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BLOODY PANDA Signs With LEVEL-PLANE RECORDS

Diverse indie label Level-Plane has announced the signing of New York doom act BLOODY PANDA. Driven by the mournful, melodic vocals of Japanese frontwoman Yoshiko Ohara, BLOODY PANDA's transcendent sound finds its roots in the dirge-like power of SWANS, the amplifier-worshipping textures of EARTH, a...

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BLITZKRIEG Frontman Pays Tribute To Late WHIPLASH Co-Editor SAM KRESS

BLITZKRIEG frontman Brian Ross has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Ken, Guy, Paul, Phil and I were saddened recently to hear of the untimely death of Sam Kress [the original vocalist of acclaimed San Francisco Bay Area thrashers HEATHEN and former co-editor of early '8...

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DRAGONFORCE To Guest On IRON MAIDEN Singer's Radio Show

U.K. extreme power metallers DRAGONFORCE will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Saturday, January 20 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "Rock Show". Listen to the program live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time (between 3:0...

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LED ZEPPELIN Members File Lawsuit To Stop Sales Of Concert Memorabilia And Merchandise

Members of LED ZEPPELIN are among the musicians who are taking a music memorabilia web site owner to court, claiming he is illegally selling vintage recordings and memorabilia. The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California against William Sagan, w...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, DRAGONFORCE, CHIMAIRA To Team Up For U.S. Tour

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, DRAGONFORCE, CHIMAIRA and HE IS LEGEND will team up for the first annual No Fear Music Tour, set to kick off in early 2007. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's new album, "As Daylight Dies", sold just under 60,000 copies in the United States during i...

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Ex-AC/DC Drummer Gets Busy With THE MONSTERS OF CLASSIC ROCK

Drummer Chris Slade (AC/DC, THE FIRM, ASIA) will be doing some shows this month and perhaps on a somewhat regular basis with THE MONSTERS OF CLASSIC ROCK (MOCR) — a band containing members from groups that defined classic rock over the last three decades. THE MONSTERS OF CLASSIC ROCK is Slade on dru...

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DENIAL FIEND Signs With IBEX MOON RECORDS

DENIAL FIEND, the new Florida-based band featuring former DEATH/MASSACRE members Kam Lee (vocals) and Terry Butler (bass; also in SIX FEET UNDER) alongside ex-NASTY SAVAGE drummer Curtis Beeson and former DOWN BY LAW guitarist Sam Williams, has inked a deal with Ibex Moon Records. Commented Ibex Moo...

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ZAKK WYLDE, DRAGONFORCE's LI And TOTMAN Clean House In GUITAR WORLD Poll

According to Roadrunner Records, Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE),Herman Li and Sam Totman (DRAGONFORCE) cleaned house and kicked ass, winning most of the categories in the 2007 Guitar World Readers' Poll. Let's break down just how much ass they actually kicked: Zakk Wylde won the aw...

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BLACK SABBATH In The U.K.'s SUN Tabloid

In an almost unprecedented move for a tabloid newspaper, the Sun — the world's biggest-selling English-language newspaper, with over eight million readers a day — has acknowledged the world of heavy metal by reviewing a BLACK SABBATH biography in glowing terms. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", the new SABB...

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MEANS Signs With FACEDOWN RECORDS

MEANS, a prolific and emotionally charged post-hardcore band from Regina, Canada, has inked a deal with Facedown Records. The members of the band play songs that are birthed from their shared experiences and geared toward anyone who is looking for meaning in music. Commented Facedown head honcho Jas...

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DRAGONFORCE Wedding Proposal

According to Scotland's The Daily Record, heavy metal fan Richard Whyte left girlfriend Elaine Riddell speechless by jumping on to the stage at a gig to ask her to marry him. He got down on one knee in front of a cheering crowd when DRAGONFORCE played at Barrowland in Glasgow. Richard, 21, planned ....

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DRAGONFORCE: Russian Dates Announced

U.K. extreme power metallers DRAGONFORCE will continue their "Inhuman Rampage World Tour" in 2007 starting with two shows in Russia. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 09 - St. Petersburg, RUS - Roks Club Feb. 10 - Moscow, RUS - Club Tochka As previously reported, DRAGONFORCE's video for the song...

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DRAGONFORCE: First Part Of Tour Diary Available

DRAGONFORCE drummer Dave Mackintosh recently took time out of his hectic schedule to update fans on the band's current U.K. tour. Read the first part of Dave's tour diary at the Roadrunner Records U.K. web site. As previously reported, DRAGONFORCE's video for the song "Operation Ground and Pound" ha...

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KAM LEE Looking To Issue Previously Unreleased MASSACRE Album

Former MASSACRE/DEATH frontman Kam Lee has issued the following update: "MASSACRE fans — do you want unreleased MASSACRE? I'm asking this question to all MASSACRE fans because I'm trying to find a way to release the unreleased 'Second Coming' album! This was an unreleased, unfinished album recorded...

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Original HEATHEN Vocalist SAM KRESS Passes Away

Sam Kress, the original vocalist of acclaimed San Francisco Bay Area thrashers HEATHEN and former co-editor of early '80s underground fanzine Whiplash, passed away several days ago. The cause of his death has not been released. In a recent posting on his blog, Whiplash co-founder Brian Lew had the f...