Steve Kornacki of TBO.com is reporting that more than 20 arrests for drug-related charges were made Friday and Saturday at the Livestock 14 concert festival in Zephyrhills, Florida, according to Pasco County Sheriff's Department reports. Two arrests on charges of battery and one arrest on charges of driving under the influence also were ...
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Relapse Records recording artists THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN have begun the recording of their new full-length album, entitled "Miss Machine". The innovative band are recording at both NYC's Mission and Water recording studios with Steve Evetts (HATEBREED, THE CURE, SEPULTURA, etc). The much-anticipated follow up to "Calculating Infinity", "Miss Machine" will be mixed at NYC's ...
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Orange County, California-based straight-edge hardcore band THROWDOWN have secured a second-stage slot at this year's Ozzfest, kicking off July 10 in Hartford, Connecticut. The band's official statement on the matter is as follows: "We are super stoked to say that we have officially been added to this years OZZFEST! We just got word today [Thursday, ...
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Ozzfest.com is currently hosting a TV commercial for this year's Ozzfest. Download the 31-second clip at this location (file size: 2.7 MB). In other news, HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta spoke to MTV.com about his band's plans to play with SLAYER in smaller venues on off days during Ozzfest 2004. According to ...
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SKINLAB bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel has issued the following update on the band's activities: "Hey there everyone. Sorry it's been awhile since the last official update. Even though we've been laying low since the completion of the Jagermusic tour with SLAYER, HATEBREED and our labelmates ARCH ENEMY, there has been a lot going on in the ...
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HATE ETERNAL guitarist Erik Rutan has posted the following message on the group's web site: "Hello, my evil friends. Rutan here. I apologize for the lack of updates on our site but we've been touring forever. We finished the ARCH ENEMY tour, the HATEBREED tour, and then the DEICIDE/KRISIUN tour and our headliner in Europe ...
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HATEBREED have announced that they will be playing a bunch of dates with SLAYER and JUDAS PRIEST on "off" days during this year's Ozzfest tour. Club dates with DEVILDRIVER are also a possibility. HATEBREED are in the middle of the "Headbanger's Ball Tour" with DAMAGEPLAN, DROWNING POOL and UNEARTH. The group's next live appearance will ...
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Danish "hybrid metal" act MNEMIC, featuring former INVOCATOR session drummer Brian Rasmussen and ex-MERCENARY guitarist Mircea G. Eftemie, have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Roskilde Festival, scheduled to take place July 1-4 in Roskilde, Denmark. Also set to appear are KORN, MESHUGGAH, HATEBREED and ILL NIÑO, among others. More confirmations will be ...
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MACHINE HEAD's video for "Imperium" and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's clip for "Rose Of Sharyn" will receive their U.S. premiere on the April 24 episode of MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball". An edited version of the "Imperium" video (minus the song's build-up intro) will kick off the show, which is being hosted by Jamey Jasta of HATEBREED fame. The ...
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The dynamic thrash metal quintet SHADOWS FALL will embark on a national U.S. headlining tour this summer in preparation for their highly anticipated fourth full-length release. The trek, dubbed the "Strhess Tour", will also feature AS I LAY DYING, HIMSA and REMEMBERING NEVER. SHADOWS FALL just entered Planet Z Studios (HATEBREED) to track the follow ...
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Sweden's LAKE OF TEARS have finished recording the follow-up to 2002's "The Neonai", entitled "Black Brick Road", and will begin mixing the effort this weekend. Mixing duties will be completed by April 28, with the mastering sessions scheduled to take place on April 29. The cover artwork will be handled by Kristian Wåhlin, who has ...
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The final lineup has been announced for the for the 2004 edition of Fury Fest, a three-day event set to take place June 25-27 at the Park Des Expositions in Le Mans, France. The complete schedule for the festival is as follows: Main Stage: Friday, June 25: SOULFLY TESTAMENT HATEBREED DROPKICK MURPHYS THE HAUNTED IGNITE ...
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Las Vegas-based "power-pop" band MAGNA-FI, whose sound is being described as a blend of CHEAP TRICK, FOO FIGHTERS, NIRVANA and SUPERDRAG, have landed a second-stage slot at this year's Ozzfest, according to the festival's official web site. MAGNA-FI originally signed with Gold Circle Records in 2001, but the label went under before the ...
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FEAR FACTORY, SOULFLY, BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION and DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN are among the latest confirmations for the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 25-57 at De Boeretang in Dessel, Belgium. The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: Friday, June 25: ICED EARTH EXODUS ANATHEMA HYPOCRISY ...
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HATEBREED, DAMAGEPLAN, DROWNING POOL and UNEARTH performed at New York City's Roseland Ballroom Thursday night (April 1) as part of the "MTV2 Headbanger's Ball Tour". Check out pictures from Wire Image: Page#1, Page#2. The "MTV2 Headbanger's Ball Tour" will be at Cincinnati, Ohio's Bogart's Sunday night (April 4). ...
