival are as follows: Friday, July 1...
May 15, 2003
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'OVERKILL Were All About Money': Former Guitarist GUSTAFSON

Ex-OVERKILL guitarist Bobby Gustafson, who is currently living in Florida and playing in a new death/thrash metal group called RESPONSE NEGATIVE, recently gave a lengthy interview to Metal-Rules.com in which he explained his side of the circumstances that led to his departure from OVERKILL and offer...
May 11, 2003
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MACHINE HEAD To Work With COLIN RICHARDSON On New Album

MACHINE HEAD's as-yet-untitled fifth album will be produced by Colin Richardson, the man largely responsible for the crushingly thick sound on the band's first two offerings, 1994's "Burn My Eyes" and 1997's "The More Things Change…" Richardson, who has previously worked with FEAR FACTORY, NAPALM DE...
May 6, 2003
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IRON MAIDEN, MOTÖRHEAD, SEPULTURA Confirmed For Spain's METAL MANIA Festival

IRON MAIDEN, MOTÖRHEAD, SEPULTURA and BLIND GUARDIAN are among the artists tentatively confirmed to perform at Metal Mania Festival, a three-day event set to take place July 11-13 at Auditorio Municipal de Villarobledo in Albacete, Spain. The acts currently scheduled to appear at the festival are as...
April 26, 2003