A spokesperson for Interscope Records has confirmed to MTV News that GUNS N' ROSES' first tour in almost a decade has been cancelled, but did not did not immediately offer a reason for the cancellation. A spokesperson for the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania told the Associated Press that the date there was cancelled ...
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RUNNING WILD mainman Rock'n'Rolf has posted the following message on the group's official web site at www.running-wild.de: "Because I have completed the very successful 'Brotherhood' phase (most successful studio album since 'Masquerade', already in the first phase 15.000 units more issued than from the predecessor 'Victory', very well visited tour) now with the ...
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Rick Sales has reportedly sold his management company — which represents the likes of SLAYER, (HED)P.E. and SYSTEMATIC, among others — to Sanctuary Management (IRON MAIDEN, GUNS N' ROSES, JUDAS PRIEST) for an undisclosed sum, according to Hits Daily Double. Also said to have completed a similar arrangement was Adam Schneider, who represents Perry Farrell ...
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Reunited hard-rock/funk pioneers LIVING COLOUR have signed with Sanctuary Records and are presently completing work on their latest CD at bassist Doug Wimbish's Nova Sound studios in Connecticut. An early 2003 release is expected. (Thanks: Music Insight) ...
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QUEENSRŸCHE have reportedly set "Tribe" as the title for their upcoming studio CD, which is currently being recorded for a tentative February 2003 release through Sanctuary Records. The band have also confirmed a headlining appearance at the Egan Center in Anchorage, Alaska on New Year's Eve. For more information, visit the group's official web site ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HALFORD guitarist Metal Mike Chlasciak has announced the formation of PAIN MUSEUM, a new powerhouse metal band featuring vocalist Tim Clayborne, current HALFORD drummer Bobby Jarzombek and long time Metal Mike collaborator Steve Booke on bass. The band will tour and record around the HALFORD schedule. PAIN MUSEUM's debut CD will build ...
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MINISTRY have announced the following European dates during February/March: Feb. 24 - Amsterdam, NETH @ Paradiso Feb. 25 - Oberhausen, GER @ Turbinenhalle Feb. 26 - Berlin, GER @ Columbiahalle Feb. 28 - Paris, FRA @ Elysee Montmatre Mar. 02 - London, UK @ Astoria MINISTRY's latest studio album, "Animosotosomina", is scheduled to be released ...
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BIOHAZARD frontman Evan Seinfeld has gotten engaged to porn star Tera Patrick and plans on starring in adult films with her in the near future, Patrick revealed during an appearance on "The Howard Stern Show" earlier this month. Seinfeld, who is currently touring Europe with BIOHAZARD, is no stranger to the world of acting, having ...
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CELTIC FROST mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer recently addressed the possibility of a reissue of the band's much-panned and widely-criticized 1988 effort, "Cold Lake", via the group's previous label Noise Records. "Now that Rod Smallwood's Sanctuary Group has bought Modern Music/Noise Records (and I will forever regret that I had a hand in this), it will ...
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Germany's SUPARED, the new group fronted by former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske, have posted the first official band photo online at this location. As previously reported, SUPARED's long-awaited debut album (Kiske's third as a solo artist) will surface on Jan. 20, 2003 through Noise/Sanctuary Records. ...
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The tentative track listing for MINISTRY's much-anticipated new effort, "Animositisomina", is as follows: 01. Animosity 02. Unsung 03. Piss 04. Lockbox 05. Broken 06. The Light Pours Out Of Me (MAGAZINE cover) 07. Shove 08. Impossible 09. Stolen 10. Leper "Animositisomina" is due to be released on Feb. 24 through Sanctuary Records. ...
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Florida melodic metallers KAMELOT have set Jan. 13, 2003 as the release date through Sanctuary/Noise Records of their much-anticipated new offering, "Epica". The complete track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Prologue 02. Center of the Universe 03. Farewell 04. Interlude I (Opiate Soul) 05. The Edge of Paradise 06. Wander 07. Interlude ...
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Danish power metallers IRON FIRE will be supporting MOTÖRHEAD at Amager Bio in Copenhagen on November 26. The band, who issued two full-length albums through the Sanctuary/Noise label, recently completed work on an album-length CD/demo, which they're currently using to procure a new record deal. ...
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SUPARED, the new group fronted by former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske, have set January 20, 2003 as the release date through Noise/Sanctuary Records for their their long-awaited debut album (Kiske's third as a solo artist). As previously reported, the full track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Reconsider 02. Can I Know Now? ...
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MINISTRY are scheduled to release their brand new album, "Animositisomina", on February 4, 2003 through Sanctuary Records. Widely reported to be the group's "fastest and heaviest" offering since 1992's "Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs", the album is expected to include such cuts as "The Light Pours Out" (MAGAZINE ...
