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REVELATION THEORY To Support EVANESCENCE On U.S. Tour

New York-based rock/alternative quartet REVELATION THEORY has been tapped as the support act for EVANESCENCE on their upcoming U.S. tour, according to a posting on REVELATION THEORY's MySpace page. "We're super stoked to be touring with one of our favorite bands!" the group writes in a statement. RE...

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EYEHATEGOD: More Tribute Album Details Revealed

Emetic Records has announced the tentative track listing for "For the Sick – A Tribute to Eyehategod", set for release this fall. A statement from the label reads as follows: "All the artists involved in the release are friends or fans of the sludge legends and we are happy to have the best of the ....

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MASTERPLAN Begins Recording New Album

MASTERPLAN members Uli Kusch (drums) and Roland Grapow (guitar; both ex-HELLOWEEN) have started the recordings for the band's third album. According to a posting on Kusch's web site, a replacement for singer Jorn Lande, who announced his departure from the group in early May, will be confirmed soon....

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SCORPIONS Drummer, TOMMY LEE's Sister To Release KOTTAK Debut

On September 12, 2006, Escapi Music — home to BODY COUNT, DIRTY RIG, WARRIOR SOUL, CACTUS, MAHAVATAR, DISSECTION and THE CARMINE APPICE PROJECT — will release the debut recording of KOTTAK (formerly KRUNK),entitled "therupy". Fronted by singer/songwriter/guitarist Jimmy Ratchitt, who, in another li...

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AUTUMN TEARS Hard At Work On New CD

Dark Symphonies recording artist AUTUMN TEARS is putting the finishing touches on the writing and recording process for its next release, entitled "The Hallowing". After a decade of evolving, the band has finally shed its shell of neoclassical, darkwave and gothic sound, opting to pursue a more trad...

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Former CYNIC Bassist Publishes Instructional Book

Former CYNIC/OSI bassist Sean Malone has just published a new instructional book, "Music Theory for Bassists", through Hal Leonard. "The idea of the book is to present a bassist's-eye view of music theory: all of the facts and figures to get you up and running as quickly as possible with the 'langua...

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Reunited FORTE To Record New Album

New-age Nineties power metal band FORTE from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — featuring MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP bassist Rev Jones and former OLIVER MAGNUM vocalist James Randel — has reunited with the Scott brothers (guitarist Jeff and drummer Greg) for a string of dates over the next couple of months. The...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP Bassist: WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Was 'Amazing'

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG) bassist Rev Jones has issued the following update: "First off, I want to thank everyone for supporting us on the European tour and at all the festivals — you're the best. I played with MSG at the Wacken festival [in Wacken, Germany] last week to over 60,000 people. It wa...

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DEADSY To Release 'Phantasmagore' In August

DEADSY, the Los Angeles-based band featuring frontman P. Exeter Blue I (a.k.a. Elijah Blue, son of actress/singer Cher and Gregg Allman),will release their long-awaited sophomore album, "Phantasmagore", on August 22 via Elementree Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Commencement" was recorded at Korn...

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RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT Added To Split CD Featuring SABOTEUR, THE MOCKINGBIRD NIGHTMARE

Rockaway, New Jersey's thrash-party-hardcore band RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT has been added to Engineer Records' upcoming three-way split featuring Dallas, Texas' SABOTEUR and Kent, England's THE MOCKINGBIRD NIGHTMARE. RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT features former SHADY VIEW TERRACE drummer Derek Reilly on lead...

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The Scar is our Watermark

Once upon a time there were three Detroit youths by the names of Sean H. (vocals/guitar),Brian Repa (drums/destruction),and Nathan Miller (bass) that took a primal hardcore aesthetic and twisted it into forms unrecognizable by the human ear, reeking havoc on conventional forms of entertainment and...

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BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST And METALLICA Are 'Greatest Heavy Metal Bands Of All Time'

An MTV panel of heavy metal "experts," consisting of "nine die-hard, longtime fans," recently came together to compile a list of the "Greatest Heavy Metal Bands of All Time." "In part one [of the process], we reached out to the most passionate and knowledgable metal fans working at MTV and asked the...

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TONY MARTIN: 'It's Almost As If I've Been Written Out Of The BLACK SABBATH History Books'

Adam Harrold of RockSomething.com recently conducted an interview with former BLACK SABBATH frontman Tony Martin. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On what "went wrong" with BLACK SABBATH: "Me and Geoff Nicholls [Martin's keyboardist and ex-SABBATH man] get asked about SABBATH a lot and we...

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MINSK Sign To RELAPSE RECORDS

Relapse Records has announced the signing of Chicago/Peoria, IL quartet MINSK. MINSK bassist/vocalist Sanford Parker comments on the signing: "Relapse's long-standing commitment to signing great progressive and creative bands make it a perfect place for us to be, and we're very happy to be a part of...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE To Release 'Revelations' EP In August

CIRCLE II CIRCLE — who feature in their ranks former SAVATAGE frontman Zachary Stevens — will release a new EP, entitled "Revelations", on August 18 via AFM Records. The complete track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Revelations 02. Who Am I 03. The Black 04. Burden of Truth (acoustically...