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SAXON Announce Second Leg Of Killing Ground World Tour
British metal legends SAXON have lined up the dates for the second leg of their Killing Ground world tour. The details are as follows: Mar. 16 - Metal Mania Festival Katowice, POL Mar. 29 - Lucky - Rijssen (near Zwolle),NETH Mar. 30 - Splendid Lille, FRA Mar. 31 - Paaspop Festival Schijndel, NETH M...January 29, 2002
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CANDLEMASS Confirm Festival, Club Appearances
The reunited classic line-up of CANDLEMASS have been confirmed to appear at the following festivals this summer: Jun. 07-08 – Sölvesborg, SWE @ Sweden Rock Festival Jun. 28-29 – Balingen, GER @ Bang Your Head Jul. 05-06 – (near) Leipzig, GER @ With Full Force Aug. 02-03 – Wacken, GER @ Wacken Open A...January 22, 2002
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It's Official: MERCYFUL FATE Part Ways With Metal Blade!
MERCYFUL FATE have parted ways with Metal Blade Records after the label chose not to exercise their contractual option to renew the group's agreement for another album, according to MERCYFUL FATE/KING DIAMOND manager Ole Bang (who dropped us a line from the MIDEM convention/music trade show in Canne...January 21, 2002
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CANDLEMASS Confirmed For Bang Your Head
The reunited CANDLEMASS have been added to the list of artists performing at the Bang Your Head festival, which is scheduled to take place on June 28-29 in Balingen, Germany. The following acts have thus far been confirmed to appear at the event: GAMMA RAY MAGNUM SYMPHONY X TITAN FORCE CANDLEMASS RH...January 20, 2002
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OVERKILL Frontman Speaks Out
OVERKILL frontman Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth has posted the following update on the band's activities via the group's official web site at www.wreckingcrew.com: “Well, seems like a long time sine I've written/updated you guys...it has. The truth of the matter is 'no rest for the weary', had a bunch of...January 18, 2002
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PANTERA Side Project And Special Guests Get Fired Up On New Year's Eve!
PANTERA bassist Rex Brown, ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell, DROWNING POOL frontman Dave Williams and SEVENDUST vocalist Lajon Witherspoon joined GASOLINE—the metallic southern rock side project of PANTERA guitarist Dimebag Darrell and drummer Vinnie Paul—for a cover of PANTERA's “Walk” at G...January 3, 2002
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Swedish AOR Supergroup Unleashes Debut Offering!
SILVER SERAPH is the name of an all-star Swedish act featuring Pete Sandberg (ex-ALIEN/JADE) on vocals, Richard Andersson (MAJESTIC) on keyboards, Peter Wildoer (MAJESTIC) on drums, Jens Lundahl on bass and Jrgen Birch-Jensen (JADE/BAI BANG) on guitars. The group's debut CD, which was recently issue...December 27, 2001
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JAG PANZER Release Christmas Songs, Plot Live EP!
Colorado power metal kings JAG PANZER made available for download two Christmas songs via their web site. They are as follows: 01. What Child Is This 02. Do You See What I See In other news, JAG PANZER have been confirmed for next years Bang Your Head Festival, which is scheduled ...December 25, 2001
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Archive News Dec 06, 2001
The “MAJOR announcement” regarding the band's guitarist search that LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst had promised to make via his appearance by phone on yesterday's Total Request Live had turned out to be not much of an announcement at all. Besides plugging the group's new remix album, entitled New...December 6, 2001
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Archive News Nov 15, 2001
The reunited CANDLEMASS—featuring bassist/mainman Leif Edling, vocalist Messiah Marcolin, guitarist Lars Johansson, guitarist Matts 'Mappe' Bjorkman, and drummer Jan Lindh—have officially been confirmed for next year's installment of the Sweden Rock Festival, which is scheduled to take place on J...November 15, 2001
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Archive News Oct 23, 2001
In light of the numerous tour cancellations that have been announced in the recent weeks, MACHINE HEAD have issued a statement assuring their European fans that they will, in fact, be going ahead with their scheduled European headlined tour as planned. The statement—the Robert Flynn-handwritten v...October 23, 2001
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Archive News Oct 11, 2001
As exclusively reported here on October 2nd, Roadrunner Records have now officially confirmed the departure of drummer Joe Nunez from SOULFLY and have hinted at the possibility of original drummer Roy Mayorga returning to the fold, a move that was denied by Mayorga in a statement sent to BLABBERMOU...October 11, 2001
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Archive News Oct 09, 2001
Drummer Roy Mayorga has dismissed as “false” the reports of him rejoining SOULFLY in time for the recording of the group's third full-length CD, which is due in mid-2002 (as posted here last Friday). Directly contradicting statements made by SOULFLY manager Gloria Cavalera last week, Mayorga offer...October 9, 2001
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Archive News Oct 04, 2001
A minor riot erupted at the conclusion of YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's headlining show in Porto Alegre, Brazil on Tuesday, October 2nd, causing the band to storm off the stage and leaving the group's equipment vulnerable to damage as a result of the angry crowd throwing objects in protest over the way the co...October 4, 2001
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Archive News Sep 28, 2001
LIMP BIZKIT will be issuing a remix album entitled Remizkit, in the near future, featuring remixes by DJ Premiere, Timbaland, LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst, LIMP BIZKIT's DJ Lethal, LIMP BIZKIT guitarist Wes Borland, P. Diddy, The Neptunes, William Orbit, Josh Abraham, and including appearances b...September 28, 2001
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