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ATREYU Signs With HOLLYWOOD RECORDS

Orange County, California's ATREYU has parted ways with Victory Records and has inked a new deal with the Hollywood label. Commented ATREYU frontman Alex Varkatzas: "As a group of friends playing music, our main goal is to grow and spread our brand of metallic rock around the world. We try to progre...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX Raises Funds For Youth Charity

Andrea Miller of Canoe Live reports that MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx helped hand over a novelty cheque at the Platinum Lounge inside the Air Canada Centre for a personal cause. Sixx was decidedly temperate as he took part in bringing his fundraising initiative, Running Wild in the Night, to Coven...

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GREAT WHITE: Station Club Owners Sentenced In 2003 Fatal Fire

MTV.com reports that the two brothers who owned and operated the Rhode Island nightclub where a fire killed 100 concertgoers in 2003 were sentenced Friday (September 29) — but only one will serve time behind bars. According to The Associated Press, relatives of the victims killed in the Station nigh...

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LINKIN PARK Singer Says Nu-Metal Sound Is 'Completely Gone' On Next LP

LINKIN PARK frontman Chester Bennington recently spoke to MTV.com about the band's third studio album, due next year. "We're going for the music that inspired us, rather than the nü-metal type of sound," he said. "We're ripping that out. It's completely gone." In its place is a mix of punk and class...

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BRAND NEW SIN Completes 'Motormeth' Video: Photos Available

BRAND NEW SIN kicks off the touring cycle for their highly anticipated new album, "Tequila", tonight (Sept. 27) as part of the Jagermeister tour with MUSHROOMHEAD, SOIL and THE AUTUMN OFFERING. The group also recently shot a live video for the track "Motormeth" in their hometown of Syracuse in front...

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GREAT WHITE: Questions In Nightclub Fire Remain Unanswered

Eric Tucker of The Associated Press reports: The trials of Jeffrey and Michael Derderian would have spanned months and involved mounds of exhibits, hundreds of witnesses and graphic testimony about the fire at The Station nightclub that killed 100 people more than three years ago. But the decision b...

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OVERKILL Bassist To Take Part In Online Chat Today

OVERKILL bassist D.D. Verni will take part in an online chat today (Friday, September 22) at 3:00 p.m. EST/12:00 p.m. PST at the Gigantour Chat Room (free registration required). OVERKILL is scheduled to enter the studio this fall to begin recording its new album, due in early 2007. The band's lates...

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BISS Featuring KROKUS Singer MARC STORACE: New Album Due In November

BISS, the German/Swiss hard rockers featuring KROKUS singer Marc Storace and guitarist Ralf Heyne, will release their fourth album, "Xtension" on November 17 via AOR Heaven. Completed by bassist Lars Wilke and drummer Carsten Witte, the four-piece powerhouse outfit from Münster, Germany once again d...

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CRASHDIET: 'We Have Been Working Daily To Get Our Sh*t Back On Track Again'

The surviving members of the Swedish band CRASHDIET — whose frontman, David Hellman (a.k.a. Dave Lepard) passed away in January — have posted the following message on their official web site: "First of all, we want to apologize for our lack of reporting what's happening in the band. I'm afraid we ha...

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Stigmata High-Five

Beginning as guitarist/founder Topon Das' one-man experimental grindcore project in the late 90s, Ottawa, Ontario's FUCK THE FACTS arrives with its Relapse debut, "Stigmata High-Five". After a slew of releases, including a handful of full-lengths (not the least of which is the grindcore-with-dance-b...

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FEAR FACTORY Is A 'Tighter' Unit And 'More Efficient Songwriting Team' Without DINO CAZARES

FEAR FACTORY drummer Raymond Herrera spoke with Time Off magazine about the band's brief split in 2002, and reforming a few months later without founding member Dino Cazares. "There were personal issues between Dino and the rest of the band which just got worse and worse over time," Herrera confided...

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OVERKILL Frontman To Take Part In Online Chat Today

OVERKILL frontman Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth will take part in an online chat today (Sunday, September 17) at 4:00 p.m. EDT/1:00 p.m. PDT at the Gigantour Chat Room (free registration required). OVERKILL is scheduled to enter the studio this fall to begin recording its new album, due in early 2007. The...

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Ousted 'Supernova' Contestant STORM LARGE On SPREAD RADIO LIVE: Audio Available

Ousted "Rock Star: Supernova" singer Storm Large was on with THE PANIC CHANNEL guitarist and "Rock Star" co-host Dave Navarro on his Spread Radio Live program Friday (September 8). Download and listen at Adambot.com. SUPERNOVA — the new all-star band featuring ex-METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted, MÖT...

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Japan Wins AIR GUITAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; SENTENCED Guitarist Among Judges

Air Guitar World Championships took place in Club Teatria, Oulu, for the 11th time. Japan's strong presence produced a world champion and this year Ochi "Dainoji" Yosuke gets a chance to spread the gospel of air guitars. Yosuke outplayed the other skillful contestants with his simplistic but extreme...

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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...