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Wild Story Of SHANNON HOON And BLIND MELON Told In New Book

One of the most tragic stories of the 1990s rock world was that of singer Shannon Hoon and his band, BLIND MELON. Despite scoring one of the decade's most enduring singles and videos, "No Rain", and a quadruple-platinum hit with their 1992 self-titled debut album (in addition to touring alongside ro...

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SCARPOINT To Support MESHUGGAH In Stockholm

Swedish metal band SCARPOINT will support MESHUGGAH on September 22 at Debaser Medis in Stockholm. In other news, SCARPOINT drummer Erik Thyselius will join the Scandinavian DW drum tour featuring Morgan Ågren (FREDRIK THORDENDAL'S SPECIAL DEFECTS) and Ricard Nettermalm (PAATOS). The trek will inclu...

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KISS 'IKONS' Collectors' Package Due In October

"IKONS", a four-CD collectors' package showcasing the iconic prominence each KISS member contributed to the hottest rock 'n' roll band in the world, is scheduled for release on October 21. The packaging for "IKONS" is outstanding, featuring a 24-page booklet filled with classic KISS photos. The actu...

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Former BLIND GUARDIAN Drummer To Hit The Road With SEELENZORN

Former BLIND GUARDIAN/SAVAGE CIRCUS drummer Thomas "Thomen" Stauch has issued the following udapte: "I'm still working on the new power metal band with David DeFeis [vocals; VIRGIN STEELE] and Axel Ritt [guitar; DOMAIN], but since we will have a big delay completing this first album, because Axel is...

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UNLEASHED: 'Black Horizon' Video Posted Online

"Black Horizon", the new video from long-running Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED, can be viewed below. (Note: Video stream may not be available to some non-U.S. residents.) "The idea behind 'Black Horizon' is to show how things must have been like for our forefathers so many years ago," frontman J...

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OATH TO VANQUISH Issues Second Album Update

Lebanese extreme metallers OATH TO VANQUISH are putting the finishing touches on the material for their second full-length record entitled "The Ruinous Fate of the Blind". According to guitarist/vocalist Elias van Quish, "This new album focuses on the inevitable aftermath of unyielding undisputed fa...

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SAXON: Radio-Broadcast-Quality Audio Of GRASPOP Performance Available

An audio recording of three songs — "Motorcycle Man", "Crusader" and "Strong Arm Of The Law" — from SAXON's performance at this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, which was held June 27-29, 2008 in Dessel, Belgium, can be heard at this location (courtesy of "Whiplash", a weekly metal show on Belgian nati...

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MATT SORUM Produces Songs For DRIVE A

With four new songs on their MySpace page, a new EP in the works and new fall tour dates, things are continuing to build excitingly for DRIVE A. The Los Angeles-based band — who has been earning the respect of dedicated rock fans everywhere with their blend of rock and punk, with an indie edge ...

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SYNASTRY To Film 'As The Dust Settles' Video

Montreal-based death metal quartet SYNASTRY will film a video for the track "As The Dust Settles" later this month with director Chad Archibald (ARISE AND RUIN, 3 MILE SCREAM, FAREWELL TO FREEWAY). The song, which comes off the group's recently released debut album "Blind Eyes Bleed", is available f...

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UNLEASHED: 'Black Horizon' Video To Debut This Week

"Black Horizon", the new video from Swedish death metal veterans UNLEASHED, will make its online debut this Friday, September 12 on MTV's Headbanger's Blog. The clip will then air on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" on Saturday, September 13. The "Black Horizon" video was shot "in Belgrade, Serbia and "we...

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DRAGONSLAYER: '80s Recordings To Be Released On CD

This long-forgotten band DRAGONSLAYER, from the classic NWOBHM scene, will have its music released on a special CD reissue from Shadow Kingdom Records in October. Shadow Kingdom has assembled and made available together for the first time ever the band's three-song 7", as well as demo material from...

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It is rare that I'm enamored with a re-recording effort, as the results are often stale, the magic of the original recordings — no matter how devoid of modern studio polish — lost in the mix. The re-recordings of classics by the likes of TESTAMENT and DESTRUCTION surely have their moments, but the e...

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When Shadows Fall

Greece's REFLECTION has been releasing albums since 1992, yet its debut for traditional metal powerhouse Cruz Del Sur may be the one that pushes the name to the world stage. The act refers to itself as "Hellenic epic/doom metal" and the style heard on "When Shadows Fall" is in fact doomy, but the ep...

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BLACK STONE CHERRY: Part 4 Of New Video Interview Posted Online

Holland's FaceCulture has posted the fourth and final series of interview clips with Edmonton, Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY. Watch the footage below. BLACK STONE CHERRY's second Roadrunner album, "Folklore and Superstition", sold 13,600 in the United States in its first week of release to deb...

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CHASTAIN Albums To Be Issued On CD

Shrapnel Records will reissue the first two CHASTAIN CDs — "Mystery of Illusion" and "Ruler of the Wasteland" — in October. Band founder/guitarist David T. Chastain states: "At long last these will be available on CD as an official release. These CDs aren't to be confused with the bootleg versions t...