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LINKIN PARK Establish Charity To Help Tsunami Victims

MTV.com is reporting that LINKIN PARK have teamed up with the American Red Cross to establish Music for Relief, a charity dedicated to providing aid to victims of the destruction caused by the tsunamis that hammered southern Asia earlier this week. LINKIN PARK have donated $100,000 to get things goi...

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EXMORTEM Complete Filming Of New Video

In a break from preparations for their January 2005 tour of the U.K. with BEHEMOTH, Danish death metallers EXMORTEM have completed the filming for a new promo video for the song "Bitter Disciplin", taken from the forthcoming "Nihilistic Contentment" album. Speaking straight after the shoot, guitaris...

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DESTRUCTION Hit Back At Greek Promoter: This Motherfucker Is History

German thrashers DESTRUCTION have hit back at a Greek promoter over his claims that the group's previously announced two shows in Greece were cancelled due to the band's "excessive demands." An initial statement issued by DESTRUCTION's booking agency, A.S.S./Dragon Productions, had blamed the cancel...

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VIRGIN STEELE Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD Festival

VIRGIN STEELE have been confirmed to appear at the 2005 installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 24-25 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. Bang Your Head!!! 2005 will be marks the festival's 10th anniversary and the theme of next year's event will be "The Best of Ten Y...

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Promoter: DESTRUCTION's 'Excessive Demands' Caused Greek Concert Cancellation

A Greek concert promoter has hit back at German thrashers DESTRUCTION over their claim that the group's previously announced shows in Greece were cancelled due to a "lack of communication between promoter and agency." A statement issued by DESTRUCTION's booking agency, A.S.S./Dragon Productions, had...

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DESTRUCTION: Greek Shows Cancelled

German thrashers DESTRUCTION have cancelled their previously announced shows with EVERGREY in Greece. According to a statement issued by DESTRUCTION's booking agency, A.S.S./Dragon Productions, the concerts — which were scheduled to take place January 8-9, 2005 — were cancelled due to a "lack of com...

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Norwegian Pop Singer Explains NIKKI SIXX Collaboration

Marion Raven (photo),formerly one half of Norwegian pop group M2M, was asked on her official forum about collaborating with MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx on her debut solo album. "It first started with me going to CBGBs in New York and his band BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION was playing there," she explain...

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HAMMERFALL: New Album To Feature Appearance by VENOM Frontman

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "As promised, elesewhere on the site you will find the cover to our upcoming single 'Blood Bound', to be released worldwide at the end of January. Now, onto the details about the album. Here's the c...

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DESTRUCTION To Enter Studio In January

Due to the fact that their current record label negotiations have taken longer than expected, German thrashers DESTRUCTION have postponed the projected release date of their new album to late summer 2005. "But the new label will be announced in the next weeks, latest at beginning of the next year,"...

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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION To Carry On Without NIKKI SIXX

BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION guitarist Tracii Guns has posted the following message on the group's web site: "OK, I am back… The BRIDES are back. "I have had great talks with London [LeGrand, vocals] and Scot [Coogan, drums] and we have decided to move forward with the BRIDES. We are gonna take it slow and...

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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION Guitarist Offers Services To GUNS N' ROSES

Former L.A. GUNS and current BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION guitarist Tracii Guns revealed in a recent online posting that he has reached out to GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose about possibly joining GN'R as the group's touring guitarist. Asked by a fan if he had been contacted by GN'R regarding the lead gui...

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DOKKEN Singer Discusses The Murder Of DIMEBAG DARRELL

DOKKEN frontman Don Dokken spoke to Abrasive Rock over the weekend about the tragic murder of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Don Dokken: "I heard about it twenty minutes after it happened. We were playing, we got a call, four of...

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AC/DC Singer Is Thrilled To Have His Music Used To Terrorize Enemies

ContactMusic.com is reporting that AC/DCsinger Brian Johnson is thrilled to hear his group's rock music is helping U.S. and British troops terrorize enemies around the globe. The Australian heavy rock band's music is a favourite of soldiers stationed in Iraq and other trouble spots — and he's deligh...

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NIKKI SIXX Says BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION Can Go On Without Him

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has clarified his current status in BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION and has commented on the recent war of words with his BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION bandmate Tracii Guns, who publicly referred to the new CRÜE single as "shit." In an online posting, Sixx said, "In thinking back on my...

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UPDATED: Tributes From Metal Musicians Pour In For DIMEBAG DARRELL

A number of heavy metal musicians have paid tribute to Dimebag Darrell (DAMAGEPLAN, ex-PANTERA) who was tragically murdered last night. ------------------------------------------------- Ozzy Osbourne: "Dimebag was a dear friend of mine. I'm absolutely beside myself with grief. I can't for the life o...