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YOUR DEMISE Signs With VISIBLE NOISE RECORDS

Visible Noise Records has announced the signing of the St, Albans, UK hardcore mob YOUR DEMISE. The group's second full-length album is tentatively due in early 2009. YOUR DEMISE started out as a SUICIDAL TENDENCIES cover band, and recorded its first demo, "Your Days Are Numbered", in 2005. The grou...

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DEVILDRIVER Writing 'Bigger, Stronger' New Material

Bassist Jon Miller of the Santa Barbara, California-based metal band DEVILDRIVER has issued the following update: "As you all know, DEVILDRIVER has been laying low over the past couple of months... so we wanted to give you a heads-up on what has been going on over the summer of 2008 up until now. "U...

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GODSMACK's SHANNON LARKIN: 'I Wanted To Be ANGUS YOUNG On The Drums'

Charles Runnells of News-Press.com reports: GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin moved to Cape Coral [Florida] about three years ago to be a little closer to the Boston-based band. But the former Santa Barbara, California, resident still wanted to live somewhere warm. "I liked the small-town vibe," he sa...

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SNOT To Guest On This Weekend's 'Chaos With Full Metal Jackie'

The reunited lineup of the legendary Santa Barbara metal/punk rock hybrid SNOT — featuring original members Mikey Doling (guitar),John "Tumor" Fahnestock (bass),Jamie Miller (drums) and Sonny Mayo (guitar) along with the group's latest addition, former DIVINE HERESY vocalist Tommy Cummings (a.k.a....

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'Metal Xmas And A Headbanging New Year': More Details Revealed

On October 14, Armoury Records, distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment, will release one mighty molten metal blast of good CD cheer: "We Wish You A Metal Xmas And A Headbanging New Year". It's an all-star assemblage as members of such great hard rock bands as FOO FIGHTERS, QUEENSRŸCHE, DIO, ALICE C...

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THE BLACK CROWES Forced To Cancel Tour Dates

THE BLACK CROWES have cancelled the following dates "due to a bandmember’s unexpected illness": Sep. 16 - Mesa, AZ Sep. 17 - Los Angeles, CA Sep. 19 - Santa Barbara, CA Sep. 20 - San Diego Street Scene San Diego, CA Sep. 21 - Santa Rosa, CA All remaining dates on the group's 2008 tour ...

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IRON MAIDEN Manager On 'Heavy Metal Islam' Book

IRON MAIDEN manager Rod Smallwood has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We would like to make you guys aware of a very interesting book, 'Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam', which has recently been published by Mark LeVine. It de...

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UNHOLY Signs With PROSTHETIC RECORDS

UNHOLY, the Syracuse, New York-based band featuring members of PATH OF RESISTANCE, ANOTHER VICTIM, GODBELOW and SANTA SANGRE, has inked a deal with Prosthetic Records. The group will enter Syracuse's Moresound Studios (ED GEIN) in November to record its second full-length album for an early 2009 rel...

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L.A. GUNS Featuring PHIL LEWIS: More European Tour Dates Announced

The Phil Lewis-fronted version of L.A. GUNS is heading to Europe this month to wrap up its 20th-anniversary tour. This will be the first time Lewis and company will have played there for three years. Starting off in the UK, where they will be joined by LOVE/HATE, L.A. GUNS will then head out on thei...

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BRAIN DRILL Announces New Bassist

Santa Cruz, California-based death metallers BRAIN DRILL have announced the addition of bassist Ivan Munguia (CARNIVOROUS, ODIOUS MORTEM) to the group's ranks. "I'm stoked to be playing with such high-caliber musicians, in a band as crushing and talented as BRAIN DRILL," he said. "Soon we'll be out...

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'Heavy Metal Islam' Book Author Guests On 'Uprising' Radio Show; Audio Available

Musician and college professor Mark LeVine , who spent the past six years jamming with musicians, and interviewing fans and performers alike at heavy metal concerts all around the Middle East and North Africa for his new book, "Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Is...

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DORO: New Single Details Revealed

German "metal queen" Doro Pesch will release a new single entitled "Celebrate (The Night Of The Warlock)" on October 31 in Germany and November 3 in most of the rest of Europe via AFM Records. The EP will contain three versions of the single's title cut "Celebrate" — including one that features gues...

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When Shadows Fall

Greece's REFLECTION has been releasing albums since 1992, yet its debut for traditional metal powerhouse Cruz Del Sur may be the one that pushes the name to the world stage. The act refers to itself as "Hellenic epic/doom metal" and the style heard on "When Shadows Fall" is in fact doomy, but the ep...

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ULI JON ROTH: More U.S. Dates Announced

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth has just released his first real rock record since 1985's "Beyond The Astral Skies" in Japan via Marquee Records. The European and USA releases will follow later this month on SPV. Entitled "Under A Dark Sky", the CD is the first official release in the long-awaited...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Pulls Out Of METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST, Acquires New Singer

Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have issued the following update: "First the bad news: in a mutual agreement with the organisation of Metal Female Voices Fest [set to take place October 18-19 in Wieze, Belgium], we have come to the point to not play at this year's edition and postpo...