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DRY KILL LOGIC: New EP/DVD To Include Covers Of GUNS N' ROSES, DANZIG

DRY KILL LOGIC will be releasing a new EP/DVD, entitled "The Magellen Complex", on June 27 via Psychodrama/Repossession Records. Described by the band as a "tribute to the fans," the CD contains cover versions of GUNS N' ROSES' "It's So Easy" and DANZIG's "Dirty Black Summer", plus an original track...

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ALICE COOPER: More Details Revealed About North Dakota Honor

Rock icon Alice Cooper's six-month long North American tour just took a turn for the weird, as befitting a strange and illustrious career that has included accusations of throwing a live chicken into an audience at one of his shocking shows. A routine stop in Fargo, ND on May 15, 2006, has turned in...

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NECROTORTURE Confirmed For Switerland's MOUNTAINS OF DEATH Festival

Italian death metallers NECROTORTURE have been confirmed for the Mountains of Death festival, set to take place August 18-19 in Muothathal, Switzerland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ARSEBREED BRITNEY CREMATION CRIPPLE BASTARDS CROPMENT DISAVOWED FLESHLESS GO...

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OZZY OSBOURNE To Headline OZZFEST's Second Stage In San Bernardino

In an Ozzfest first, OZZY OSBOURNE has decided not to perform on the main stage at the festival's July 8 stop at San Bernardino, CA's Hyundai Pavilion of Glen Helen. Instead, the rock icon has chosen to get right in the face of fans on the frontline by headlining the down and dirty second stage ...

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ALICE COOPER To Serve As 'Guest Of Honor' At Toronto's Rue Morgue's Festival Of Fear

According to a posting on the SickthingsUK web site, Alice Cooper has been announced as the "horror guest of honor" at "Rue Morgue's Festival Of Fear", which is part of Fan Expo 2006, to be held September 1-3 at the Toronto Convention Center in Toronto, Canada. Also appearing at the event are a ...

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ALICE COOPER To Open For THE ROLLING STONES In Norway

According to a posting on the SickthingsUK web site, it appears the rumors that ALICE COOPER is opening for THE ROLLING STONES are true. A member of the band mentioned it a few days ago and Alice reportedly confirmed it on his "Nights With Alice Cooper" radio show earlier in the week. The ...

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KATATONIA Explain METALLIANCE Festival Cancellation

Sweden's KATATONIA have issued a statement explaining their reasons for cancelling their appearance at the Metalliance festival in Beauvais, France this past weekend. The statement reads as follows: "First of all we'd like to apologize for not [issuing this statement] sooner, but as you can imagine,...

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SINISTER Pull Out Of Germany's F*CK THE COMMERCE Festival

Despite a previous announcement to the contrary, reunited Dutch death metallers SINISTER will **NOT** be performing at the 2006 edition of the Fuck the Commerce festival, set to take place May 25-27 at MZA (Mehrzweckhalle) in Luckau, Germany. "We never received a confirmation so we made other plans,...

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MNEMIC Have A Lot Of 'Exciting And Big' Stuff Up Their Sleeves

Danish modern metallers MNEMIC have issued the following update: "A lot of stuff has happened since we parted ways with Tony [Jelencovich, vocals; also in M.A.N, ex-TRANSPORT LEAGUE], and the reason for being so silent is mainly because we are busy, really busy and really fuckin busy. "We are still...

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ALICE COOPER: Brand New Live Videos Posted Online

Two live video clips of ALICE COOPER performing in Ottawa on Saturday, May 6 have been posted online at YouTube.com. Check out the clips for "Dirty Diamond" (video) and "The Awakening/Steven" (video). In a recent interview with TheRecord.com, Alice Cooper was asked why he has yet to be inducted ...

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EXODUS, GOREFEST Limited-Edition Vinyl Releases Now Available

A new record label, Night Of The Vinyl Dead, was recently formed with the aim of promoting and supporting vinyl records' survival in the hard rock and metal scene. Two limited-edition releases are already out: EXODUS – "War is my Sheppard" mini-LP, limited to 500 hand-numbered copies: Side A: 01. Wa...

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VITAL REMAINS Pull Out Of Germany's F*CK THE COMMERCE Festival

VITAL REMAINS have cancelled their appearance at the the 2006 edition of the Fuck the Commerce festival, set to take place May 25-27 at MZA (Mehrzweckhalle) in Luckau, Germany. According to the festival organizers, it was "impossible" for VITAL REMAINS to make the show "because they're playing at th...

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D.R.I.: SPIKE CASSIDY Cancer Relief Page Launched

Legendary punk/metal crossover band D.R.I. (DIRTY ROTTEN IMBECILES) have set up a page on their web site where fans can help guitarist Spike Cassidy — who was recently diagnosed with colon cancer — and his family with medical costs. You can make a tax-deductible donation and leave a short message fo...

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Rebel Meets Rebel

There's almost no way to review "Rebel Meets Rebel" in an objective fashion, since it represents the last completed recordings — aside from demos for the second DAMAGEPLAN album — to feature "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Recorded over a four-year period before Dime's death in December of 2004, this long...

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Kalas

A bruising slab of ponderous metal riffing from this San Franciscan supergroup, helmed by Matt Pike (HIGH ON FIRE, SLEEP) on vocals. The band's aesthetic is uniformly slow, plodding, dirty and dirge-y, Pike yowling quasi-tunefully over pork-fisted riffs and thudding rhythms. The effect is somewhere...