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'The Family Values Tour 2006' CD Samples Available

30-second audio clips of the entire "The Family Values Tour 2006" CD are currently available at the Circuit City web site. Three tracks off the album — KORN's "Coming Undone", FLYLEAF's cover of U2's "Pride (In the name of Love)" (featuring ARMY OF ANYONE/FILTER frontman Richard Patrick),and DEADSY...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: Las Vegas Is 'Completely Off-The-Chart Bonkers, Cuckoo'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following two entries in his online blog: "Thursday, November 23: Las Vegas is bizarre. Completely off-the-chart bonkers, cuckoo. You drive hours of absolutely nothing, rocks, sand and tumble weed and then BAM! An abomination in defiance to the very...

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Guitarist 'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK: 'Touring Alongside GUNS N' ROSES Is Amazing'

Guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (SEBASTIAN BACH, HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM) has issued the following update: "Sitting on a bus in Ohio getting ready to write my third installment of my 'Blind In America with Metal Mike' tour diary. This one will be a special issue with all the crazy s**t that went down w...

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DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

German metal band DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER has been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-22, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMART...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Finishes Recording New Album

Vocalist Mikael Stanne of the Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY has issued the following update: "I can't believe it... We made it! It's done and there is nothing I can do about it. "Just got back from the studio where everything is now shipped off to Denmark where Tue Madsen will pe...

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LEAVES' EYES Guitarist Checks In From Nebraska

LEAVES' EYES guitarist Thorsten Bauer has checked in from the group's North American tour as the support act for BLIND GUARDIAN: "I am writing to you from Nebraska, just on the way to the next show in Minneapolis. Two days ago we have still been in Mexico playing at the Monterrey Metal Fest. It was...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Crossover thrash merchants MUNICIPAL WASTE have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBA...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Creates New Epic... Well, Kinda

Having recently launched a North American tour with LEAVES' EYES in support of "A Twist in the Myth", BLIND GUARDIAN's German roots are never far behind. Featured in the "Betcha Can't Play This" section on Page 34 of the holiday 2006 issue of Guitar World and on the DVD insert, guitarist André Olbri...

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BLIND MELON: New Music Available Online

Three brand-new BLIND MELON tracks — "Make a Difference", "For My Friends" and "Harmful Belly" — have been posted online at www.blindmelonmach2.com. Also available at the same location is a video of the band performing the song "Harmful Belly" live in the studio (with the studio recording of the son...

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BLACK SABBATH, GUNS N' ROSES Lyrics Banned In Iran

According to South Africa's Mail & Guardian Online, dozens of literary masterpieces and international bestsellers have been banned in Iran in a dramatic rise in censorship that has plunged the country's publishing industry into crisis. Among the forbidden items is a successful series of books fe...

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AMON AMARTH Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

Sweden's AMON AMARTH has been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-22, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BLIND GUARDIAN IMMORTAL AMON AMART...

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THE SCOURGER To Support NAPALM DEATH In North Europe

Finnish thrashers THE SCOURGER — who scored a sensational No. 1 single in their home country with "Hatehead" last year — will support NAPALM DEATH on their forthcoming North European tour. More details will be announced soon. THE SCOURGER reissued its debut album, "Blind Date with Violence", last mo...

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TNT: New Songtitles Revealed

Norwegian/British hard rockers TNT have revealed several songtitles that are set to appear on the group's first album with new vocalist Tony Mills (ex-SHY). The CD, which is being recorded in Toten, Norway with producer H.P. Gundersen, will contain the cuts "Something Special", "I Cant Go on with Th...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, IMMORTAL, DORO Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

BLIND GUARDIAN, IMMORTAL and DORO are among the first confirmed bands for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-22, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BLIN...

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QUIET RIOT Drummer Discusses 'Rehab'

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Asylum: Tell us about the new record. Who wrote the music and lyrics and what were some conscious decisions you and Kevin [DuBrow] wanted to fulfill while making the...