MIDEM, the world's music market (Cannes, January 22 – 26, 2006) has announced that Finland will co-host the prestigious opening night party for MIDEM's special 40th anniversary edition. The event will present a number of leading Finnish bands and artists live on stage and will take place in the Palais des Festivals on Sunday, January ...
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MINISTRY and its offshoot project the REVOLTING COCKS will be teaming up for a summer 2006 U.S. tour. More information will be made available during the coming months. REVOLTING COCKS' current lineup includes MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen alongside Phil "Phildo" Owen (SKATENIGS), John Monte (M.O.D., MIND FUNK, DRAGPIPE), Mike Scaccia (RIGOR MORTIS, MINISTRY) and Mark ...
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According to a recent online posting by Angie Jourgensen, the wife of MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen, Al has remixed a track called "Enchanted Fist Thought" for THE MELVINS/JELLO BIAFRA project. "Then he was working on some interesting theme songs for two TV shows. Al calls it 'cop rock.' "Next up, Al is producing a young ...
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According to MetalUnderground.com, New York industrial band HANZEL UND GRETYL have announced that their new drummer for all upcoming live shows will be Mark Baker of MINISTRY. HANZEL UND GRETYL will headline Gothicfest 2005, which will be held on Saturday, September 17 at the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, Ill. The ...
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Billboard.com is reporting that former KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch and actor Stephen Baldwin have formed Livin' It Records. The label will launch later this year with the release of Welch's solo debut album, which he is currently recording. The label, which is in the process of securing distribution (either with a major ...
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Italian power metallers LABYRINTH will release their new album, "Freeman", in their home country on March 25 (the rest of Europe will receive the album on March 4 via Arise Records). The Italian release will contain the exclusive bonus DVD with a Tokyo show (Banzai Tour 2004), "best of" London Cadmen Underworld (Nov. 13, 2004), ...
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Italian power metallers LABYRINTH have announced the following dates in support of their upcoming album, "Freeman": Mar. 25 - Genova, ITA - Logo Loco Apr. 01 - Pavia, ITA - Thunder Road Apr. 02 - Firenze, ITA - Ministry Apr. 09 - Reggio Emilia, ITA - Tempo Rock Apr. 14 - Casagiove (CE), ITA - ...
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HATER, the project featuring former SOUNDGARDEN bassist Ben Shepherd and ex-SOUNDGARDEN drummer Matt Cameron, will release their second album, entitled "The 2nd", on April 26 via Burn Burn Burn Records, according to Billboard.com. The material, which was recorded between the SOUNDGARDEN albums "Superunknown" (1994) and "Down on the Upside" (1996), was recently mixed by Shepherd. ...
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MINISTRY's songs "No W" and "Waiting" are featured in the documentary film "Murderball", which took the Sundance Audience Award for favorite documentary, and a jury prize for its editing. This moving film chronicles the lives of quadriplegics playing indoor rugby in wheelchairs rigged like Mad Max vehicles. More information is available at St. ...
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A brand new Alvarez acoustic mahogany guitar with autographs from Raven's Heart Foundation benefit concert performers and attendees is being auctioned via eBay at this location. All proceeds from the auction will go to pay for the surgery and medical treatment of Raven Nicole Robinson, a five-month-old girl born with a very large ...
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According to an article in the Finnish daily newspaper Iltalehti, STRATOVARIUS' record label is refusing to allow the group to release a newly recorded track featuring a sampled speech by Adolf Hitler. The song, entitled "Hitler", was recently recorded by the group for inclusion on their next album. However, some of the executives at the ...
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More information has surfaced regarding the scheduled performers at a benefit concert on Thursday, January 20 at the Hard Rock Café in Beverly Hills, California to raise funds to pay for the surgery and medical treatment of Raven Nicole Robinson, a five-month-old girl born with a very large hole in between the right and left ...
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PRONG guitarist/vocalist Tommy Victor and drummer Dan Laudo have been working on 10 new songs and hope to get into the recording studio soon and lay them down. In other news, PRONG are among the artists that have been confirmed to appear a benefit concert on Thursday, January 20 at the Hard Rock Café in ...
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Finnish Metal Expo, the new metal music event taking place at the Cablefactory in Helsinki, Finland during January 28-29 is starting to take its final shape. The band contest collaboration between FME and Tuska Open Air Metal Festival was more popular than anticipated. The jury went through a total of 148 demos of various quality ...
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NASUM singer/guitarist Mieszko Talarczyk is among the 800 Swedes still missing in Thailand following the massive undersea earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale and resulting tsunamis along South Asia's coasts. The latest estimates are that over 23,000 have perished in the region. The remaining members of NASUM have posted the following message on their ...
