Legendary '80s Californian act BITCH, fronted by Betsy "Bitch" Weiss, have reunited and will make their European live debut at the 2003 edition of Bang Your Head Festival on Jun. 27-28, 2003 in Balingen, Germany. "Back in the Eighties, Betsy Weiss [became] known as 'Pat Benatar's evil twin' and sang herself into metal's hall of ...
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Sweden's PAIN, the band led by acclaimed metal producer and HYPOCRISY frontman Peter Tägtgren, are currently in the studio recording a full-length album of covers, due in the spring through Stockholm Records. Among the tracks that are set to be included on the effort are the band's (presumably) metallized versions of such mainstream selections as ...
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Sweden's HYPOCRISY, led by acclaimed metal producer and PAIN frontman Peter Tägtgren, are busy at home writing new material after their first-ever tour of Japan. Tägtgren expects to record HYPOCRISY's new album sometime in August or September of 2003 for an early 2004 release. As previously reported, HYPOCRISY have been confirmed for next year's installment ...
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The reunited TWISTED SISTER, who yesterday announced their participation in next year's installment of Sweden Rock festival, have now been officially confirmed to headline the 2003 edition of Bang Your Head Festival, scheduled to take place Jun. 27-28, 2003 in Balingen, Germany. According to the official Bang Your Head newsletter, "the 'Sick Motherfuckers' will be ...
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DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer has come to the defense of KREATOR mainman Mille Petrozza over the latter's remarks in a recent interview in which Mille publicly expressed his disapproval for the foreign policy of the Bush administration, going so far as to call Bush "an idiot" with a "redneck fucking cowboy attitude." ...
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Sweden's HYPOCRISY, led by acclaimed metal producer and PAIN frontman Peter Tägtgren, are the latest act to have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Bang Your Head Festival, which is scheduled to take place on June 27-28, 2003 in Balingen, Germany. The following artists are currently set to appear at the event: U.D.O. ...
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DISCLAIMER: This is a parody of the Edsel Dope interview published here back on Nov. 4 and only to be taken half-seriously. The anonymous author of this parody claims no affiliation with STATIC-X, Tripp Eisen, DOPE, THE MURDERDOLLS, BON JOVI, or MARILYN MANSON. If brevity is the soul of wit, then the following ...
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Sweden's PAIN, featuring HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren, have had a bunch of photos from their October 14 gig in Paris, France posted online at this location. ...
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Denmark's RAUNCHY have been confirmed to appear at the Summer Breeze Open Air 2002 festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 22-24 in Abtsgmünd, Germany. RAUNCHY will be performing on the "Pain" stage on Saturday, August 24th beginning at 2:30 PM. The complete list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event ...
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Sweden's SOILWORK have "almost four or five songs ready for the next album," according to vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid. "The sound is similar to Natural Born Chaos, but we are still developing to take SOILWORK to the next level." SOILWORK will perform at the Summer Breeze festival in Germany on August 22-24 with fellow Nuclear ...
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Southern California's PUSHED (featuring former TESTAMENT/SLAYER drummer Jon Dette and ex-TESTAMENT bassist Greg Christian) and Sweden's PAIN (led by HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren) are two of the 20 bands featured on a double promotional CD currently being compiled by Thermal Breakdown Entertainment, a division of DK Entertainment, LLC. Among the other bands currently set to ...
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TIAMAT will embark on their second tour of Europe between September 20th and the middle of October. Support at all dates will come from PAIN, featuring HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren. Due to "father duty", guitarist Thomas Petersson will not participate in the upcoming trek and will be replaced temporarily by SOUTHFORK axeman Henrik Bergqvist. As ...
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Former SKYCLAD and current RETURN TO THE SABBAT frontman Martin Walkyier has issued the following statement in response to the news that British all-girl rock band/sex commune ROCKBITCH have decided to cease all gigging activities: "It was with deep regret that I received an email this morning informing me that one of our planet's most ...
