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MORTAL SIN To Be Inducted Into Australian Metal 'Hall Of Fame'

Australia's Kerrang! magazine is holding its first ever Australian Heavy Metal Awards on February 4 in conjunction with the country's premier metal festival, Metal from the Brain. The ceremony, which is expected to become an annual fixture in the Australian metal calendar, celebrating the best the l...

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GUITAR WORLD Magazine To Pay Tribute To DIMEBAG DARRELL

According to the Washington Post, the staff of Guitar World magazine is currently working on its next issue, a tribute to "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, the former guitarist for the heavy metal band PANTERA who was shot and killed by a crazed fan in Ohio last month while playing with his new band, DAMAGE...

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H.I.M. Frontman VILLE VALO To Release Solo Album?

H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo will reportedly record a solo album this year that is expected to be released before the new H.I.M. CD. The solo effort will apparently be inspired by "country" music and Ville's recent work on APOCALYPTICA's "Bittersweet" video, and will include the songs "Under the Rose"...

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Columbus Benefit Concert For Victims Of Alrosa Villa Tragedy To Be Held This Friday

Columbus radio station New Rock 99.7 The Blitz (WBZX) will be having a benefit show for the victims of the Alrosa Villa tragedy called "Rock To Remember" on Friday, January 7 at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH. The lineup features local bands VOLUME DEALER (who opened for DAMAGEPLAN the night...

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WOLF's Rehearsal Room Broken Into, Guitars Stolen

Sweden's WOLF have posted the following update at their official web site: "Some fucko (must be a Limahl fan) has broken in to our rehearsal and stolen BOTH of Nick's flying V's, plus two cordless systems and some stereo equipment. One of the guitars is a one of a kind custom built V-model for Nick,...

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AEROSMITH Frontman to Help Launch New Marchitecture

According to TheInquirer.net, AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler and Intel's boss Craig Barrett will announce the UmixIT marchitecture on Janaury 6 at Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. Using antique techniques of online journalism TheInquirer.net's Fuad Abazovic discovered that UmixIT is actually...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE: 25 New North American Tour Dates Officially Announced

During their live performance on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" on New Year's Eve, MÖTLEY CRÜE announced that, per intense fan demand, they are adding 25 new dates to their "Red, White & Crüe Tour 2005 ... Better Live Than Dead", presented by VH1 and VH1 Classic. Reuniting for a major tour for...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: Remembering DIMEBAG DARRELL

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has issued the following statement in memory of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "My relationship to this sick series of events goes way back, some 18 years. I joined a band from Detroit called MADAM X back in 1986 and the very first p...

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IZZY STRADLIN Jams With VELVET REVOLVER: Audio Posted Online

Live recordings of former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin jamming with VELVET REVOLVER on the GN'R classics "I Used To Love Her" and "It's So Easy" at Le Bataclan in Paris, France on September 7, 2004 have been posted online in MP3 format. Download the files: "I Used To Love Her" (

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DAYLIGHT DIES: New Demo Recording Posted Online

North Carolina-based doom/death metallers DAYLIGHT DIES have issued the following update regarding the songwriting process for their as-yet-untitled sophomore album: "As previously promised, we have a demo recording of a new track entitled 'Lies that Bind' to offer you. This was one of the first son...

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Japanese Band Shows Beheading Of Hostage At Concert

News.com.au is reporting that a Japanese broadcaster has voiced anger and apologized after sponsoring a weekend concert at which a rock band played the Internet footage showing the beheading of a Japanese hostage in Iraq. Tokyo Broadcasting System said it had no forewarning of the stunt. "Showing th...

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SLIPKNOT, LAMB OF GOD, SHADOWS FALL: Tickets For First 14 Dates On Sale Now

Tickets for the first 14 dates of the "The Subliminal Verses Tour", featuring SLIPKNOT, LAMB OF GOD and SHADOWS FALL, are now on sale. A limited number of tickets offering you a chance to get on the floor or in the stands before the general public can be bought at Slipknot1.MusicToday.com (service c...

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NASUM Vocalist MIESZKO TALARCZYK Missing In Thailand

NASUM singer/guitarist Mieszko Talarczyk is among the 800 Swedes still missing in Thailand following the massive undersea earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale and resulting tsunamis along South Asia's coasts. The latest estimates are that over 23,000 have perished in the region. The remaini...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'Bach To Europe' Tour Diary

Daniel Stanton of Anger Management/Coallier Entertainment has submitted the following tour diary documenting Sebastian Bach's (ex-SKID ROW) most recent "Bach To Europe" European trek: "With many tours under my belt, nothing will come close to the psychotic world of working with the hyper madman name...

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Finnish H.I.M. Documentary To Air In February

The Finnish channel TV 2 will be airing a new H.I.M. documentary in February. The documentary was reportedly shot by frontman Ville Valo's girlfriend Jonna Nygren and follows the band during their U.S. tour. No exact air date has been set. In other news, H.I.M. have been confirmed to pay the 2005 ed...