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SEPULTURA: 'Roots' Anniversary Reissue To Include Demo Tracks, Remixes

Roadrunner Records will be issuing a two-disc "Roadrunner 25th Anniversary" edition of SEPULTURA's "Roots" album on June 7. The first disc will contain the original album while the second disc will include various rarities, including remixes and demo recordings. The complete track listing for the ra...

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OZZFEST 2005: WILL SMITH May Join Wife Onstage During WICKED WISDOM's Performance

ContactMusic.com has issued the following report: Jada Pinkett Smith is set to infuriate heavy rockers even more as she considers including hip-hop husband Will Smith in her Ozzfest tour plans. Ozzfest headliner Ozzy Osbourne caused controversy earlier this month when he added the actress' metal gro...

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NILE: 'Annihilation Of The Wicked' Enters Swedish Chart At No. 27

NILE's latest CD, "Annihilation of the Wicked", has entered the Swedish national album chart at position No. 27. View the entire chart at this location. A NILE e-card containing two songs from "Annihilation of the Wicked" can be accessed at Relapse.com. NILE recently announced the addition of 19-yea...

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Peace Among the Ruins

Seventies-inspired melodic rock and roll is the order of the day on PRESTO BALLET's impressive debut album. Masterminded by METAL CHURCH axeman Kurdt Vanderhoof, and featuring most of the lineup from the 1997 VANDERHOOF album, PRESTO BALLET will go down a storm among fans of STYX, KANSAS, URIAH HEEP...

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EXMORTEM Add Second Guitarist

Danish death metallers EXMORTEM have posted the following message on their official web site: "From now on EXMORTEM will continue as a five-piece. Andreas [Schubert, bass] has taken over the second guitarist spot and we are working with a new session bass player. The main reason for getting a second...

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Guitarist KARL COCHRAN To Join NUCLEAR ASSAULT On European Tour

Guitarist Karl Cochran (ACE FREHLEY, JOE LYNN TURNER) will be touring Europe with reunited thrash legends NUCLEAR ASSSAULT this summer. The trek is slated to kick off June 25 in Dordrecht, Holland, with dates scheduled through July 10 in Nijmegen, Holland. For more information, visit Metallysee.com....

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RIOT's 'Narita' To Be Reissued Next Month

According to MelodicRock.com, Rock Candy Records — a brand-new U.K. reissue label headed by Derek Oliver and Dante Bonutto, both of Kerrang! fame (among many other things) — will be re-releasing RIOT's classic "Narita" album on June 20. Also scheduled to be reissued on the same date are HELIX's "No...

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Report: OZZFEST Gets Jiggy? JADA PINKETT SMITH's Band Added To Lineup

Chris Harris of MTV.com has issued the following report: In one of the most unusual summer-tour pairings in recent memory, the Ozzfest Web site announced Monday night that there will be one final act added to this year's second-stage lineup: actress Jada Pinkett Smith's rock group, WICKED WISDOM. Th...

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WICKED WISDOM Confirmed For OZZFEST's Second Stage

According to Ozzfest.com, WICKED WISDOM — the five-piece band featuring actress Jada Pinkett Smith (wife of Will Smith) — has been confirmed as the final "mystery act" on the second stage of this year's Ozzfest. The band, which includes "Pocket" on guitar, "Rio" on bass, Cameron Graves on keys, Satn...

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BLACK SABBATH: More Details Surface About Newly Uncovered 1969 Live Recording

Robert Dwyer, webmaster of the Black Sabbath Live Project web site, has issued the following update on the recently uncovered 1969 live recording of BLACK SABBATH performing at a Scottish club: "I knew this story was going to be big news for BLACK SABBATH fans, but never did I realize how ...

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Touched By the Crimson King

You pretty much can't go wrong with Jon Schaffer or Hansi Kürsch. The ICED EARTH guitarist and BLIND GUARDIAN vocalist are masters of their chosen callings, and two of traditional metal's leading lights, so when they get together, the results are bound to be pretty stellar. Schaffer's precision trip...

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ASPHYX: Debut Album To Be Reissued On Vinyl This Month

From Beyond Productions, a Displeased Records subsidiary specializing in "(re)releasing extreme (oc)cult metal recordings," will issue a limited vinyl version of the very first ASPHYX album, "Embrace the Death", on May 28. Originally written in 1988-1989 and recorded in 1990, the LP was shelved for...

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NILE Announce 'Annihilation Of The Wicked' Advance Listening Parties

NILE have announced a number of pre-release listening parties in support of their much-anticipated forthcoming release, "Annihilation of the Wicked". NILE's "Annihilation of the Wicked" will be released in the U.S. on May 24 via Relapse. Special NILE "Annihilation of the Wicked" listening parties ha...

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MORTIIS: 'Decadent & Desperate' At No. 41 On U.K. Single Chart

MORTIIS' new single, "Decadent & Desperate", is currently at No. 41 on the U.K. single chart based on first-day sales, according to Earache Records. The single was released in two seven-inch vinyl and one CD digipack format, which contains various exclusive bonus tracks and remixes. The CD featu...

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DEMONS & WIZARDS: New Audio Sample Available For Download

A one-minute, 45-second sample of a new DEMONS & WIZARDS track, entitled "The Gunslinger", is available for download at this location. "The Gunslinger" comes off the group's upcoming sophomore album, "Touched by the Crimson King", due on June 27 via SPV Records. The follow-up to the group's 2001...