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SHADOWS FALL To Perform 'Secret' Show Tonight At Hollywood's Key Club
SHADOWS FALL will play a "secret" show at the Key Club in Hollywood, California tonight (Monday, November 6). They will take the stage unannounced right before METAL SKOOL. Set time is 11:00 p.m. The Key Club is located at: Key Club 9039 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069 SHADOWS FALL recently en...November 6, 2006
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DANZIG's 'Black Aria II' Top 10 For Two Weeks On Billboard's Classical Crossover Chart
Glenn Danzig — known primarily for his dark, hardcore punk/metal sound — finds himself with a Top 10 album two weeks running on Billboard's Classical Crossover Albums chart. "Black Aria II" (evilive/October 17),the follow up to Danzig's 1993 "Black Aria", debuted last week at #8 on the chart and ke...November 6, 2006
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LARS ULRICH Is 'A Strange, Strange Man,' Says OASIS' NOEL GALLAGHER
In a recent interview with Canada's Exclaim! magazine, OASIS' Noel Gallagher makes several mentions of METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich, who is said to be a big OASIS fan and a longtime friend of the band. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Exclaim!: What's the meanest thing ever said to y...November 5, 2006
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THE HIDDEN HAND: New Album Release Date Announced
THE HIDDEN HAND, the band featuring hard rock guitar legend Scott "Wino" Weinrich (ST. VITUS, THE OBSESSED, SPIRIT CARAVAN),has issued the following update: "Our new record, 'The Resurrection of Whiskey Foote', is completed. It will be in stores on February 20. But we are doing a late-January-throu...November 4, 2006
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ROSE TATTOO: Funeral For Former Bassist To Be Held Tomorrow
Funeral services for former ROSE TATTOO bassist Ian Rilen — who passed away on October 30 after a battle with bladder cancer — will be held on Saturday, November 4 at 11:00 a.m. at the Melbourne High Memorial Hall in Alexandra Avenue, South Yarra, before a private ceremony for family. Ian's wake wil...November 3, 2006
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HALFORD/BRUCE DICKINSON Guitarist ROY Z Schedules Brazilian Workshow
Guitarist/producer Roy Z (BRUCE DICKINSON, HALFORD, TRIBE OF GYPSIES) has scheduled a special clinic-meets-show workshow this coming Sunday, November 5 at Manifesto Bar (Rua Iguatemi N° 36) in São Paulo, Brazil. The event is scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. and price of admission is R$20.00. Visit ww...November 3, 2006
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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE: U.S. Dates Announced
Welsh metalcore act BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE has lined up the following U.S. dates in December: Dec. 02 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Sound Advice Ampitheatre (w/ HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, SUGARCULT) Dec. 03 - Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium (w/ SPARTA, SALIVA) Dec. 05 - Charleston, SC @ The Music Farm Dec. 06 -...November 3, 2006
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FALCON Completes Work On Second Album
FALCON, the raw heavy rock power trio featuring guitarist/vocalist Perry Grayson (ex-DESTINY'S END, ex-ARTISAN, ISEN TORR and Metal Maniacs scribe),bassist/keyboardist Greg Lindstrom (CIRITH UNGOL) and drummer Darin McCloskey (PALE DIVINE),have completed recording and mixing their second full-leng...November 2, 2006
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DICTATORS A&R Exec Passes Away
HITS magazine reports that former Warner Bros. and Elektra/Asylum A&R and publicity exec Karin Berg, who signed acts like the DICTATORS, TELEVISION, DIRE STRAITS and R.E.M. to the label as a champion of many of the early new wave bands, passed away on Wednesday (Oct. 25). Berg was one of the fir...October 31, 2006
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MNEMIC Guitarist Checks In From The Road
MNEMIC guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie has issued the following update: "We are really sorry for not keeping you up to date with the progress of our North American tour, but here we finally are, still alive and in the hot swamps of Florida at Disney World. (We will definitely kick the shit out of M...October 30, 2006
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ANTHRAX Guitarist SCOTT IAN Comments On His NYC Rock Bar
ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has issued the following update: "I've been back and forth to [New York City] four times in the last 2 weeks. My head is spinning from all the flights and I'm heading back tomorrow. "The grand opening of the club that I am a partner in is Tuesday night. It's called ...October 30, 2006
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ANTHRAX Members To Jam With CYPRESS HILL On Halloween
Pearl Aday — MOTHER PEARL frontwoman, ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian's fiancée and daughter of legendary crooner Meat Loaf — has posted the following message on her official MySpace page: "There was another trip to New York for the soft opening of the killer new rock club in town called Retox (511 West...October 29, 2006
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Former RAMONES Drummer Lands New Gig
Beginning mid-2007, former RAMONES drummer Richie Ramone (a.k.a. Richard Reinhardt) will start a new career as a drum soloist, touring with symphonies and symphonic pops orchestras around the world in celebration of the 50th anniversary of "West Side Story". One of the most notable performances will...October 28, 2006
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GREAT WHITE: Judge Considers Request In Nightclub Fire Case
Eric Tucker of The Associated Press reports: A judge on Friday ordered a closed hearing for December to consider the state attorney general's request to make public secret grand jury testimony in The Station nightclub fire case. Attorney General Patrick Lynch filed a petition this week asking for pe...October 28, 2006
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THRESHOLD Confirms Album Cover Artist
U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD have confirmed that their new CD artwork will be created by Thomas Ewerhard, whose credits include KING'S X, VANDEN PLAS and ASIA. Thomas Ewerhard has been responsible for THRESHOLD's artwork since 1998, including the iconic "Hypothetical" and "Subsurface" covers...October 28, 2006
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