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ZOROASTER, THE GATES OF SLUMBER, SERPENTCULT To Team Up For North American Tour

Avant-garde psych metal band ZOROASTER, Indianapolis doom metal trio THE GATES OF SLUMBER and Belgian "über doom" unit SERPENTCULT will team up for the "North America is Doomed" tour this summer. The 14-city trek will kick off on August 1 in Chicago, Illinois and will hit major markets, including Ne...

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SLAPSHOT Documentary To Premier This Month

"Chip On My Shoulder", the documentary of the Boston hardcore band SLAPSHOT produced by Killswitch Productions and Taang! Records, is being released. It will premier at the Independent Film Festival of Boston on Friday, April 24 at 9:45 p.m. at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. There...

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MONGREL To Support FEAR On Northeast Tour

Massachusetts-based aggressive punk/metal band MONGREL will support punk legends FEAR on their upcoming Northeast U.S. tour. MONGREL, which has been called "the hardest-working band in Boston" (Metal Edge magazine),is putting the finishing touches on its new album and EP at SFW studios in Mancheste...

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AEROSMITH To Tour With ZZ TOP

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: Health issues and touring commitments have combined to postpone AEROSMITH's next album, according to guitarist Joe Perry. Perry tells Billboard.com that the record sessions — for the group's first album since 2004's "Honkin' on Bobo" and first of all-original mat...

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JAMES HETFIELD On ARMANI Photo: I Was Holding My Wife's Bag

Seth Colter Walls of Newsweek.com recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Newsweek: How about this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame business? Is that really "metal?" Hetfield: It certainly wasn't in my mind, even tw...

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LAMB OF GOD Schedules More In-Store Appearances

Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD have scheduled the following in-store appearances: April 8 - Vancouver - 5-6pm Scrape Records 323 E. Broadway Vancouver, BC V5T 1W5 Ph: 604-877-1676 April 12 - Saskatoon - 5-6pm CD Plus - Saskatoon The Centre Mall 3510-8th Street East Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W6 Ca...

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SHADOWS FALL Frontman Discusses New Album

Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL have completed work on their sixth album — the band's first to be released through their own label in conjunction with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group and Ferret Music. Tentatively due in September, the CD was recorded primarily at Planet Z in Hadley...

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ISIS: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'Wavering Radiant' REcording Sessions Posted Online

ISIS, the innovative Los Angeles-by-way-of-Boston-based band, will release its fifth full-length album, "Wavering Radiant", on May 5 via Ipecac Recordings. The CD, produced by Joe Baressi (TOOL, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE),will receive a limited-edition vinyl release on April 21. TOOL's Adam Jones con...

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ADAGIO Keyboardist To Guest On STYGIA Debut

ADAGIO's Kevin Codfert will record the majority of keyboards on "Divine Allegiance", the debut album from STYGIA, the project led by Boston, Massachusetts-based up-and-coming "shred" guitarist Todd Seitz. Todd says, "Though there have been a few changes of plans with keyboardists, this should be the...

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Ex-Cop Charged For Urinating On METALLICA Fans

According to Boston.com, a former Brewster, Massachusetts police officer is scheduled to be arraigned April 8 in Boston Municipal Court on two counts of assault and battery and one count of open and gross lewdness stemming from a January 18 incident at TD Banknorth Garden. During a METALLICA concert...

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EXTREME On VH1 CLASSIC's 'That Metal Show'; Video Available

Guitarist Nuno Bettencourt and singer Gary Cherone of reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME were interviewed on the latest episode of VH1 Classic's hit weekly series "That Metal Show". Watch a clip of their apearance on the program below. "That Metal Show" premiered last season to rave reviews and fe...

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ISIS: New Song Available For Download

ISIS, the innovative Los Angeles-by-way-of-Boston-based band, will release its fifth full-length album, "Wavering Radiant", on May 5 via Ipecac Recordings. The CD, produced by Joe Baressi (TOOL, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE),will receive a limited-edition vinyl release on April 21. TOOL's Adam Jones con...

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ISIS: New Audio Interview With AARON TURNER Available

ISIS, the innovative Los Angeles-by-way-of-Boston-based band, will release its fifth full-length album, "Wavering Radiant", on May 5 via Ipecac Recordings. The CD, produced by Joe Baressi (TOOL, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE),will receive a limited-edition vinyl release on April 21. TOOL's Adam Jones con...

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RAVAGE Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of Boston, Massachusetts metallers RAVAGE. The band's new album, "The End of Tomorrow", will feature cover art by Ed Repka (MEGADETH, DEATH, AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE). A late summer release is expected. According to a press release, RAVAGE's new album "sea...

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JOE STUMP, MIKE ORLANDO, MATTHEW MILLS Teaming Up For 'Night Of The Living Shred'

Three of the world's best guitar shredders — Mike Orlando, Joe Stump and Matthew Mills — wil team up for a G3-style instrumental tour called Night Of The Living Shred. The trek will stop at several venues along the East Coast, including the following: April 30 - Ralph's Rock Diner - Worcester, MA Ma...