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BONDED BY BLOOD To Guest On J.A.A.P. Radio Tonight

Los Angeles thrashers BONDED BY BLOOD will guest on J.A.A.P. Radio tonight (Thursday, September 27) at 11:00 p.m. EST/8:00 p.m. PST. The band will take questions, talk thrash and hang with the J.A.A.P. crew all night. To listen to the program live via the Internet, go to this location. A four-and-a-...

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'Christmas' Tribute To METALLICA Due In October

Vitamin Records has set an October 23 release date for "…And Christmas For All! The Holiday Tribute to Metallica" (cover artwork). Says the label: We've taken rock's biggest and baddest songs and shaped them into Christmas instrumentals that would make Irving Berlin blush. This Christmas, ask for so...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, LAMB OF GOD, DEVILDRIVER, SOILWORK: U.S. Dates Announced

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and LAMB OF GOD have announced that they will be teaming up for a late fall co-headlining tour. Almost four years after their first run together on MTV's "Headbangers Ball Tour", the two powerhouses have reunited to bring holiday mayhem throughout the US. The tour will begin on Nov...

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DEADSY Drummer On Scoring 'The Good Night' Film: 'I Have Never Worked Harder In My Whole Life'

Drummer Alec Pure of the Los Angeles-based art-industrial-rock band DEADSY has issued the following update: "Over the course of the last year I have been composing the score to a film called 'The Good Night'. It has completely consumed me. I have never worked harder or poured more of myself into som...

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HIRAX To Play Two Exclusive European Shows

Due to problems with their European booking agency, Los Angeles thrashers HIRAX have scrapped most of their previously announced European tour and will now come over for two exclusive dates in late September: Sep. 29 - Metalforces Festival - Lörach, Germany Sep. 30 - La Boite À Musiques - Wattrelos,...

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Road of Bones

A confession: even if I wanted to, I don't think it'd be physically possible for me to give a bad rating to a band featuring an ex-member of AGONY COLUMN. Stuart "Bat Lord" Laurence was part of that criminally underrated Texas band of the late 1980s, whose freaked-out peckerwood dirt holler goth/thr...

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Headbanger

On "Headbanger", SUPERCHRIST remind us of the power and passion of classic heavy metal, not to mention how to write a song with hooks and heaviness. Featuring metal journalist and PHARAOH member Chris Black (a.k.a. Professor Black, bass/vocals),along with Ron Rokken (guitar) and V. Dee (drums),"He...

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TWISTED SISTER Fan Stories Sought By Documentary Filmmaker

Documentary filmmaker Andy Horn is producing a film about the TWISTED SISTER club days from 1973 to 1981, and he is looking for interview subjects for possible inclusion in the film. If you have a story to tell, e-mail Andy at [email protected]. On September 25, Razor & Tie Entertainment w...

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ESTRADASPHERE: Two Full-Length Clips From Forthcoming DVD Available

Santa Cruz's unclassifiable and eclectic act ESTRADASPHERE has posted two full-length clips from its upcoming live DVD, "Palace of Mirrors Live", due on October 2 via The End Records. Watch the clips for "Smuggled Mutation" and "Unicorns & Rainbows" (originally by FOXYCOCK) below. The band recen...

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MACHINE HEAD: Video Of ROBB FLYNN's Anti-DISNEY Speech Available

Fan-filmed video footage of MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn's anti-Disney speech during the introduction to the song "Aesthetics of Hate" at Club Firestone in Orlando, Florida on September 17, 2007 can be viewed below. Los Angeles Times reported last weekend that five heavy-metal concerts scheduled...

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ESTRADASPHERE: 'Palace Of Mirrors Live' DVD Trailer Available

Santa Cruz's unclassifiable and eclectic act ESTRADASPHERE has posted a three-minute trailer for the upcoming live DVD "Palace of Mirrors Live", due on October 2 via The End Records. Watch the trailer below. Commented bassist Tim Smolens and filmmaker Chip Yamada, "Making the 'Palace' DVD has been E...

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CRESCENT SHIELD: Songwriting For Next Album Nearing Completion

California's traditional melodic metal band CRESCENT SHIELD, which features the talents of former DESTINY'S END guitarist Dan DeLucie and former ONWARD vocalist Michael Grant, is nearing completion of songwriting for its sophomore record. The as-yet-untitled album "promises the same high quality son...

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Report: Heavy Metal Concerts Moved Off DISNEY Property

Greg Burk of the Los Angeles Times reports that five heavy-metal concerts scheduled at House of Blues clubs on Walt Disney Co. property in Anaheim, California and Orlando, Florida have been hastily shifted to other venues or canceled recently, according to House of Blues web site calendars. A Sept....

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CHTHONIC's Heavy Metal Message Crosses Globe

David Pierson of the Los Angeles Times reports: Lead singer Freddy Lim carefully drew black and red veins over his white-caked face while his mates in the heavy metal band adjusted their combat boots and studded leather minutes before they took the stage at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. Chris C...

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HIRAX Rejoined By Drummer FABRICIO RAVELLI For European Tour

According to a posting on his web site, drummer Fabricio Ravelli will rejoin Los Angeles thrashers HIRAX for their upcoming European tour which will kick off on Thursday, September 20 in the Netherlands. Prior to the European trek, HIRAX — with Fabricio behind the kit — will perform at The Vault 350...