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BURY YOUR DEAD Begins Recording New Album

Never ones to dwell on the past, Boston natives BURY YOUR DEAD are forging ahead to the future with new vocalist Myke Terry (formerly of CASSIUS) in tow. The band has returned to Florida's Audiohammer Studios, the exact facility where their previous release, "Beauty and the Breakdown", was recorded....

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KORN Singer Talks About Solo Tour; Video Available

KORN vocalist Jonathan Davis recently spoke to the Artisan News Service about his first solo tour, which features the singer playing reworked KORN songs, covers and songs from the movie he scored, "Queen of The Damned". Davis talked about what his favorites are live and what the vibe of the shows ha...

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New QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS Single Salutes AIDS Day

Jonathan Cohen of Billboard.com reports that QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS have recorded a new single, "Say It's Not True", to commemorate World AIDS Day on Saturday (Dec. 1). The track, QUEEN's first studio collaboration with Rodgers, will be available as a free download from the band's Web site. In recent...

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TOOL: More 'Vicarious' DVD Details Revealed

TOOL will issue a DVD called "Vicarious" on December 18. According to a press release, the disc will contain the title video — which was for the first single from the band's 2006 album, "10,000 Days" — along with "a tour that takes you through the history of [TOOL guitarist] Adam Jones' visual effec...

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TOBIAS SAMMET Says He Tried To Get QUEEN Guitarist To Play On New AVANTASIA Album

A 17-minute audio interview with EDGUY/AVANTASIA frontman Tobias Sammet conducted earlier in the month by Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock is available for download at this location (MP3, 4 MB). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tangra Mega Rock: Let's jump on AVANTASIA now. H...

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'Rockline' Producer Offers Thoughts On KEVIN DUBROW's Passing

Gregg Journigan, producer of the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline", has released the following statement regarding the passing of QUIET RIOT singer Kevin DuBrow: "Sitting in Japan I read a rumor [Sunday] night that Kevin DuBrow had passed. My first thought was it's way early in U.S. and 'I...

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ALL SHALL PERISH To Tour Australia Next Month

ALL SHALL PERISH will embark on a Australian Headlining tour this Christmas season, dubbed the Christmas Carnage Tour, wrapping up their non-stop touring cycle for "The Price of Existence". Support will come from Australia's own DEEZ NUTS and I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN. Commented ALL SHALL PERISH in a...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Films Eindhoven Concert For Upcoming DVD; Video Available

WITHIN TEMPTATION's November 24, 2007 concert at the Beursgebouw in Eindhoven, Holland was filmed for an upcoming DVD, tentatively due next summer. The sold-out show at the 8,000-capacity venue included lots of special effects, an acoustic section, Broadway-style musical elements and guest appearanc...

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QUEEN Frontman Dubbed Greatest Rock Legend Of All Time

According to Australia's Herald Sun, Brits have dubbed QUEEN frontman Freddy Mercury the greatest rock legend of all time in a new survey out today. Elvis Presley narrowly missed out on the rock n' roll crown coming in second, while Woodstock veteran Jimi Hendrix was hot on his heels in third place....

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THE SWORD And WITCHCRAFT Team Up For Special, Limited-Edition 12" EP

Dynamic, Austin, TX based quartet THE SWORD and respected Swedish rock band WITCHCRAFT have teamed up to issue a very special, limited edition 12" EP. Simply titled THE SWORD / WITCHCRAFT Split 12", the vinyl-only release is available via diverse New York City label Kemado Records and is in stores n...

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PAMELA MOORE: New Songs Featuring QUEENSRŸCHE, NEVERMORE Members Posted Online

Singer Pamela Moore — best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE's 1988 epic concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" and last year's epic sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II" — has posted two more songs off her latest CD, "Stories from a Blue Room". The first track, "Get Off (American Way...

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QUEENSRŸCHE: 'Take Cover' Enters Billboard Chart At No. 173

QUEENSRŸCHE's collection of covers, "Take Cover", has sold 5,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 173 on The Billboard 200 chart. Singer and chief songwriter Geoff Tate, guitarists Michael Wilton and Mike Stone, bassist Eddie Jackson, and drummer Scot...

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QUEEN Guitarist Named University Chancellor

BBC News reports: QUEEN star Brian May has been named as the next chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. The guitarist will begin the role in February, taking over from former Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie. May said he would be celebrating "with a delicious vegetarian roast and a...

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Marie's Sister's Garden

The second full-length album from VOODOOSHOCK, "Marie's Sister's Garden" offers the discerning doom fan an ocean of melancholy and expected cues from the likes of CANDLEMASS and, in certain places, TROUBLE. At almost 58 minutes, the uninitiated might think this one would be a grueling endurance test...

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ETERNAL LORD Signs With FERRET MUSIC

Ferret Music has announced the signing of UK's ETERNAL LORD. The band, which features the former singer of I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN, will make its label debut in March 2008 with "Blessed Be This Nightmare", which contains "all of their aggressive, highly technical guitar slaying and even more vicious...