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FAIR TO MIDLAND To Release EP Through SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman's Label

Genre-bending Dallas progressive rock band FAIR TO MIDLAND will release its debut EP, "The Drawn and Quartered", on November 7 via SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian's label Serjical Strike. The EP's studio tracks — "Orphan Anthem '86" and "Kyla Cries Cologne" — showcase FTM's flair for combinin...

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KAURA To Open For GODSMACK, ROB ZOMBIE In California

Berkeley, California-based rock band KAURA has been added to the GODSMACK and ROB ZOMBIE show in Concord on October 1. KAURA will take the stage at 7:00 p.m. Just one month after being invited to open for TOOL on the band's "10,000 Days" tour stop in Sacramento, KAURA (pronounced Kay-Ora) is looking...

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RAUNCHY, ILLDISPOSED, MERCENARY Among Nominees At DANISH METAL AWARDS

The nominees have been announced for the Danish Metal Awards 2006, which will be held on November 18 at Amager Bio in Copenhagen, Denmark. IN FLAMES, MERCENARY, ILLDISPOSED and THE PSYKE PROJECT will be performing live at the event. The nominees are as follows: Best Metal Album: ILLDISPOSED – Burn M...

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A PERFECT CIRCLE: 'The Sleeper Must Awaken'

TOOL/A PERFECT CIRCLE frontman Maynard James Keenan has posted the following message on the APC web site: "Peace. Sorry it's been awhile since we've posted. Been busy. Billy [Howerdel, guitar] is hard at work on his solo project and I'm on the road with TOOL, working on the www.puscifer.com website,...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Guitarist: 'Sometimes You Just Get Dealt A Bad Hand'

Alan Sculley of EastValleyTribune.com recently spoke to ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell about the group's decision to reunite after drummer Sean Kinney recruited Cantrell and bassist Mike Inez to play at a 2005 concert to benefit victims of the Indonesian tsunami. With several singers — inc...

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PAPA ROACH's New Album Takes Listeners On A 'Wild Ride'

Patricia Dao of TagWorld.com recently conducted an interview with PAPA ROACH lead singer Jacoby Shaddix and bassist Tobin Esperance. A few excerpts from the chat follow: TagWorld.com: "The Paramour Sessions" is your newest record. What was it like recording this record? Tobin: "Paramour Sessions" is...

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EYES OF FIRE Parts Ways With Guitarist

Orange County ambient-metal quintet EYES OF FIRE has posted the following message on its official web site: "EYES OF FIRE have had yet more line-up changes since we've last updated you all. Bobby Thomas [guitar] has decided to leave the band on his own accord. "EYES OF FIRE wish him the best of luck...

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MASTODON To Support TOOL In Europe

Atlanta's MASTODON has reportedly been confirmed as the support band for the entire TOOL European tour. A list of upcoming TOOL dates can be found at Toolshed.down.net. MASTODON's "Blood Mountain" sold over 24,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release — significantly more than the...

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Why Is TOOL So Cool?

TOOL was the subject of a recent ABC News report dubbed "Why the Band Tool is Cool". The two-minute segment attempts to explains how TOOL has "found success within a genre eclipsed by pop music." Watch it at this location. As previously reported, an eight-minute audio interview with TOOL bassist Jus...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Says BLABBERMOUTH.NET Sh*t-Talkers 'Have No Lives'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "Fuck... "I love the internet. Here's a funny thing — and I have to admit this is getting fucking amusing... I wrote a blog on the negatives of capitalism and honestly I don't understand why, but it seems a shit...

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TOOL: New Audio Interview With Bassist JUSTIN CHANCELLOR Available

An eight-minute audio interview with TOOL bassist Justin Chancellor, conducted earlier this month by Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM, has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). As previously reported, an audio recording of TOOL's first-ever live performance of the song "10,000 Days...

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ICED EARTH Mainman Says 'Alive In Athens' DVD Is 'Money Grab' On Part Of Former Label

ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer has sent the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding the upcoming release of the band's "Alive in Athens" DVD via their former record label, Century Media Records: "I've been asked recently about the release of the 'Alive in Athens' DVD and I want my positio...

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TOOL: First-Ever Performance Of '10,000 Days' Posted Online

An audio recording of TOOL's first-ever live performance of the song "10,000 Days" (from the Sept. 14, 2006 concert in Dallas, Texas) has been posted online at YouTube.com. TOOL was forced to cancel its concert at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin last night (Sept. 19) due to frontman Maynard Ke...

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TOOL: Tonight's Show In Madison Cancelled

According to the Appleton, WI radio station Razor 94-7, TOOL's concert at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin, which was scheduled to take place tonight (Sept. 19) has been cancelled due to frontman Maynard Keenan being sick. This is the second concert in a week that has been called off due to the...

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CLUTCH Announces New Year's Eve Show

CLUTCH has scheduled a special New Year's Eve (Dec. 31, 2006) show Ram's Head Live in Baltimore, Maryland with THE SWORD, WILLIAM ELLIOT WHITMORE and one more as-yet-announced act. CLUTCH will enter the studio in October on the West Coast with producer Joe Barresi (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, KYUSS, TO...