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TRAIL OF TEARS Calls It Quits

Norway's TRAIL OF TEARS has split up. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "It is with great regret that we announce that Jonathan [Perez; drums], Kjell [Hagen; bass], Runar [Hansen; guitar] and Kjetil [Nordhus; vocals] yesterday (November 28th, 2006) left TRAIL OF TEARS. T...

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Feeding the Abscess

Where would we be without ATHEIST? What about CYNIC? From whom would bands like Canada's tech deathsters MARTYR take their cues were it not for the technical wizardry and jazzed up death metal of said legends. I suppose one could hail fellow Canadians CRYPTOPSY and GORGUTS, especially one when consi...

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'The Family Values Tour 2006' CD Samples Available

30-second audio clips of the entire "The Family Values Tour 2006" CD are currently available at the Circuit City web site. Three tracks off the album — KORN's "Coming Undone", FLYLEAF's cover of U2's "Pride (In the name of Love)" (featuring ARMY OF ANYONE/FILTER frontman Richard Patrick),and DEADSY...

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AXL ROSE Throws 'THE PIGEONS OF SH*T METAL' Off GUNS N' ROSES Tour?

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL appear to have been removed from the GUNS N' ROSES tour after only one show due to an overwhelmingly poor reception the band got from the GN'R audience during EAGLES' tour opener. According to several fans who attended last night's (Nov. 24) GUNS N' ROSES concert at Quicken Loa...

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IN FLAMES Drummer: 'We Don't Feel Any Pressure Whatsoever, Not Even From Ourselves'

Metal Covenant recently conducted an interview with IN FLAMES drummer Daniel Svensson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Covenant: You've been praised by the media countless of times, and each album you release sells even more copies than the previous one. How do you keep motivating y...

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10 YEARS Drummer: 'We Promise A Record That You Have Not Heard Before'

Knoxville, Tennessee's 10 YEARS has commenced the songwriting process for its sophomore album, tentatively due next year. Commented drummer Brian Vodinh: "Wow... I'm pretty sure that will be one of the first words to pop into your mind after finally hearing the music that we have been working on. We...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist Chooses CAD Trion 7000 Microphone

Following an extensive mic shoot-out to find the right microphone for his guitar amps, Richard Fortus, guitarist for GUNS N' ROSES, and Toby Francis, FOH Engineer, have chosen the new CAD Trion 7000 Ribbon microphone. Fortus, whose distinctive guitar playing is an integral part of the band's "Chines...

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WALLS OF JERICHO: Video Interview Available

4QRadio.com is featuring a video interview with WALLS OF JERICHO. Watch it at this location. WALLS OF JERICHO's latest full-length album, "With Devils Amongst Us All", was released in August. Guitarist Mike Hasty said of the CD, "[It is] the most varied music we've ever written. It's a lot more anth...

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Works Will Come Undone

It is funeral doom with a touch of class and it's a long one. Sit back and prepare for two whole tracks and 73 minutes of sadness. And you know what? San Francisco's ASUNDER does the genre proud on "Works Will Come Undone". Far more than just belly crawling (ok, there is a lot of ...

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Serenade the Samurai

Sorry, but I've always kind of dug the name, VAMPIRE MOOOSE, while one colleague dubbed it "one of the worst names ever." So I'm weird. Though I recall seeing a couple of live performances, I can't say I listened intently or ever checked out the self-titled debut. So we'll call "Serenade the Samurai...

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WINTERSUN Gig Interrupted By Western European Blackout

WINTERSUN's appearance last night (November 4) at the Burning Fall festival in Lichtenfels, Bavaria was interrupted by a complete electric blackout. This blackout began at 10:13 p.m. in the Cologne area of Germany and the domino effect caused a cascade of electricity cuts throughout Western Europe....

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IRON MAIDEN Manager Comments On Split With SANCTUARY

It was announced on Friday (Nov. 3) that both IRON MAIDEN and manager Rod Smallwood are no longer affiliated with Sanctuary Artist Management. Rod has set up a new company, Phantom Music Management, to continue represeting the band and has been joined by his key MAIDEN players Val and Dave. This new...

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STORMENTAL: 'Rising' Video Posted Online

Brazilian "raw prog-metal" act STORMENTAL has posted a video for the song "Rising" on its official web site. The clip features live footage from the band's latest European tour. Check it out at www.stormental.com. STORMENTAL recently released its self-titled debut independently. The album is describ...

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'The Family Values Tour 2006' CD/DVD Track Listing Revealed

On December 26, hard rock fans can get another taste of one of the hard music world's most successful tours when "The Family Values Tour 2006" CD and separate DVD are released on Firm Music. The CD and DVD will feature live tracks from KORN and DEFTONES, as well as select cuts from all the ...

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KORN's JONATHAN DAVIS Bets On Acoustic Dates

KORN frontman Jonathan Davis recently told AOL Music that doing an acoustic AOL Sessions performance earlier this year had a profound effect on him and his band. "The AOL thing opened our eyes to so much different stuff," Davis told AOL Music. "When we did that, we were like, 'Oh, God, we can ...