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British Metal Legends VENOM Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

British black metal pioneers VENOM have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-10 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): CACTUS CATHEDRAL CELTIC FROST DEEP PURPLE DORO EASY ACTION EVERGRE...

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VENOM Announce Rare U.K. Performance

According to BaconMusic.com, British black metal pioneers VENOM will play their first U.K. gig of the new millennium on Sunday, March 26 at the Manchester Academy. As previously reported, VENOM have finished mixing their new album, "Metal Black", at the Townhouse Studios in London. The album contain...

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APIARY Prepare To Enter Studio

APIARY, the San Francisco Bay Area band formed out of the ashes of local favorites CLEARING AUTUMN SKIES and SOMETHING MUST DIE, have completed the songwriting process for their debut album, entitled "Lost in Focus". "We go into Castle Ultimate Studios with Zack Ohren on engineering/mixing/mastering...

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VENOM Finish Mixing 'Metal Black'; Track Listing Revealed

British black metal pioneers VENOM have finished mixing their new album, "Metal Black", at the Townhouse Studios in London. The album contains 14 new songs, including "Antechrist", the demo for which can be heard at this location. A March 2006 release via Castle Records/Sanctuary Group is expected....

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MARILYN MANSON Marries Longtime Girlfriend DITA VON TEESE

The Associated Press is reporting that Marilyn Manson married his longtime girlfriend Saturday (Dec. 3) in Ireland. Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, married 33-year-old Heather Sweet in front of about 60 guests at Castle Gurteen, the home of a friend in Kilsheelan, County Tipperary. Sweet is...

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PAPA ROACH Begin Work On New Album

MTV.com is reporting that PAPA ROACH have commenced work on the follow-up to "Getting Away with Murder" in Los Angeles. "We're renting a mansion together and we're gonna take a month and write music and live together and just go crazy monk-style," frontman Jacoby Shaddix told MTV.com. "This is the f...

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MARILYN MANSON: More Wedding Details Revealed

Ireland's The Limerick Post is reporting that a Limerick-based company has won the contract for MARILYN MANSON's four-day wedding extravaganza. There has been worldwide speculation about the goth rockstar's wedding, including where it's on, who's going to it and who's doing the food and the cake. An...

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VENOM To Release 'Metal Black' In March

British black metal pioneers VENOM have set "Metal Black" as the title of their new studio album, due in March 2006 via Castle Records/Sanctuary Group. According to an official press release, "Metal Black" "sees original founder band member Cronos creating a new masterpiece of metal together with [d...

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Capture the Magic

I had heard so much hype over the "Roses on White Lace" debut EP from ICARUS WITCH that I couldn't wait to check out "Capture the Magic", the band's first full-length. Needless to say, my expectations were high, based on so many press outlets worshipping the band as the savior of traditional (read:...

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HANOI ROCKS To Play U.K.'s ROCK IN THE CASTLE Festival After All

Legendary Finnish rockers HANOI ROCKS appear to have worked out their differences with the promoters of the Rock In the Castle 2005 festival (set to take place Sept. 17 in the grounds of the U.K.'s Scarborough Castle) and will now appear at the event as scheduled. The group's lead singer, Michael Mo...

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HANOI ROCKS Cancel ROCK IN THE CASTLE Appearance, Announce Finnish Dates

Legendary Finnish rockers HANOI ROCKS have cancelled their previously announced appaearance at the Rock In the Castle 2005 festival on September 17 in the grounds of the U.K.'s Scarborough Castle. No reason was given for the cancellation. In other news, HANOI ROCKS have announced the details of thei...

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HANOI ROCKS Sign With DEMOLITION RECORDS

Legendary Finnish rockers HANOI ROCKS have inked a deal with the U.K.'s Demolition Records. The band's first release for the label will be "Another Hostile Takeover", which up until now has seen its only European release in the group's homecountry. The late November release of the CD will contain bo...

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VELVET REVOLVER Bassist Talks About MATT SORUM's Injury, Playing OZZFEST

Paul Maldonado Jr. of The Albuquerque Tribune recently conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER basist Duff McKagan (ex-GUNS N' ROSES). Several excerpts from the chat follow: On playing this year's Ozzfest: "We'll do all right; we'll hold our own. We did Ozzfest in Europe last month - we did Doni...

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JIMI HENDRIX: Complete WOODSTOCK Set Heads To DVD

Greg Prato of Billboard.com is reporting that Jimi Hendrix's closing performance at Woodstock on Aug. 18, 1969 will be commercially available in its entirety on Sept. 13, when Universal Music and Experience Hendrix release the DVD "Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock". The double-disc set captures one...

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DIAMOND HEAD: 'Record Deal Is Imminent'

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD have posted the following message on their official web site: "All of the tour edition copies of [the new album] 'All Will Be Revealed' have now sold out. The good news is that a record deal is imminent that will see a full commercial rel...