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PROFANE OMEN Sets Release Date For Debut Album

Finnish death 'n' roll band PROFANE OMEN will release its debut abum, "Beaten into Submission", on September 6 via Dethrone Music. The CD was recorded over a three-week period at Hideaway and Villvox studios with producer Ville Sorvali (MOONSORROW). "Beaten into Submission" track listing: 01. Intro...

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Signal To Noise

Being called "the MAZZY STAR of prog" isn't exactly a big selling point, is it? With their new album, Finland's hotly-tipped progressive chameleons morph into something kinda commercial and directionless — pretty, beguiling background music that ends up going nowhere. Look at the song "Splinters" fo...

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SKINLESS, ALCHEMIST, ALARUM, VANISHING POINT Confirmed For Australia's METAL FOR THE BRAIN

According to HailMetal.com, SKINLESS, ALCHEMIST, ALARUM and VANISHING POINT are among the confirmed bands for the last-ever Metal for the Brain festival, set to take place November 4 at University of Canberra in Canberra, Australia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in no particular ord...

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CRYSTAL EYES Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

Sweden's CRYSTAL EYES has posted the following message on its official web site: "After nine years Jonathan [Nyberg, guitar] has now left the band. With a growing family, a house and a full-time job he felt his engagement in CRYSTAL EYES had been suffering too much lately. His decision was made duri...

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LACUNA COIL Checks In With OZZFEST Report

LACUNA COIL continues to mesmerize the masses on the main stage of this year's Ozzfest, further defining their status as one of today's premiere hard rock acts. The massive summer trek coincided with the release of the new single "Enjoy The Silence" (DEPECHE MODE cover),which is currently making bi...

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CATTLE DECAPITATION Pulls Out Of SIX FEET UNDER/DECAPITATED Tour

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION have posted the following message on their official web site: "We regret to inform everyone that CATTLE DECAPITATION will not be able to make the SIX FEET UNDER tour with DECAPITATED, KRISIUN and ABYSMAL DAWN in September. It was incredibly obvious to...

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STRATOVARIUS Frontman Begins Recording New Solo Album

STRATOVARIUS frontman Timo Kotipelto has entered Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland in August to begin recording his third solo album, tentatively due in early 2007 via his own label, High and Loud Records. "Mirka [Rantanen] has already laid down some good drum tracks with excellent drum sounds...

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OMEN Returns From Hiatus, Announces Tour Dates

After a two-year hiatus, classic metallers OMEN have scheduled dates in the U.S. and Europe in August and September. In addition, the band has re-signed with Jeff Keller Management LLC, their management representation during their critically acclaimed last release, "Eternal Black Dawn" (2003). The c...

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GENE SIMMONS' Son On Dad's Hair: 'It Kinda Looks Like A German Military Helmet'

The official web site for "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" — the unscripted TV show about KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' life — currently features a lot of great video footage from the series. For example, there's a video in which Gene's son Nick shows the viewers around in Gene's office/KISS museu...

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LIFE OF AGONY Members Keeping Busy With Other Projects

LIFE OF AGONY is currently on break after completing its successful touring cycle for the 2005 Epic Records release, "Broken Valley", but the guys are all keeping very busy with their other projects... Lead singer Keith Caputo released a solo album, titled "Heart's Blood on Your Dawn", and toured Eu...

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COREY TAYLOR: PRESIDENT BUSH Is 'A Talking Head With A Lot Of Smart, Devious People Behind Him'

MSO PR has issued the following question-and-answer session with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor: Q: Let's start with "Through Glass", the first single from "Come What(ever) May". What inspired that one? Where were you when you wrote it, if you can remember? Corey: I remember exactly where...

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VED BUENS ENDE: New Song Posted Online

VED BUENS ENDE (Norwegian for "At the End of the Rainbow"),the Norwegian avant-garde metal band who split up in 1997 after after releasing only one full-length album (1995's "Written in Waters") through Misanthropy Records, has been resurrected and has posted a rehearsal recording of a new song, en...

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ANGEL BLAKE Preparing For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

ANGEL BLAKE guitarist Marko Tervonen (ex-THE CROWN) has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We've been busy as hell rehearsing for the Summer Breeze festival that will take place in Dinkelsbuhn, Germany 17-19 August. This will be the debut show for ANGEL BLAKE. And what a...

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Karma.Bloody.Karma

CATTLE DECAPITATION's 2004 release, "Humanure", was a gigantic step forward from the one-dimensional goregrind of "To Serve Man" in terms of arrangement dynamics and a decidedly more death metal approach. With "Karma.Bloody.Karma", the vegetarian quartet stretches things a bit further, adding even m...

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STRATOVARIUS Frontman To Begin Recording New Solo Album Next Month

STRATOVARIUS frontman Timo Kotipelto will enter Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland in August to begin recording his third solo album, tentatively due in early 2007 via his own label, High and Loud Records. KOTIPELTO's sophomore solo album, "Coldness", was released in Europe in April 2004 throug...