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SOULFLY's 'Omen' Projected To Sell 10K-15K First Week

According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, SOULFLY's new album, "Omen", is on track (based on one-day sales reports) to sell between 10,000 and 15,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. SOULFLY's last album, "Conquer", opened with...

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HYDROGYN Members Mourn Loss Of RONNIE JAMES DIO, PAUL GRAY

Ashland, Kentucky rockers HYDROGYN — whose current lineup includes two former members of MEGADETH, Jeff Young (guitar) and James Lomenzo (bass) — have issued the following update: "It's been a bittersweet past couple of weeks here in camp HYDROGYN. "Firstly, we are deeply saddened by the passing of...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarist To Perform At More 'Whip Ale' Re-Launch Events

Michael "Whip" Wilton, legendary guitar player and founder of the multi-platinum and Grammy-nominated band QUEENSRŸCHE, will perform at two Whip Ale re-launch events in the Seattle area. This is a re-release of Whip Ale as the high demand for this highly touted and tasty beverage has taken him in th...

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EXTREME: Audio Interview With GARY CHERONE Posted Online

Classic Rock Revisited's Billy "Pops" Wilson recently conducted an interview with EXTREME vocalist Gary Cherone for the "Decades Of Distortion" show on the Arkansas City, Kansas radio station KACY 102.5 FM. The chat is now available for streaming in two parts below. Part 1: ...

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ISIS Calling It Quits

ISIS, the innovative Los Angeles-by-way-of-Boston-based band, has released the following statement: "ISIS has reached an end. It's hard to try to say it in any delicate way, and it is a truth that is best spoken plainly. "This end isn't something that occurred overnight and it hasn't been brought ab...

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SODOM Completes Work On New DVD

Veteran German thrashers SODOM have completed work on their long-awaited new DVD, "Lords Of Depravity - Part II", tentatively due this summer. The team responsible for the disc's production — Ronald Matthes (director/producer – documentary/concert),Alex Kraudelt (co-director – documentary) and Jan...

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Exclusive: SOULFLY's 'Omen' Available For Streaming In Its Entirety

SOULFLY's seventh album, "Omen", is now available for streaming in its entirety at this location. The CD will be released on May 25 via Roadrunner Records. Frontman Max Cavalera fuels "Omen" with the same blood, fire and spirit that made him a genre icon with SEPULTURA, SOULFLY and CAVALERA CONSPIRA...

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THE ROYAL HIGHNESS Recruits Former GODHEAD Drummer

Ty Smith (formerly of GODHEAD, BULLETS AND OCTANE and THE VANDALS) has joined THE ROYAL HIGHNESS on drums, replacing original member Karl Rosqvist, who left the band to join ex-HANOI ROCKS lead singer Michael Monroe's new solo group. Comments guitarist Todd Youth (ACE FREHLEY, ex-D-GENERATION, DANZI...

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THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE: New Album Title, Release Date Announced

Lancaster, Pennsylvania's THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE has set "Haunt What's Left" as the title of its new album, due on June 22 via Good Fight Music. The follow-up to 2008's "Monuments" was recorded at Spin Studios in New York with Josh Wilbur (ATREYU, AVENGED SEVENFOLD) and Chris Adler (of LAMB OF GOD)....

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EXTREME Frontman Interviewed By ROAD CREW MAGAZINE

Jenipher of Road Crew Magazine recently conducted an interview with Gary Cherone, vocalist for reunited Massachusetts hard rockers EXTREME. The chat is now available for streaming below. EXTREME's "Take Us Alive" live CD and DVD was released on May 4 in the U.S. via Frontiers Records. In 2008, follo...

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GODSMACK's 'The Oracle' Tops BILLBOARD Chart

"The Oracle", the fifth album from Massachusetts rockers GODSMACK, sold 117,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 1 on The Billboard 200 chart. GODSMACK's last album, "IV", opened with 211,000 units back in May 2006 to land at No. 1. This figure was a...

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SHOOTING HEMLOCK Signs With DARK STAR RECORDS

SHOOTING HEMLOCK has inked a deal with Dark Star Records. The band's full-length debut, "Big Green Monster", is now available at hundreds of online digital retailers, including iTunes. SHOOTING HEMLOCK was the brainchild of manager Brad Keene who had worked with guitar player Joe Stump (Boston, Mass...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarist To Appear At 'Whip Ale' Re-Release Party

Come celebrate the "official" re-release of Whip Ale! This is a collaborative effort between Diamond Knot Brewery and guitarist Michael "Whip" Wilton of QUEENSRŸCHE. For some time now, they have been working to perfect the recipe, and now it is time to release the monster that hides with in this mou...

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EXTREME Frontman Interviewed On 'Hard Rock Nights'

Gary Cherone, vocalist for reunited Massachusetts hard rockers EXTREME, was the special guest on the April 30-May 6 edition of "Hard Rock Nights". Cherone joined host JT to discuss the band's new DVD, "Take Us Alive", as well as its last studio effort, "Saudades de Rock", which was released in 2008....

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The Pusher

Even more surprising than the unique mix of, in most simplistic terms, pounding metal and hard rock on "The Pusher" by Germany's BEISSERT is the fact that it was released on Agonia Records, a label known more for gnarly death/thrash and black metal releases. In that regard, the first words out of my...