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DESTRUCTION's Booking Agent Defends Band's Decision To Cancel South American Tour Dates

DESTRUCTION's booking agent, Jörg "Schrörg" Düsedau of Dragon Productions, has issued the following statement regarding the band's decision to call off the last few gigs of their South American tour: "Due the complications with equipment, transportation and health, we were forced to stop the Latin A...

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D.R.I. Guitarist SPIKE CASSIDY Diagnosed With Colon Cancer; Band Cancel Tour

Legendary punk/metal crossover band D.R.I. (DIRTY ROTTEN IMBECILES) have cancelled their previously announced U.S. tour. According to a statement released by the group's booking agent, D.R.I. guitarist Spike Cassidy was recently "diagnosed with colon cancer and was operated on three weeks ago. Sadly...

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E-FORCE Featuring Former VOIVOD Frontman: New Music Posted Online

E-FORCE, the band featuring former VOIVOD bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest, have posted four songs from their 2006 demo on their MySpace.com page. Check out the tracks "Satanic Rituals", "Lobotomized", "Agent 99" and "Exterminator" at this location. E-FORCE's current lineup includes 19-year-old guitar...

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RAVEN Confirmed For MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 3 Festival

RAVEN have been confirmed for the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: TANKARD HIRAX RAVEN EXCITER JAG PANZER OMEN STEEL ATTACK DIVISION USURPER AVENGER OF BLOOD IMAGIKA GAIA EP...

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SACRED STEEL To Enter Studio In July

German metallers SACRED STEEL will enter the Spiderhouse studio in Berlin on July 10 with legendary producer Harris Johns (VOIVOD, HELLOWEEN, ST. VITUS, DEPRESSIVE AGE, SODOM, KREATOR) to begin recording their sixth album, tentatively titled "Hammer of Destruction". Mixing will take place at the Mus...

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EXCITER, IMAGIKA, UNDER EDEN Confirmed For MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 3 Festival

EXCITER, IMAGIKA and UNDER EDEN have been confirmed for the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Meanwhile, RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER were forced to pull out of the festival "due to personal conflicts and other obligations," accor...

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BLOODY SIGN, ESTUARY: European Tour Dates Announced

French black death metallers BLOODY SIGN will be teaming up with Ibex Moon labelmates ESTUARY for a European tour beginning on April 21 in Colmar, France. Confirmed dates are as follows: Apr. 21 - Le Grillen – Colmar, FRA Apr. 22 - Hotel Des Ors - Romans Sur Isere, FRA Apr. 23 - Sala Vietnam ...

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TANKARD, OMEN Confirmed For MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 3 Festival

TANKARD and OMEN are among the newly confirmed bands for the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: TANKARD HIRAX JAG PANZER OMEN STEEL ATTACK DIVISION RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER USURPER...

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GORGOROTH Fan Gets Hit By A Train — And Lives To Tell About It

The Edmonton Sun has issued the following report: The metal gods were smiling on Jesse Maggrah. The 20-year-old man was walking beside railway tracks on Sunday, the Norwegian heavy metal band GORGOROTH cranked on his portable CD player, when he was hit by a freight train. Maggrah said he did hear th...

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Death to Tyrants

This weekend's batch of reviews is turning into a who's who of legends and journeymen. DARKTHRONE released its 12th album and IMPALED NAZARENE its ninth, and now SICK OF IT ALL not only unleashes its ninth long player (not counting EPs, splits, live recordings, etc),but also is celebrating its 20th...

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HIRAX To Co-Headline MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 3 Festival

California thrashers HIRAX will co-headline the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, which will take place on August 25-26 at Star Central in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. This will be HIRAX's second appearance at Minneapolis Mayhem. Last year, the band replaced SODOM one week before the festival took plac...

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MARDUK Announce DVD Title, Begin Work On New Material

Swedish black metallers MARDUK have posted the following message on their official web site: "MARDUK are now putting the final touches on the layout for the upcoming DVD and are also finished the mixing of it. The title has been set for 'Blood Puke Salvation'. The DVD will contain over one and a hal...

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Former WARRANT Frontman To Embark On Solo Tour In May

Former WARRANT frontman Jani Lane is preparing to hit the road with "a new version of JANI LANE'S WARRANT." Lane is currently holding auditions for his backing band. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: May 10 - Long Island, NY - Mulchaey's May 12 - Watertown, NY - Cross Roads Music Theatre May 13...

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Orgasmatron

Having survived the "Robbo" phase that resulted in 1983's often unjustly derided "Another Perfect Day", 1984's double-LP compilation "No Remorse" introduced the world (by way of four new songs) to another revamped MOTÖRHEAD lineup. Ex-SAXON drummer Pete Gill replaced Philthy Animal Taylor and Brian...

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GAIA EPICUS Confirmed For MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 3 Festival

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS have been confirmed for the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: JAG PANZER STEEL ATTACK DIVISION RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER USURPER AVENGER OF BL...