Former AUDIOSLAVE/SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell has been confirmed for the Metal Hammer Festival 2007, set to take place August 12 at Spodek Hall in Katowice, Poland.
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The track “Deeprooted” from the new MANES album “How the World Came to an End” is now available for listening at the band’s official MySpace profile.
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Norwegian black metal band BLACK HOLE GENERATOR, which includes members of TAAKE, VULTURE INDUSTRIES, AETERNUS, GRIMFIST and DEATHCON, has been selected as one of Solarfall radio’s “Artists of the Month” for May.
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Jägermeister has chosen a Peavey Versarray line array sound system and 207,000 watts of Crest Audio power to make its state-of-the-art traveling stage scream at Ozzfest 2007.
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Starting this Friday, May 11 at 3:00 p.m.
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Debemur Morti Productions has disclosed the title, artwork and full track listing of KROHM’s forthcoming second album.
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KORN frontman Jonathan Davis and wife Deven welcomed their second son two weeks ago, according to HardDrive Radio.
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Belgium’s Hollowman Records ? an imprint of Hypertension Records (RED SPAROWES, ZOMBI), will release ABORTED’s “Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture” on limited color vinyl on June 1.
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French metallers PHAZM have announced the addition of guitarist Victo Villchez (ex-YYRKOON) to the group’s ranks.
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DEADSOUL TRIBE ? the group led by former PSYCHOTIC WALTZ frontman Buddy Lackey (a.k.a.
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Video footage of Italian power metallers KALEDON working on a new song for their upcoming album has been posted at YouTube.
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Veteran East Coast thrashers OVERKILL have reportedly signed with Bodog Music in the U.S.
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Former QUIET RIOT/OZZY OSBOURNE and current DIO bassist Rudy Sarzo has issued a statement in response to a recent press release from Rudy’s former QUIET RIOT bandmate Kevin DuBrow in which DuBrow explained the reasons behind his decision to withdraw his involvement in an upcoming documentary about late OZZY OSBOURNE/QUIET RIOT guitarist Randy Rhoads.
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