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KURT COBAIN Avatar Joins 'Guitar Hero 5'

The Pulse of Radio reports: A Kurt Cobain playable character is making its way into Guitar Hero 5, due out September 1. Along with the avatar, for the first time, NIRVANA's songs will appear in the game. Fans will be able to rock out to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and a live version of "Lithium", ...

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CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Pennsylvania's CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN has issued the following update: "Just a little update on the status of 'Psalm of the Grand Destroyer', the upcoming CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN full-length recording. "Although the music was recorded in November of 2008, various circumstances effectively sidelined...

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AVATAR To Begin Recording New Album This Week

Swedish metallers AVATAR will enter the studio tomorrow (Monday, June 8 to begin recording their third album for a late 2009 release. In a May 14 online posting, the band stated about the songwriting process for the new CD, "We do now have a total of 13 songs written, polished, perfected, demo-recor...

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'Guitar Hero: Van Halen' Sneak Preview Available

A sneak preview of Activision Blizzard's forthcoming Guitar Hero: Van Halen music-based game is available below. It is scheduled for release in the second half of the year and will definitely cover the David Lee Roth era, featuring the band's greatest hits. No specific tracks were listed, but Activi...

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EVOCATION: 'Tomorrow Has No Sunrise' Video Released

"Tomorrow Has No Sunrise", the new video from the Swedish death metal band EVOCATION, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by René U Valdes (HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, AVATAR) of Greenworks and was shot at Kvarnbyn in Gothenburg on April 14. "Tomorrow Has No Sunrise" comes off EVOCATION's new album,...

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It's Official: 'Guitar Hero: Van Halen' Coming Later This Year

According to Billboard.biz, Activision Blizzard has confirmed the development of the Guitar Hero: Van Halen music-based game. It is scheduled for release in the second half of the year and will definitely cover the David Lee Roth era, featuring the band's greatest hits. No specific tracks were liste...

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ONE WITHOUT Signs With LIFEFORCE RECORDS

Gothenburg, Sweden-based, female-fronted rock/metal act ONE WITHOUT has inked a deal with Lifeforce Records. The group's new album, "Thoughts of a Secluded Mind", will be released in September. The CD was mixed by Mattias Wänerstam (AVATAR, WITHIN Y) and mastered by Dragan Tanakovic (MUSTACH, EUROPE...

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VAN HALEN-Themed 'Guitar Hero' Game Appears To Be Moving Forward

Kris Pigna of 1UP.com reports that rumors of an all-VAN HALEN-themed Guitar Hero game have been around for a little while now, but Activision has yet to confirm it. Now, as is often the case, it looks like a ratings board beat them to it. The German Voluntary Monitoring Organization of Entertainment...

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DIABOLICAL Announces Headlining Tour

Swedish death metal masters DIABOLICAL have announced a six-show European headlining tour supported by AVATAR and ARISE. "The Final Elimination Of All Positive Emotions" tour dates: March 20 - Frankfurt, Germany - Die Halle March 22 - Prague, Czech Republic - Exit Chmelnice March 24 - Gent, Belgium...

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ATHEIST Mixing 'Live At Wacken' Recording

Vocalist Kelly Shaefer of the reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST has issued the following update: "We were in the 'infamous' LedBelly Sound Studios [in Atlanta, Georgia] yesterday finishing the mixing of ATHEIST 'Live At Wacken'. It's a very stripped-down, no-overdubs live recordin...

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GUNS N' ROSES Spinlets Widgets, urFooz Cards Report Over Ten Million Views

FUHU Inc., leading the market in connecting people and content across their favorite destinations, has reported over ten million views in the first week of their GUNS N' ROSES Spinlets widgets and urFooz cards of Axl Rose and Bumblefoot on MySpace, positioning the company as the dominant music widge...

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AVATAR: Swedish Dates Announced

Swedish metallers AVATAR have scheduled the following dates: Oct. 24 - Huddinge, Sweden – Huset (Metal Gala) Oct. 25 - Jönköping, Sweden- Gamla Chinabiografen (Metalfest 2008) AVATAR's latest album, entitled "Schlacht", was released on October 24, 2007 via Gain Records. The group started recording t...

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JIMI HENDRIX AND THE GHETTO FIGHTERS Material To Be Released

After almost 40 years in the vault, the never-before-heard or -seen multimedia material produced by Jimi Hendrix and the GHETTO FIGHTERS is being readied for release and licensing through a subsidiary of the we-R-you Corporation, the technology, software and multimedia company. The previously unrele...

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MOTÖRHEAD Frontman Launching Private Entropia Universe Army

Mindark, developer and operator of Virtual World Entropia Universe, and rock icon Lemmy from MOTÖRHEAD, today announced a partnership in which Lemmy and his band will team up with Mindark to create Motörhead Stadium and Lemmy's Castle within Entropia Universe. The Stadium and Castle are being built...

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KELLY SHAEFER: 'The First New ATHEIST Material In 15 Years Has Risen To The Surface'

Vocalist Kelly Shaefer of the reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST has issued the following update: "You asked for it, the first new ATHEIST material in 15 years has risen to the surface and it was truly amazing, much better than we could have expected! We ended up with a bit over th...