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HOSTILITY Parts Ways With Drummer, Seeks Replacement

After recently coming off the Face of Aggression tour with SKINLAB, ANKLA and PAIN PRINCIPLE, San Francisco Bay Area metal band HOSTILITY has parted ways with drummer Andrew Holzbaur due to "musical differences." Comments the group: "We've been the same lineup since we were 14 years old, [but] unfor...

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ION DISSONANCE: 'Kneel' Video Posted Online

Montreal-based quintet ION DISSONANCE has posted its video for the song "Kneel" at YouTube. The clip was directed by Andrew DeYoung (CHIODOS, SCARS OF TOMORROW). Commented ION DISSONANCE vocalist Kevin McCaughey: "The video was filmed in the mountains of Santa Clarita Ca. The set was previously inte...

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DAATH Guitarist To Guest On KNAC.COM's 'Manic Metal'

Guitarist/songwriter Eyal Levi of the Atlanta-based extreme metal band DAATH will be the featured guest on KNAC.COM's death/thrash metal specialty show "Manic Metal" (hosted by Manic Renee) on Sunday, July 1 between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. PST. DAATH has launched its own YouTube channel featuring a...

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Sands Like OZZY OSBOURNE

icBirmingham reports that Ozzy Osbourne will spend the summer relaxing on the beach of his home city (Birmingham, England). To celebrate the launch of the Bullring's city beach, sand artist Andrew Baynes unveiled a sand sculpture of Ozzy and now visitors to the beach, will be able to pose next to Bi...

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DRAGONFORCE Guitarist To Take Part In 'Shred School'

On August 4, DRAGONFORCE's very own Herman Li will be on hand for the first-ever Shred School, taking place at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. If you've ever wanted to be in a band, start a band, or just rub shoulders and hear road stories from some of the world's biggest guitar player...

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GWAR's ODERUS URUNGUS To Guest On 'Chaos' This Sunday

GWAR's Oderus Urungus will be the featured guest on Indie 103.1 FM's specialty metal program "Chaos" this coming Sunday, June 24 at 10:00 p.m. PST (1:00 a.m. EST Monday morning). To listen to the show live via the Internet, go to this location. GWAR fans have been demanding new copies of the out-of-...

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ANDREW W.K.: 'Close Calls With Brick Walls' To Receive Vinyl Release

On August 28, 2007, Andrew W.K. and Load Records will release a special limited U.S. edition of ANDREW W.K.'s third album, "Close Calls With Brick Walls", on double colored vinyl. This two-LP album will include a deluxe-bound full color gate-fold jacket, an eight-page, full-color 10" x 10" insert bo...

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DON DOKKEN, NEVERMORE's STEVE SMYTH Confirmed For ULI JON ROTH's SKY ACADEMY

Don Dokken and NEVERMORE/ex-TESTAMENT guitarist Steve Smyth have been confirmed as guests at this year's Uli Jon Roth Sky Academy seminar and concerts. Set to take place August 22-26 at Musician's Institute in Los Angeles, the concept of Sky Academy was conceived by Uli. He wanted a medium to teach...

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GEORGE LYNCH: New Tour Dates Announced

Guitar legend George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) has lined up the following tour dates: Jun. 20 - Phoenix, AZ - The Old Brick House Jun. 21 - Hollywood, CA - The Key Club (w/ MSG) Jun. 22 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre (w/ MSG) Joining Lynch in his current touring band are lead ...

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DREAM THEATER: More 'Systematic Chaos' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

According to Your Majesty, the Official French Dream Theater Fan Club, DREAM THEATER's "Systematic Chaos" album has achieved the following first-week chart positions around the world: Italy: #2 Finland: #3 Japan: #3 Sweden: #5 Germany: #7 Switzerland: #14 Canada: #15 France: #17 USA: #19 Austria: #2...

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SODOM To Release Re-Recorded Version Of 'In The Sign Of Evil' With Seven Bonus Tracks

Long-running German thrashers SODOM are in the process of re-recording the material from their classic first EP, "In the Sign of Evil", for a brand new release, tentatively due late summer via SPV Records. The new CD, which will be called "The Final Sign of Evil", will include no less than seven bon...

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DAATH Launches YouTube Channel

Atlanta-based extreme metal band DAATH has launched its own YouTube channel featuring a collection of videos and live performances. DAATH will release an exclusive remix of "Dead on the Dance Floor", a track from their debut Roadrunner release, "The Hinderers", via digital EP this summer. Due in Jul...

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AEROSMITH Guitarist To Perform At 'Concert for Diana'

AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry has been added to the list of performers who will join William and Harry in commemorating the life of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, with the "Concert for Diana," broadcast live from Wembley Stadium on her birthday Sunday, July 1, 2007. Perry will perform with...

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JOE PERRY: 'I Love Playing Rock And Roll, But I'm Not Part Of That Celebrity Thing'

Andrew Perry of Telegraph.co.uk recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry. "It's weird, all these years later and we're still massively at it," Tyler says. "Because we're on the road so much, there's no time to go to the dentist, the doctor, go on v...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE/Ex-SAVATAGE Vocalist To Guest At PROGPOWER USA VIII

Former SAVATAGE and current CIRCLE II CIRCLE vocalist Zak Stevens will be the special guest at this year's ProgPower USA VIII festival, set to take place October 5-6 at Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia. Stevens has also been confirmed as one of the singers for the all-star vocal jam on the closing d...