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Former AKERCOCKE Guitarist Joins SKALDIC CURSE

Former AKERCOCKE guitarist Paul Scanlan has reportedly joined the London-based black/prog metal band SKALDIC CURSE. Scanlan will make his live debut with the group tonight (Saturday, February 17) at the Purple Turtle in Camden Town, London. This will mark Paul's first live appearance since he was ou...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Frontman: 'All Of My Music Is Based On What Is Going On In My Life'

Goth rock icons TYPE O NEGATIVE have announced the initial tour dates for their 2007 U.S. headlining tour in support of their forthcoming CD "Dead Again", out March 13 on SPV Records. The Brooklyn, NY band will launch the trek March 28 in Providence, RI with BRAND NEW SIN supporting. The album's tit...

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BLACK SABBATH: 'The Dio Years' Collection Details Revealed

Together for a short but memorable time — a trio of studio albums, a classic live album, and a couple of tours — the second coming of BLACK SABBATH began in 1979 when founding members Tony Iommi and Terry "Geezer" Butler were joined by Ronnie James Dio. The former singer of ELF (and later RAINBOW .....

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Scarsick

Opinions may vary on the progressive metal/rock/what-have-you of PAIN OF SALVATION, but few would deny the copious amounts of creativity involved, not to mention that a POS album at the very least is guaranteed to raise eyebrows and cause a few synapses to misfire. Through all the experimentation wi...

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Fucking Your Creation

Get ready for some howling black metal from Greece! One-man band DODSFERD is the project of Wrath and "Fucking Your Creation" is sure to be mentioned as one of the year's best black metal albums. Talk about a man that takes the hellish spew of the early Norwegian masters seriously! The album has got...

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STEVE GRIMMETT Superbowl Commercial Theme Explained

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., has revealed more information about its Super Bowl commercial featuring legendary British heavy metal vocalist Steve Grimmett (GRIM REAPER, ONSLAUGHT, LIONSHEART). The 30-second television commercial will air today (Sunday, February 4) during Super B...

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DREAM THEATER's MIKE PORTNOY: 'In Constant Motion' Instructional DVD Due In March

Hudson Music will release a new instructional DVD from DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy, "In Constant Motion", mid-March. Featuring three discs with over seven hours of instruction, live and studio performances and insights on the numerous projects he has been involved with, "In Constant Motion" i...

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CLUTCH: New Album Track Listing, Artwork Revealed

CLUTCH has finalized the track listing for its new album, "From Beale Street to Oblivion", due on March 20 via DRT Entertainment. Produced, recorded and mixed by Joe Barresi (KYUSS, TOOL, MELVINS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE) at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, the CD "floods the room with riffs, melo...

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ANONYMUS Announces New Guitarist

Quebec metallers ANONYMUS have announced the addition of guitarist Jef Fortin to the group's ranks. Commented Fortin: "We did about 40 shows together and when we came back from Quebec City on December 24, I realized I really wanted to stay. I just have too much fun with them to let go of this." ANON...

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We Must Obey

Their sound and van-tastic look may peg them as 1970s worshipers, but it seemed for a while like Orange County stoner rockers FU MANCHU would end up more associated with the 1990s. After prodigious output in the previous decade, including breakout albums like "In Search Of…" and "The Action Is Go",...

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Centralia

Risen from the ashes of tech-addled underground weirdoes NECK, New York's CAR BOMB will scratch the itch of anyone who thinks DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN never improved on the "Under the Running Board" EP. But CAR BOMB don't settle for just being insanely good at fucked up, heart-stopping jazz-grind techn...

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Ääniä Yössä

Rotting floorboards creak underfoot, a pungent smell in the air that's just shy of recognizable, and a constant chill that virtually pulses through the body. Images of the macabre and feelings of dread, it all combines to form the kind of vision only the truest Scandinavian black metal conjures. It...

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Bassist PETER THEOBALDS Quits AKERCOCKE; Replacement Announced

Bassist Peter Theobalds has announced his departure from U.K. death metallers AKERCOCKE. Commented Peter: "It's been possibly the most difficult decision in my life to make but after 10 years of the beast that AKERCOCKE has become, I have decided to pack up my four strings and hit the highway in sea...

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New SEPULTURA Drummer Says It's A 'Blessing' To Play With The Band

SEPULTURA fan site Sepularmy.net recently conducted an interview with the band's new drummer Jean Dolabella (ex-UDORA). A few excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow: Q: How did SEPULTURA gain your attention as a drummer? Jean Dolabella: I met the guys awhile ago when they played a show...

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Existentia

"Existentia" by Norway's TRAIL OF TEARS is easily one of the best gothic metal albums I've heard in some time, largely because of the combination of the heavy with the ethereal is so soundly written and performed. Granted, many would not call "Existentia" a purely gothic release due at least in part...