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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME To Cover PANTERA, SEPULTURA On Upcoming CD

MTV.com is reporting that BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME will issue an album's worth of covers called "The Anatomy Of" sometime in June. The band puts its stamp on PANTERA's "Cemetery Gates", SEPULTURA's "Territory", SOUNDGARDEN's "The Day I Tried to Live", MÖTLEY CRÜE's "Kickstart My Heart", PINK FLOYD'...

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DEEP PURPLE Frontman IAN GILLAN: 'Gillan's In' Details Revealed

The complete track listing has been released for DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan's upcoming album "Gillan's Inn" — a celebration of Ian's 40th year on the road, featuring remakes of tracks spanning Ian's entire career. As previously reported, "Gillan's Inn" will be made available on the new DualDisc...

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Report: BON SCOTT Memorabilia Under The Hammer

Patrick Donovan of Australia's The Age has issued the following report: Irene Thornton will never forget the first time she spoke to her future husband, AC/DC wild man singer Bon Scott. It was at Adelaide's Largs Pier Hotel in 1971, and Scott had just come off stage with his band at the time, ...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Comments On Upcoming Festival Appearances

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "I know we have said to everyone that we wouldn’t do any more shows until the release of the next album, because that is how we normally do it. But due to the tremendous success of our last tour, we...

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DEICIDE's BENTON: 'I Hate HOFFMAN Brothers More Than Anything In This World'

J. Bennett of Decibel magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with DEICIDE frontman Glen Benton. An excerpt from the chat follows: Decibel: Has it been weird writing songs without the Hoffman brothers [Eric and Brian, former DEICIDE guitarists]? Benton: "It's been the fucking greatest th...

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HAMMERFALL To Release New Album In October

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "The Winter Olympics 2006 are over, and it ended on a high note for us: Sweden beat Finland 3-2 in the ice-hockey final, in a very exciting and nerve-racking game. Actually, the Finns were the most...

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Opus I: The Khaos Hatefile

It was seven years in the making, but Amon 418 finally completed his debut HATE PROFILE release, "Opus I: The Khaos Hatefile". The first of a planned trilogy, "The Khaos Hatefile" is "a spiritual and existential growth concept," and I'll spare you any feeble attempts at interpreting the rest. Musica...

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EPICA Confirmed For Germany's M'ERA LUNA Festival

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA have been confirmed for the M'era Luna festival, set to take place August 12-13 in Hildesheim, Flughafen Drispenstedt, Germany. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are APOPTYGMA BERZERK, ASP, DIE KRUPPS, FRONTLINE ASSEMBLY and IN EXTREMO, among oth...

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HELLOWEEN Complete European Tour, Add Another Tokyo Date

German power metal legends HELLOWEEN completed a 51-date European tour in Belgium on Tuesday (Feb. 14). In addition, the group have confirmed a second concert in Tokyo on their upcoming Japanese tour. Support on the Japanese trek will come from PRIMAL FEAR. The dates are as follows: Feb. 24 - Hirosh...

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TAROT Remastered Reissues To Include Bonus Tracks

Finland's TAROT, the group led by NIGHTWISH/ex-SINERGY bassist Marco Hietala, will be issuing remastered versions of their first five studio albums along with the "To Live Again" live album previously released in Japan. Each CD will include special bonus track(s). A March 1 release via Bluelight Rec...

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THE RED DEATH 'Dropped' By METAL BLADE RECORDS

New York metallers THE RED DEATH have parted ways with Metal Blade Records. "Yes, we were dropped by Metal Blade," guitarist Josh Williammee writes in a statement. "I can assure you that it was not because of 'instability within the band,' because if there is such an instability, then I'm blind to i...

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LIBERTY N' JUSTICE's 'All-Star' CD Gets A Release Date

The "all-star" album from Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE, entitled "Soundtrack of a Soul", will be released in Germany on March 24 by MTM Music (March 27 for the rest of Europe) and in North America on March 28 by LNJ Records. "Soundtrack of a Soul" will feature contributions from the followin...

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FREEDOM CALL Keyboardist To Sit Out Tour; Temporary Replacement Announced

FREEDOM CALL/GAMMA RAY drummer Daniel Zimmermann has posted the following message on the FREEDOM CALL web site: "Nils Neumann will not play the keyboards during the FREEDOM CALL tour in March and April. He wants to finally finish his studies and his exams are within this period. Nils will stay a fix...

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GAMMA RAY Add Minnesota Date To North American Tour

Hamburg, Germany-based GAMMA RAY, featuring Kai Hansen (formerly of HELLOWEEN) on lead vocals, will make their only Midwest/mid-country appearance at the Rock Nightclub in Maplewood, Minnesota, on Friday, May 12. This performance will be the closing date of their first-ever U.S. tour and the only pe...

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HELLOWEEN: More South American Dates Announced

German power metallers HELLOWEEN have added more dates to their upcoming South American/Mexican tour in March. The details are as follows: Mar. 18 - Mexico City, MEX (Circo Volador) Mar. 19 - Guadalajara, MEX (Hard Rock Live) Mar. 21 - El Salvador (Feria Internacional) Mar. 22 - Costa Rica (Planet M...