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Sweden's PAIN, the brainchild of HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren have had their third full-length album, Nothing Remains The Same, named "Album Of The Month" by Germany's Hammer magazine. In other news, Tägtgren recently took time out from touring activities to do some writing for the next PAIN album, which is not expected to surface before ...
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PARADISE LOST have been confirmed to appear at the Summer Breeze Open Air 2002 festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 22-24 in Abtsgmünd, Germany. PARADISE LOST will be the headliners on Saturday, August 24th. The complete list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: AD INFERNA AFTER ...
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San Francisco Bay Area's DRAGONLORD, featuring current and former members of TESTAMENT, are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ALABAMA ...
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TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy and guitarist Eric Peterson joined Sweden's SOILWORK onstage during the latter's performance at the Cactus Club in San Jose on Thursday, June 6th. Billy reportedly contributed his vocals to the "harsh" chorus parts of the track "Follow the Hollow", while Peterson joined the Scandinavian act for a three-guitar rendition of "The ...
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Sweden's PAIN, the brainchild of HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren, will be issuing a new single, "Eleanor Rigby", on June 24th through Stockholm Records. The title song, a "brutal" remake of the BEATLES cut featuring a full orchestra, is a different version to the one that appears on the group's current album, Nothing Remains The Same, ...
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Belgian gory death metallers ABORTED are tentatively due to record their next full-length CD, entitled The Saw And The Carnage Done, in November for a February 2003 release through Listenable Records. Around 8-9 songs will be laid down, featuring material "somewhat in the vein of Engineering The Dead, yet more evolved, faster, catchy & offensive," ...
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TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy will be joining Sweden's SOILWORK ("one of my favorite bands," according to Billy) onstage to sing one track during the latter's performance at the Cactus Club in San Jose on June 6th. Also appearing on the bill will be HYPOCRISY and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. In related news, SOILWORK will be embarking on ...
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IRON SAVIOR, MEZARKABUL and HEAVENLY are the latest acts to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY AMON AMARTH BLAZE BLIND GUARDIAN BLITZKRIEG ...
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SCAR CULTURE have lined up drummer Alpheus Underhill to replace Duke Borisov on their upcoming North American tour with HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. Borisov, the band's original drummer, was forced to take a hiatus from the group last month. A resident of Los Angeles, Underhill jumped at the opportunity to fly out New York ...
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Dutch death metallers SINISTER will soon enter the studio to record Creators Of Brutality, an album's worth of classic death metal covers from the 80s and 90s. Included will be renditions of cuts from PUNGENT STENCH, INFERNAL MAJESTY, CELTIC FROST, KREATOR, DEATH, and others. Recordings will start this summer for a late 2002 release. In ...
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Finland's KOTIPELTOthe solo band of STRATOVARIUS vocalist Timo Kotipeltoand Japan's METALUCIFER and SABBAT are the latest acts to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ...
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Britain's RAGING SPEEDHORN and Canada's KATAKLYSM are the latest acts to have been confirmed for With Full Force festival, which is scheduled to take place between July 5th and July 7th near the town of Leipzig, Germany. The full line-up of acts presently scheduled to appear at the event now looks like this: SLAYER MOTRHEAD ...
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BIOHAZARD and MOONSPELL are the latest acts to have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting festival, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, July 5th and Saturday, July 6th in Dessel, Belgium. The full list of artists set to appear at the event now looks like this: Friday, July 5th: Marquee I: ...
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SINGLE BULLET THEORY will be supporting HYPOCRISY, SOILWORK, and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE during their upcoming US tour, which is scheduled to kick off on May 12th in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is not presently clear if SINGLE BULLET THEORY will be making an appearance on the bill in addition to the previously-announced SCAR CULTURE, or if ...
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Swedish death metal legends UNLEASHED are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY AMON AMARTH BLAZE BLIND GUARDIAN BLITZKRIEG ...
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