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DIRTY MISCHIEF Confirmed For Sweden's SHADOW OF METAL Festival

Sweden's DIRTY MISCHIEF has been confirmed for the Shadow Of Metal festival, set to take place November 17 at Folkets Hus in Umeå, Sweden. Headlining the event will be STEEL ATTACK, with additional appearances by DESTYNATION, ZONARIA and PRAVEDNOST. DIRTY MISCHIEF's latest release, a six-song EP, wa...

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STEEL ATTACK To Headline Sweden's SHADOW OF METAL Festival

Swedish metallers STEEL ATTACK have been confirmed as the headliners of the Shadow Of Metal festival on November 17 at Folkets Hus in Umeå, Sweden. Other bands scheduled to appear at the festival include DESTYNATION, ZONARIA and PRAVEDNOST. STEEL ATTACK's latest CD, "Diabolic Symphony", was released...

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HIRAX Cancels Six Out Of Ten East Coast Dates

Due to circumstances beyond their control, HIRAX has cancelled six dates out of their 10-show East Coast tour, which will now begin on Saturday, November 11 at North Six in Brooklyn. Vocalist Katon W. De Pena found out one day before HIRAX was leaving for the East Coast that the booking agent, Extre...

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MANOWAR Giving Away Custom-Built Chopper

MANOWAR will give away one newly designed and custom-built chopper during the upcoming "Demons, Dragons and Warriors World Tour 2007". This bike is a Custom Chopper Hardcore II from Custom Chrome with a rigid frame and 88-cubic-inch show polished engine and the "Gods of War" album artwork. If you wo...

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CHRIS CORNELL Goes Undercover For BOND Video

AUDIOSLAVE/ex-SOUNDGARDEN vocalist Chris Cornell spoke to AOL Music about the making of his video for the theme song ("You Know My Name") for the new James Bond film "Casino Royale". Cornell admited making the video was tricky, from a writing standpoint. "A lot of people that wrote treatments for it...

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THE ABSENCE Pulls Out Of ENTOMBED Tour

Tampa, Florida's THE ABSENCE has issued the following update: "We regretfully announce THE ABSENCE will be pulling out of the ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER, GRAVE tour this December because of several unresolved problems with our booking agent. We apologize to all the fans that were looking forward to those d...

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ZAKK WYLDE Working On New Movie Project?

Ultimate-Guitar.com reports that Zakk Wylde — currently on tour with his band BLACK LABEL SOCIETY — has revealed that he has a new movie up his sleeve. Wylde got a big acting break when he starred in the movie "Rock Star" as a member of the fictitious band STEEL DRAGON alongside Mark Wahlberg. When...

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STRATOVARIUS: Drums For New Demo Completed

STRATOVARIUS mainman Timo Tolkki (guitar) has issued the following update: "Just got back from Germany and we recorded the drums for 11 songs in a demo studio close to Jörg's [Michael, drums] rehearsal room.I think it was called Sounds of Steel, although I don't know how the steel sounds actually. "...

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It's Official: Drummer EMIL DRAGUTINOVIC To Leave MARDUK

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported yesterday, Swedish black metallers MARDUK have now confirmed that their upcoming studio album will be the band's final effort to feature drummer Emil Dragutinovic. A source close to Emil told BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the drummer officially quit the group on November 1...

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CLOVEN HOOF, JAGUAR, ATTACKER Confirmed For BRITISH STEEL FESTIVAL 2

CLOVEN HOOF, JAGUAR and ATTACKER are among the bands that have been confirmed for the British Steel Festival 2, set to take place April 28, 2007 at The Pitz, Milton Keynes, England. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CLOVEN HOOF JAGUAR ATTACKER CHARIOT ELIXIR ATTACKER For more informatio...

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LAST CRACK Reissues Coming Next Week

LAST CRACK's two classic albums — "Sinister Funkhouse #17" and "Burning Time" — will be reissued on November 13 via Metal Mind Productions. Both reissues will come in new digipack editions, having been digitally remastered using 24-bit technology, and will be limited to 2,000 copies. Each title will...

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GUNS N' ROSES' Management Explains Portland Cancellation

According to a press release issued by GUNS N' ROSES' management, the band's concert tonight (Nov. 6) at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine was cancelled "due to limitations imposed by local fire marshals." A band spokesperson commented: "Axl [Rose] and the band are very unhappy a...

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MARDUK Drummer Quits?

MARDUK drummer Emil Dragutinovic is rumored to have quit the band. According to a source close to Emil, the drummer has agreed to perform on the band's upcoming studio album as a session musician but only "if he gets paid upfront." However, it should be noted that there has been no confirmation from...

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KRISIUN Pulls Out Of Europe's X-MAS FESTIVALS

Brazilian death metallers KRISIUN have issued the following update: "After the bands SIX FEET UNDER, GOD DETHRONED and CATARACT dropped off the X-Mas festival, now KRISIUN decided to cancel it too. They tried to [stay] on the bill until the last chance just because they were concerned about the fans...

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RHINO BUCKET Announces Temporary Drummer

Dusty Watson, who has played with SUPERSUCKERS, LITA FORD, and AGENT ORANGE, will sit behind the kit for RHINO BUCKET at their New Year's Eve Show in Austin, TX. RHINO BUCKET recently announced the departure of drummer Jackie Enx. According to a press release, "the parting of ways was by mutual agre...