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OTEP To Release 'The_ Ascension' In March

Capitol recording artist OTEP has the announced the release of the highly anticipated new album, "The_ Ascension", which is slated for unveiling on March 20. Produced by Grammy-winning producer Dave Fortman (EVANESCENCE, MUDVAYNE) and recorded throughout 2006 in New Orleans, the album is the band's...

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EVANESCENCE Schedules Australian Dates

EVANESCENCE will embark on an Australian tour in February. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 08 - Brisbane, AUS - Entertainment Centre Feb. 10 - Melbourne, AUS - Vodafone Arena Feb. 13 - Adelaide, AUS - Entertainment Centre Feb. 15 - Perth, AUS - Challenge Stadium Feb. 17 - Sydney, AUS - Entertai...

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NIRVANA, GUNS N' ROSES Classics Among Top Songs Of Past Two Decades

ABC News reports that NIRVANA's iconic 1991 single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" beat out hits from MADONNA, BRITNEY SPEARS and U2 to be named the best pop song in 20 years by Britain's Q magazine. In its November issue, which celebrates Q's 20th anniversary, the publication set out to identify the top...

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EVANESCENCE: 'Lithium' Video Posted Online

EVANESCENCE's video for "Lithium", the second single from the band's new album, "The Open Door", has been posted online: Windows Media, Real Media. Unlike the Little Red Riding Hood concept for the "Call Me When You're Sober" video, which was an abstract take on somewhat literal lyrics, the follow-u...

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Former RIP Editor LONN FRIEND To Guest On 'The Classic Metal Show' This Weekend

Lonn Friend, the former editor of RIP magazine, will be the special guest of "The Classic Metal Show" (web site) this Saturday (November 25) between 9:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. (EST). Friend will be discussing his book "Life On Planet Rock", which was published in July through Morgan Road Books. As exec...

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Former RIP Editor LONN FRIEND To Guest On KNAC.COM

Lonn Friend, the former editor of RIP magazine and former editor-in-chief of KNAC.COM, will be the returning special guest of the Junkman on KNAC.COM Monday, November 20 at 3:00 p.m. PST. Friend will be discussing his book "Life On Planet Rock" as well as his days as the editor-in-chief at KNAC.COM...

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NIRVANA Bassist Comes Out Of Retirement

Former NIRVANA bassist Krist Novoselic is coming out of retirement to play bass on the first tour in more than a decade by influential punk group FLIPPER. Novoselic, who played in various groups after NIRVANA's 1994 demise, put music on the shelf in recent years to concentrate on local politics in W...

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KORN To Release First-Ever Acoustic Album In February

According to AlbumVote.co.uk, KORN will release its first-ever acoustic album early next year. The group will issue a live "MTV Unplugged" LP through Virgin Records on Monday, February 19 in the United Kingdom. The California-based band will join a legendary list of artists to release live albums fo...

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METALLICA, AC/DC, BLACK SABBATH Albums Make TIME Magazine's 'All-Time 100'

METALLICA's "Master of Puppets", AC/DC's "Back in Black", BLACK SABBATH's "Paranoid", LED ZEPPELIN's "IV" and NIRVANA's "Nevermind" are among the "all-time 100 albums," according to the editors of Time magazine. "We researched and listened and agonized until we had a list of the greatest and most in...

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UNLEASHED Frontman: 'We Are A Band For The Future Of Death Metal'

Voices from the Darkside recently conducted an interview with UNLEASHED vocalist/bassist Johnny Hedlund. A few excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow: Voices from the Darkside: I read in another interview with you where you said death metal is not something you can do casually and that...

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THE CULT Frontman Doesn't Rule Out Possibility Of New Album

Wade Tatangelo of McClatchy Newspapers recently conducted an interview with THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's decision to go on hiatus in the mid-1990s: "I just wasn't feeling it. After 12 years I was done, spent, burnt out, exhausted, at the end of my...

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TOOL Credits Grunge Scene For Band's Success

Launch Radio Networks reports: TOOL may be one of the most recognizable names on the rock scene today, but that wasn't always the case. The band began on the West Coast in the early '90s, but it took the success of Seattle's grunge scene to make TOOL the international success that it is today. Launc...

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NIRVANA Music To Start Showing Up In Commercials, TV Shows

Launch Radio Networks reports: NIRVANA's music will soon begin showing up in commercials and television programs, thanks to Courtney Love's recent decision to sell a portion of the rights to the band's catalog. According to Forbes, four NIRVANA songs will be heard in an upcoming episode of "CSI: Mia...

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NIRVANA: 'Live! Tonight! Sold Out!' DVD Trailer Available

A trailer for the upcoming NIRVANA concert DVD "Live! Tonight! Sold Out!" has been posted online at YouTube.com. "Live! Tonight! Sold Out!" will make its DVD debut November 7 — 12 years after it was originally issued on VHS. The Geffen Records release was conceived by Kurt Cobain as a way to antholo...

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LED ZEPPELIN Rocks The Cradle (Gently)

According to TheCelebrityCafe.com, Baby Rock Records has set an October 31 release date for "Lullaby Renditions of Led Zeppelin", a collection of some of LED ZEPPELIN's biggest classics made into mellow lullabies for the kiddies. Baby Rock Records' "Rockabye Baby!" series of albums that transform th...