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Nuclear Blast Records has announced the release of "Alone In The Dark", the original motion picture soundtrack inspired and from the movie. "Alone In The Dark" is based on the best-selling Atari video game series of the same name. The soundtrack will feature some of today's best metal bands such as DIMMU BORGIR, SHADOWS FALL, ...
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An 18-inch autographed Joey Jordison (SLIPKNOT) doll, created as a fund-raiser for Raven Nicole Robinson, a four-month-old girl born with a hole in her heart, is currently being auctioned via eBay. This collectible doll is a miniature replica of the "Vol. 3" tour suit, which includes cargo shorts (with actual pockets) with elastic waistband and ...
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SATYRICON guitarists Steinar Gundersen and A.O. Gronbech were arrested and charged in Canada for drugging and raping a woman in the band's tour bus after a concert in Toronto. "I can confirm that the Norwegian consul in Toronto has been in contact with the arrestees, and followed up by, among other things, visiting them in ...
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Members of IRON MAIDEN, ANDREW W.K., MURDERDOLLS, TYPE O NEGATIVE, DISTURBED, POISON, GUNS N' ROSES, AC/DC, ORGY, DANZIG, FEAR FACTORY, W.A.S.P., BANG TANGO, QUIET RIOT, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, CINDERELLA, LYNCH MOB, DANGER DANGER, MINISTRY, MISFITS and GREAT WHITE are among the musicians that have reportedly been confirmed to appear a benefit concert on Thursday, January 20, ...
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Christian hard rockers STRYPER have issued a statement defending their decision to cancel their appearance at the Revolution Metal Festival in Mexico City and keep the $56,500 deposit paid out to the band by a small Mexican "underground church," who served as the promoter for the event. The group's statement reads as follows: ...
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A number of heavy metal musicians have paid tribute to Dimebag Darrell (DAMAGEPLAN, ex-PANTERA) who was tragically murdered last night. ------------------------------------------------- Ozzy Osbourne: "Dimebag was a dear friend of mine. I'm absolutely beside myself with grief. I can't for the life of me understand why someone would do this. PANTERA toured with me many, many ...
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Finnish thrash/metal act MOKOMA's latest album, "Tämän Maailman Ruhtinaan Hovi" ("The Court of This World's Emperor), has been named Inferno magazine's 2004 "Album of the Year". The year-end Inferno list was determined via a poll of the magazine's editors and contributing writers. Inferno is Finland's leading metal magazine and is said to be one of ...
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MEGADETH's concert in Mexico City, originally scheduled to take place Dec. 1 at Palacio de los Deportes, was cancelled due to logistical complications and not as a result of slow ticket sales, the group's Mexican concert promoter, Ocesa Entretenimiento, said in a press release. A date for the rescheduled concert has yet to be announced. ...
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Mark Briody a founding member, guitarist and main songwriter for Colorado-based heavy metal band JAG PANZER has landed an endorsement deal with Dean Guitars. Joining the ranks of fellow Dean endorsers and guitar legends Dimebag Darrell and Michael Schenker, Mark had this to say, “I am very pleased and proud to be a Dean guitar ...
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Florida-based "shock-rock" band GENITORTURERS will be featured on the new videogame "Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines", set for release November 16. The highly anticipated game release, which includes tracks by MINISTRY, LACUNA COIL and DANIEL ASH, will also be released as a very limited-edition CD made available to those who purchase the game through Best ...
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Music marketing and lifestyle company F.P.E. has kicked of its new "Riff of the Month" online video series in October with the work of multifaceted guitarist John 5 (ex-MARILYN MANSON, Rob Halford's TWO). Since his departure from the darkness of MARILYN MANSON, John 5 has crafted an album worth of footstopping guitar magic, entitled "Vertigo". ...
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Philadelphia's TAPPING THE VEIN are currently in pre-production with renowned producer Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, QUEENSRŸCHE, CANNIBAL CORPSE) for the follow-up to 2002's "The Damage", tentatively due next year via Nuclear Blast Records. Kernon apparently contacted the band while they were in the middle of writing material for their sophomore album and expressed interest in producing ...
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On Track Magazine has uploaded a review and photos from Los Angeles, CA date (Oct. 29) on DIO's recently completed U.S. tour with ANTHRAX and FIREBALL MINISTRY. Check them out at this location. DIO will play a one-off show at the Monterrey Metal Fest in Monterrey, Mexico on November 13 before ...
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Major and independent record labels today announced the first-ever retail availability of the much anticipated DualDisc — a two-sided disc made up of a CD player side and a DVD player side. A broad range of titles have begun to hit retail shelves in the first wave of products that will continue throughout the holiday ...
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MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT will depart from MINISTRY's "Evil Doer Tour 2004" after the Columbia, Missouri show on November 3. The tour will continue until December 10 in the States with HANZEL UND GRETYL taking over the main-support slot and OPIATE FOR THE MASSES being added to the bill. A complete list ...
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