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SLAVE TO THE SYSTEM, featuring Scott Rockenfield (drums, QUEENSRŸCHE), Kelly Gray (guitars, ex-QUEENSRŸCHE), Damon Johnson (guitars, BROTHER CANE), Roman Glick (bass, BROTHER CANE) and Scotty Heard (vocals, SWEATY NIPPLES), made their live debut on Friday, Oct. 11, at The Church in Nashville, Tennessee as part of the Nashville New Music Conference. In related news, Rockenfield ...
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The Sanctuary Records Group announced that it has signed the Sacramento, California-based band OLEANDER. An EP, titled Runaway Train, is scheduled for release on Sanctuary Records on November 19th with a full-length to follow in early 2003. OLEANDER is heading out on tour with NICKELBACK in October and November. OLEANDER's song "Runaway Train" is featured ...
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HALFORD, TESTAMENT, EXODUS and VIO-LENCE are provisionally set to team up for a total of five dates at the end of the year, including the previously-announced show at House Of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, December 29th. The tentative schedule for the trek is as follows: Dec. 27 – TBA Dec. 28 – ...
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JUDAS PRIEST Management Coordinator Jayne Andrews has dismissed the suggestions that Sanctuary Group's recent acquisition of Trinifold Group — which handles PRIEST — will significantly impact the group's future activities. "Some of you will have read about The Sanctuary Group acquiring Trinifold Management," Andrews said. "This is correct, but does not make any difference to ...
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The Sanctuary Group said Monday it has acquired the Trinifold Group, which handles such acts as JUDAS PRIEST, THE WHO, OPERABABES and LED ZEPPELIN alumni Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. The Sanctuary Group, which earlier this year bought music company Air Edel, has diverse activities including records, music publishing, film and TV production and artist ...
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SUPARED, the new group fronted by former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske, have finalized the track listing for their long-awaited debut album (Kiske's third as a solo artist), due in January through Noise/Sanctuary Records. It is as follows: 01. Reconsider (Taraxes/Kiske) 02. Can I Know Now? (Kiske) 03. Let's Be Sun-Like (Kiske) 04. He Pretends (Kiske) ...
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Punk rock icon Henry Rollins recently told Launch how he hooked up with SKIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor for the Rollins-produced compilation CD Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs To Benefit The West Memphis Three, due on October 8th through 2.13.61/Sanctuary Records. "It was one phone call," Rollins said. "I just got his number, called Corey ...
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BIOHAZARD have set Kill Or Be Killed as the title of their forthcoming studio effort, due on February 4th through Sanctuary Records, drummer Danny Schuler has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET. In other news, the band have lined up the following dates during October/November: Oct. 11 - Elizabeth, NJ @ Rexplex Oct. 12 - New York, NY ...
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Former HELLOWEEN frontman Michael Kiske has reportedly set SUPARED as the name of his new "solo" project, which is tentatively due to issue its as-yet-untitled debut in January through Noise/Sanctuary Records. As previously reported, Kiske's forthcoming CD will contain "some cool heavy metal elements but also some poppy songs, but as always it is a ...
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MINISTRY mastermind Al Jourgensen has gotten married, according to Alex Zander, editor-in-chief of MK Ultra magazine. "I was out shopping at my favorite clothing store in Chicago, and the store owner showed me the photos," says Zander. Al was allegedly wearing a white tuxedo with his trademark cowboy hat over his dyed bright red hair, ...
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BLUE OYSTER CULT and MOE. will join forces on stage at the third annual Jammy Awards at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2002. The Jammys honor "jam bands" — meaning those that excel at improvisation and experiment with the lengths and arrangements of their own songs and those they ...
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THE CULT have officially split with Lava/Atlantic Records (who released the band's acclaimed 2001 CD, Beyond Good & Evil) and are currently "on hiatus," according to guitarist Billy Duffy and vocalist Ian Astbury, who were the featured guests on the syndicated radio show Rockline last night. Although the group — completed by bassist Craig Adams ...
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"One of the highest compliments I've ever been paid is that these people have all said yes to be on this album," punk icon Henry Rollins recently told Chart Attack about his West Memphis Three benefit compilation Rise Above for the three young men — Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin — who were ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TWO 'BLACK SABBATH STORY' HOME VIDEOS TO BE RELEASED ON DVD AND VHS BY SANCTUARY ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2002 BLACK SABBATH pioneered true heavy metal, and a fascinating look into the British band's turbulent history is covered on two individual DVD and VHS releases, The Black Sabbath Story: Volume One and The ...
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