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WHITESNAKE Confirmed For New Zealand's ROCK2WGTN Festival

Legendary rock icon David Coverdale, the former lead singer with DEEP PURPLE, will bring his band WHITESNAKE to New Zealand for the first time when they perform at the upcoming Rock2Wgtn music festival, which is scheduled to take place March 22-23 at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand. Also...

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SUICIDE SILENCE: 'The Cleansing' To Receive European Release In February

Riverside, California-based quintet SUICIDE SILENCE will release its debut album, "The Cleansing", in Europe on February 18 via Century Media Records. The CD, which came out in the U.S. in September, entered the The Billboard 200 chart at #94 (with first-week sales of 7,100),which marks the highest...

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DIMEBAG's 'Dime ML War Camo' Now Available From DEAN GUITARS

Dean Guitars has announced the release of the Dime ML War Camo, an American-made production piece of an ML that late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott modded out prior to his death. Most recognizable is the famous Dime 333 symbol. Thirty years ago, Dean rocked the guitar world wi...

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PAUL STANLEY Schedules New York Art Exhibitions

Wentworth Gallery, one of the nation’s leading fine art retailers, will present two new art exhibitions by artist and rock icon Paul Stanley. The KISS frontman will present his work at two special appearances at the Wentworth Galleries on January 4 and January 5 in Garden City, New York. Both appear...

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SUICIDE SILENCE To Embark On 'Santa Slays' Tour

SUICIDE SILENCE kicks off the holiday season headlining the Santa Slays tour, which also features THE FACELESS, LIGHT THIS CITY and OBLIGE. This week-long run of California dates launches on December 26 and culminates with a massive New Year's Eve show at Soma in San Diego. Commented vocalist Mitch...

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VENGEFUL Begins Recording New Album

VENGEFUL, the Montreal-based band featuring current and former members of ATHERETIC and MINDS alongside the session drummer for DESPISED ICON, has issued the following update: "We are entering the studio with Bart (QUO VADIS) today to record our second album. That is almost exactly two years after t...

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COLDWORKER Confirmed For Germany's ESSEN DEATH FEAST VI

COLDWORKER, the Örebro, Sweden-based "blasting" death metal band consisting of current and former/current members of such acts as NASUM, RELENTLESS, CARNAL GRIEF, RUIN and PHOBOS, has been confirmed for the Essen Death Feast VI, set to take place January 26, 2008 in Essen, Germany. The festival bill...

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KEVIN DUBROW: 'The Tour Bus' Tribute To Air This Weekend

The rock and roll community lost one of its most colorful personalities with the sudden passing of QUIET RIOT vocalist and '80s icon Kevin DuBrow. Envision Radio Networks' "The Tour Bus", a nationally syndicated radio show featuring party rock bands from the '80s, '90s and today, remembers Kevin wit...

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Original QUIET RIOT Bassist Explains How KEVIN DUBROW's Body Was Discovered

Bassist Kelly Garni, who was one of the founding members of QUIET RIOT, has released the following statement regarding the passing of the group's lead singer, Kevin DuBrow: "I want to thank everyone who refrained from jumping to conclusions and starting rumors. This has been a very traumatic tragedy...

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'The Tour Bus' Remembers QUIET RIOT Vocalist KEVIN DUBROW

The rock and roll community lost one of its most colorful personalities with the sudden passing of QUIET RIOT vocalist and '80s icon Kevin DuBrow. Envision Radio Networks' "The Tour Bus", a nationally syndicated radio show featuring party rock bands from the '80s, '90s and today, will remember Kevin...

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Former SACRIFICE Manager Passes Away After Suffering Brain Aneurysm

Toronto metal icon Ray "Black Metal" Wallace has passed away after being in a coma following a brain aneurysm he suffered on November 15. Ray managed SACRIFICE in the '80s/'90s and had close ties to Canadian metal legends ANVIL and RAZOR. He was also a local promoter, most recently organizing the or...

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Sworn Vengeance

On 2005's "Fall of the Despised" The Netherlands' SEVERE TORTURE took their U.S. style death metal to a new level, bettering the songwriting and infusing its music with more groove. "Sworn Vengeance" sees the band maintaining that quality level and mixing things up just a pinch more. Loads of crunch...

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Ex-WARRANT Guitarist On KEVIN DUBROW Death: 'The Rock Scene Has Lost An Icon'

Former WARRANT guitarist Billy Morris, who played guitar with QUIET RIOT off and on during the band's later years, has released the following statement to D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene regarding the passing of QUIET RIOT singer Kevin DuBrow: "Wow. Today I learned that my friend Kevin DuBrow pas...

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BENEATH THE MASSACRE Offers Post-Tour Update

French-Canadian death metal band BENEATH THE MASSACRE has just completed the Radio Rebellion tour alongside BEHEMOTH, JOB FOR A COWBOY and GOJIRA. The group has issued the following update: "So one more U.S. tour over. That was the fourth since May '07 and the last of the year. "The Radio Rebelion T...

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HENRY ROLLINS: 'I Like To Be On The Road More Often Than Not'

Punk rock icon Henry Rollins has issued the following update: "I have just returned from the first leg of the Provoked Tour. "Before I say anything else, I wanted to thank all of you who showed up. Also, to all the people I met out by the bus after the show, thanks for sticking around, ...