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UNHOLY GHOST Announce New Drummer

UNHOLY GHOST, the band featuring PESSIMIST founder/guitarist Kelly McLauchlin and former DIABOLIC members Jerry Mortellaro (guitars) and Paul Ouellette (bass/vocals),have announced the addition of drummer David Breazeal to the group's ranks. David Breazeal played previously in CAULDRON, a Tampa, FL...

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EDENBRIDGE: New Album Samples Posted Online

Austrian "angelic bombast metal" act EDENBRIDGE will release their new album, "Shine", on October 25 via Massacre Records. A limited-edition digipak version will contain a bonus track. The song "Shine" will also be released on November 22 as a four-track digipak EP, featuring two non-album versions...

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THE ESOTERIC Sign With PROSTHETIC RECORDS

THE ESOTERIC, the Lawrence, KS-based outfit featuring COALESCE and REGGIE AND THE FULL EFFECT guitarist Cory White as well as former TODAY IS THE DAY drummer Marshall Kilpatric, have signed a worldwide recording deal with Los Angeles-based Prosthetic Records. Earlier this week, the band (rounded out...

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UNCHAINED To Release Debut Album This Month

Swedish melodic metallers UNCHAINED will release their self-titled debut album on October 27 via Sound Riot Records. The CD was recorded at Pama Studios (KARMAKANIC, THE FLOWER KINGS) in Sweden and mastered at Digital Fabriken (DESTINY, RAUNCHY, TRANSPORT LEAGUE). Artwork was handled by ProgArt (KOT...

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THE PANIC CHANNEL: Former JANE'S ADDICTION Members Launch New Band

THE PANIC CHANNEL, the new band featuring former JANE'S ADDICTION members Dave Navarro (guitar),Stephen Perkins (drums) and Chris Chaney (bass),along with singer Steve Isaacs, made their live debut on Tuesday (Sept. 21) at the Dragonfly in Los Angeles, CA. The group's set list for the show was as...

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UNHOLY GHOST Guitarist Has Not Joined BLASTMASTERS

Contrary to a report posted at the BLASTMASTERS web site, guitarist Jerry Mortellaro is still a full-time meber of UNHOLY GHOST and has NOT "joined the ranks" of BLASTMASTERS, according to a statement released by UNHOLY GHOST. Although Mortellaro had "talked about helping [BLASTMASTERS] out" with th...

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BLASTMASTERS Add Second Guitarist

BLASTMASTERS, the Florida-based death metal band led by former DIABOLIC/UNHOLY GHOST drummer Lee "Aantar" Coates, have announced the addition of Jerry Mortellaro (DIABOLIC, UNHOLY GHOST) to the group's ranks. "We look foward to writing the most ferocious death metal album of all time with him," the...

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DEF LEPPARD Singer Gets Married

DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott married fiancée Kristine at Kinnitty Castle in County Offaly, Ireland on September 1, according to a posting on the group's official web site. "The two-day event (which was described by Joe as 'the mother of all parties') was attended mostly by family and close frien...

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Revolution

Gothic metal has undoubtedly experienced an upsurge in popularity over the last few years, but on the fringes it retains a discernible love-hate status. Given the likes of MY DYING BRIDE and, to a slightly less gloomy extent, DARK TRANQUILLITY, many listeners either revel casually in the moroseness...

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BLASTMASTERS: Debut Demo Available For Download

BLASTMASTERS, the Florida-based death metal band led by former DIABOLIC/UNHOLY GHOST drummer Lee "Aantar" Coates, have completed work on their debut self-titled demo at D.O.W. Studios with producer Juan "Punchy" Gonzalez (MORBID ANGEL, UNHOLY GHOST). The complete track listing for the demo is as fol...

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KING DIAMOND: Live Album Preview Available For Download

A live recording of the KING DIAMOND track "Mansion In Darkness" has been posted online in MP3 format at this location. "Mansion In Darkness" comes off the band's upcoming double live CD, "Deadly Lullabyes Live" (view cover here),due on September 21 through Metal Blade Records. The album was record...

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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Singer Makes Broadway Debut

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT singer Candice Night made her Broadway debut Wednesday (August 18) at the Imperial Theater in Manhattan when Hugh Jackman ("The Boy From Oz") invited Candice and Lady Nancy to the stage to perform samplers from "Ghost of A Rose" and "Past Times" during his evening performance. As p...

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UGLY KID JOE: Unreleased Demo Track Available For Download

A previously unreleased early demo track by UGLY KID JOE, entitled "Ghost Town", has been made available for download at the Ugly Kid Joe Forum at this location (registered members only). The song was provided to the forum members by former UGLY KID JOE guitarist Roger Lahr. Formed in the late '80s,...

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DIVERCIA Set Release Date For New Album

Finnish melodic heavy rockers DIVERCIA have completed work on their second album, "Cycle of Zero", due on September 20 through Holland's Karmageddon Media. "Cycle of Zero" was recorded and mixed at Sonic Pump and D studios in Finland and was mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox. Cover artwork was onc...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION: European Festival Appearances Are 'Definitely On'

Long-running Florida-based death metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION have issued a statement refuting rumors that they have cancelled their previously announced appearances at Germany's Up From The Ground festival and Portugal's Festival da Ilha do Ermal. "Thanks to our agent, Adam Elfin from First Contac...