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ZAKK WYLDE’S BLACK LABEL SOCIETY To Perform Benefit Show For Hurricane Katrina Victims

Artemis recording artist Zakk Wylde's BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will be performing a benefit show on October 11 at the recently opened City Hall venue in Nashville, TN. All profits will be donated to the American Red Cross to benefit the victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Alternative rock station...

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GRAND MAGUS: Swedish Radio Broadcast Scheduled Next Month

Swedish national radio P3 will broadcast a live performance by GRAND MAGUS from The Shrine in Stockholm, Sweden. It will air on October 13. The broadcast will also feature a gig from THE QUILL. GRAND MAGUS' latest album, "Wolf's Return", is now available on vinyl. It is a limited edition that featur...

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OPETH: 'Ghost Reveries' Enters Swedish Chart At No. 9

OPETH's new album, "Ghost Reveries", has entered the Swedish national chart at position No. 9 (the group's previous midweek chart position — after two days of sales — was No. 4). The group's updated "Ghost Reveries" first-week chart positions around the world are now as follows: #9: Sweden #11: Finl...

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SOILWORK To Miss First Nine Shows Of FEAR FACTORY Tour

According to a Nuclear Blast Records spokesperson, Sweden's SOILWORK will not join the upcoming FEAR FACTORY North American tour until November 8 in New York City. The first nine shows of the tour will feature IT DIES TODAY as one of the openers before the latter act is replaced by SOILWORK for the...

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FEAR FACTORY Announce Tour with SOILWORK, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and DARKANE

After completing this summer's Gigantour and releasing their new album "Transgression" (Calvin Records, August 23),FEAR FACTORY has revealed plans for a fall tour that will take them from Kansas to California on a 29-date routing. Featuring special guests SOILWORK, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and DARKANE,...

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MASTERPLAN's ROLAND GRAPOW Auctioning Guitars

MASTERPLAN/ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow has placed several guitars for auction on the German eBay web site. The items he is selling are as follows: Gibson Flying V Medallion from 1971 (auction page),Chrome Veleno from (around) 1973 (auction page),and a Messenger guitar from 1969 (made in S...

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DEF LEPPARD And CHEAP TRICK To Team Up For Live Dates

DEF LEPPARD will be teaming up with CHEAP TRICK for the following dates in October: Oct. 23 - Detroit, MI @ TBA Oct. 24 - Grand Rapids, MI @ TBA Oct. 26 - Springfield, IL @ TBA Oct. 27 - Atlanta, GA @ TBA In other news, DEF LEPPARD's new double-disc hits collection, "Rock of ...

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INDEX CASE To Tour With BOBAFLEX

Iowa-based metal/hard rock act INDEX CASE, the first signing to Tim King (SOIL) and Rob Such's (TWELFTH GATE) Mortal Music/Platform Records (via Fontana/Universal distribution),will be supporting BOBAFLEX on the following dates: Sep. 14 - Mankato, MN @ Buster's Sep. 15 - Davenport, IA @ Quad City L...

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NOCTURNAL RITES Bassist Says Shows With NIGHTWISH Were 'Fantastic'

NOCTURNAL RITES bassist Nils Eriksson has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "The shows [in Sweden with NIGHTWISH] were fantastic and it was cool playing for a lot people who probably didn't know us at all. That was the whole point in doing these shows anyway, so I guess i...

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Ghost Reveries

There's a danger in taking OPETH for granted, now that we've been graced with a staggering seven albums' worth of progressive metal brilliance from them. They have their own sound, with instantly-identifiable elements, and you can only hear them "for the first time" once. That makes it easy to say t...

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More Photos Of AC/DC's JOHNSON Jamming With VELVET REVOLVER Posted Online

More photos of AC/DC vocalist Brian Johnson jamming with VELVET REVOLVER at Hard Rock Live in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday night (September 6) have been posted online at AbacaUSA.com. Johnson performed LED ZEPPELIN's "Rock And Roll" with the group. The concert was a benefit for victims of Hurricane K...

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AUDIOSLAVE Begin Work On New Material

AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello has told MTV.com that the band have already written several new tunes for the follow-up to this year's "Out of Exile", some of which AUDIOSLAVE will debut on the road this fall. "What we're hoping to do is follow in the footsteps of some of our favorite bands, like ....

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GOREFEST: New Album Trailer Posted Online

Reunited Dutch metallers GOREFEST have uploaded a trailer for their upcoming "La Muerte" CD and DVD at Gorefest.nl. As previously reported, "La Muerte" is scheduled for release in Europe on October 31 via Nuclear Blast Records. "La Muerte" was recorded at Excess studio in Rotterdam, Holland with eng...

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DISTURBED, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: Jägermeister Music Tour Dates Announced

The dates have been announced for DISTURBED's Jägermeister Music Tour, featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY in the opening slot. They are as follows: Nov. 04 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave Nov. 05 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave Nov. 07 - Kansas City, KS - Memorial Hall Nov. 08 - St. Louis, MO - Pagent .....

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OPETH: More First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

OPETH's official web site has been updated with the following first-week national chart positions for the group's new album, "Ghost Reveries": #4: Sweden (midweek chart; after two days of sales) #11: Finland #21: Norway #35: Australia #38: Netherlands #39: Germany #62: United Kingdom #64: USA #72: F...