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Concert Fundraiser Announced For Families Of Men Who Sacrificed Lives For DIMEBAG

DreamWeaver Entertainment will be hosting a charity fundraiser tribute concert for the families of the victims who sacrificed their lives for the safety of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. The concert will take place on January 22, 2005 at The Royal Grove in Lincoln, Nebrask...

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ROUGH SILK: Lineup Revamped, Writing 'Heavy' Songs Again

Singer Ferdy Doernberg of the German epic/melodic metallers ROUGH SILK has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Hello friends. Well, I'm thinkin' 'bout how to begin this? I guess the best way is to just go for it!!! "Alright. As I'm writing this now I am the only 'survivin...

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MUSHROOMHEAD Fan Assaulted In Cleveland

The following message has been posted at MUSHROOMHEAD's official web site: "On Monday night [Dec. 20] in Cleveland, Ohio, a fan by the name of Cloyce Wolfe was assaulted after the MUSHROOMHEAD show at the House of Blues. He was robbed, had his ankles, wrists and ribs broken, and was left unconscious...

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Former RATT Singer Visits World's Largest Aircraft Carrier: Photos Available

Former RATT vocalist Stephen Pearcy paid a visit to the world's largest aircraft carrier the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) on Friday, December 17, 2004. Pearcy reportedly flew to the carrier off the coast of California for a concert and overnight visit. Pearcy graciously accepted the invitation to perform for...

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SODOM Confirmed For MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 2 Festival

Legendary German thrashers SODOM have been confirmed to perform at next year's Minneapolis Mayhem 2 festival, set to take place on May 7, 2005. This will be SODOM's only North American performance. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are Las Vegas, NV thrashers AVENGER OF BLOOD. More bands will...

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Heavy Metal Musicians Reveal Their Favorites From The Early Days Of Rock 'N' Roll

Paul Di'Anno (IRON MAIDEN),Phil Demmel (MACHINE HEAD, VIO-LENCE),Thomas Youngblood (KAMELOT) and Zak Stevens (CIRCLE II CIRCLE, SAVATAGE) are among the musicians that were recently asked by Imhotep Zine to name their favorite artists from the early days of rock 'n' roll. The obvious choices were T...

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DARRELL ABBOTT Memorial Fund Details

A memorial fund has been created to aid help cover bereavement and medical expenses for DAMAGEPLAN's head of security, Jeffrey "Mayhem" Thompson, and two other band employees injured in last week's shooting that resulted in the death of the group's guitarist, "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Checks can be...

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SODOM: DVD To Surface In March, Studio Album To Follow In August

Veteran German thrashers SODOM are tentatively scheduled to release their first DVD in March 2005. According to SODOM frontman Thomas "Angelripper" Such, the DVD's concert footage will will contain 23 songs. An overview of the band's career thus far and additional bonus features will also appear on...

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KAMELOT To Film Two New Videos

KAMELOT will head to Sweden to shoot the videos for "March of Mephisto" and "The Haunting" with director Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Films (LACUNA COIL, DIMMU BORGIR, IN FLAMES). "March of Mephisto" and "The Haunting" come off the group's new album, "The Black Halo", due on February 28, 2005 through...

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BRAZEN ABBOT Finish Recording New Album

BRAZEN ABBOT, the brainchild of Bulgarian guitarist Nikolo Kotzev, have finished recording everything but the guitar leads for their new album, tentatively due next spring via Frontiers Records. Mixing is scheduled to begin January 9, 2005 and will probably be completed by January 25. The album will...

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Former EXHORDER Frontman: We 'Lost An Innovator, A Warrior, And A Metal God'

Vocalist Kyle Thomas of the much-missed New Orleans metallers EXHORDER, cited by many as the originators of the riff-heavy power-groove approach popularized by PANTERA, has issued the following statement in memory of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "I was awakened at about...

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WOLF: Release Date Set For Early Album Reissues

Massacre Records has set a February 28, 2005 release date for the reissues of the first two albums from Sweden's WOLF: 2000's self-titled effort and 2002's "Black Wings". Both CDs, which were originally released through the No Fashion label, have been remastered and will feature new cover artwork an...

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DISSECTION Frontman Talks About New Lineup, Upcoming CD

DISSECTION mainman Jon Nödtveidt recently spoke to Metal-Rules.com about the reactivated Swedish death metallers' new lineup and their upcoming studio album, among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Metal-Rules.com: You are the only one left from the line-up of "Storm of the L...

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Former RATT Frontman STEPHEN PEARCY To Perform On USS Nimitz

According to ZRock.com, former RATT vocalist Stephen Pearcy will be bringing some home-cooked "ratt 'n' roll" to the crew of the world's largest aircraft carrier the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) this holiday season. On Friday, December 17, 2004, Pearcy will fly to the carrier off the coast of California for...

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KAMELOT, KOTIPELTO, EPICA: More European Tour Dates Announced

KAMELOT have announced more dates as part of their upcoming European tour with KOTIPELTO and EPICA. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Mar. 18 – Madrid, SPA @ Sala Macumba Mar. 19 - Bergara, SPA @ Sala Jam Mar. 20 - Zaragoza, SPA @ Sala Oasis Mar. 21 - Barcelona, SPA @ Sala Razzmatazz ...