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Metal Reviews has a dozen new reviews this week:

• Black Steel - Destructor
  
• Council of the Fallen - Revealing Damnation
  
• Dies Irae - The Sin War
  
• Holy Martyr - Hatred And Warlust
  
• Lacrimas Profundere - Fall I Will Follow
  
• Running Wild - Live
  
• Supared - Supared
  
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Christmas Attic
  
• Tribe of Judah - Exit Elvis
  
• Tribute To Metallica - A Tribute To The Four Horsemen
  
• Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
  
• Winds - Reflections of the I

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Pitchshifter Drummer Hurts Wrist

Pitchshifter drummer Jason Bowld has injured his wrist playing football. This will upset the band’s rehearsal plans, but won’t cause any delays to their upcoming UK tour, the dates for which are: Cambridge Junction March 13, Camberley Agincourt 14, Oxford Zodiac 15, Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall 16, Liverpool Academy 3 17, Whitehaven Civic Hall 18, Glasgow Garage 19, Bradford Penningtons 20, Leicester Charlotte 21, Nottingham Rock City 22, Sheffield Foundry 23, Swindon Furnace 25, Southampton University 26, Northampton Roadmender 27, London Astoria 28.

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Ozzfest Was Top US Touring Festival of 2002

The Ozzfest was the top touring festival in America during 2002, grossing $24.5 million. Other big US tours, according to just released figures, included Creed ($37.3 million), Aerosmith ($36.3 million), The Who ($28.6 million), and the Blink-182/Green Day collaboration ($20 million).

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Satellite Radio Rocks On

My recent bit about XM radio's metal program, Liquid Metal Radio prompted a response/reminder from Sirius about their heavy programming station, Hard Attack. They are also seeking metal bands for their radio shows and playlists. Sirius came to market a little later than XM, and without getting into the nitty-gritty is essentially comparable competition for XM radio in the satellite radio market. (although Sirius claims to be commercial-free) You can also listen to their programming for 20 minutes at a time online.

In any case, it seems as though both of these companies will be around for a couple more years, according to this article, which states that enough additional financing is secure or almost secured for both Sirius and XM to keep them going to 2004, at which point they hope to have a large enough subscriber base to turn a profit.

Read the full article at Washingtonpost.com.

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Guns N' Roses Deny Breakup Rumors

Guns N’ Roses have denied recent reports that various members of the band had quit in the fallout from their recently cancelled US tour. Official sources also claim Axl and co. will be going back into the studio next month to continue work on new album ‘Chinese Democracy’.

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