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IRON MAIDEN To Leave SANCTUARY ARTIST MANAGEMENT?

Nick Hasell of Times Online has issued the following report: IRON MAIDEN, one the world's best-selling heavy metal bands, has put its contract with Sanctuary Group up for review amid talks to take its business to Andy Taylor, the music group's ousted co-founder and former chief executive. The loss o...

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FACECAGE Announces Texas Dates

FACECAGE, the first band signed to Great Big Mouth Records (founded by Corey Taylor of SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR),will play a couple of shows with two Dallas, TX-based bands, LAME and SOMATIK, the first weekend of September. The details are as follows: Sep. 01 - Canton's - Longview, TX Sep. 02 - Clea...

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DEFTONES, STONE SOUR, DIR EN GREY Members Comment On FAMILY VALUES Tour

Ultimate-Guitar.com caught up with co-headliners DEFTONES as well as STONE SOUR and DIR EN GREY to grab a few words regarding The Family Values Tour 2006. KORN has once again launched their Family Values Tour and 2006's lineup features some of today's hottest metal bands. With appearances by KORN, D...

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QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS To Record New Music In The Fall

Launch Radio Netwokrs reports: After successful tours of Europe, Japan, and North America, it looks like QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS have decided to continue their working relationship with some new material. A message on QUEEN guitarist Brian May's web site reads, "We will be heading into the studio in Oc...

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MASTODON, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Drummers To Perform At MODERN DRUMMER FESTIVAL WEEKEND

Brann Dailor (MASTODON),Mike Mangini (STEVE VAI, ANNIHILATOR, EXTREME) and Ronald Bruner Jr. (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES) are among the drummers who will perform at the Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2006, set to take place September 16-17 at Prudential Hall at NJPAC (New Jersey Performing Arts Center) i...

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KING'S X: European Tour Being Rescheduled For March/April

According to a posting on KING'S X's official web site, the band's recently cancelled European headlining tour is being rescheduled for March/April 2007. In addition, the band has secured the services of a new manager for the first time since their early years with Sam Taylor. Gunter Ford runs SPV R...

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FOZZY Frontman To Sing On FOX's 'Celebrity Duets'

FOZZY frontman and former WWE star Chris Jericho will be taking part in "Celebrity Duets" — an unscripted series that pairs singing stars with celebrities outside the music industry to make "beautiful music" together. The show will follow the professional singers as they instruct their partners, cho...

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STONE SOUR: New COREY TAYLOR Interview Posted Online

STONE SOUR's official forum has been updated with a scan of a recent interview with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor, which was published in Kerrang! magazine. Check it out at StoneSour.com. STONE SOUR rocked The Billboard 200 chart last week, debuting at at the lofty position of No. 4 with...

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STONE SOUR: 'Tonight Show With Jay Leno' Performance Posted Online

STONE SOUR, the band featuring SLIPKNOT members Corey Taylor (vocals) and Jim Root (guitar),performed its new single, "Through Glass", live on national television Tuesday, August 8 on NBC-TV's "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno". Watch a video clip of the performance at YouTube.com. STONE SOUR rocked...

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JIM ROOT On New STONE SOUR CD: 'We Don't Want To Expect Too Much Out Of This Album'

Justin Donnelly of Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR guitarist Jim Root. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the expectations for the new STONE SOUR album, "Come What(ever) May": "The album is pretty close to us, and we're all a little bit...

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SEBASTIAN BACH, TRIBE OF GYPSIES: Soundcheck Clips From Japan Posted Online

A four-minute video clip of Sebastian Bach (ex-SKID ROW),TRIBE OF GYPSIES (featuring HALFORD/BRUCE DICKINSON guitarist/producer Roy Z) and Taylor Hawkins (TAYLOR HAWKINS AND THE COATTAIL RIDERS, FOO FIGHTERS) in pre-show soundcheck from the Udo Music Fest in Japan late last month has been posted on...

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Warnaments

The leap that TORCHBEARER made from debut album "Yersinia Pestis" to "Warnaments" is similar to the one made by GRIMFIST from "Ghouls of Grandeur" to "10 Steps to Hell", that being a broadening of the sound without an offsetting sacrifice in aural savagery. In the case of TORCHBEARER, this super gro...

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Fallen Man Collection

When 30 to 40 minutes of brutal death metal is too much to stomach, a death metal quickie that clocks in at a mere 10 minutes might do the trick. Take "Fallen Man Collection" from Sweden's QUEST OF AIDANCE for example. Its eight tracks put the "mini" in MCD and is just far enough outside ...

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STONE SOUR: 'Come What(ever) May' To Debut In Billboard's Top 5

STONE SOUR's sophomore album, "Come What(ever) May", is poised to sell between 75,000 and 80,000 copies during its first week of release to land at position No. 4 on The Billboard 200 chart, according to Hits Daily Double. STONE SOUR is currently on the road with KORN and DEFTONES as part of The Fam...

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DARKEST HOUR: Collection Of Early Recordings Due In October

Pittsburgh, PA-based label A-F Records has set an October 3 release date for a collection of DARKEST HOUR's early recordings prior to the band's signing with Victory. The set will mark DARKEST HOUR's ten-year anniversary and will feature over an hour of rare and unreleased material, including three...