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SKINLAB: Studio Update

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB entered Trident studios in Pacheco, California over the weekend to begin recording their upcoming digital release, due out in the coming months via Crash Music. Commented bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel: "Just got back from day 2 of recording. Things...

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RUNEMAGICK: 'Dawn Of The End' Now Available

Swedish "dark death metal" act RUNEMAGICK has just released its new album, "Dawn of the End", via Norway's Aftermath Music. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Dawn of the End 02. Voyage to Desolation 03. Chthonic Temple Smoke 04. Retaliation 05. Volcano Throne 06. The Circle 07. Mag...

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DENDURA Signs With KILLZONE RECORDS

DENDURA, the female-fronted, prog-metal band from Grand Rapids, Michigan, has inked a deal with KillZone Records. According to a press release, DENDURA are a perfect fit for KillZone "because they stand out from the norm in terms of talent, ability and marketability, bringing a presence of their own...

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Season of Evil

The story of THE FUCKING WRATH is an amusing one. It seems the three members — Craig Kasamis ("guitar/guttural onslaught"),Nick Minasian ("bass/visceral ravaging"),and John Crerar ("really heavy drums") — of the Montalvo, California act are not only long time friends, but also lived on the same st...

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DEEP PURPLE To Offer VIP Concert Ticket Packages Via Newly Launched Web Site

DEEP PURPLE's broad base of fans worldwide can now access a totally new official web site for the legendary hard rock band to get the latest news, detailed information on the band, the best VIP concert ticket packages and exclusive new merchandise at www.deeppurple.org. The dynamic new site that lau...

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DEEP PURPLE Singer Calls Classic Rock Radio A 'Death Sentence For All Sorts Of Older Bands'

Michael Senft of The Arizona Republic reports: DEEP PURPLE visits the Maricopa County Events Center on Aug. 17, but it isn't a nostalgia tour. The group is wrapping up a two-year tour of 48 countries in support of its 2005 album "Rapture of the Deep". But American fans probably don't know that. "You...

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'Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II' Due In September

Earache Records' sequel to this year's "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion" is due to be released next month. With a fresh collection of over 100 blistering Earache tracks spread over six CDs, all for the price of one CD, "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II", housed in a sturdy box, gives value for mon...

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SEPULTURA Jams Rock Classics At Finnish Bar; Video Available

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has issued the following update: "In Finland we had great shows; it was a very special part of the tour. "We arrived in Turku, played in Helsinki and went on to a festival in Kuopio. We had two days off in Kuopio and on the first night we went to a ...

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CHRIS CORNELL Talks SOUNDGARDEN

Patrick Douglas of The Culture Shock recently conducted an interview with former AUDIOSLAVE/SOUNDGARDEN frontman Chris Cornell. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: The Culture Shock: I saw you with AUDIOSLAVE a couple of times and the last one was during the leg where you were incorporating s...

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DOWN: New Album Tentative Release Date Revealed

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — i...

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King of the Grey Islands

How do you judge the second post-comeback album of a band as revered as CANDLEMASS, especially when they've lost their beloved and iconic vocalist (again, and probably for the last time)? It's obviously a record made under duress, with a lot of pressure, given the success of the band's return. Is "p...

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DEEP PURPLE's IAN GILLAN Talks Past And Present Lineup

Launch Radio Networks reports: Although DEEP PURPLE has gone through many line-up changes since their formation in 1968, the current one — with singer Ian Gillan, bassist Roger Glover, keyboardist Don Airey, drummer Ian Paice, and guitarist Steve Morse — has been together since 2002. "I think it's p...

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Room Full of Sinners

If New Jersey was ever gonna be used as an adjective, for anything besides bricks of dried toxic swamp gunk, it'd have to be busted out for THE CURSED. The prime movers in this side project are former HADES and NON-FICTION axeman Dan Lorenzo and inimitable OVERKILL vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth,...

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GWAR Frontman Says SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Is 'A Big Whiner'

FHMonline.com recently conducted an interview with Dave Brockie, GWAR frontman and intergalactic badass. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: FHMonline.com: SLIPKNOT recently told us that they're the most insane band. Why should we believe you? Brockie: They're basically a GWAR tribute band —...

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SYMPHONY X Kicks Off U.S. Leg Of 'Paradise Lost' Tour; Setlist Revealed

Progressive metallers SYMPHONY X kicked off the U.S. leg of the "Paradise Lost" tour Thursday night (July 12) at the Webster Theater in Hartford, CT. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. (intro) Oculus Ex Inferni 02. Set the World on Fire 03. Domination 04. Serpent's Kiss 05. Paradise Lost 06. In...