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JON OLIVA'S PAIN Can't Wait To Hit The Road Again

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, has issued the following update: "Just wanted to drop a quick line and let everyone know that the band has returned to U.S. soil [from its recent European tour]... and frankly, we cannot wait to leave again. "The fans and promoters tre...

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Former VIO-LENCE Frontman Talks About Pit Violence: Video Available

The makers of "Get Thrashed", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a one-minute video clip featuring former VIO-LENCE frontman Sean Killian talking about violence in the pit at one of the band's shows b...

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DOKKEN: 'Only' East Coast Appearances Announced

According to Tony DiLorenzo of the Jaxx nightclub in Springfield, Virginia, DOKKEN will make their only East Coast appearances for 2006 at Jaxx on September 22 and September 23. The band's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Sep. 07 - Mexicali, MEX @ Club Dune Sep. 08 - Hermosillo, MEX @ Hotel Ar...

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SCORPIONS Perform With ULI JON ROTH, MICHAEL SCHENKER, HERMAN RAREBELL At WACKEN

German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS were rejoined by special guests and former bandmates Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker and Herman Rarebell during their headlining appearance Thursday night (August 3) at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. The group's setlist for the show — dubbed "A Ni...

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UNREST Replaces SAVAGE CIRCUS At Switzerland's METAL DAYZ Festival

UNREST has replaced SAVAGE CIRCUS on the billing of the Metal Dayz festival, set to take place August 4-6 at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: Friday, August 4: 17.00-17.30 AEONBLACK (open air) 17.45-18.15 DARK DAY DUNGEON (indoors) 18.30-19.15 DREAMSIDE...

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USURPER Parts Ways With Vocalist DAN TYRANTOR

Due to ongoing circumstances and issues in vocalist Dan Tyrantor's personal life, he has resigned from Chicago's USURPER. The remaining four members will indefinately continue as a four-piece, with guitarist Rick Scythe and bassist Jon Necromancer taking over the vocal duties. USURPER is still confi...

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Christ Illusion

Everyone's known it for years: while SLAYER is widely considered one of the greatest live metal acts of all time, the band has not made an equally great album since 1990's "Seasons in the Abyss". That record brought together the speed and fury of "Reign in Blood" (1986) with the experimental nature...

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Under Reprisal

One moment you're a demo-band making big waves on Garageband.com, the next you're signed to Nuclear Blast and FEAR FACTORY's Christian Olde Wolbers is producing your debut album. Such is the life of Toronto's THREAT SIGNAL, five determined musicians whose "Under Reprisal" album may not make anyone f...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION: Drummer TONY LAUREANO Unable To Appear On New CD

Despite a previous announcement to the contrary, drummer Tony Laureano (NILE, DIMMU BORGIR) will NOT be performing on MALEVOLENT CREATION's upcoming tenth studio album, "Doomsday X", >, tentatively due before the end of the year via Nuclear Blast Records. "Due to various schedualing conflicts I a...

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SCORPIONS To Release New Album Next May

Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS have posted the following message on their official web site: "We are looking forward to the Wacken [Open Air] show where we are going to play with our old friends, Michael [Schenker], Uli [Jon Roth] and Hermann [Rarebell]. This is going to be a very special eve...

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DISSECTION Cancels All North American Tour Dates

DISSECTION's record label, The End Records, has confirmed that the band has cancelled its two previously announced appearances in North America (Sept. 1 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, CA and Sept. 6 at B.B. King Blues Club in New York City). According to The End, DISSECTION vocalist/guitar...

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DISSECTION: New York City Show Cancelled

Swedish metallers DISSECTION have cancelled their previously announced September 6 gig at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City. No reason was given for the decision to call off the show. It is not presently clear if the band's September 1 concert at the House of Blues in West ...

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Guitarist JOE STUMP Says Playing With ULI JON ROTH Was 'Extremely Inspiring'

REIGN OF TERROR/HOLY HELL guitarist Joe Stump has posted the following message on his official web site: "The Uli Jon Roth Sky Academy concerts out in L.A. were a blast with a ton of cool players involved (Roy Z, Chris Impellitteri, Warren DiMartini, Tony Franklin, Jeff Scott Soto — to name just a f...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION Added To 'The Domination Tour'

Long-running Florida death metal act MALEVOLENT CREATION has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of "The Domination Tour", set to kick off next February. Also scheduled to take part are Greece's ROTTING CHRIST and Norway's CARPATHIAN FOREST. MALEVOLENT CREATION is currently in pre-production for the...

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Review: OZZY OSBOURNE Doesn't Live Up To His Legend At OZZFEST

Jon M. Gilbertson of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reviewed this year's Ozzfest when it hit the the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin on Saturday (July 22). An excerpt from his review follows: The traveling heavy-metal mega-show known as Ozzfest has lasted for 11 years thus far, a...