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MANOWAR: 'The Sons Of Odin' E-Card Available

An e-card for the new MANOWAR EP, "The Sons of Odin", has been made available at this location. Due in Europe on October 13 via Magic Circle Music (October 6 in Germany, October 24 in North America),"The Sons of Odin" EP features over 25 minutes of total playing time. Besides "The Sons ...

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Blood Mountain

MASTODON fully lives up to its name and cements its status as one of the best newer American metal bands out there with, of all things, its major label debut. The band's third studio offering is an immense slab of brutally heavy rock that veers wildly between all-out thrash on cuts like opener "The...

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CELLADOR To Headline Wisconsin's MADPOWER Festival

Omaha, Nebraska power metallers CELLADOR have been officially confirmed as one of the headliners of the 2006 Madpower festival. Madpower is an annual event held in the Madison, Wisconsin area as a showcase for progressive, power metal and thrash metal bands. The all-day, 18+ festival will begin at 3...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist SKOLNICK: 'I Don't See Myself As Limited To One Style'

Rod Harmon of HeraldTribune.com reports that TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has done the seemingly impossible: Married traditional jazz with heavy metal. "What really got me interested in jazz was seeing Miles Davis with an electric band (on television)," Skolnick said. "At the time, I didn't eve...

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SATYRICON Checks In From The Road

Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON have posted the following "report from the road": "The tour so far has been really well visited and that makes playing 31 shows in 35 days so much easier! Crowds are great and the band is really having the best of times on stage. Seems like the crowds (for the mos...

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CRADLE OF FILTH 'Orchestral' Tribute Due Next Week

Vitamin Records has set a September 19 release date for the CRADLE OF FILTH tribute album, "Scorched Earth Orchestra Plays Cradle of Filth: The Orchestral Tribute" (view cover artwork at this location). A description of the album on the Vitamin web site reads as follows: "With a revolving-door line-...

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IRON MAIDEN: Orchestral Tribute To 'Piece of Mind' Due This Month

Vitamin Records has set a September 19 release date for the IRON MAIDEN tribute album "The Hand of Doom Orchestra Plays Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind: The Orchestral Tribute". A description of the project on the Vitamin web site reads as follows: "Amongst the dust and debris of time and trends, IRON M...

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CHRIS CAFFERY's 'Bizarre Gardening Accident'

Guitarist Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "Clearing a 15-foot pile of logs and rubbish along the property line. Wanted to plant a cool bush there. Had about a 10-foot log I decided to lift over the fence. Log slipped out of my...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Announces Asian Tour Dates

Legendary Swedish guitarist YNGWIE MALMSTEEN has lined up the following Australian/Asian tour dates in November: Nov. 04 - Thunderdome - Bangkok, THA Nov. 06 - HITEC - Hong Kong, CHN Nov. 11 - Family Theater - Taipei, TAI Nov. 14 - The Arena Ent. Complex – Brisbane, AUS Nov. 15 - Enmore Theatre - Sy...

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SATYRICON: 'The Pentagram Burns' Video Posted Online

Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON have posted their video for the song "The Pentagram Burns" at this location (Quicktime required). Photos from the shoot can be seen here. The "The Pentagram Burns" clip was filmed last month with director Håvard Arnstad in Oslo, Norway. "Visually the video is stro...

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SATYRICON To Perform With Norwegian Orchestra In November

Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON have posted the following message on their official web site: "The booking of the Scandinavian tour in November is coming to an end and will be announced shortly. For now there are three shows already on sale: Oslo, Trondheim and Bergen, Norway. We are looking at...

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Weather Cancels FAMILY VALUES Show In New York

According to a posting on the KORN fan site Korn.Simpol.net, The Family Values Tour 2006 — featuring headliners KORN alongside DEFTONES, STONE SOUR, FLYLEAF and DIR EN GREY — was forced to cancel last night's (September 2) performance at Nikon @ Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York due to bad we...

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TESTAMENT To Work On New Studio Album In Early 2007

TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has issued the following update: "Just back from a whirlwind of shows, starting with ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO on the East Coast (touring with new projects by Dave Ellefson [ex-MEGADETH] and Marc Rizzo [SOULFLY, ex-ILL NINO], respectively) followed immediately by TESTAMENT...

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DORO To Release Special 'Winter Edition' Of 'Warrior Soul' In November

German hard rock singer DORO will release a special "winter edition" of her latest album, "Warrior Soul", on November 20 through AFM Records. Dubbed "20 Years A Warrior Soul", the set will include the regular album plus a bonus DVD featuring footage from Doro's December 2003 20th anniversary gig in...

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DREAM THEATER: Buy 'Score' DVD And CD And Win Home Theater

The Virgin Megastore (web site) in New York City is currently running a promotion whereby if you buy both the DREAM THEATER "Score" DVD and CD from the store, you will be entered to win a home theater system worth up to $5,000! The promotion runs through September 14. VH1 Classic's episode of ...