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GENITORTURERS To Continue Mixing New Album This Week

Florida-based "shock-rock" band GENITORTURERS, featuring MORBID ANGEL frontman David "Evil D" Vincent on bass, has finished recording its new CD. This week the group's frontwoman Gen will be traveling to California where more mixing of album tracks will take place for for the next 10 days in Hollywo...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' Tops Album Chart

The winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", 22-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, has topped the Finnish album chart with his solo debut, "Fuel for the Fire" (Sony BMG). View the whole chart at this location. Check out audio samples here (IMPORTANT: You must hold your cu...

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TROUBLE Drummer's Entire Solo EP Available For Streaming

"Retro Grave", the debut self-titled EP from TROUBLE drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson's new solo project, is available for streaming at MP3.com. The EP will be available to purchase on Tuesday, June 5 at www.retrogravemusic.com. Single tracks will also be available for download. "Retro Grave" includes five...

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TALISMAN: Tour Diary Available

Long-running Swedish-American melodic hard rock band TALISMAN — which revolves around Jeff Scott Soto (also of JOURNEY, formerly of YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and Marcel Jacob (bass, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) — kicked off its "farewell" tour last month at Festivalplein in Hellendoorn, Holland. You can read more i...

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Classic Clip: CANNIBAL CORPSE Hits German Version Of 'American Idol'

A video clip of a death metal fan auditioning for the German "American Idol"-style singing contest TV show "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" ("DSDS") with a unique rendition of the CANNIBAL CORPSE classic "I Will Kill You" is available for viewing at YouTube. As previously reported, a hilarious vide...

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FALCONER Guitarist Welcomes Addition To Family

Congratulations are in order for FALCONER guitarist Stefan Weinerhall and his wife on the birth of their son Joar Esbjörn Weinerhall. FALCONER recently extended its deal with Metal Blade for another four albums. The group is currently writing material for its new CD, which will feature "slightly fas...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' ARI KOIVUNEN Releases Solo Debut, Prepares To Hit The Road

The winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", 22-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, has just released his debut album, "Fuel for the Fire", in Finland via Sony BMG. Check out audio samples at this location (IMPORTANT: You must hold your cursor over the musical note symbol...

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NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE: Two-CD Reissue Available With Bonus Tracks

Finnish thrash metallers NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE have just released a new collection, "The Birth, Death and Resurrection", through EMI/Capitol Records. The set is a two-CD re-release of the band's debut EMI LP, "National Napalm Syndicate", from 1989 with two bonus tracks, and the group's 2006 come...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, THERION, PAIN Perform In Moscow; Photos Available

Russia's Darkside e-zine has uploaded high-quality photos of PAIN, THERION and BLIND GUARDIAN's performances at the HammerSound Festival on May 20, 2007 in Moscow, Russia. Check them out at this location. The bands' setlists were as follows: PAIN: 01. Same Old Song 02. Zombie Slam 03. End Of The Lin...

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Ex-FEAR FACTORY Guitarist's DIVINE HERESY: Audio Samples Available

DIVINE HERESY — the new Los Angeles-based band featuring former FEAR FACTORY/current ASESINO guitarist Dino Cazares alongside Tim Yeung (VITAL REMAINS, HATE ETERNAL) on drums and Tommy Cummings (VEXT) on vocals — has posted audio samples of the tracks "Bleed the Fifth" and "Failed Creation" on its M...

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HORSE THE BAND: 'A Natural Death' Delayed

HORSE THE BAND has had the release date of its new album, "A Natural Death" (KOCH Records),pushed back to August 28 from the previously announced June 26. According to keyboardist Erik Engstrom, "'A Natural Death' is about the futility and arrogance of creation and destruction, the overwhelming sca...

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TALISMAN: New Video Footage, Photos Posted Online

Long-running Swedish-American melodic hard rock band TALISMAN — which revolves around Jeff Scott Soto (also of JOURNEY, formerly of YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and Marcel Jacob (bass, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) — has posted two videos from its May 19 appearance at at Festivalplein in Hellendoorn, Holland. Check the...

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Thrashin' the Neighborhood

Hailing from different countries, but the same neighborhood, Montreal's REANIMATOR and California's MERCILESS DEATH have one big thing in common. Both excel at producing pure old school thrash that takes no cues from the 'core-inflected thrash style that's been done over and over again these past fe...

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ICED EARTH Announces New Guitarist

ICED EARTH guitarist/leader Jon Schaffer has posted the following message on the band's web site: "Our new guitar player's name is Troy Seele. Troy did a few solos on the new record and will be touring with us. He's been a friend of mine for about 10 years and is from the Indianapolis (Indy) area. ....

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TALISMAN: U.K. Dates Cancelled

According to MelodicRock.com, the U.K. leg of TALISMAN's tour has been cancelled "due to unforeseen circumstances beyond [the band's] control." The dates may be rescheduled for later in the year. TALISMAN is the long-running Swedish-American melodic hard rock band which revolves around Jeff (also of...