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WEDNESDAY 13: 'Skeletons' Due In March/April

WEDNESDAY 13 (ex-MURDERDOLLS) will release his already completed new album, "Skeletons", in March/April 2008. "We have been meeting with various record labels and want to make sure we find the right home," reads a posting on Wednesday's MySpace page. "We want to give the new record label as much tim...

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PARADISE LOST Frontman: 'Believe In Nothing' Represented A Really Dark Time In My Life

Justin Donnelly of Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with PARADISE LOST frontman Nick Holmes. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's new album, "In Requiem": "A lot of the important decisions concerning this album came down to making sure that we retained...

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Serpent Saints

After the soggy and forgettable "Inferno" four long years ago, just the fact that ENTOMBED sounds like they wanted to be in the studio for this one is a cause for celebration. They're back on the death-and-roll machine, with a little more emphasis on the death side of things, and things start out pr...

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SIGH: 'Gallows Gallery' To Be Reissued With New Artwork, Bonus Tracks

Japanese act SIGH will have its 2005 album "Gallows Gallery" reissued on November 27 via The End Records. The re-release, remastered by James Murphy (TESTAMENT, DEATH, OBITUARY),features revamped artwork and several bonus tracks. Commented founder Mirai Kawashima: "In the beginning, 'Gallows Galler...

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TRAGOS Signs With CODE666 RECORDS

Code666 has announced the signing of the black metal duo TRAGOS. Hailing from the mountains of Greece, TRAGOS was formed in 2005. Blending extreme speed an putrid symphonic parts with grim an misanthropic riffery through an old-school hellenic black metal approach, TRAGOS brands its music with a twi...

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MOTÖRHEAD, WHITESNAKE, SAXON, JUDAS PRIEST Featured On 'Rock S'Cool' Double CD And DVD

Steamhammer/SPV has set an October 8 European release date for "Rock S'Cool", a double CD and DVD containing material some of the label's biggest and most promising hard rock and heavy metal artists. The "Rock S'Cool - A Spanking Good Song Collection" double CD consists of 30 tracks with a total pla...

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BRAND NEW SIN Parts Ways With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

Syracuse-based quintet BRAND NEW SIN has parted ways with Century Media Records and is currently seeking a new label home. In light of its new independence, the group has just entered the second installment of the "Bodog Music Battle of the Bands" presented by Bodog Entertainment Group. Bodog Music...

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Original Music From 'Halloween' Soundtrack Posted Online

Rob Zombie has proved that he is not only a heavy metal god, but also a horror film master. His remake of the 1978 classic "Halloween" murdered the box office record for a Labor Day release with $31 million. Zombie not only brought the classic horror franchise back to life, but also used his musical...

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WEDNESDAY 13 Adds Touring Guitarist

Wednesday 13 (ex-MURDERDOLLS) has enlisted the guitar services of Staci Grim for his upcoming "Ghouls on Parade" tour, which kicks off next month. As previously reported, the singer was involved in a car accident that left him with a broken collar bone and a severely bruised ankle. Wednesday 13 has...

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GLOOMY GRIM Signs With ANTICULTURE RECORDS

Anticulture Records has announced the signing of the Finnish black metal project GLOOMY GRIM. According to a press release, "It all began in 1984 as HELLSTORM. Agathon (vocals) got his first influences as a teenager from the bands like VENOM, HELLHAMMER and BATHORY. HELLSTORM ended quite soon, but t...

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Ex-GRIM REAPER Singer STEVE GRIMMETT: New Video Interview Available

A two-minute video interview with former GRIM REAPER/ONSLAUGHT singer Steve Grimmett promoting his solo band's appearance at the Firefest 4 on October 26-27 in Nottingham, England can be viewed below. THE STEVE GRIMMETT BAND will release its debut album, "Personal Crisis", on October 26 via Metal He...

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Some Enchanted Evening

It's one of those moot points that'll get any music message board worth its salt into a good and ugly debate, but I hold fast to the idea that if BLUE ÖYSTER CULT had imploded like BLACK SABBATH Mark I did, at the end of the 1970's, we'd talk about the former with the same ...

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STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER, HELSTAR, CAGE Confirmed For FESTIVAL DE METAL BORICUA

STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER, HELSTAR and CAGE are among the confirmed bands for the Festival de Metal Boricua, set to take palce November 17, 2007 at Coliseo de Cayey (Raul "Rolo" Colon),Cayey, Puerto Rico. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: STEVE GRIMMETT's GRIM REAPER HELSTAR CAGE SI...

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TERROR To Tour U.S. With CHIMAIRA, KATAKLYSM, DIVINE HERESY

Los Angeles hardcore/metal act TERROR will team up with CHIMAIRA, KATAKLYSM and DIVINE HERESY for a U.S. tour in November/December. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. In other news, TERROR recently completed work on a new EP, "Rhythm amongst the Chaos", for an October 30 release through...

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In Life & In Death/Verden og Fanden

Split discs sometimes work, sometimes don't, and always provide more exposure to a band's music than it may get otherwise. Here is a case of a split on which the music of the two acts, CURSE and SYKDOM, flow seamlessly and almost seem like it was written during a coordinated session, which is, of co...