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GODSMACK Putting Finishing Touches On 'Killer' New Record

GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna recently spoke to MTV.com about the group's follow-up to 2003's "Faceless" CD, which has a working title of "Four". "The results are so amazing," he said of the album GODSMACK plan to release in late April. Although Erna had served as a co-producer on the band's three pr...

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EYES OF FIRE To Team Up With LOSA, PLATOON 13 For U.S. Tour

Orange County-based quintet EYES OF FIRE will be teaming up with LOSA and PLATOON 13 for a U.S. tour beginning in early February. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Feb. 03 - Pheonix, AZ - Metal Devastation 2 Feb. 05 - Houston, TX - The Engine Room Feb. 06 - Oklahoma City, OK - ...

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SLIPKNOT, CHESTER BENNINGTON, LACUNA COIL Featured On 'Underworld: Evolution' Soundtrack

Billboard.com is reporting that the soundtrack for "Underworld: Evolution" will boast a host of exclusive selections, including the first solo recording from LINKIN PARK vocalist Chester Bennington and a song from the TOOL-affiliated side project PUSCIFER, which features vocalist Maynard James Keena...

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TOOL Looking At Spring Release For New Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: TOOL has entered the mixing stage on its new album, according to sources close to the band, and is looking at an April or May release for the disc, its first since 2001's "Lateralus". As is typical for TOOL, few details have emerged about the project since the band rec...

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SLIPKNOT, BENNINGTON, KEENAN Venture Into 'Underworld'

Launch Radio Networks reports: SLIPKNOT, TOOL singer Maynard James Keenan, LINKIN PARK frontman Chester Bennington and up-and-coming band FLYLEAF all contribute tracks to the soundtrack of "Underworld: Evolution", the sequel to the 2003 vampire action hit "Underworld". A complete track and artist li...

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RANDY RHOADS Biography Now Available

Roxx Productions has issued the following press release regarding the recently published biography of late OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Randy Rhoads: "Once in a while a great project comes along our desks, a project that we just want to help spread the word about or get out to the public and to the fans....

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EYES OF FIRE: 'Prisons' Cover Art Posted Online

Orange County-based quintet EYES OF FIRE have posted the following update on their official web site: "EYES OF FIRE has seen the first edit for the video for 'It All Dies Today' and the band is really impressed with the outcome. The edit the band was able to see is the version that will be ...

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CRIMSON GLORY Reunion Plans Detailed

Rod Harmon of HeraldTribune.com has issued the following report: Among prog-metal lovers, the Sarasota-Bradenton band CRIMSON GLORY is semi-legendary, a rival to QUEENSRŸCHE and TOOL — especially in Europe, where its out-of-print albums are highly sought collectors' items. It's been six years since...

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Former NEUROTICA Members Resurface In DEFINE DIVINE

Former NEUROTICA/BALD DAISY guitarist Shawn Bowen and former NEUROTICA drummer G.J. Gosman have resurfaced in the San Francisco-based metal band DEFINE DIVINE. The quintet also features former PIMPSLAP THE ATMOSPHERE members Bezl (guitar and percussion) and Angst (vocals),along with bassist Paul Di...

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RUSH's NEIL PEART: 'Our Music Has Always Been A Mirror Of Ourselves'

RUSH's Neil Peart, one of the most proficient drummers and articulate lyricists in rock history, generally prefers to let his bandmates — and more significantly, his music — do all the talking. For the release of the historic, double DVD/CD "R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour" which is already slated...

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Former KYUSS/THE OBSESSED Bassist SCOTT REEDER To Release Solo Album

Some 18 years in the making, "TunnelVision Brilliance", the debut solo offering from Scott Reeder, will be released by Liquor and Poker Music on January 24, 2006. An MP3 of the track "The Day of Neverending", off "TunnelVision Brilliance", is now available at the label's web site, www.LiquorAndPoker...

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WAYLANDER Complete Work On New Promo CD, Seek Label Home

Vocalist Ciaran O'Hagan of the long-running Irish folk metal act WAYLANDER has issued the following update on the group's activities: "At long last, the much talked about promo CD is finally ready! The sound could have been better and the tempos refined a lot more but we feel it's of a decent enough...

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TOOL To Release New DVD Next Month

According to a posting on Toolband.com, TOOL are planning to release a DVD featuring the videos for "Schism" and "Parabol/Parabola" with added extras (more details later) sometime in December (possibly December 20). The posting adds: "Please note that this is NOT the (much-anticipated) TOOL live DVD...

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Sieg Howdy!

This one's already on the Christmas list of that subset of punks and metalheads who salivate like Pavlov's dogs at the mention of certain code words (Bill Hicks, Ralph Nader, Tool, this week's Mike Patton project). But for the rest of us, there's a lot to dig into on this weird quasi-new-album. Remi...

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Croatia's FATHER Release 'Inspirita'

Croatian metal five-piece FATHER have just released their debut record, "Inspirita", in the ex-Yugoslavia territory. The album was issued via Dallas Records (EMI/Virgin/Mute/V2 official licence),making it somewhat a historic moment, since it is the first time that the major label in Croatia has sig...