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PAPA ROACH Confirmed For Wisconsin's ROCK FEST

PAPA ROACH have been confirmed have been confirmed for Rock Fest 2006, set to take place July 20-23 in Cadott, Wisconsin. The festival lineup is now shaping up as follows: Thursday, July 20: JOHN WAITE GRAND FUNK RAILROAD KANSAS SAMMY HAGAR & THE WABOS (w/ VAN HALEN's Michael Anthony) Friday, Ju...

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THE HUMAN ABSTRACT: Album Sample Posted Online

Los Angeles-based technical progressive metal band THE HUMAN ABSTRACT have released the track "Crossing the Rubicon", taken from their upcoming full-length debut, "Nocturne", via their MySpace.com page. Check it out at this location. Due in August through Hopeless Records, "Nocturne" was recorded at...

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DIO: More Tour Dates Announced

DIO have lined up the following tour dates during the coming months: May 27 - Roeselare, BEL @ Schwung Festival May 28 - Saarbrucken, GER @ The Garage May 30 - Munich, GER @ Elserhalle Jun. 01 - Stuttgart, GER @ Longhorn Jun. 02 - Ulm, GER @ Tent Festival Jun. 03 - Frankfurt, GER ...

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DREAM EVIL Confirmed For Scotland's RAGNAROK UK METALFEST

Sweden's DREAM EVIL have been confirmed for the inaugural Ragnarok UK Metalfest, set to take place on November 4, 2006 at Perth Concert Hall in Central Scotland. According to a statement released by the festival organizers, DREAM EVIL or its management team will release a statement regarding the fut...

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FIREWIND: New Album Details Revealed

Century Media Records has set a July 24 European release date for the new FIREWIND album, entitled "Allegiance". The album's first single, "Falling to Pieces", will be released June 19 in Greece. It will include an edited version of the title track, the non-album track "Demon Nights" and the BLACKFO...

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Metalmania 2005

In yet another example of Europe's festival organizing acumen, Poland's annual Metalmania festival continues to attract quality acts from a range of genres to the always-rabid Polish audience. The festival's main stage highlights have once again been captured on DVD, this time the 2005 extravaganza....

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RUSH Begin Work On New Material

RUSH drummer Neil Peart has posted the following update on his official web site, www.neilpeart.net: "In early March, winter still ruled the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec. The snow was often at its deepest in that month, piling up through the blizzards of January and February until it covered the g...

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1,000 Join SYSTEM OF A DOWN Rally Urging Turkey To End Armenian Genocide Denial

Yerkir, the online Armenian newspaper, has published the following report: Armenian Americans from across the United States joined [Monday, April 24] with SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Serj Tankian and John Dolmayan at a Washington, D.C. "Rally for Justice", urging the Turkish Government to end its worldwide c...

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Memorial

Kudos to Portugal's MOONSPELL for creating goth with death metal propulsion that should have cross-genre appeal. You heard it on much of "The Antidote", but "Memorial" is a 59-minute gem of an album that manages to be very heavy without dispensing with that Vampire-esque gothic appeal. While I would...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Confirmed For Wisconsin's ROCK FEST

MÖTLEY CRÜE have been confirmed for Rock Fest 2006, set to take place July 20-23 in Cadott, Wisconsin. The festival lineup is now shaping up as follows: Thursday, July 20: 04:30 JOHN WAITE 06:15 GRAND FUNK RAILROAD 08:00 KANSAS 10:00 SAMMY HAGAR & THE WABOS Friday, July 21: 02:15 SAVOY BROWN 04:...

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ALICE COOPER Hit 'School's Out' To Be Played On Continuous Loop For Fundraiser

The Canadian Press is reporting that Indiepolitik, a Toronto-based group of indie musicians who raise money for charity, is planning to play ALICE COOPER's 1972 hit "School's Out" for six hours — non-stop — at a local nightclub Thursday (April 20). Participants can either pay a $5 entrance fee to he...

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WINTERS BANE: European Version Of 'Redivivus' To Include Bonus Tracks

WINTERS BANE will release their new album, "Redivivus", in Europe on June 30 via Metal Heaven Records. Since their formation in 1990, WINTERS BANE has consistently created some of the most memorable heavy metal songs ever written. In their first incarnation with present ICED EARTH vocalist Tim "Ripp...

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ILL NINO, GOD FORBID, SILENT CIVILIAN to Team Up For U.S. Tour

Just back from sold-out tours of Europe and Australia, bi-lingual Latino metal sextet ILL NINO is set to criss-cross America leading the "One Nation Undivided" spring tour. Presented by Jagermeister, the 28-city major market assault is ILL NINO's first and only U.S. headlining tour supporting its la...

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Holy Diver Live

I take absolutely no pleasure in doing this, because Ronnie James Dio is one of my personal heroes, a man who's lived it all, done it all and exuded nothing but class all the way. He's the reason some of my all-time albums are my favorites. I won't even dignify an idiot's "Ozzy or Dio?" ...

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Hosannas From the Basements of Hell

Pick a band, any band, and if they incorporate any sort of tribal drone, ethereal wall-of-noise roar, mystical third-eye ravings or percussive punk-driven art house nihilism in their music, you can likely thank KILLING JOKE for the influence. The launching pad for a hundred metal, punk and new wave...