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TOOL Singer Tells Fans To 'Relax' About Sold-Out Shows

Launch Radio Networks reports: TOOL singer Maynard James Keenan has posted a message at the band's official web site, Toolband.com, after fans began expressing disappointment over not being able to get tickets for the group's upcoming North American mini-tour. Keenan wrote, "Many people are complain...

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ALTER BRIDGE Part Ways With WIND-UP RECORDS

ALTER BRIDGE have announced that they have terminated their recording, publishing, and merchandising agreements, effective immediately, thereby severing all of the ban's contractual relationships with Wind-Up. "We're very excited about concluding this chapter in our lives and focusing on the future,...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH have been confirmed for the Metaltown 2006 festival, set to take place July 7 at Frihamnen in Gothenburg, Sweden. Also scheduled to appear are TOOL, MOTÖRHEAD, OPETH and SOILWORK. For more information, visit www.metaltown.se. As previously reported, CRADLE O...

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IN FLAMES, SICK OF IT ALL, ATREYU, DEVILDRIVER Confirmed For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

IN FLAMES, SICK OF IT ALL, ATREYU, JOHNNY TRUANT, DEVILDRIVER and MENDEED are among the latest acts confirmed for Download festival, set to take place at Castle Donington, Leicestershire, over the weekend of June 9-11 June. As well as announcing seven new acts, organizers have also revealed details...

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OPETH Frontman Defends His Anti-'Metalcore' Comments

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has commented on the negative reaction to the remarks he made to Australia's Time Off magazine about the state of today's metal scene. In an interview posted at TimeOff.com.au, Åkerfeldt is quoted as saying, "Most of the bands today, I don't really like them. When I g...

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IRON MAIDEN Bassist's Daughter To Perform At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

Lauren Harris (photos) — daughter of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris — has been confirmed to perform at this year's Download festival, joining headliners TOOL, METALLICA, and GUNS N' ROSES, plus dozens more. Lauren Harris recently spent time in Miami, Florida recording a solo album with Grammy-nomi...

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H.I.M. Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE Festival

Finnish goth metallers H.I.M. have been confirmed for this year's Roskilde Festival, set to take place June 29 – July 2 in Roskilde, Denmark. Also scheduled to appear are GUNS N' ROSES, TOOL, DEFTONES, OPETH, TRIVIUM, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, HATESPHERE, BURST and VOLBEAT, among others. More acts wi...

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EYES OF FIRE: 'It All Dies Today' Video Posted Online

Orange County ambient-metal quintet EYES OF FIRE's video for the track "It All Dies Today" — the first single off the group's sophomore disc, "Prisons" — has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). "I'm just glad there's not a whole lot of us in it," EYES OF FIRE frontman Dan Kaufman .....

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A PERFECT CIRCLE: 'Thirteenth Step' Certified Platinum

A PERFECT CIRCLE's sophomore album, "Thirteenth Step", was certified platinum on March 24, 2006 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in excess of one million copies. Released in September 2003, "Thirteenth Step" was described by MP3.com as "a moodier, tenser, and mor...

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DARK NEW DAY To Release Acoustic EP

DARK NEW DAY, the new band featuring Clint Lowery (ex-SEVENDUST) on guitar, Brett Hestla (ex-CREED, VIRGOS MERLOT) on vocals, Will Hunt (ex-SKRAPE, TOMMY LEE) on drums, Clint's brother Corey Lowery (ex-STEREOMUD, STUCK MOJO) on bass, and Troy McLawhorn (ex-DOUBLE DRIVE) on guitar, will release an ac...

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TOOL: U.S. Tour Dates Announced

TOOL will play a number of U.S. dates in May, including two concert dates in New York City, following their April 30 headlining performance at the Coachella festival in Indio, California. The Coachella performance will be the band's first live appearance in the U.S. since 2002. Confirmed dates are a...

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Hosannas From the Basements of Hell

Pick a band, any band, and if they incorporate any sort of tribal drone, ethereal wall-of-noise roar, mystical third-eye ravings or percussive punk-driven art house nihilism in their music, you can likely thank KILLING JOKE for the influence. The launching pad for a hundred metal, punk and new wave...

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TOOL: Unofficial 'Vicarious' Video Posted Online

An "unofficial" TOOL video (read: put together by a fan) for "Vicarious", the first single off their new album, "10,000 Days", has been posted online at YouTube.com. Clocking in at seven-minute-plus, "Vicarious" will begin arriving at rock radio stations on or around April 17. The band's fourth full...

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MASTODON: Cover Of METALLICA's 'Orion' Posted Online

MASTODON's cover of METALLICA's "Orion", which was recorded for the recently released Kerrang! magazine tribute to the METALLICA album "Master of Puppets", has been posted online at www.myspace.com/mastodon. Also available at the same location are pictures and videos from the recording sessions for...

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TRIVIUM, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE Festival

TRIVIUM and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have been confirmed for this year's Roskilde Festival, set to take place June 29 – July 2 in Roskilde, Denmark. Also scheduled to appear are GUNS N' ROSES, TOOL, DEFTONES, OPETH, HATESPHERE, BURST and VOLBEAT, among others. More acts will be announced soon. For mo...