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PREJUDICE Continuing Work On New Album

Belgian death metallers PREJUDICE recently returned to Excess studio in Rotterdam, Holland to resume recording their fourth album, due later in the year via Greece's Sleaszy Rider Records. The band has issued the following update: "Chris [Piette; drums] and Erik [vocals] recorded all vocal lines and...

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WALLS OF JERICHO Confirmed For New Jersey's SAINTS & SINNERS FESTIVAL

WALLS OF JERICHO and SILVERSTEIN are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's Saints & Sinners Festival, set to take place November 3-4 at Asbury Park, New Jersey's Convention Hall. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Saturday, November 3, 2007: AGAINST ME! AUGUST BURNS RED GAS...

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METALLICA In K-Rock's Hostile Takeover On Monday

METALLICA will be taking over the afternoon drive slot (3:00 - 7:00 p.m.) on New York's 92.3 K-Rock this Monday, July 23. Tune in to check out what songs they would like to hear (and what they would like YOU to hear) on K-Rock. To listen to the program live on the Internet, visit

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Police Promise Major Presence At AEROSMITH Concert

Dave Stewart of Prince Edward Island, Canada's The Guardian reports: Somewhere between 5,000 and 6,250 vehicles are expected to drive into Charlottetown on Saturday for the 10-hour AEROSMITH rock concert. Both the Charlottetown city police and the private firm hired for internal security at the Char...

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METALLICA's 'Live Earth' Appearance Translates Into Record Sales

According to SoundGenerator.com, METALLICA's record sales enjoyed a boost of around 800% in the wake of their appearance at Live Earth in London. As with Live 8 in 2005, bands signing-up for the event saw the huge viewing figures translate into serious album sales, and the FOO FIGHTERS did best, wit...

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Former MORDRED Singer PAUL KIMBALL Interviewed

Mordred - The Band, a blog dedicated to spreading information on the late '80s/early '90s San Francisco Bay Area funk-metallers MORDRED, recently conducted an interview with Paul Kimball, who sang on MORDRED's "The Next Room" album. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Q: What did you do befor...

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D DRIVE Signs With CHAVIS RECORDS

D DRIVE, the band featuring Don Mancuso (LOU GRAMM, BLACK SHEEP, CHEATER) and Phil Naro (TALAS, PETER CRISS, 24K),has signed with Chavis Records for the release of its latest CD, "Straight up the Middle". On the heels of its successful self-titled debut, D DRIVE is back with 12 finely crafted track...

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RUSH Drummer NEIL PEART: 'That's The Way We Roll'

RUSH drummer Neil Peart has posted the following diary entry from the band's current "Snakes & Arrows" tour: "With only a few days at home after the first leg of the 'Snakes & Arrows' tour (16 shows, 7,257 miles of motorcycling),this will definitely be the 'short version.' Still, I wanted t...

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JAMES HETFIELD Says METALLICA Is Focusing On Feeling Around 'Master Of Puppets' For New CD

METALLICA frontman James Hetfield was interviewed by Norway's NRK on Tuesday (July 10) prior to the band's headlining performance in Oslo. Watch the seven-minute unedited question-and-answer session at SVT.se or YouTube. A transcript of the interview follows: Q: What will the new METALLICA [album] s...

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TIAMAT, PAIN: Photos, Video Footage From Russia's PUSHKIN DRIVE OPEN AIR Available

Russia's Darkside e-zine has uploaded high-resolution photos and video footage (with backstage material) of TIAMAT and PAIN from the Pushkin Drive Open Air 2007 festival, which took place July 7, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Check it out at this location. PAIN setlist: 01. Same Old Song 02. Zombi...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist: Why ROB Left The Band Is Still A Mystery To Me

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing recently answered a number of fan questions via his newly launched web site. A few excerpts follow: Q: In concert from 1970 to 1992 you played with normal tuning but concerts with Tim "Ripper" Owens you played with one step down and with Halford in "Rising in the...

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SPARTA To Open Second Leg Of VELVET REVOLVER / ALICE IN CHAINS Tour

According to HardDrive Radio, SPARTA — the El Paso post-hardcore band featuring former members of AT THE DRIVE-IN — will open for VELVET REVOLVER and ALICE IN CHAINS on the second of their North American tour beginning on September 8 in Vancouver. As previously reported, Chicago-based rock act KILL...

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HATE Prepares To Record New Album

Industrial death/black metal mongers HATE will soon enter Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland to record their new album, tentatively entitled "Katharsis". HATE has been working on the new material for a few months now and is in the process of doing pre-production — creating samples and backgrounds for...

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BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART Posts 'Mic Skillz 2' Online

Montreal, Canada's BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART will rock in the 4th of July with "Mic Skillz 2, The Return of The Skillz", which will be available for streaming on the band's MySpace page starting tomorrow. Commented the band: "We are excited to announce that 'Mic Skillz 2, The Return of The Skillz',...

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Dismember

This is one of those ideas tailor-made for the Internet. Swedish songwriter Tony Naima got up at a DISMEMBER CD release party and did some acoustic, poppy versions of the death metal band's best-loved songs, and everyone thought it was a hoot. He got a band together and did arrangements of a few oth...