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BURIAL To Enter Studio Next Month

Quebec City metalcore band BURIAL will begin recording its first album May 1 at the group's own studio for a fall release. The effort will be mixed by Jean-Francois Dagenais (KATAKLYSM) at JFD Studios while mastering duties will be handled by Peter In De Betou (DIMMU BORGIR, MESHUGGAH, DARK TRANQUIL...

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TED NUGENT, QUIET RIOT Confirmed For Minnesota's HALF-WAY JAM

According to the St. Cloud Times, TED NUGENT will headline the fourth-annual Half-Way Jam July 26-28 in Royalton, Minnesota along with a classic rock line-up featuring QUIET RIOT, STARSHIP, THE GUESS WHO and NIGHT RANGER. Jeff Vee of Rockhouse Productions is producing the event. He said he hopes Nug...

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HENRY ROLLINS Loves Hanging Out With Pal WILLIAM SHATNER

World Entertainment News Network reports that punk rock icon Henry Rollins has become an unlikely best friend of "Star Trek" star William Shatner and admits even he can't believe the match-up is for real. The former BLACK FLAG frontman collaborated with Shatner when the actor recorded an album, "Has...

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DESPISED ICON: New Album Cover Art, Track Listing Revealed

The anticipation surrounding the new DESPISED ICON album, "The Ills of Modern Man", continues to build as its May 22 release date approaches. The disc's cover art and track listing has now been posted on the band's MySpace page. The new offering was recorded with acclaimed producer/former guitarist...

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BEYOND THE VOID Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

German goth rockers BEYOND THE VOID have parted ways with drummer and founding member Benjamin Pflug as a result of "different priorities and goals in music." His replacement is Claus Legarth (photo),a "pro drummer" who has studied his art under drum icon Alex Holzwarth (RHAPSODY) and at the Musici...

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THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD To Embark On Month-Long Tour In June

South Carolina's THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD will embark on a month-long tour in June acting as direct support to THE RED CHORD. DESPISED ICON, ALL SHALL PERISH and SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY will also be on the bill, while GHENGIS TRON will replace SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY on the tour's first three dates. ....

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DESPISED ICON Frontman Comments On THE RED CHORD Tour

The Montreal-based deathcore six-piece DESPISED ICON will spend the summer touring North America with THE RED CHORD, THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD, ALL SHALL PERISH and SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY. With an unrelenting lineup from top to bottom, this fan-friendly, affordably-priced tour is sure to be the per...

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BLINDED BY FAITH: New Song Posted Online

The title track from BLINDED BY FAITH's forthcoming record, entitled "Weapons of Mass Distraction", has been posted online at the band's MySpace page. The CD was recorded at New Rock studios in Québec City with producer Yannick St-Amand (DESPISED ICON, BENEATH THE MASSACRE, AUGUR) to. Mastering duti...

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THE RED CHORD In Studio And On The Road

Massachusetts-based metal/grind band THE RED CHORD is currently in the studio working on its new album, due in August via Metal Blade Records. In addition, the group has just announced that it will be hitting the road for the first time in 2007 on a headlining U.S. tour, supported by THROUGH THE EYE...

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Live: With Full Force

It does not get more visceral than CROWBAR. The "doomcore" band has been a consistently high quality, down-tuned rage machine for many years and never lost a step, the latest example, "Lifesblood for the Downtrodden", as good as anything they've ever released. "Live: With Full Force" takes the viewe...

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DESPISED ICON Announces New Guitarist

Vocalist Alex Erian of the Montreal-based deathcore six-piece DESPISED ICON has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "After going through tons of audition videos, we'd like to introduce our new guitarist; from Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Alan Glassman (GORATORY, ex-BURN IN SI...

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UNEARTH Prepares To Embark On European Headlining Tour

Massachusetts metallers UNEARTH have issued the following update: "So we just landed in the U.K. and we are all eager as fuck to headline the U.K. and Europe for the first time. We have done some amazing European tours before, but it will feel damn good to play a full set and put on our ...

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AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG Voted #1 'Rock Icon'

According to Sony BMG, U.K. music magazine Kerrang! has tallied up the hardest, most legendary rockers of this century and crowned AC/DC's Angus Young as the top "Rock Icon," beating some of the biggest names in the business. Young was also awarded the Kerrang! "Legend" award last August after the b...

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NIGHTWISH: VIBEKE STENE Rumors Heat Up

Mikko Räsänen, the journalist who revealed the rumored identity of NIGHTWISH's new singer in the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat, explained the decision to run the story to Norway's Dagbladet: "The name Vibeke Stene [Photo#1, Photo#2] first appeared a year ago, but so many vocalists have been mention...

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Montreal's VENGEFUL Signs With DISCONCERT MUSIC

VENGEFUL, the new Montreal-based band featuring current and former members of ATHERETIC and MINDS alongside the session drummer for DESPISED ICON, has signed a deal with Disconcert Music for the release of its full-length debut, entitled "Karma". According to a press release, VENGEFUL "plays death m...