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STORMGARDE: 'The Answer' Title Track Posted Online

German melodic metallers STORMGARDE have made the title track of their debut album, "The Answer", available for free download at their official web site. "The Answer" was recorded at Total Recall Studios with producer Sascha Risseler and was mastered by Ulf Horbelt at DMS. The band is currently look...

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DAYDREAMER Signs With ESCAPE MUSIC

Escape Music has announce the signing of Swiss melodic rockers DAYDREAMER. According to a press release, "these five talented guys have found a perfect mix of classical riffs and melodies. The result is a very classy album that traces elements of WARRIOR, AXXIS and melodic side of BLACK SABBATH but...

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The New Machine of Liechtenstein

Sick of reading about HOLY MOSES reissues yet? Well, too fucking bad, because the smokin' banshee Sabina Classen and her band of German thrashers haven't gotten a fraction of the attention and respect they deserve yet. Getting their discography back in print, including this 1989 rager, is good news...

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VADER Begins Recording 25th-Anniversary Release

VADER entered Hertz Studio in Poland on March 15 to re-record 25 of the best songs from their entire discography for a 25th anniversary release, to be issued in 2008. The set will also include a DVD containing tons of bonus features, such as archival recordings, live shows, video clips and other spe...

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EUROPE: ABBEY ROAD Recordings Available For Paid Download

Reactivated Swedish hard rockers EUROPE have issued the following update: "On Valentine's Day, the 14th of February, 2007, we were invited to perform 'live' in the famous Studio 2 in Abbey Road Studios in London. It was a great honour to play where so many of our favourite artists had recorded some...

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SPHERE OF SOULS Parts Ways With Lead Guitarist, Drummer

SPHERE OF SOULS, the Dutch progressive metal formation featuring ex-SUN CAGED vocalist André Vuurboom, has amicably parted ways with guitar virtuoso Anand Mahangoe and drummer Ruud van Diepen. The band is currently searching for replacements. Interested parties should contact rhythm guitarist Rob Ce...

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GENE SIMMONS And IDW PUBLISHING Announce Joint Publishing Venture

IDW Publishing has announced that it has partnered with rock legend Gene Simmons of KISS fame to create the Simmons Comics Group, an imprint within IDW's stable of comics. Simmons himself will be writing some of the comics, and has fully created and fleshed out a number of new titles that will be ap...

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Ex-DREAM THEATER Singer Discusses New DOMINICI CD

Mark Carras of RockMyMonkey.com recently conducted an interview with ex-DREAM THEATER vocalist Charlie Dominici about his new band DOMINICI. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: Was it just 9-11 and the events that surrounded that that inspired this story, or was there somethin...

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THE CLAY PEOPLE: New Album Track Listing, Release Date Announced

Albany, NY's THE CLAY PEOPLE has spent about a year and a half recording and re-recording and mixing its new album, "Waking the Dead", with producer Neil Kernon (QUEENSRŸCHE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, DECIDE). Due May 22 via Overit Records, the CD marks the band's first full-length release since 1998 and its...

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Satanic Metal Forces Unite Behind 666 Porn

The Satanic forces are uniting behind the first ever Satanic porno movie, "Club Satan: The Witches' Sabbath". This film was overseen by an actual priest in the Church Of Satan, and includes a real Black Mass, the likes of which has not been caught on tape since Anton LaVey's "Satanis" more than 30 y...

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Alpha

SEVENDUST represents in many ways a quintessential blue-collar heavy rock band: the group releases albums regularly, then goes and tours the shit out of them. No matter what one may think of the band's music, there's no question that SEVENDUST is one of the tightest, punchiest bands on the metal cir...

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IN FLAMES, HELLOWEEN, ARMORED SAINT Featured On 'Bang Your Head!!! 2006' DVD

IN FLAMES, DEATH ANGEL, RAVEN, HELLOWEEN, JON OLIVA'S PAIN and ARMORED SAINT are among the bands featured on the "Bang Your Head!!! 2006" DVD, due in Europe on March 12. In addition to 34 songs that were filmed during last year's Bang Your Head!!! festival (which took place June 23-24, 2006 in Balin...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: 'Trinity' Samples Available

Austrian/American "epic metal" band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS has uploaded audio samples of all 11 tracks that are set to appear on the group's upcoming album, "Trinity", due in May via Napalm Records. Check them out at this location. "Trinity" was recorded at Dreamscape Studios and was mastered at Finnvo...

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MEGADETH: Video Shoot Scheduled For Next Week

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I wanted to thank our beloved Webmaster and his system lords for doing such a great job. I sent them a copy of a rough mix of [new MEGADETH song] 'Sleepwalker' weeks ago and like...

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An Oral History of DECIBEL Magazine

RockCritics.com has published "An Oral History of Decibel Magazine," penned by Steven Ward. An excerpt from the article follows: "In my humble opinion, Decibel is the best American music magazine published today. It just so happens that Decibel covers the world of extreme metal, carrying features an...