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CHEVELLE Announces New Tour Dates

Launch Radio Networks reports: CHEVELLE has announced a new set of tour dates for the late summer and early fall, beginning on August 25 in Graylake, Illinois. The trio has shows confirmed through September 16 in Dayton, Ohio. CHEVELLE is touring in support of its fourth album, "Vena Sera". Followin...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND: 'I Find The Energy Of A Lot Of People Really Taxing'

Mike Exley of Planet-Loud.com recently conducted an interview with Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Planet-Loud.com: You're well known of course, for producing music with an introverted influence rather than stuff influenced fr...

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A LIFE ONCE LOST Completes Work On New Album

Philadelphia, PA rock powerhouse A LIFE ONCE LOST has completed work on its new album, entitled "Iron Gag". Set for a September 18, 2007 release, "Iron Gag" was self-produced by the band and mastered at West West Side Music by the venerable Alan Douches. The follow-up to 2005's "Hunter" "delivers a...

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NIGHTWISH: New Album Details Revealed

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metal band NIGHTWISH has set "Dark Passion Play" as the title of its new album, due on September 28 via Nuclear Blast Records (most of Europe),September 26 via Spinefarm Records/Universal (Finland) and September 28 via Roadrunner Records (USA). The track listing for the ef...

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Extinction Scheme

It is that damn tasty sound representative of vintage crust/grind that gets me every time. It is the quick explosions of cranked 'n' crunchy guitars and nihilistic attitude that makes "Extinction Scheme" from Sweden's INFANTICIDE such a treat. Darn reliable, but in no way inventive, the band follows...

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A LIFE ONCE LOST Frontman: New Album Is 'Going To Move A Lot Of Heads'

Bob Meadows, frontman for Philadelphia metalcore extremists A LIFE ONCE LOST, has told MTV.com that on the group's forthcoming LP — the self-produced "Iron Gag" — he calls out a few of the people who've pissed him off in recent years. But not by name, of course. "There's just a lot of things ...

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SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND 2007: Lineup, Tour Dates Announced

The third edition of the Sounds of the Underground tour will feature performances by GWAR, CHIMAIRA, EVERY TIME I DIE, NECRO and JOB FOR A COWBOY, among others. The 25-city North American trek starts July 6 at the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas and wraps Aug. 8 at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver. Ot...

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AS I LAY DYING Confirmed For VANS WARPED TOUR

San Diego wrecking crew AS I LAY DYING has been confirmed for the Vans Warped Tour beginning in early August. The dates are as follows: Aug. 04 - Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum Aug. 05 - Englishtown, NJ @ Raceway Park Aug. 07 - Indianapolis, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center Aug. 08 - Pittsburgh,...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND's Ziltoid Album Due This Summer

Devin Townsend's (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND) wife Tracy has issued the following newsletter from Devin's record label, HevyDevy Records: "Well, one thing that any Devin fan knows is that ideas change and grow. Last issue we reported: 'Also occupying his time in the past month has been...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Remembers DIMEBAG DARRELL On 'Positive' New LP

TYPE O NEGATIVE frontman Peter Steele recently spoke to MTV.com about the songwriting/recording process for "Dead Again", the Brooklyn metallers' first collection of fresh material since 2003's "Life Is Killing Me". The delay, Steele explained, was partly fueled by the bandmembers' escalating ages a...

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DOKKEN To Release 'Live 1981 From Conception' CD/DVD In March

DOKKEN will issue a live CD, entitled "Dokken Live 1981 from Conception", on March 13 via Rhino Records. "I think the DVD is coming out at the same time, but will find out for sure by Friday," the group's frontman, Don Dokken, writes on their MySpace page. "The videos on the DVD are 'Breaking the .....

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DON DOKKEN: 'As Long As You Keep Making Good Music, People Will Buy It'

DOKKEN is continuing work on its new album, "Lightning Strikes Again", for a 2007 release via Rhino Records in the U.S. and Frontiers Records in Europe. The follow-up to 2004's "Hell to Pay" will feature the lineup of Don Dokken (vocals),Jon Levin (guitar, ex-WARLOCK),Barry Sparks (bass, TED NUGEN...

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DESTRUCTION Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Veteran German thrashers DESTRUCTION have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN BU...

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DESTRUCTION: 'Thrash Anthems' Audio Samples Available

Long-running German thrashers DESTRUCTION have posted several audio samples from their upcoming CD, "Thrash Anthems", a collection of reworked/re-recorded versions of the band's classic tracks. Check them out at this location. Due in Europe on January 22, 2007 via AFM Records (January 23 in North Am...

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DESTRUCTION Frontman: 'The Latino Metalheads Were Unbelievable Once Again'

Long-running German thrashers DESTRUCTION have just returned from their successful tour of Spain and Portugal. Commented DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer: "The Latino metalheads were unbelievable once again. This was the first time we have headlinded on the Iberian Peninsula ev...