Napalm Death finished recording their follow-up album titled Smear Campaign in June 2006
In June 2006, Simmons and Stanley attended the opening of the Kiss Coffeehouse in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina .
In June 2006, the band embarked on one of their biggest tours: The Unholy Alliance tour, playing alongside Slayer , Lamb of God , Mastodon , In Flames and Thine Eyes Bleed . The bands toured the US through June and July, and Europe through October and November.
Along with Queen , Kiss and Def Leppard , Judas Priest was an inaugural inductee into the ” VH1 Rock Honors “. The ceremony took place on 25 May 2006 in Las Vegas , Nevada, and first aired on 31 May. Their presentation was preceded by Godsmack performing a medley…
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Kiss (along with Queen , Def Leppard and Judas Priest ) were honored at the inaugural ” VH1 Rock Honors ” event, held May 25, 2006, in Las Vegas .
On May 23, 2006, the song “This Fire Burns” was released on the WWE Wreckless Intent album. The track was intended to be the new theme song for WWE wrestler Randy Orton ; however, it was scrapped and later became the theme song for the WWE Judgment Day 2006 pay-per-view…
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On May 11, 2006, the VH1 Behind the Music episode on Pantera premiered.
A live DVD, Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome (And the Finnish keyboarder who didn’t want to wear his Donald Duck costume: Live in Montreal) was recorded on 6 May 2006 at Le Medley in Montreal , Quebec . The setlist contained songs drawn from all of their albums up to…
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In May 2006, Megadeth announced that its eleventh studio album, United Abominations , was near completion. Originally scheduled for release in October, Mustaine said that the band was “putting the finishing touches on it” and postponed its release to May of the following year. He commented on the release: “Metal…
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Palmer died in 2002 from injuries suffered in a car crash while McAllister died in May 2006 from cancer.