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LEGACY Sign With VALHALLA RECORDS

Los Angeles-based hard rock outfit LEGACY, founded by bass ace Marten Andersson (LIZZY BORDEN, GEORGE LYNCH, STARWOOD),has inked a deal with U.K.'s Valhalla Records. The label will re-master and release LEGACY's debut CD with new artwork, bonus tracks as well as future releases through this agreeme...

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TOOL, DEEP PURPLE, SHADOWS FALL, LAMB OF GOD Drummers To Perform At MODERN DRUMMER FESTIVAL

Danny Carey (TOOL),Ian Paice (DEEP PURPLE),Jason Bittner (SHADOWS FALL) and Chris Adler (LAMB OF GOD) are among the scheduled performers at the Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2005, set to take place May 28-29 at Prudential Hall at NJPAC (New Jersey Performing Arts Center) in Newark, New Jersey. S...

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SHADOWS FALL: 'Inspiration On Demand' Video Posted Online

SHADOWS FALL's video for the track "Inspiration On Demand" has been posted online at the Century Media Records web site: Broadband, Dial-up (Real Media). The follow-up to the "What Drives The Weak" video from the group's latest album, "The War Within", the "Inspiration On Demand" clip was helmed by...

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OVERKILL Bassist Says Playing Music Is As Fun As It Was 20 Years Ago

OVERKILL bassist D.D. Verni recently spoke to Sweden's Metalshrine.se webzine about the group's new album, "ReliXIV", and the current metal scene. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Metalshrine.se: After all these years, is it still as much fun as it was when you started out? D.D. Verni...

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AXIS OF JUSTICE Celebrates Farmworkers' Victory

AUDIOSLAVE's Tom Morello and SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Serj Tankian are proud to join in the celebration of the decisive victory that the farmworkers of Immokalee, Florida (the Coalition of Immokalee Workers — CIW) have just claimed. For more than four years, the CIW has been embroiled in a boycott of Taco...

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SHADOWS FALL: 'Inspiration On Demand' Video To Debut On MTV2's 'Headbanger's Ball'

SHADOWS FALL's video for the track "Inspiration On Demand" will premiere on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" on Saturday, March 12. The follow-up to the "What Drives The Weak" video from the group's latest album, "The War Within", the "Inspiration On Demand" clip was helmed by acclaimed director Zach Merc...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: Audio From Benefit Concert Available For Download

Several low-quality MP3s from ALICE IN CHAINS' performance at a benefit for tsunami relief Friday night (Feb. 18) night in Seattle, Washington have been posted online. Check them out: 01. Got Me Wrong (mp3) 02. Down In A Hole (mp3) 03. It Ain't Like That (mp3) 04. Angry Chair ...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: Photos From Tsunami Benefit Concert Posted Online

The surviving members of ALICE IN CHAINS were joined on stage by Maynard James Keenan (TOOL),Wes Scantlin (PUDDLE OF MUDD),Patrick Lachman (DAMAGEPLAN) and Ann Wilson (HEART) during their performance at a benefit for tsunami relief Friday night (Feb. 18) night in Seattle, Washington. ALICE IN CHAI...

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Concert Review: TOOL's KEENAN Is 'Near-Perfect' Singer For ALICE IN CHAINS

Travis Hay of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has issued the following report: Who would've thought Maynard James Keenan, the spooky singer for TOOL and A PERFECT CIRCLE, would have made a near-perfect singer for ALICE IN CHAINS? That was one of the many surprises Friday night when some of Seattle's...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Joined By TOOL, PUDDLE OF MUDD, DAMAGEPLAN Singers During Benefit Concert

The surviving members of ALICE IN CHAINS were joined on stage by Maynard James Keenan (TOOL),Wes Scantlin (PUDDLE OF MUDD),Patrick Lachman (DAMAGEPLAN) and Ann Wilson (HEART) during their performance at a benefit for tsunami relief Friday night (Feb. 18) night in Seattle, Washington. ALICE IN CHAI...

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SHADOWS FALL Drummer To Perform At MODERN DRUMMER FESTIVAL WEEKEND

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner will be a featured performer at the upcoming Modern Drummer Festival Weekend. It will be held on May 28-29 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, New Jersey and will also feature Chris Adler (LAMB OF GOD),Danny Carey (TOOL) and many others. Yo...

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BLOODBATH Land Endorsement Deal With ES GUITARS

According to a posting on BLOODBATH's official web site, Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström and BLOODBATH have entered an exclusive endorsement deal with ES Guitars from Connecticut, USA. Nyström's choice of axe is a model called SS-88AN and was based on their line of "anti-corporate" handcrafted designs to...

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Character

"Character" has been awaited obsessively by the self-appointed defenders of heavy, who've pinned their Swede-metal hopes on DARK TRANQUILLITY after lamenting loud and long the "selling out" of IN FLAMES, SOILWORK, et al. Good news — Mikael Stanne's much-maligned clean vocals are history, his emotive...

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THUNDERSTONE: Tour Dates Announced

Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE have lined up the following dates during the coming months: Mar. 25 - Tampere, FIN @ Pakkahuone/Tulliklubi w/ HAMMERFALL, LORDI, FIREWIND: Apr. 21 - Pratteln, SWI @ Z 7 Apr. 22 - Filderstadt, GER @ Filharmonie Apr. 23 - Lichtenfels, GER @ Stadthalle Apr....

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THUNDERSTONE: New Album Details Revealed

Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE have set "Tools of Destruction" as the title of their third full-length album, tentatively due in Europe on April 18 via Nuclear Blast Records. Release dates for the USA and Japan will be announced soon. "Tools of Destruction" was mixed at Timo Tolkki's (...