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REVOCATION Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Boston, Massachusetts-based technical metal act REVOCATION has been carving a path to the top of the extreme metal heap since its inception back in 2006. During the last eight years, the band has released full-length albums (one independently issued, three on Relapse Records),and a free EP with Sci...

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Video: AEROSMITH Joined By SLASH For Whisky A Go Go Performance

AEROSMITH performed a concert earlier today (Tuesday, April 8) at the famous Whisky A Go Go, a West Hollywood club they last played in 1973. The half-hour, invite-only show was part of a press event announcing the band's upcoming "Let Rock Rule" North America tour with legendary GUNS N' ROSES guitar...

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GEOFF TATE On His New Version Of QUEENSRŸCHE: 'There's A Lot Of Love In The Band And Friendship'

Craig Terlino of Dig Boston recently conducted an interview with singer Geoff Tate of QUEENSRŸCHE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Dig Boston: How has the "Operation: Mindcrime" stage performance evolved since you first started taking it on the road? Tate: The beauty of music and pe...

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TRAP THEM To Release 'Blissf**ker' Album In June

Three years after the release of their Prosthetic debut, "Darker Handcraft", death punk / filth rock quartet TRAP THEM will release the follow-up effort, "Blissfucker", on June 10. The album was recorded with longtime collaborator Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE, SKELETONWITCH) last year and mastered by Jack...

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SLASH Says 'It's An Honor' To Be Touring With AEROSMITH This Summer

Today (Tuesday, April 8),Slash joined AEROSMITH for a roof-raising set in front of a packed crowd at the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles in celebration of their forthcoming headlining North American tour this summer. Promoted exclusively by Live Nation, the "Let Rock Rule" tour kicks off on Thursday,...

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AEROSMITH And SLASH: 'Let Rock Rule' Tour Dates Announced

AEROSMITH — Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, Tom Hamilton, and Brad Whitford — and special guest Slash featuring MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS will join forces for "Let Rock Rule", this summer's definitive rock and roll experience. Promoted exclusively by Live Nation, the "Let Rock Rule" t...

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MESHUGGAH Announces 25th-Anniversary North American Tour Dates

Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH will return to North America this summer to celebrate their 25th year of musical deviance with festival appearances, Canadian dates, and clubs that will fill to capacity. Opening for them (on all but the two festival dates) will be North Carolina's BE...

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EXORCISM: 'Voodoo Jesus' Song Available For Streaming

Doomy heavy metallers EXORCISM, who feature in their ranks guitarist Joe "Shredlord" Stump (RAVEN LORD, ZVEKAN, HOLYHELL),will release their debut album, "I Am God", on April 25 via GoldenCore Records/ZYX Music. The cover artwork for the CD was created by Mario Bouffier (SACRED REICH, MEGAHERZ, LOU...

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JIMMY PAGE To Receive Honorary Degree At Berklee Commencement

Berklee College Of Music president Roger H. Brown will present Jimmy Page, Geri Allen, Valerie Simpson and Thara Memory with honorary doctor of music degrees at Berklee's commencement ceremony, Saturday, May 10, at the 7,000-seat Agganis Arena at Boston University. More than 900 Berklee graduates, t...

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Days of the Fallen Sun

The Junius Letters appearing in the "Public Advertiser" from 1769 through 1772 were libertine to the less reproachful connotation of the phrase, calling colonial English to rebuke conservative government and moreover, to be aware the monarch régime was infringing upon their human rights. Ironic, the...

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Black and Blood

Getting past the goony title of their second full-length album, Boston death and black metallers SOUL REMNANTS put on a hell of a show with "Black and Blood", an album sure to remain planted in the players of death junkies, assuming they can wedge the new CARCASS album out. The band features Tom Pre...

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GUNS N' ROSES, KORN To Perform At This Year's REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS Awards Show

The Revolver Golden Gods awards show presented by Epiphone, America's only hard-rock and heavy-metal awards show, has announced its return to Club Nokia in Downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 23. Among this year's nominees are heavyweights BLACK SABBATH, KORN, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, METALLICA, and...

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DREAM THEATER Photo Book In The Works

Progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER are collaborating with photographer Rob Fenn on a hardcover photo book documenting the North American leg of their "Along For The Ride" tour, which kicks off March 20. Fenn will be traveling with the band all the way from Toronto, Canada's Massey Hall to Mesa,...

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KATATONIA Parts Ways With Guitarist PER 'SODOMIZER' ERIKSSON

Swedish dark rockers KATATONIA have released the following statement: "It has been some time coming but guitarist Per 'Sodomizer' Eriksson and KATATONIA have now mutually agreed to part ways. "Per joined the band in 2010 as a live session player, and after some substantial touring, quickly became a...

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OBSESSION Announces New Bassist

American metallers OBSESSION have announced the addition of bassist Jeff Curtiss to the group's ranks. The band states: "Jeff exploded onto the metal scene only recently [and is] a fantastic thundering talent on the bass. You may know him from the band SYMPHONY OF MALICE, where he made his debut. He...