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TREMOR: New Song Posted Online

Norwegian black metal act TREMOR have made a rough-mix version of "Umwerthung aller Werthe!", from their forthcoming debut album, available at their MySpace page. The CD is currently being mixed at Kamfer Studios and will be released through the Norwegian independent label INRI Unlimited late spring...

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KISS Frontman Unveils Painting Tribute To ACE FREHLEY

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley has completed "Shock Me", the latest painting in his KISS members series. The painting is a tribute to Ace Frehley and his signature song and will be available as limited edition prints in about three weeks. Gallery owner Gerard Marti adds, "Today Paul paid tribu...

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EWIGKEIT: Free EP Available For Download

U.K. progressive metallers EWIGKEIT (pronounced Ay-vish-kite) have released a free EP, entitled "Return to the Land of Fog". Commented EWIGKEIT mainman James Fogarty: "The idea was to revisit my favorite tracks from the 'Land of Fog' album. As these have largely not been heard by the people who have...

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BLACK CROWES Offering Fans A Flyaway Contest

Launch Radio Networks reports: THE BLACK CROWES are offering one lucky fan the chance to meet the group, and they'll even fly you in for the opportunity. The CROWES are holding a contest for ticket-buyers, with the Grand Prize being two front-row tickets and a meet-and-greet at the Red Rocks Amphith...

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'Heavy Metal Thunder' Archive Of Metal-Album Art To Arrive In June

MTV.com reports: A few years back, metal journalists James Sherry (Metal Hammer, Kerrang!) and Neil Aldis (Rock World, Terrorizer) decided to sift through their record collections and put the best of the bunch into coffee-table-book form. That spawned "Heavy Metal Thunder", an extensive archive of t...

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THE BURNING ROOM: Debut Album Samples Available

Portland, Oregon's THE BURNING ROOM, who feature in their ranks former ANATOMY OF A GHOST guitarist Dewey Halpaus, have posted three tracks from their upcoming debut album, "We Invented Thunder", online. You can listen to the songs "Ninjas And Cops Don't Mix", "We Burn Our Witches At Dawn", and "Who...

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ROB ZOMBIE, MÖTLEY CRÜE, DEFTONES Concert Attendance Figures Revealed

The following are a few select recent heavy metal/hard rock concert attendance figures, as reported by Billboard magazine: Artist/Event: ROB ZOMBIE, LACUNA COIL Venue: The Fillmore City/State: Denver, Colo. Date: April 17, 2006 Gross Sales: $125,231 Attendance: 3,700 Capacity: 3,700 Artist/Event: RO...

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HAMMERFALL: New Album To Include Ten-Year-Old Instrumental

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his official blog: "Today, Stefan [Elmgren, guitar] and I have gone through and (slightly) rearranged an intrumental track he wrote ten (!) years ago. I heard it for the first time last week, he appearently found it on a CD somew...

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HAMMERFALL Complete Nine Songs For New Album

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his official blog: "We have once again spent three days in the rehearsal room, playing through the now nine songs finished for the album. I can't remember feeling this good about the material before a recording, ever. Especially...

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CRYPTOPSY: Canadian Headlining Tour Announced

Quebec-based death metallers CRYPTOPSY have announced the details of their fall 2006 Canadian headlining tour. The dates are as follows: Sep. 29 - St. John, NB @ Nep-Tunes Sep. 30 - Halifax, NS @ Captain Elis Oct. 02 - Quebec City, QC @ L'Imperial Oct. 03 - Montreal, QC @ Medley Oct. 04 - Ottawa, .....

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HAMMERFALL: New Songtitles Revealed

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his official blog: "We're looking at another weekend of rehearsals, and I am excited! I completed the eighth song for the album a few days ago, and am hard at work finishing one more before the rehearsal starts. I'll keep the rem...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist DRONJAK: Bow To The King!

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his official blog: "The concert highlight of the spring took place yesterday [April 21]; KING DIAMOND rolled through town [Gothenburg, Sweden]. I had been looking forward to this for a long time, and my expectations were really h...

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HAMMERFALL: In Writing Mode

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his official blog: "We have now spent the past three days locked in a small room, going over the seven finished songs for the new album. Compared to the first rehearsal in preparation of 'Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken', th...

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Ex-INFERNAL MAJESTY Singer Claims Former Bandmates Ripped Him Off

Luxi Lahtinen of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with former INFERNAL MAJESTY frontman Chris Bailey. An excerpt from the question-and-answer session follows: Metal-Rules.com: You contacted me via email just recently regarding the interview I did with both Kenny Hallman and Brian Lang...

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The Ultimate Destroyer

You knew it would only get bloodier after Chicago's LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR (LOTM) hacked and stabbed with murderous metal rage and old school spirit on 2004's "Carnage". On "The Ultimate Destroyer", lyrical themes based on the savage end of Greek Mythology (with poetic license liberally taken) once ag...