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POISON THE WELL Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Florida's POISON THE WELL is putting the finishing touches on its new full-length album, "Versions", due in April via Ferret Music. This will be the band's first release since 2003's "You Come Before You" (Atlantic Records),which has sold over 130,000 copies in the U.S. to date. "Versions" is being...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Recruits Ex-SOILWORK Guitarist For Remainder Of European Tour

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE was forced to postpone the London, Bristol and Paris shows of their current European tour this past weekend due to guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz sustaining a serious back injury. The band has since issued the following update: "OK, here's the deal. Adam and Howard [Jones, vocals] were...

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PARIA Drummer Quits, Reforms THE BINDING

Drummer Eric Schnee has quit Omaha, NE-based metal band PARIA to move back to his hometown in New Jersey and reform his previous group, THE BINDING. THE BINDING began practicing over Christmas break and is already in the process of booking some weekend tours in the New England area plus a full U.S....

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CELESTY Frontman Appears On Finland's 'Idols'

Vocalist Antti Railio of the Finnish power metal band CELESTY recently competed in the Finnish "American Idol"-style show called "Idols", singing a version of BON JOVI's "Always". More information (in Finnish) is available at this location. As previously reported, Railio makes a guest appearance in...

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Allegiance

You may have heard of Greek guitar hero Gus G. from his participation in MYSTIC PROPHECY, NIGHTRAGE, and DREAM EVIL. Or maybe you caught him live as a fill-in guitarist with ARCH ENEMY during last year's North American tour. Well he's no longer a member of any of the first three bands so that he ...

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ONSLAUGHT Guitarist Talks About Reunion Album

Back in action after 15 years of silence, U.K. thrash metal legends ONSLAUGHT have just recorded the album of their lives. Brutal, infectious and brimming with energy, "Killing Peace" is set to blow every other thrash album of the last two decades out of the water, as original members Nige Rockett (...

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VELVET REVOLVER's SCOTT WEILAND Takes Aim At Football

Launch Radio Networks reports: VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland is passionate about two things: rock music and football. With the college season and NFL regular season completed, and rumors already flying about coaches being fired and hired, Weiland posted an open letter online this week implo...

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THE WILDHEARTS Begins Recording New Album

THE WILDHEARTS frontman Ginger has posted the following message on his official web site: "What a year this one is going to be! What a year the last one was!! "Round Records got off to a flying start with the release of [Ginger's solo album] 'Valor Del Corazon', in January 2006. With releases by HOW...

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Former KYUSS Frontman Names Solo Project; DANKO JONES To Contribute

Vocalist John Garcia (KYUSS, UNIDA, HERMANO) has set GARCIA VS. GARCIA as the name of his upcoming solo project. The singer is currently in the studio writing and recording material for GARCIA VS. GARCIA's debut album, which is tentatively due on September 4, 2008. One of the songs that are set to a...

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Hot Wings

Quick and dirty fourth album from the U.K. retro rockers led by ex-CARCASS man Bill Steer. It's really a shame FIREBIRD don't have other, less metal, friends in the music industry, too, because this is the sort of record destined to get lost in the cracks without the aid of someone in a more appropr...

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VILE Guitarist Wants Death Metal To Give Something Back, Not Feed Into Negative Field

Guitarist Colin Davis of the Californian brutal death metallers VILE has issued a follow-up message elaborating on his previous announcement that the group's forthcoming recorded output "will not focus on death anymore": "A lot of people messaged about this and I really appreciate the thoughts [ever...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Bassist: 'It's Been Great To Get Up And Play These Old Songs'

ALICE IN CHAINS bassist Mike Inez has issued the following update: "First of all, and most importantly, I'd like to thank each and everyone of you cool fuckers for coming out and saying hello this year. It was a SUPREME pleasure playing for you and seeing y'all face to face. Those songs we played ar...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Vocalist Checks In From The Road

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/CORNERSTONE vocalist Doogie White has posted the following update on his official web site: "If you have been following my latest exploits, you will know just how much of a fan of flying I have become. So imagine my delight when I was informed that on the way to Helsinki, from Londo...

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LAMB OF GOD, MACHINE HEAD, TRIVIUM, GOJIRA: North American Tour Dates Announced

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on November 22, 2006, LAMB OF GOD has now officially confirmed that it will embark on a headlining American tour in 2007 with Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD, modern-day metal traditionalists TRIVIUM and France's heaviest metal export GOJIRA. Having spent the su...

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MISERY INDEX To Release New Seven-Inch Single In February

Baltimore, Maryland's MISERY INDEX will release an exclusive seven-inch single, entitled "Hang 'Em High", on February 8 through the Dutch label Garden Of Exile Records. The single will feature the following: Side A: Three "short and furious new songs" Side B: A long acoustic new version of "Discordi...