Norwegian black metallers KEEP OF KALESSIN have commented on the cancellation of their “Excess of Evil” European tour ? which was also scheduled to feature MARDUK, ENSLAVED, GOATWHORE, MELECHESH and PANTHEON I.
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KISS/ALICE COOPER drummer Eric Singer has posted the following message on his web site: “I attended the annual New York KISS Expo this past Saturday [May 5].
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EXPLODER, the U.K.
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Black Market Hero (40 Below Summer / ex-Flaw) have posted a new demo titled “Truth Serum” on their MySpace page.
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Acoustic videos of two new Shinedown tracks, “Junkies for Fame” and “The Crow and the Butterfly”, are available at this location. The videos were recorded during a recent acoustic set by front-man Brent Smith and guitarist Jasin Todd in Chattanooga, TN.
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Martin Walkyier, former frontman of SKYCLAD/THE CLAN DESTINED and current singer for SABBAT, will be interviewed by Eric Bryan (from “Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey”) on “The Powersurge” this Saturday, May 19.
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More bands have been announced for this year’s Hole in the Sky festival, set to take place August 22-25 in Bergen, Norway.
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Sumerian thrashing black metal innovators MELECHESH have commented on the cancellation of their “Excess of Evil” European tour ? which was also scheduled to feature KEEP OF KALESSIN, ENSLAVED, GOATWHORE, MARDUK and PANTHEON I.
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A number of photos and a review of HEAVEN AND HELL’s performance at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, IL on Saturday, May 5 have been posted online at Maximum Ink.
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According to ContactMusic.com, Ozzy Osbourne helped make a beloved game show contestant’s night on “Deal Or No Deal” last night (Monday, May 7) as part of the contest’s 100th episode.
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Orange County, California’s BLEEDING THROUGH will support MARILYN MANSON and SLAYER on their co-headline tour this summer.
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Pennsylvania-based death metallers INCANTATION have been added ? along with their Ibex Moon Records labelmates FUNERUS ? to the Milwaukee Metalfest XIX, which is set to take place May 11-12 at the Waukesha Expo Center in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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The first photo of DIVINE HERESY ? the new Los Angeles-based band featuring former FEAR FACTORY/current ASESINO guitarist Dino Cazares alongside Tim Yeung (VITAL REMAINS, HATE ETERNAL) on drums and Tommy Cummings (VEXT) on vocals ? has been posted online at this location.
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