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After cancelling several shows last week due to singer Phil Labonte's throat issues, Massachusetts metallers ALL THAT REMAINS have now officially dropped off the U.S. tour with IN FLAMES, 36 CRAZYFISTS and GOJIRA.

Commented the band: "Sorry, but we aren't gonna be at any more of the shows on the IN FLAMES tour. We'll have a press release probably [later today, Monday, December 1]. The holiday weekend has prevented an official release 'cause everyone at the label had gone home when the decision was made to drop. Sorry and we'll figure some way out to make it up to you guys. Thanks and we hope you have a happy holidays and a happy New Year."

Two new SEPULTURA songs — "The Treatment" and "We've Lost You" — are available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.

Brazil's SEPULTURA is a prime example of an intelligent thrash metal act whose powerful compositions continue to tackle exciting and ingenious subjects. 1996 saw the band devote its landmark release "Roots" to the fate of the Xavante Indians on the border of Brazil and Bolivia; in spring 2006 the musicians put to music an opus by the Italian poet and philosopher Dante Alighieri, on their album "Dante XXI". Now this concept has reached a new clim ...

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Jobana Soto of Living in Peru reports: IRON MAIDEN is coming to Peru in their first-ever live performance in Lima slated for March next year. Many fans are in disbelief, excited to see the British heavy metal icons after so many years.

For over a year, El Comerc ...

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Richmond, Virginia-based metallers LAMB OF GOD have issued the following update:

"Be the FIRST to hear new LAMB OF GOD!!! Want to know how? Call 804-381-6758 and Chris [Adler, drums] will tell you how you can be one of the lucky 20 people to receive a LAMB OF GOD USB with brand new music on it!! For all of you outside of the U.S., YES, this is for you too! Some of the winners will have the USBs mailed to them. To call the U.S., first dial '00' then '1' then the number."

LAMB OF GOD has set "Wrath" as the title of its fifth studio album. The record will be issued in North America by Epic on February 24, 2009 and will be ...

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ICS Festival Service GmbH, which organizes the Wacken Open Air festival, has announced that 50,000 tickets have already been sold for next year's event, which will be held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The remaining tickets are expected to be snapped up by the end of January.

The festival billing is shaping up as follows:

AMON AMARTH
AXEL RUDI PELL
CALLEJON
CATHEDRAL
EINHERJER
EPICA
HAMMERFALL
IN EXTREMO
IN FLAMES
KAMPFAR
KORPIKLAANI
MACHINE HEAD
NEVERMORE
TRISTANIA
WALLS OF JERICHO

Wacken Open Air festival was honored with a Live Entertainment Award in the "Festival Of The Year" ...

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Former RAINBOW musicians Joe Lynn Turner, Tony Carey, Bobby Rondinelli and Greg Smith have united with a second-generation Blackmore to form OVER THE RAINBOW.

OVER THE RAINBOW is:

Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW 1980-1984) - Vocals
Tony Carey (RAINBOW 1975-1978) - Keyboards
Bobby Rondinelli (RAINBOW 1980-1983) - Drums
Greg Smith (RAINBOW 1994-1997) - Bass
Jürgen "J.R." Blackmore - Guitar

Carey, who has produced several artists (including Joe Cocker and David Knopfler) since his RAINBOW days, says, "Having done everything from country to opera, I th ...

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"Rock Out", the new video from MOTÖRHEAD, can be viewed below.

According to MyCentralJersey.com, the "Rock Out" clip features an appearance by Luke Painton, a 10-year-old boy from South Plainfield, New ...

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MetalReviews.com would like to offer our sincere thanks to all who applied over the past few days.

We now have more than enough applications to review over the coming days, so that part of the process is closed for the time being.

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Norwegian melodic black metal masters OLD MAN'S CHILD will release a new studio album in early 2009 via Century Media Records. The band, which is led by guitarist/vocalist Galder (also in DIMMU BORGIR), has just returned from a trip to Gothenburg, Sweden, where it spent several weeks laying down the new unholy compositions at Studio Fredman with producer Fredrik Nordström (DIMMU BORGIR, ARCH ENEMY, IN FLAMES, etc.), who had previously worked with the band on the "In Defiance Of Existence" (2003) and "Vermin" (2005) albums.

The new OLD MAN'S CHILD album's title has not yet been revealed, but the nine-s ...

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