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AC/DC: Bagging A Bit Of BON SCOTT

Patrick Donovan of The Age's "Sticky Carpet" (web site) has issued the following report: South Yarra's Leonard Joel auction house had never seen anything like it. Last month, mingling with conservative art collectors, were some black-clad hard-core AC/DC fans wanting to take home a piece of Bon Scot...

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FINNTROLL Will Announce New Vocalist 'When The Time Is Right'

Finland's FINNTROLL have posted the following message on their official web site: "Yes, FINNTROLL shall molest Europe throughout the summer at various festivals like: Wacken, Summer Breeze, Sauna Open Air (only show in Finland this year) and few others. We have a replacement for [vocalist] Wilska an...

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Ruun

On a career arc as impressive as OPETH's, minus most of the record sales, Norway's psychedelic prog-metal Vikings continue their journey into accessible dissonance, soaring chords, desolate atmospheres and swirling, ambient aural journeys on this, their eight proper studio album. Moving ever further...

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MEGADETH: 'Countdown To Extinction' Reissue To Include Bonus Tracks

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab will be releasing a remastered version of MEGADETH's 1992 CD, "Countdown to Extinction", this summer. The complete track listing for the reissue is as follows: 01. Skin O' My Teeth (3:15) 02. Symphony of Destruction (4:06) 03. Architecture of Agression (3:39) 04. Foreclosur...

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FIREWIND: New Album Details Revealed

Century Media Records has set a July 24 European release date for the new FIREWIND album, entitled "Allegiance". The album's first single, "Falling to Pieces", will be released June 19 in Greece. It will include an edited version of the title track, the non-album track "Demon Nights" and the BLACKFO...

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EDDIE VEDDER Says New PEARL JAM Gets Political

Launch Radio Networks reports: PEARL JAM frontman Eddie Vedder says in the new issue of Newsweek that the group's new album tackles politics and the Bush administration head on. Vedder explained, "It's just not the time to be cryptic. I mean, our tax dollars for this (Iraq) war are being funneled th...

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QUEENSRŸCHE: New GEOFF TATE Audio Interview Available For Download

The complete unedited interview with QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate, conducted April 5 by Joe Kleon, has been posted on Joe's personal web site. An MP3 file containing the chat, which was broadcast April 23 on Canton Ohio's WRQK 106.9 FM, has been made available for download at this location (41 MB...

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Two New MÖTLEY CRÜE Books Released For Rock Lovers

Publisher Chronological Crue has announced the release of two brand-new MÖTLEY CRÜE books, titled "Mötley Crüe Down Under: On Tour with The Carnival of Sins" and "What Mötley Crüe Means to Me: Crüeheads Share Their Stories". Now available from CafePress (web site),the paperbacks give rock music lov...

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FINNTROLL Acquire New Singer

Finland's FINNTROLL have secured the services of TWILIGHT MOON frontman Mathias Lillmåns as the group's new lead singer. Lillmåns is reportedly 23 years old, and like FINNTROLL's original vocalist, Katla Mathias, is Fenno-Swedish, with Swedish as his mother tongue. Check out pictures of FINNTROLL pe...

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IGNITE: New Song Posted Online

A brand new IGNITE track, entitled "Bleeding", has been made available for streaming at this location. The song comes off the Orange County band's upcoming album, "Our Darkest Days", due in Europe on May 15 via Century Media Records. The CD was produced and mixed by Cameron Webb (SOCIAL DISTORTION,...

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Sterling Black Icon

I recall applauding Germany's FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING in a review of the band's Metal Blade debut (and sophomore release) "Skywards/Chapter II: A Sylphe's Ascension". In said review I acknowledged the band's unabashed love of the Swedish melodic death metal style, but still found the album to be fin...

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GWAR Prepare To 'Go To Hell'

Legendary heavy metal band GWAR have posted the following message on their official web site: "Everyone (except everybody else) was ecstatic when GWAR put out 'Violence Has Arrived' in 2001 — it marked GWAR's triumphant return to metal, and the world breathed a collective sigh of relief that we hadn...

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IGNITE: New Album Details Revealed

Orange County darlings IGNITE will release their new album, "Our Darkest Days", on May 15 on Century Media Records in Europe. The band, whose fan base has largely been developed through near-constant global touring, deliver a passionate and truly unique mix of hardcore, rock, and punk that has taken...

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Reach For the Surface

Melodic European riffs? Harsh vocals? Clean choruses? With the metalcore scene as glutted now as rap-rock was not long ago, there's gonna be a residual prejudice against Texas hopefuls DRYLINE right off the bat. They may be coming late to the party, but don't count them out without giving them a lis...

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CHIMAIRA: 13 Songs Ready For New Album

Cleveland, Ohio's CHIMAIRA have issued the following update via their official web site: "So as you probably already know we have lined up quite a bit of touring for the next couple of months. We tried to keep this under wraps and make an official announcement with everyone, but with the powers of t...