Pledge of Allegiance Tour takes shape

The line-up for the Pledge of Allegiance tour is taking shape. Slipknot, System Of A Down, Mudvayne, Rammstein, American Head Charge and No One have confirmed for the trek. One additional act may be added to the tour. Pledge of Allegiance is set to kick off on October 1st in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Best Of Bruce Dickinson

Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson is getting ready for the release of Catacombs - The Best Of Bruce Dickinson, which is rare, live and unreleased two-CD set celebrating the vocalist's solo career.

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Priest / Anthrax / Iced Earth

ICED EARTH have landed the opening slot on the upcoming JUDAS PRIEST/ANTHRAX US tour, which is set to begin on September 14th at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles and is scheduled to run for four weeks, ending in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Electric Factory on October 14th. As a result, the band have been forced to postpone their previously scheduled European tour, which was set to take place during this time. ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer is expected to issue a personal statement regarding the matter within a few days.

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SOAD Limited Edition

System Of A Down will be releasing a Limited Edition version of their new album "Toxicity", on September 04th through American/Columbia. The special version of the disc will come with a bonus CD-Rom that will feature around 10 minutes of behind the scenes studio footage of the band working on the album and more. In other news, it should be noted that the version of the new album that has been circulating around the internet in mp3 format recently, is not the final mastered version of the effort and that the final retail copy will feature numerous changes. For now, the group are set to wrap up shooting the video for their current single "Chop Suey", tomorrow in Los Angeles, CA and have announced a free show which is set to take place in Hollywood, CA on September 03rd in the parking lot across from Club Vynyl on Schrader and Hollywood Boulevard.

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Daily Interviews

Metal-Rules.com has several new interviews including:

• Soilwork vocalist, Björn "Speed" Strid
  
• Sonata Arctica's vocalist, Tony Kakko
  
• Sakis Tolis of the Black Metal band Rotting Christ
  
• Thrash Metal Legend, Jim Durkin, former guitarist from Dark Angel and preset day member of Dreams of Damnation.
  
• In Depth Interview With Schmier of Destruction.

And more:

• Electric Basement interviews veteran Rock Journalist Susan Masino, who talks in-depth about her e-book "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy". Part one focusses on her days covering AC/DC.

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Daily Reviews

Metal-Rules.com has a shitload of new reviews this month:

• Aborted - Engineering the Dead
  
• Amaran - Untitled
  
• Avulsed - Stabwound Orgasm
  
• Azrael - Dimension IV
  
• Cardinal Sin - Spiteful Intents
  
• Centinex - Hellbrigade
  
• Charnel House - Sample of Murder
  
• Conception - Flow
  
• Cradle of Filth - Bitter Suits The Succubi
  
• Deaths Boundaries - Divide and Conquer
  
• Debase - Domination
  
• Dragonlord - Rapture
  
• Edenbridge - ...Sunrise In Eden
  
• Elenium - Promo 2001
  
• Enslaved - Blodhemn
  
• Execution Is Everything - The Way Things Are...
  
• Franky Dee - I Like to Rock
  
• Hate - Holy Dead Trinity
  
• Holochaust - Valley of Misery
  
• Impaler - One Nation Underground
  
• In Flames - The Tokyo Showdown: Live In Japan 2000
  
• Jag Panzer - Mechanized Warfare
  
• Jane Doe 69 - Solid
  
• Kick - Sweet Lick of Fire
  
• Leonardo - The Absloute Man
  
• Liquid Horizon - (Logon) Restarting System
  
• Logar`s Diary - Book I: Tostros
  
• Lost Breed - A Thousand Ways To Hurt
  
• Lucyfire - This Dollar Saved My Life At Whitehorse
  
• Maeve of Connacht - Imaginary Tales
  
• Motley Crue - Lewd, Crued and Tattooed Live
  
• Puya - Union
  
• Rage - Welcome to the Other Side
  
• Steel Attack - Fall Into Madness
  
• Twisted Forever - A Tribute to the Legendary TWISTED SISTER
  
• Vanishing Point - Tangled In Dream
  
• Various Artists - Identity 7: Deadly Sins
  
• Various Artists - Power From The Underground Vol. 1
  
• Vinnie Vincent Invasion - s/t
  
• Voice - Golden Signs
  
• Wayne - Metal Church
  
• Xanimus - Untitled
  
• Za Frumi - Za shum ushatar Uglakh

And a couple from Electric Basement:

• Paul D'Ianno's "The Live Beast" (Ex-Iron Maiden vocalist)
  
• Raven Mad

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