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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...

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TOOL/NINE INCH NAILS Collaboration Leads List Of 'Lost' Albums

Launch Radio Networks reports: A collaboration between members of TOOL and NINE INCH NAILS, plus recordings by GREEN DAY, WEEZER, BECK and RADIOHEAD, lead a list of "lost" albums and songs published by RollingStone.com on Friday (February 9). Topping the list is TAPEWORM, a project started by TOOL s...

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'Metal: The Definitive Guide' Book Due In April

Garry Sharpe-Young's next book, a 608-page, 600,000-word treatise simply titled "Metal: The Definitive Guide", will be published in the U.S. on April 28 by Backbeat Books. Rob Halford of JUDAS PRIEST provided the foreword. He wrote, in part, "From its beginnings out of Birmingham, England in the lat...

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ZENI GEVA To 'Come Back To Life Soon'

Japanese prog-hardcore band ZENI GEVA, led by singer and guitarist KK Null, has announced plans to reform. In an interview in the latest issue of Rock-A-Rolla magazine (web site),Null states that "ZENI GEVA will come back to life soon. Actually, we're planning to do a short tour in Europe in April...

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NIRVANA 2002: Reunion Performance Footage Available Online

The complete three-song reunion performance from classic Swedish death metallers NIRVANA 2002 at Stockholm's Kafé 44 on January 26 has been posted online at YouTube.com. The NIRVANA 2002 show featured original members Orvar Säfström (better known in metal circles as the singer on ENTOMBED's "Crawl"...