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RON KEEL: DON DOKKEN Is Using Katrina Disaster As Excuse To Back Out Of ACOUSTIC OUTCASTS TOUR

The organizers of the Acoustic Outcasts Tour, including KEEL frontman Ron Keel, have issued the following statement in response to Don Dokken's "announcement" that the tour has been cancelled "because of the hurricane disaster": "I am extremely happy to report that our agent, Robert Hovey from Globa...

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DOKKEN To Hit The Road In November

DOKKEN mainan Don Dokken has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "The Acoustic Outcasts tour is canceled because of the hurricane disaster. Our booking agent/soundman lives in New Orleans and there has been no contact with him since Saturday. As well, our tour bus is probab...

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AC/DC: 'Rock Masters' Video To Be Issued In U.S.

According to Amazon.com, AC/DC's "Rock Masters" video will be issued on VHS in the U.S. by Image Entertainment. The video was issued on DVD in Japan in 2003 and features the concert at Golders Green Hippodrome in London on October 27, 1977. The release date for this video has not been finalized. Cli...

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REQUIEM Complete Work On New Album

Finnish melodic metallers REQUIEM have completed work on their third album, "Requiem Forever", for an October 24 release via Scarlet Records. The CD was mastered at Chartmakers studios in Helsinki, Finland, by Svante Forsbäck (STRATOVARIUS, RAMMSTEIN) and will feature artwork by Carlos Del Olmo (SOI...

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Guitarist ALLEN WEST Quits OBITUARY

Guitarist Allen West has announced his departure from OBITUARY. West's exit from the group comes on the eve of OBITUARY's U.S. tour with NAPALM DEATH and Allen feels that the fans deserve no surprises when they don't see the band that they were expecting. Allen will concentrate fully on LOWBROW, who...

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Booking Agent Responds To BYZANTINE's Internet 'Threat'

Booking agent Jeffrey Churchwell of Digger International has issued a response to a scathing statement posted by the band BYZANTINE (via their guitarist, Tony Rorhbough) on their official web site in which they appeared to encourage their fans to physically assault Churchwell over the removal of BYZ...

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Reformed HOLY TERROR Seek Vocalist

Recenly reformed Seattle-based speed metal band HOLY TERROR are currently searching for a singer. Commented guitarist Kurt Colfelt (a.k.a. Kurt Kilfelt; ex-AGENT STEEL),"We attempted to get in touch with our original singer, Keith Deen, and I'm taking the lack of any response as a 'No.' We did what...

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AC/DC: Classic 1977 Performance To Air On Australia's JJJ Radio

According to a posting on AC-DC.net, Australian radio station JJJ will air this weekend an AC/DC concert recorded at Sydney's Haymarket on January 30, 1977. Part of Impossible Music Festival, with live music all weekend, the AC/DC show airs on Saturday (August 27) at 8:00 p.m. More information is av...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG's 'Deth And Life Experiences

During the late eighties at the tender age of 21, classically trained guitarist Jeff Young stepped into the metal world as lead guitarist for the legendary band MEGADETH. Jeff's highlight performances on the group's 1987 "So Far, So Good... So What!" album and tours astounded MEGA-fans and guitar af...

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ALTARIA Announce New Album Title

Finnish melodic metallers ALTARIA have set "The Fallen Empire" as the title of their thid album, tentatively due in early 2006. "The Fallen Empire" will be mixed and mastered during October at Black Lounge Studios in Sweden by Jonas Kjellgren (KATATONIA, STEEL ATTACK, SCAR SYMMETRY). The track listi...

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AC/DC To Play Australia In Early 2006?

According to Undercover News, AC/DC are among the artists who are said to be planning performances in Australia next March to mark the 2006 Commonwealth Games to be held in Melbourne. AC/DC have been working on a new studio album, and according to Billboard, their agent told a gathering of concert-i...

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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION, ADEMA: More Tour Dates Announced

More dates have been announced for the upcoming U.S. tour featuring BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION and ADEMA. The trek, dubbed the "Motor-Homey" tour, will include the following stops: Sep. 30 - San Diego, CA @ Canes Oct. 01 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Galaxy Oct. 04 - Denver, CO @ Benders Oct. 09 - St ...

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Heavy Metal Real Estate

CAGE vocalist Sean Peck and master shredder from AGENT STEEL, Juan Garcia, have joined forces to start a full-service real estate company aimed at getting metalheads their first home purchase or home loan refinance. "I have been in real estate for 20 years now and Juan came to me with this idea to m...

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AC/DC: New Bonus DVD Available

The Epic/Sony-BMG AC/DC web site is currently offering a bonus DVD with each online purchase of two CDs. The DVD, available exclusively through the web site, includes five promo videos from the "Back In Black" album ("Hells Bells", "Back In Black", "You Shook Me All Night Long", "Rock And Roll Ain't...

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The New Age of Terror

You may recall that HIRAX released two Metal Blade albums — "Raging Violence" (1985) and "Hate, Fear, and Power" (1986) — before finally calling it quits in 1989. Playing a kind of thrash/crossover fast blast style, given a twist by wild man Katon W. De Pena's classic metal vocal style, the group li...