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MACHINE HEAD: New Live Videos Posted Online

HDPvidz.com is currently hosting a couple of professional-quality video clips of MACHINE HEAD performing live on June 4 at the Rock Am Ring festival in Germany. Download the files at the following locations: "Imperium" (MPG, 63 MB),"The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears" (MPG, 51 MB). In other news, ...

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SLIPKNOT Guitarist: 'I Don't Sound Like Anything Except Me'

GuitarPlayer.com is currently spotlighting several bands that are scheduled to appear on Ozzfest 2004's second stage, including SLIPKNOT, LACUNA COIL, GOD FORBID and ATREYU. A couple of excerpts follow: SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thomson on the tyranny of influences: "I love all kinds of music, but I d...

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SLIPKNOT: No Plans To Record 'Doctor Who' Theme

SLIPKNOT are not in talks to record the theme tune to the classic TV show "Doctor Who", despite a report in a tabloid last week. The Sun "revealed" that the masked metallers were working on a song to be used for the show's comeback at the end of the year, but a spokesperson ...

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SLIPKNOT/SLAYER: More European Tour Dates Announced

More dates have been announced for the forthcoming SLIPKNOT/SLAYER European tour, which is scheduled to kick off in late September. Dubbed "The Unholy Alliance", the trek will feature SLIPKNOT playing last in the U.K., France and Belgium, with SLAYER taking the rest of the headline slots. SLIPKNOT f...

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SLIPKNOT's SID WILSON To Release Vinyl Record

According to the SLIPKNOT fan site Metabolic666.com, SLIPKNOT's DJ Sid Wilson (a.k.a. DJ Starscream) will release a vinyl record called "Full Metal Scratch-it" this summer via N2O Records. This record features the breaks and sounds that DJ Starscream has used onstage and in the studio for the past t...

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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION Are Having 'Too Much Fun For One Band'

BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION bassist Nikki Sixx (ex-MÖTLEY CRÜE) has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Last few days have been a blur. Too much fun for one band. Hung with all the guys from DROWNING POOL, HATEBREED, DAMAGEPLAN, KORN, SOIL, LIFE OF AGONY, ILL NINO, SLAYER, SILV...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Explains Absence From DOWNLOAD Festival

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has issued a videotaped message explaining his absence from the group's headlining performance at the Download festival on Sunday (June 6). A BLABBERMOUTH.NET transcript of the message follows: "We've been going pretty hard for most of the year, as you are aware, and we...

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LARS ULRICH To Rejoin METALLICA On Stage In Germany

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich will "definitely" join the band at their performance in Ludwigshafen, Germany Tuesday night (June 8),according to an online posting by METALLICA's webmaster Niclas Swanlund. "I know you are all worried about Lars," he writes. "The reports I have heard [Tuesday] morning...

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SLIPKNOT's JORDISON: It Was An Honor To Play For METALLICA

SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has commented on filling in for METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich for their headlining performance at the Download festival in England Sunday (June 6). "It was an honor last night to play for a band I've looked up to for so long," Jordison said in a statement. "[Before thi...

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Report: METALLICA Drummer 'Waiting On Test Results'

NME.com is reporting that METALLICA's Lars Ulrich is in a German hospital waiting for the results of tests after falling ill in Europe. As previously reported, the group had to play last night's (June 6) Download headline slot with SLIPKNOT and SLAYER drummers Joey Jordison and Dave Lombardo. Accord...

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Report: MACHINE HEAD, HATEBREED, LIFE OF AGONY Drummers Jammed With METALLICA

According to Metal Hammer, MACHINE HEAD's Dave McClain, HATEBREED's Matt Byrne and LIFE OF AGONY's Sal Abruscato all jammed with James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo and and Kirk Hammett before the METALLICA trio settled on the drum line-up of Joey Jordison (SLIPKNOT),Dave Lombardo (SLAYER) and Flemming...

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SLIPKNOT/SLAYER: U.K. Tour Dates Announced

The tentative dates have been announced for the upcoming SLIPKNOT/SLAYER U.K. tour, which is scheduled to take place in October. Dubbed "The Unholy Alliance", the trek will hit the following cities: Oct. 03 – Glasgow, UK @ SECC Oct. 05 – Birmingham, UK @ NIA Oct. 06 – Manchester, UK @ MEN Arena Oct....

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SLIPKNOT, SLAYER To Team Up For U.K. Tour

SLIPKNOT and SLAYER will be teaming up for a U.K. tour this autumn. The trek, which was announced prior to the two bands' appearances at the Download festival over the weekend, will include two nights at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. More information will be made available soon. ...

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DOWNLOAD 2004: METALLICA, KORN, SLIPKNOT Photos Posted Online

METALLICA (minus drummer Lars Ulrich),KORN and SLIPKNOT were among the performers at the Download festival in Donington Park, England Sunday (June 6). Check out pictures from Film Magic. As previously reported, Ulrich was taken to hospital with an undisclosed illness just hours before METALLICA wer...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Sends 'Get Well' Message To LARS ULRICH: 'I Love Ya Bro'

MEGADETH mainman — and former METALLICA guitarist — Dave Mustaine has issued the following statement regarding the reports that METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich missed the band's performance at Download festival in England after being hospitalized in Zurich, Switzerland. "It is reported that something...