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NOCTUARY: 'Recollection' Due In August

After much delay, the release date of NOCTUARY's forthcoming album "Recollection" has been set for August 22, 2006 on Quadrivium Records. A pre-release has been scheduled for June directly through the California-based band and their label. The first copies will be available exclusively to subscriber...

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SLIPKNOT Frontman To Host FACECAGE CD-Release Party

SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor will be hosting a concert at The Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, July 15, featuring FACECAGE (Iowa),MINDRITE (Iowa),BLACK FLOOD DIESEL (Minnesota),NARCOTIC SELF (Nebraska),BROKEN IMAGE (Colorado) and SIDEWISE (Kansas) FACECAGE is a...

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Former GREAT WHITE Tour Manager Applies For Work-Release Program

According to The Associated Press, former GREAT WHITE tour manager Daniel Biechele, who was sentenced to jail for igniting a nightclub fire that killed 100 people, has applied for a work-release program. A judge sentenced Biechele last week to four years in prison for starting a deadly blaze at The...

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SHATTERPOINT, WARMACHINE, ENDORPHINS Confirmed For Ontario's MQMUSICFEST

SHATTERPOINT, WARMACHINE, ENDORPHINS, VALKYRIES CRY, I HATE SALLY, LITTLE SUNDAY, and REHAB FOR QUITTERS are among the bands confirmed for the MQMusicfest, set to take place July 7-9 at Trudeau Park in Ontario, Canada. Organized by Metal Queen Management, MQMusicfest is shaping up to be the first of...

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PEGAZUS: First-Ever DVD Due Late June

Guitarist Johnny Stoj of the Australian metallers PEGAZUS has posted the following update on the band's official web site: "Finally, the first-ever PEGAZUS DVD is just about to be scheduled for an official release worldwide. The title is 'Pegazus – Mythology Chapter II (2000-2006)'. All that we are...

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DEATH IN THE FOREST Festival Changes Location — Again

Rockland County, NY event firm Watchers Entertainment has once again changed the location for its Death in the Forest festival. The latest announcement comes after Town of Mamakating officials refused to grant the company permission to hold the concert at the Catskill Mountain Ranch and Camping Club...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD, DRAGONFORCE Confirmed For OZZFEST Main Stage

AVENGED SEVENFOLD and DRAGONFORCE have been added to the main-stage lineup of this year's Ozzfest, which is scheduled to kick off June 29 in Auburn, Washington. "Ozzfest has so much history," says AVENGED SEVENFOLD vocalist M. Shadows. "We are honored to be sharing the stage with so many great bands...

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STAIND To Rock INDIANAPOLIS 500

Flip/Atlantic recording group STAIND has been invited to perform live at the upcoming 90th running of the Indianapolis 500. The multi-platinum rockers will be featured on ABC-TV's pre-race telecast, set to kick off at noon ET on Sunday, May 28 (check local listings). STAIND will perform two songs: o...

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FIREBALL MINISTRY To Support H.I.M.; Tour With DISTURBED Kicks Off This Weekend

L.A. hard rock quartet FIREBALL MINISTRY will support Finland's H.I.M. at the House of Blues in Hollywood, Calif. on June 11. This will be H.I.M.'s final U.S. performance of the summer, and the groups' first West Coast show together. (They performed five concerts along the East Coast late last year...

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MISS OZZFEST 2006: An Open Call For Metal Maidens Of All Ages

The Ozzfest organizers have issued the following press release: Move over, Miss America. Let's face it, your unrealistic ideals are no longer in-sync with today's woman. After 75 years, you're about to be kicked to the curb. A provocative pageant will take center stage this summer as hard rocking be...

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ULI JON ROTH: East Coast Tour Recap

Uli Jon Roth's (ex-SCORPIONS) production manager Jeff Agins has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding Roth's current U.S. tour and upcoming first-ever Sky Academy Seminar & Sky Music Festival, which is going to take place in Los Angeles, California on May 24-28: "I just got bac...

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FEAR FACTORY Frontman's ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS To Perform At NXNE Convention

ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS — the project featuring Burton C. Bell (FEAR FACTORY) and John Bechdel (MINISTRY, KILLING JOKE, FALSE ICONS) — are confirmed to perform at this year's NXNE convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band will play the event on Thursday, June 8 at midnight (12:00 a.m.) at t...

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DON CABALLERO Release First Album In Five Years; Announce Tour Plans

Seminal instrumental band DON CABALLERO saw the North American release of "World Class Listening Problem", its newest record and first in almost five years, yesterday (Tuesday, May 16). "World Class Listening Problem" marks the first recorded work by the band's new incarnation (founder and drummer e...

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KORN, DEFTONES, STONE SOUR: 'Family Values' Tour Dates Announced

KORN and DEFTONES will be co-headlining this year's Family Values Tour. Rounding out the mainstage lineup will be STONE SOUR, FLYLEAF and DIR EN GREY. The dates so far are as follows (venue details for many of the shows have yet to be confirmed): Jul. 27 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Virginia Be...

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Former BUCKCHERRY Drummer Joins BLACKLIST UNION?

Former BUCKCHERRY drummer Devon Glenn has reportedly joined the Hollywood, California-based rock band BLACKLIST UNION. Glenn is expected to perform with the group at their May 22 concert with METAL SKOOL at the Key Club in Hollywood. Together since 2004, BLACKLIST UNION's hook-laden sound — created...