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DESTRUCTION Frontman Slams European Record Stores For Ripping Off Fans
DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer has issued a statement slamming record stores in Europe who have chosen to sell their recently released limited-edition double-CD version of their latest CD, "Metal Discharge", for a much higher price than originally intended. Says Schmier, "Thi...October 11, 2003
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DESTRUCTION's SCHMIER: 'War Was Never A Solution'
DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer has issued a statement via the band's official web site in an attempt to clarify the group's reasons for posting their cover version of THE EXPLOITED's "Fuck The U.S.A." as a protest against the U.S.-led war on Iraq. "This war is touching all o...March 21, 2003
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DESTRUCTION/KREATOR Russian Date Cancelled, SCHMIER Throws A Fit
DESTRUCTION and KREATOR's co-headlining show at Dynamo Sports Hall in Moscow, Russia on March 29 was cancelled by the Russian promoter because of problems with the venue. Commented DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer: "This is ridiculous. Our German agent, All Access, will work no...March 4, 2003
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DESTRUCTION, ATROCITY, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY Members To Appear At Ludwigsburg Club
DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, ATROCITY frontman Alex Krull and wife Liv Kristine (THEATRE OF TRAGEDY) will appear in person at Chartnight at Rockfabrik in Ludwigsburg, Germany on Thursday, Dec. 26. ...December 25, 2002
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DESTRUCTION Frontman Defends KREATOR's MILLE Over BUSH Remarks, Explains Hand Injury
DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer has come to the defense of KREATOR mainman Mille Petrozza over the latter's remarks in a recent interview in which Mille publicly expressed his disapproval for the foreign policy of the Bush administration, going so far as to call Bush "an idiot...November 23, 2002
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DESTRUCTION Cancel UK Tour
German thrashers DESTRUCTION have officially cancelled their participation in the "Hell Comes To The UK" tour with KREATOR due to a broken hand suffered by bassist/vocalist Schmier. The band hope to make up the dates in early 2003. "[The members of DESTRUCTION] feel terribly bad about the circumstan...October 26, 2002
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DESTRUCTION On Verge Of Canceling UK Tour
DESTRUCTION's UK tour appears to be on the verge of cancellation after bassist/vocalist Schmier's hand injury — suffered a couple of weeks ago during the group's American trek — was deemed more serious than originally thought. "This situation really sucks!" Schmier wrote on the band's official web s...October 24, 2002
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Kindless
If we were to label ETERNAL GRAY's Kindless the Master Of Puppets of modern-day death metal, you'd suspect we were talking from the wrong orifice. And whilst on the surface it may appear to be wildly off-the-mark comparing one of the most epic and invigorating thrash albums of the eighties with a de...September 27, 2002
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DESTRUCTION: New Album Will Be "Big Improvement"
The current line-up of DESTRUCTION—bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, guitarist Mike Sifringer and drummer Marc Reign—are hard at work on the material for their next studio album, which is tentatively due to be recorded at the end of the year for an April 2003 release through Nuclear Blast...May 31, 2002
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DESTRUCTION Frontman SCHMIER Practices The Art Of Fan Ass-Kissing
DESTRUCTION frontman Schmier has issued the following message to the group's fans regarding the already-completed and upcoming European live dates with KREATOR and SODOM as part of the Hell Comes To Your Town tour: Wow I'm still impressed and nailed to the wall by the fan reactions that all three ba...March 12, 2002
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Archive News Oct 29, 2001
POWERMAN 5000 have parted ways with bassist Dorian Heartsong and drummer Al Pahanish, according to informed sources. Although the exact reasons for the pair's departure have not yet been revealed, the duo were recently seen moving their gear out of the band's rehearsal studio and were reported to...October 29, 2001
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Archive News Oct 22, 2001 - update 1
Through no effort of their own—and as a result of a chain of events that they clearly had no control over—it appears that ANTHRAX the band has been getting an increased amount of coverage through media outlets that wouldn't have normally covered the group. Here is a sampling of recent online arti...October 22, 2001
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Archive News Aug 30, 2001
According to early reports from national retail accounts, SLIPKNOT's Iowa opus will have shifted between 350,000 and 400,000 copies during its first week of release, virtually ensuring it the #1 slot on the Billboard Pop Album chart when the final numbers are released in the middle of next week. Me...August 30, 2001
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Archive News May 06, 2001
ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell reportedly broke his left hand on Thursday, May 3rd, causing the remainder of his solo tour to be postponed/cancelled. Although there was talk of the tour continuing, with various members of the support acts COMES WITH THE FALL and M.I.R.V. assisting on guit...May 6, 2001
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