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FEAR FACTORY, DEATH ANGEL and MORTUARY I.O.D. are the final acts confirmed for this year's installment of the Waldrock festival, set to be held June 19, 2004 in Bergum, Holland. The following band are currently scheduled to appear at the festival (in alphabetical order): CANNIBAL CORPSE CRADLE OF FILTH DEATH ANGEL EXODUS FEAR FACTORY FINNTROLL ...
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The New Jersey-based quintet GOD FORBID will embark on their second headlining tour in support of their latest release, "Gone Forever", next month. Support on this two-week run, lasting from April 6 through April 21, will come from ALL THAT REMAINS, SCARS OF TOMORROW and TRIVIUM. Preceding the tour, GOD FORBID will join an all ...
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The DAMAGEPLAN fan site Damageplanfan.com has uploaded the group's new video, "Save Me", at this location (mpg file, approx 32 MB). The clip was shot in early March with director Christoffer "Salzy" Salzgeber (SOULFLY, HALFORD, SNOT) and is described by DAMAGEPLAN frontman Patrick Lachman as "killer." DAMAGEPLAN, who made their live ...
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HATEBREED have pulled out of the first two dates of the "Headbanger's Ball Tour" — also featuring DAMAGEPLAN, DROWNING POOL and UNEARTH — following the death of their manager Steve Richards (as reported here yesterday). HATEBREED's official message on the matter reads as follows: "This past Sunday, March 21st, we all lost a ...
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H.I.M., HATEBREED, MESHUGGAH, BACKYARD BABIES and THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY are among the artists confirmed for this year's Hultsfred Festival, set to take place June 17-19 in Hultsfred, Sweden. H.I.M. will play a midnight show on the main stage at the festival on June 18 in what will mark the group's only Scandinavian festival appearance ...
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The DAMAGEPLAN fan site Damageplanfan.com has uploaded a 30-second clip of DAMAGEPLAN's collaboration with ex-ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell, a song called "Ashes To Ashes", at this location. As previously reported, "Ashes To Ashes" is featured on the upcoming soundtrack to the movie "Punisher", due on March 23 through Wind-Up Records. The ...
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SLAYER, SUM 41, CRADLE OF FILTH, MONSTER MAGNET, ILL NINO and GODSMACK have all been confirmed for the main stage of this year's mega metal Download Festival in Donington, England. Newly added to the Game On Stage are AKERCOCKE, DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, MILLION DEAD, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, H.I.M., DAMAGEPLAN, BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION and HATEBREED. In ...
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DAMAGEPLAN's video for "Save Me" will receive its world premiere on March 27 as part of MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball Tour" special. The clip was shot in early March with director Christoffer "Salzy" Salzgeber (SOULFLY, HALFORD, SNOT) and is described by DAMAGEPLAN frontman Patrick Lachman as "killer." DAMAGEPLAN, who made their live debut in Japan late ...
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SLIPKNOT, ICED EARTH, DIMMU BORGIR, MORBID ANGEL, HYPOCRISY, ILL NINO, CHIMAIRA, SEVEN WITCHES, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and EPICA are among the latest confirmations for the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 25-57 at De Boeretang in Dessel, Belgium. The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: Friday, ...
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CANNIBAL CORPSE singer George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher recently spoke to MetalReview.com about the group's decision to include audio "beeps" on the promotional copies of their new CD, "The Wretched Spawn", distributed to press and other media personnel ahead of the album's release. "The reason we did that is our worst nightmare came true," Fisher ...
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Massachusetts-based metallers UNEARTH have set "The Oncoming Storm" as the title of their new album, due on June 29 through Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2001's "The Stings Of Conscience" is being produced by Adam Dutkiewicz of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE fame. UNEARTH will embark on the "Headbanger's Ball Tour" with HATEBREED, DAMAGEPLAN and DROWNING POOL ...
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METALLICA, KORN, LINKIN PARK and SLIPKNOT are among the bands confirmed to appear at the Aerodrome Festival, a two-day event set to take place June 10-11 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Other groups scheduled to perform at the festival include LIFE OF AGONY, SLAYER, ILL NINO, WITHIN TEMPTATION, HATEBREED, PUNGENT STENCH, LOSTPROPHETS and MNEMIC. For more ...
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According to a posting at the group's official web site, OTEP have secured a second-stage slot at this year's Ozzfest. The group will reportedly be playing in the afternoon in a rotating slot "right before the headliners [SLIPKNOT and HATEBREED]." As previously reported, Ozzfest 2004 is scheduled to kick off July 10 in ...
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More dates have been announced for the forthcoming "Headbanger's Ball Tour", featuring co-headliners HATEBREED and DAMAGEPLAN along with DROWNING POOL and UNEARTH. The trek is shaping up as follows: Mar. 25 - House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC Mar. 26 - Rafters - Johnson City, TN Mar. 27 - Millennium Center - Winston-Salem, SC ...
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All this "new wave of American metal" stuff (as GOD FORBID's label people like to term it) is kind of the musical equivalent of a sneering tough guy discovering his feminine side. Alongside SHADOWS FALL and a few other notables, GOD FORBID have widened the remit to embellish unrelenting HATEBREED-style pit violence sounds with the ...
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