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KING DIAMOND Plans MERCYFUL FATE Retrospective DVD

Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with King Diamond. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: Were you happy with how the bonus DVD that came with "The Puppet Master" turned out? King Diamond: "Absolutely. Of course it's a low-budget thing but I think it was...

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RON KEEL, KELLY KEELING Among Artists Taking Part In ACOUSTIC OUTCASTS Tour

Ron Keel (KEEL, IRONHORSE, STEELER),Terry Ilous (XYZ),Kelly Keeling (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, BLUE MURDER, BATON ROUGE, GEORGE LYNCH),Charlie Wayne (BULLETBOYS, HAWK, KEEL & WAYNE),and renowned guitarist JK Northrup (KING KOBRA, XYZ, PAUL SHORTINO) are among the artists that will be participa...

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MEGADETH: South American Tour Dates Announced

MEGADETH have announced the following South American dates in October: Oct. 07 - Santiago, CHL - Chile Stadium Oct. TBA - Buenos Aires, ARG - Pepsi Music Rock Festival Oct. 11 - Sao Paulo, BRA - Credicard Hall MEGADETH's "Greatest Hits: Back to the Start" collection sold 17,441 copies in its first w...

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CRISIS Frontwoman: 'We Have A Message That Must Be Delivered'

Nashua Telepgraph recently conducted an interview with CRISIS frontwoman Karyn Crisis. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On playing a style of music that is hard to categorize: "We're more than a little bit aware that we’re a tough band to digest. We go to very confrontational, emotional places i...

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KATAKLYSM Singer Says They Missed London Terrorist Attack By Two Days

KATAKLYSM vocalist Maurizio Iacono has issued the following update on the band's current and future activities: "We have just returned from a very successfull tour in Europe. The German shows were all packed and the open-air festival in Slovenia (Metal Camp) was really cool and so was With Full Forc...

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Firewood

The story goes that Sweden's WITCHCRAFT first began as a tribute to former 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS legend Roky Erickson and PENTAGRAM's Bobby Liebling. The self-titled debut album caused quite a buzz and if it's anything like "Firewood", I can understand why. Prior to actually hearing "Firewood", I wou...

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CLUTCH Sell 13,000 Copies Of 'Robot Hive' in First Week Of Release

CLUTCH sold 12,611 copies of their latest album, "Robot Hive / Exodus", to debut at No. 93 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. "Robot Hive / Exodus" is the follow-up to the acclaimed "Blast Tyrant", which registered a first-week tally of 8,345 back in April 2004 and has gone on to sell 59,963 co...

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MEGADETH Schedule 'Rockline' Appearance

MEGADETH will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" airing Monday, July 11. The live show begins at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET, and fans are encouraged to call in with questions during the program at (800) 344-ROCK (7625). To find a station near you, check out

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RIBSPREADER Call It Quits?

Swedish "old-school death metal" band RIBSPREADER have posted the following message on their official web site: "Due to severe alcoholism, even severer (we know that's not a word) mental issues and the lack of a unemployed drummer, RIBSPREADER was shot six times in the head yesterday. There were hop...

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ALICE COOPER Members Record Song For 'Junkfood' Horror Movie

The upcoming horror movie "Scarlet Fry's Junkfood Horrorfest", starring ALICE COOPER's daughter Calico, will feature a song from COOPER guitarist Ryan Roxie called "Psycho Fighter". The song features Roxie on guitar, John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE) on guitar, Chuck Garric (ALICE COOPER) on bass and Tommy...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: All I Wanted For My Son Was For Him To Know God's Word

Musician's Friend recently conducted an in-depth interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Musician's Friend: Are either of your children musically inclined? If so, are there any desires to follow in dad's footsteps as a rock star? Dave Mustaine: "My s...

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JACOBS DREAM Confirmed For California's BEYOND THE MOUNTAIN Festival

Columbus, Ohio's JACOBS DREAM have been confirmed for the Beyond the Mountain festival, set to take place on August 27-28 at the Roosevelt Bowl at Perris Hills Park in San Bernadino, California. The band is scheduled to perform on Sunday, August 28. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Sat...

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DEF LEPPARD Complete First Leg Of Shows With BRYAN ADAMS

DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Well, here we are the the end of the first leg of shows with Bryan Adams. I'm sat on the back of the bus 15 minutes before we go on in Atlanta, on what was originally a day off! ...

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Report: Heavy Metal Is Alive And Well In Bulgaria

Hugh Fraser of Bulgaria's SofiaEcho.com has issued the following report: With BLACK SABBATH and its famous front man Ozzy Osbourne hitting town next week, I wanted to take a look at the worldwide phenomenon of heavy metal and what heavy metal culture is in Bulgaria. Knowing little about the heavy me...

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DEF LEPPARD Singer: 'I Don't Think We Ever Believed We Were A Metal Band'

VH1.com recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott. An excerpt from the interview follows: VH1: You've had a lot of cross over success on the pop charts, do any of your metal brethren ever razz you? Have you had to defend your rock honor? Elliott: All the time. We've had t...