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MASQUERADE: Japanese Version Of 'In Disguise' Released With Bonus Track

Swedish melodic rock band MASQUERADE have just released their latest album, "In Disguise", in Japan through Spiritual Beast Records. The Japanese version of "In Disguise", which was originally made available last fall via the band's official web site, contains a bonus track, entitled "My Dying Days...

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MINE[THORN] Sign With CODE666 RECORDS

U.K.-based brutal black/death metallers MINE[THORN] have inked a deal with Code666 Records. Formed in 1999 as a THE AXIS OF PERDITION side-project, MINE[THORN] call what they create "bio mechanical disturbance metal" — "the sound of city sized slabs of living ancient alien machinery descending from...

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THE QUILL: In Writing Mode

Sweden's THE QUILL, the band featuring current SPIRITUAL BEGGARS/ex-FIREBIRD bassist Roger Nilsson and ex-FIREBIRD drummer Jolle Atlagic, have been writing new material for the past six months, according to an update issued by guitarist Christian Carlsson. "By now we have about 10 brand-new killer t...

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TESLA To Headline STATION FAMILY FUND Benefit Concert

TESLA, SHINEDOWN and VANILLA FUDGE (featuring Pat Travers and Carmine Appice) will take part in a benefit concert on February 25 for the survivors of the Station nightclub fire. The event, which will be hosted by the Wake Up the Love Foundation, will be held at the Providence Performing Arts Center...

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NAGLFAR Sign With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

Swedish death/black metallers NAGLFAR have signed a worldwide record deal with Century Media Records. Their new album, tentatively titled "Pariah", is currently being recorded at Ballerina Studios in the band's hometown of Umea. A spring release is expected. Although the track listing has not yet be...

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KAYSER: Former SPIRITUAL BEGGARS Frontman Signs New Record Deal

KAYSER, the new Swedish band featuring Spice (ex-SPIRITUAL BEGGARS),Mattias Svensson (THE DEFACED),Bob Ruben (ex-THE MUSHROOM RIVER BAND) and Fredrik Finnander (ex-AEON),have inked a deal with Italy's Scarlet Records. The band's sound is best described as "a mutation of BLACK SABBATH/MEGADETH/SLA...

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DREAM EVIL Announce Japanese Tour

DREAM EVIL, the Swedish band featuring acclaimed producer Fredrik Nordström (HAMMERFALL, IN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, etc.) and drummer Snowy Shaw (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME),will be embarking on a Japanese tour beginning in early February. Support at the...

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SPIRITUAL BEGGARS: New Studio Album, DVD Update

Sweden's SPIRITUAL BEGGARS have set "Demons" as the title of their new album, due in Japan on February 23, 2005 via Toy's Factory Records. The first Japanese pressing will come with a bonus disc of live material recorded last year in Tokyo. No release date has yet been announced for the U.S. and Eur...

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STRYPER Defend Decision To Cancel Mexican Festival Appearance, Keep Show Deposit

Christian hard rockers STRYPER have issued a statement defending their decision to cancel their appearance at the Revolution Metal Festival in Mexico City and keep the $56,500 deposit paid out to the band by a small Mexican "underground church," who served as the promoter for the event. The group's...

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ALICE COOPER To Raise Money For Christian-Based Foundation

Larry Rodgers of The Arizona Republic reports: When Alice Cooper and his endless list of show-biz pals raise funds for the non-profit Solid Rock Foundation through the singer's Christmas Pudding concert, he's hoping to pass the word about the life-changing personal foundation he established after ye...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN, ZAKK WYLDE Deliver Tributes To DIMEBAG At Public Memorial

The Associated Press is reporting that guitarists Eddie Van Halen and Zakk Wylde delivered profanity-laced tributes at a public memorial service Tuesday night for slain heavy metal guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. "I'm here for the same reason as everyone else, to give some love back...," Van Hal...

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Conservative Web Site Says DIMEBAG 'Contributed To Culture Of Death' That Spawned His Killer

William Grim, Contributing Editor of the popular conservative web site The Iconoclast, has penned the following article with regards to the recent murder of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "You've undoubtedly heard by now that a demented fan last week killed heavy metal gui...

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P.O.D. On '60 Minutes' This Wednesday

P.O.D. will be featured on a "60 Minutes" report on spiritual themes in mainstream music airing on the CBS network this Wednesday, December 8, at 8:00 p.m. A short preview of the show can currently be viewed at CBSNews.com. As previously reported, P.O.D. have commenced work on the follow-up to 2003'...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Says DOWN Reunion Would Require People Coming Clean About Their Lifestyle

In a lengthy interview published in the "Xmas 2004" issue of Metal Hammer magazine, ex-PANTERA/curent SUPERJOINT RITUAL frontman Philip Anselmo spoke the status of his DOWN project and the House of Shock haunted house in New Orleans in which he was an investor. "With DOWN, there would have to be a w...

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TWISTED TOWER DIRE Hard At Work On New Album

Virginia's "classic metal" act TWISTED TOWER DIRE are currently at Killabrew Studios in Annandale, VA with producer Matt Crooks (DIVISION) recording their fourth album, "Netherworlds", for Germany's Remedy Records. The track listing for the CD includes: 01. Starshine 02. Netherworlds 03. Fortress 04...