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Cleveland Concert Promoter MITCH KARCZEWSKI Dies

D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene reports that Mitch Karczewski, owner of Ohio club Red Parrot and former owner of the Flying Machine, died Tuesday. Karczewski was a longtime promoter whose Spotlight Talent had worked with MUSHROOMHEAD and organized the World Series of Metal festivals. At his passi...

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SHADOW GALLERY: 'Prime Cuts' Available

Magna Carta Records has issued a "best-of" collection from progressive power metallers SHADOW GALLERY, entitled "Prime Cuts". The CD features 12 tracks newly chosen by the band, including a previously unreleased demo from the "Carved In Stone" sessions ("Rule The World") and edits of two tracks from...

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IRON MAIDEN Manager: 'Metal Is Truly Back Down Under'

IRON MAIDEN's Somewhere Back In Time World Tour got off to a flying start today in Australia, where Sydney's Acer Arena sold out within 25 minutes of going on sale and Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena sold out within 15 minutes, leading to promoter Paul Dainty immediately putting on sale second shows in...

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SPIDERS & SNAKES To Release 'Melodrama' In November

Los Angeles glam rock icons SPIDERS & SNAKES are set to release their eighth studio album, "Melodrama", on November 6 through Corporate Punishment Records (distributed by Koch Entertainment). Corporate Punishment Records founder Thom Hazaert contacted the band directly through their web site and...

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NYC College Student Sought To Interview SERJ TANKIAN

mtvU is looking for a college student in the New York City area that would be interested in interviewing Serj Tankian from SYSTEM OF A DOWN. The interview would air online and on mtvU on an episode of "My Shot With…" (past episodes can be seen at this location). Die-hard Serj fans that ...

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HIM, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER First-Week Sales Revealed

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending September 23, 2007, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest hundred [except numbers over 20,000, which are rounded to the nearest thousand]; The Billboard 200 chart position incl...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Offers Tour Of Home Studio; Video Available

RollingStone.com recently got a tour of SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian's home studio as he discussed the differences between recording solo and with SYSTEM, the joys of writing whenever the mood struck him and his new LP, "Elect the Dead". Watch the three-minute clip below. Serj Tankian rece...

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MINISTRY Mainman Talks Politics, Band's Last-Ever Album

Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tangra Mega Rock: Let's now talk about your upcoming album, "The Last Sucker", which is promoted as the last-ever album by MINISTRY. Obviousl...

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SERJ TANKIAN Names Touring Band The FCC

The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has named his new solo touring band the FCC, according to HardDrive Radio. The letters do not stand for the dreaded Federal Communications Commission, but for something that they'll fine you for if yo...

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IRON MAIDEN: TV Commercial For Australian Tour Posted Online

A TV commercial for IRON MAIDEN's upcoming Australian tour can be viewed below. IRON MAIDEN's Somewhere Back In Time World Tour 2008 will take place in three sections, starting in February and March 2008 with the first leg encompassing major concerts in 20 selected cities on five continents in seven...

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PILEDRIVER: Cleveland Concert Footage Available

Video footage of Canadian metal legends PILEDRIVER performing the new song "Metal Manifesto" at the "Metal On Metal 25th Anniversary Concert" on Saturday, September 15 at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio can be viewed below (courtesy of Metalfanzine.net). Also appearing on the bill were RAV...

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MEGADETH's MUSTAINE Talks About Albums That Influenced Him; Video Available

Christine Carney of MP3.com conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine while the band was in San Francisco last week. Dave talks about five albums that influenced him, heroes he's yet to meet, and his "bullshit-o-meter." The audio podcast for the interview is also available in iTunes...

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MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO: Interview, Performance Footage To Be Featured In RANDY RHOADS Film

Guitarist Michael Angelo Batio (ex-HOLLAND, NITRO) will be interviewed on Saturday, September 22 in Hollywood, California for a new Randy Rhoads documentary film directed by Peter Margolis, to be released in 2008. In addition to the interview, Michael will also be featured in the movie performing hi...

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PARADISE LOST Drummer Checks In From The Road

Drummer Jeff Singer of the UK gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST has posted the following tour blog on the band's web site: "Well, here we are nearly one week into the tour. No one has been arrested, sent home or hospitalized but there is time! So, who is on this tour? Aside from the band ...

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IRON MAIDEN: Opening Band Revealed For Latin American Tour

According to a posting on the IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenFans.com, the Argentinian band RATA BLANCA (who opened for JUDAS PRIEST on their 2005 South American tour) will support IRON MAIDEN on the Latin American leg of their 2008 trek. It is also expected that MAIDEN will have a European and an Ameri...