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SOULFLY, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Members Talk About 'Higher Voltage' CD

Fifteen of rock's hottest bands have contributed cover versions of classic songs for the second instalment of Kerrang! magazine's free "High Voltage" CDs (free with this week's Kerrang! magazine). Below, all of the bands who contributed to this project talk about what tracks they chose to cover and...

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EPHEL DUATH: Sample Of Upcoming Remix Album Available

Italian experimentalists EPHEL DUATH have posted the song "Hole IV" from their upcoming album "Pain Remixes the Known" on their MySpace page. "Pain Remixes the Known" is a collection of remixes of the tracks that appeared on the 2006 album "Pain Necessary to Know". Commented guitarist Davide: "The w...

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World Series Of Video Games To Host Guitar Hero 2 Competitions

The World Series of Video Games presented by Intel (WSVG),the first international video game competition circuit for multiple game platforms, will be host to several Guitar Hero 2 competitions over the course of the year. Guitar Hero 2 lets users play their favorite songs by their favorite bands in...

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SOULFLY, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, DARKEST HOUR Featured On 'Higher Voltage' CD

Fifteen of rock's hottest bands have contributed cover versions of classic songs to the second instalment of Kerrang! magazine's free "High Voltage" CDs. "Higher Voltage" — which includes exclusive recordings by LOSTPROPHETS, AIDEN, FIGHTSTAR and MADINA LAKE and rare covers by FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND a...

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AKERCOCKE: 'Axiom' Video Posted Online

AKERCOCKE's music video for the song "Axiom" can now be found on YouTube. The clip was directed by Erica Herbert of HSI London (NIRVANA, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE). Her surrealist vision is the perfect compliment to AKERCOCKE's brutally beautiful sound. Deemed "a unique and beautiful visual outing" by fro...

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SLAYER, MOTÖRHEAD, CHILDREN OF BODOM Music Featured In 'Skate' Videogame

According to Kotaku.com, SLAYER, CHILDREN OF BODOM, MOTÖRHEAD, NIRVANA, the BAD BRAINS are among the artists that will have tracks featured in the upcoming multi-platform videogame "Skate". The game is expected in stores in September. The complete track listing (in alphabetical order by artist) is a...

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COURTNEY LOVE Hires 'KURT COBAIN Lookalike' For New Band

Launch Radio Networks reports: Courtney Love says she has hired several musicians for her new backing band, including one who strongly resembles her late husband, NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain. Love wrote at her blog, "Another (guy) I found out later models on the side...but I'll admit it, I really h...

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TESLA Guitarist Talks About 'Real To Reel' Covers Album

Lisa Sharken of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with TESLA guitarist Frank Hannon. An excerpt from the chat follows: KNAC.COM: Tell us about "Real To Reel". What prompted TESLA to do an entire album of cover tunes and how did you go about selecting the material? Hannon: We were thinking abo...

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AKERCOCKE To Guest On IRON MAIDEN Singer's Radio Show

Controversial U.K. dark art practitioners AKERCOCKE will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Friday, July 6 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the program live via the Internet between 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. U...

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AKERCOCKE: 'Axiom' 30-Second Video Sample Available

Controversial U.K. dark art practitioners AKERCOCKE have posted an advance sample of their promo video "Axiom" at YouTube. On May 14, the sharp-suited metal maestros arrived at Wilton's Music Hall in London to shoot the "Axiom" video, lifted from the band's new album "Antichrist". The shoot was unde...

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COURTNEY LOVE, JOEY RAMONE's Brother Angry Over Dead Rockers Shoe Ad

Courtney Love and Mickey Leigh, brother of the late RAMONES legend Joey Ramone, are furious at Dr. Martens for putting former NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain and Ramone in a shoe ad. According to E! Online, the print ads, promoting the manufactuer's AirWair line and only approved for use in the United...

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HIGH ON FIRE: Commences Recording, Announces Summer Tour Dates

HIGH ON FIRE has recently entered Avast II in Seattle, WA with legendary producer Jack Endino (NIRVANA, MUDHONEY) to record the follow-up to its critically-acclaimed "Blessed Black Wings" CD. This as-yet-untitled record will be mixed at Soundhouse Studios and is expected to see an early fall release...

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AKERCOCKE Shoots Video For 'Axiom'

On Monday, May 14, sharp-suited metal maestros AKERCOCKE arrived at Wilton's Music Hall in London to begin shooting their video for the brand new track "Axiom", lifted from the new album "Antichrist". The shoot was produced by the highly acclaimed promo clip company HSI (responsible for classic clip...

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BIFFY CLYRO Signs With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Roadrunner Records has announced the U.S. acquisition of Glasgow's latest rock sensation BIFFY CLYRO, a trio being heralded in some U.K. circles as "the new NIRVANA." "Puzzle" is the band's breakthrough new album, and is garnering massive attention in Britain. It was produced by GGGarth Richardson (...

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LAYNE STALEY And KURT COBAIN's Addictions Examined In 'The Heroin Impact In Seattle' Book

According to a press release from Arts Publications, Argentinean journalist/author Adriana Rubio — who penned the biography of late ALICE IN CHAINS frontman Layne Staley, titled "Layne Staley: Angry Chair" — has been working alongside social workers and drug counselors to figure out why Staley and N...