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HIGH ON FIRE To Enter Studio In May

HIGH ON FIRE will enter the studio in late May to record their follow-up to the critically acclaimed "Blessed Black Wings". HIGH ON FIRE will be teaming up with legendary producer Jack Endino (NIRVANA, MUDHONEY, ZEKE, THE ACCUSED) for what will be the band's fourth studio album. Recording is set to...

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KORN's JONATHAN DAVIS A 'Guitar Hero' Convert

Launch Radio Networks reports: You would think a video game in which players use a guitar would have no appeal to a professional musician, but for KORN lead singer Jonathan Davis, that's just not the case. Davis told Launch he's become addicted to Guitar Hero, a video game that asks participants to...

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IGGY POP AND THE STOOGES: Photos From Boston Concert Posted Online

A number of high-quality photos of IGGY POP AND THE STOOGES' April 7, 2007 concert at the Boston Orpheum have been posted online at the DefyUnlearn.com web site. IGGY POP AND THE STOOGES are touring behind their first studio LP since 1973's groundbreaking "Raw Power". Entitled "The Weirdness", the C...

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VINNIE PAUL, KERRY KING, SCOTT IAN To Perform At LITTLE KIDS ROCK Benefit Concert

Little Kids Rock (LKR),an innovative non-profit music education program that provides free instruments and rock 'n' roll lessons to public schools, celebrated March's "Music in Our Schools" month by announcing today that it will be the sole beneficiary of the Six-String Masterpieces memorial tribut...

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GROTESQUE Cancels Gothenburg Gig, Calls It Quits

Classic Swedish death metal band GROTESQUE — featuring ex-AT THE GATES/THE CROWN frontman Tomas Lindberg — has cancelled its previously announced April 20 appearance at Storan in Gothenburg, Sweden (with WITCHERY and GRAND MAGUS). Lindberg's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "This i...

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NIRVANA's 'Nevermind' Turned Into Dance Production

Launch Radio Networks reports: NIRVANA's historic 1991 album "Nevermind" has been turned into a dance production by the Spectrum Dance Theater in Seattle, according to NME.com. The show is scheduled to make its world premiere this weekend (Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1) at the city's Moore...

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AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG Voted #1 'Rock Icon'

According to Sony BMG, U.K. music magazine Kerrang! has tallied up the hardest, most legendary rockers of this century and crowned AC/DC's Angus Young as the top "Rock Icon," beating some of the biggest names in the business. Young was also awarded the Kerrang! "Legend" award last August after the b...

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NIRVANA Documentary Screening Today In Texas

Launch Radio Networks reports: A new documentary about late NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain, titled "Kurt Cobain: About A Son", was screened today (Thursday, March 15) at 11:00 a.m. in Austin, Texas as part of the South By Southwest music and film conference. For most of the movie, the only voice heard...

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OTEP Frontwoman Says Band Has Not Been 'Officially' Dropped

OTEP frontwoman Otep Shamaya has issued another statement in response to the persistent rumors that the band has been dropped by Capitol Records as a result of the recently announced merger of Capitol and Virgin Records into the Capitol Music Group. OTEP's third full-length album, "The_ Ascension",...

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'Swedish Death Metal' Book Is A Hit In Sweden

INSISION bassist Daniel Ekeroth's recently published book about the Swedish death metal scene, apty titled "Swedish Death Metal", has reached position No. 1 on the AdLibris sales charts in Sweden for the month of February for non-fiction books in a foreign language. View the whole chart at this loca...

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Former NIRVANA Drummer To Release BEFORE CARS Single

BEFORE CARS, the new band featuring former NIRVANA drummer Chad Channing — Dave Grohl's predecessor, who played on NIRVANA's 1989 debut, "Bleach" — on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, as well as drums, will release its vinyl single on March via Flotation Records. The single, which features the tracks...

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MASTODON To Team Up With AGAINST ME! For U.S. Tour

The hottest double bill of the spring kicks off May 1 with a coast-to-coast U.S. tour featuring MASTODON and AGAINST ME! Both bands will be fresh off their own headlining tours and ready to rock their fans. Progressive rock quartet MASTODON, who hail from Atlanta, GA, will be playing songs from thei...

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GROTESQUE, WITCHERY To Play Gothenburg In April

Classic Swedish death metal band GROTESQUE — featuring ex-AT THE GATES/THE CROWN frontman Tomas Lindberg — will perform at Storan in Gothenburg, Sweden on April 20. It will be the group's first public gig since 1991. Other bands on the bill include WITCHERY and GRAND MAGUS. The night of Swedish meta...

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OTEP Frontwoman: New Album 'Will Be Released As Soon As Corporately Possible'

OTEP frontwoman Otep Shamaya has issued a statement in response to the rumors that the band has been dropped by Capitol Records as a result of the recently announced merger of Capitol and Virgin Records into the Capitol Music Group. OTEP's third full-length album, "The_ Ascension", was previously sc...

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LAMB OF GOD Guitarist Is 'Shocked' By The Band's Success

Amy Kelly of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Ultimate-Guitar.com: You recently made your television debut on the "Conan O'Brien" show. What was that experience like? Mark Morton: It went pretty well. It...