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CARDBOARD VAMPYRES: CANTRELL/DUFFY Show In New York Not Open To Public

Despite a previous report to the contrary, CARDBOARD VAMPYRES' June 24 concert at the Hudson Theatre in New York City is a private event and is **NOT** open to the public. According to the agency (International Strategic Marketing, Inc.) that is coordinating the affair for one of their clients, JVC,...

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Report: Italian Satanic Heavy Metal Murder Probe Widens After Two More Deaths

Peter Popham of The New Zealand Herald reports: Italian authorities plan to exhume at least two more bodies in the investigation into Satanic rites, heavy metal and human sacrifice that has kept the nation agog for three weeks (Story#1, Story#2). At least three murders are already pinned on the ...

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Norway's Black Metal Elite To Pay Tribute To BATHORY Mastermind

A number of well-respected Norwegian black metal musicians will gather to perform a selection of classic BATHORY songs during Norway's Hole In The Sky Festival as a tribute to the group's mastermind Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg, who passed away earlier this month. So far, the following musicians have...

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BEATALLICA: Live Recordings Posted Online

BEATALLICA, the Midwestern band which "covers BEATLES songs in the style of METALLICA, infusing the lyrics and arrangements of Fab Four standards with wonderfully unsubtle references to METALLICA's songs and a spot-on imitation of James Hetfield's distinctive vocals" (Ice magazine),have uploaded th...

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BEATALLICA: More Live Shows Announced

BEATALLICA, the Midwestern band which "covers BEATLES songs in the style of METALLICA, infusing the lyrics and arrangements of Fab Four standards with wonderfully unsubtle references to METALLICA's songs and a spot-on imitation of James Hetfield's distinctive vocals" (Ice magazine),have lined up th...

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NAPALM DEATH Singer Comments On CANNIBAL CORPSE Tour

NAPALM DEATH frontman Mark "Barney" Greenway has commented on the reports that the band have been confirmed to support CANNIBAL CORPSE on a month-long U.S. tour beginning in late October. The trek, which was exclusively announced on BLABBERMOUTH.NET this past Friday (June 18),is also expected to in...

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Former AMORPHIS Bassist Speaks Out In Defense Of METALLYSEE BOOKING AGENCY

Former AMORPHIS and current MANNHAI/CHAOSBREED bassist Oppu Laine has sent the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "I would like to comment and air some thoughts based on the debate that was raised due to the cancellation of DEICIDE's European tour, where Metallysee booking agency was accused b...

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PETER CRISS: Final Two Parts Of Q104.3 Interview Available For Download

The final two parts of original KISS drummer Peter Criss' revealing May 21 interview with the "Friday Night Rocks" show on New York's Q104.3 have been posted online in MP3 format at Eddie Trunk's web site. A partial transcript can be found at this location. ...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE: Unauthorized Biography On The Way?

TYPE O NEGATIVE will reportedly be the subject of a new book by Dean Mason of The Lonely Ghost Project called "Erotic Funeral: Type O Negative Unauthorized". Described as "a unique story of a unique band from Brooklyn who have rewritten some of the rules — and have earned a few gold records in the ....

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Report: TED NUGENT Sues Town Over Canceled Concert … Again

Bill Iddings of The Muskegon Chronicle reports: After [Ted Nugent's] federal lawsuit against the Muskegon Summer Celebration music festival was dismissed, [the guitarist] has filed another suit in the state court. His new lawsuit in 12th Circuit Court in Jackson contends the same thing as his federa...

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GWAR Confirm New Record Deal, Begin Work On Studio Album

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first revealed on May 10, legendary heavy metal band GWAR have now officially confirmed that they have inked a deal with DRT Entertainment, the independent label founded last year by senior music industry executives Derek Shulman, Ron Urban and Ted Green. The group will record th...

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It's Official: TYPE O NEGATIVE Sign With SPV/STEAMHAMMER RECORDS

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET exclusively revealed on May 13, TYPE O NEGATIVE have officially signed a multi-album worldwide record deal with the SPV/Steamhammer label. The band, whose first album, "Slow, Deep and Hard", was issued in 1991, fulfilled their contractual obligations to longtime label Roadrunner...

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SONATA ARCTICA: Bonus Tracks Revealed

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA laid down cover versions of VANISHING POINT's "Two Minds One Soul" and DEPECHE MODE's "World In My Eyes" during the recording sessions for the group's new album, "Reckoning Night", due later in the year through Nuclear Blast Records. The album, which is descr...

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TESTAMENT: Guitarist STEVE SMYTH To Rejoin Band For European Tour

TESTAMENT manager Phil Arnold of Thrill Entertainment has issued the following statement regarding guitarist Eric Peterson's recent accident: "We are still sorting out the details of this tragedy. Eric lost his footing on the stairs at the venue in Martin, Slovakia, at the Kozel Pub Club, and fell....

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RAGE Pull Out Of Germany's HELFENSTEIN Festival

Contrary to a previous announcement indicating that RAGE would be joined by former guitarist Manni Schmidt during their performance at the Helfenstein concert in Geislingen, Germany on June 19, it now appears that the band have cancelled their appearance at the festival. As previously reported, guit...