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DIO: Live DVD Pushed Back
DIO have set June 17 as the new release date through Eagle Vision (a division of Eagle Rock Entertainment) for their live DVD, tentatively titled "Dio's Evil Or Divine". "Dio's Evil Or Divine" was recorded on Dec. 13, 2002 at Roseland Ballroom in New York City and was directed by Ken Botelho for Cen...April 3, 2003
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ABIGOR Mainman Says Label Isn't Solely To Blame For Band Hiatus
Napalm Records aren't solely to blame for ABIGOR's decision to put the band on indefinite hiatus, according to mainman Peter Kubik. "To make things clear, we have some problems with Napalm, but they aren't the ones to judge," he wrote on the Austrian black metal group's official web site. "It's also...April 2, 2003
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NIGHTWISH's Early April Fool's Day Joke
NIGHTWISH's webmaster Christian Lessner has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to let us know that "the news about [NIGHTWISH singer] Tarja Turunen joining TRIO NISKALAUKAUS (and singing like Wilska) was our April 1 joke. Unfortunately, it got to you early because of the time difference to Finland." We gues...April 2, 2003
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ABATTOIR Complete Work On 'Evil Incarnate'
Los Angeles based thrash metal legends ABATTOIR have completed work on their third studio album, "Evil Incarnate", tentatively due in late 2003 through an as-yet-undetermined label. ABATTOIR's fourth album overall (following last year's successful comeback CD, "Live! No Sleep 'Til Kalamazoo"),"Evil...March 30, 2003
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FATES WARNING Confirmed As 'Special Guest' On QUEENSRŸCHE/DREAM THEATER Tour
FATES WARNING have been officially confirmed as the "special guest" on the forthcoming QUEENSRŸCHE/DREAM THEATER co-headlining tour of North America beginning in June. No dates have been officially announced, but it is believed that the tour will be making a stop in the Los Angeles area on July 24 a...March 28, 2003
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Management: GREAT WHITE's Next Live Appearance To Take Place On April 29
GREAT WHITE's management company, Manic Music Management Inc., has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to refute a previously published report that the group would be performing on April 17 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Beverly Hills, California. According to Manic, "it is possible that individual members may mak...March 27, 2003
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Former SKUNK ANANSIE Frontwoman: My Solo Debut Is My Best Work Yet
Former SKUNK ANANSIE frontwoman SKIN says that her upcoming solo debut, "Fleshwounds", is a much more personal affair than anything she has previously done — an album of love songs that don't so much celebrate the emotion as mourn its passing. "At the beginning of this project, my brief was to write...March 23, 2003
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LOSTPROPHETS Singer Clarifies War Statement
LOSTPROPHETS singer Ian Watkins has issued a follow-up message clarifying his previous statement in which he accused most anti-war musicians of being more interested in publicity than politics. "Radio 1 are kinda making more of an issue [of my comment] than it really was," Watkins writes on the band...March 22, 2003
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DESTRUCTION's SCHMIER: 'War Was Never A Solution'
DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer has issued a statement via the band's official web site in an attempt to clarify the group's reasons for posting their cover version of THE EXPLOITED's "Fuck The U.S.A." as a protest against the U.S.-led war on Iraq. "This war is touching all o...March 21, 2003
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SUFFOCATION Reunite, Begin Work On New CD
Acclaimed New York death metallers SUFFOCATION, who issued several successful albums in the early '90s, have officially reunited after a four-year break (as previously reported here and here) and are in the process of writing and recording their long-awaited sixth release. The group's current lineup...March 21, 2003
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DIAMOND REXX: No More SCHMIDT
Contrary to a report posted here last week, former MASTER drummer Bill Schmidt is no longer a member of Chicago's DIAMOND REXX. Schmidt, who joined REXX "officially" on Sept. 22, 2002 was not featured on the band's latest CD, "The Evil", and was replaced earlier this year by returning REXX drummer J...March 20, 2003
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PASSENGER Set American Release Date For Debut Album
Sweden's PASSENGER, the new project featuring IN FLAMES vocalist Anders Friden, ex-TRANSPORT LEAGUE drummer Patrik J. Sten, GARDENIAN guitarist Niclas Engelin (ex-IN FLAMES),and HEADPLATE bassist Håkan Skoger, have set an April 28 release date through Century Media Records for their debut self-titl...March 20, 2003
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VADER: DEPECHE MODE Cover Posted Online
Veteran Polish death metallers VADER have posted their cover of DEPECHE MODE's "I.F.Y." at this location. The track was originally released several years ago on a mini-CD of the same name. ...March 20, 2003
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JASON NEWSTED: 'LARS ULRICH Can Kiss My Ass'
Ex-METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted has hit out at Lars Ulrich for stating in a recent radio interview that Newsted seemed "lost" by accepting the job as OZZY OSBOURNE's new four-stringer. "If Lars was good enough he would have joined OZZY, too," Jason told Greek magazine Rock On. "Lars can kiss my a...March 20, 2003
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ROB HALFORD: I Have No Plans To Reunite With JUDAS PRIEST
Ex-JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford has issued a statement dispelling the persistent rumors of a possible reunion with his former bandmates and placing much of the blame for the proliferation of false information about his activities on his former management company, Sanctuary Music Group. Halford'...March 19, 2003
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