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FAIR TO MIDLAND Sign With SERJ TANKIAN's SERJICAL STRIKE RECORDS

Dallas-based quintet FAIR TO MIDLAND have just inked a deal with Serjical Strike Records, the label headed by SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian. The band that had been touted by Music Connection as one of the top 100 unsigned bands of 2005 can no longer carry that distinction in 2006, as they e...

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THE HAUNTED Guitarist Talks About Playing In WITCHERY

Christine Carney of MP3.com recently conducted an interview with WITCHERY guitarist Patrik Jensen (also of THE HAUNTED). An excerpt from the chat follows: MP3.com: I know that THE HAUNTED is extremely popular and that you guys have been touring like crazy, and in THE HAUNTED you play a little differ...

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RUSH: Vintage Concert Videos To Receive DVD Debut

Billboard.com is reporting that three vintage RUSH home videos will make their DVD debut as part of the boxed set "Rush Replay X 3", due June 13 via Mercury/UME. The collection will include 1982's "Exit ... Stage Left", 1985's "Grace Under Pressure" and 1991's "A Show of Hands", plus a previously un...

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SHADOWS FALL Drummer Jams With DREAM THEATER In Connecticut

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner has issued the following update: "Last Wednesday (March 29) Matt [Bachand, guitar], Jon [Donais, guitar] (and their ladies) and I headed out to Wallingford, CT to catch the DREAM THEATER 20th anniversary show!! As some of you might now, Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: One Month Sober And Counting

Alexis Colvard of The Georgia State University's Signal student newspaper recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On starring with four other rockers (Ted Nugent, Evan Seinfeld of BIOHAZARD, Scott Ian of ANTHRAX, and Jason Bo...

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CULT OF LUNA: Free U.K. 7-Inch Single To Include Exclusive Tracks

U.K.-based fans of Sweden's CULT OF LUNA are being offered a special treat when they rush out to purchase the band¹s fourth sonic outing "Somehere along the Highway" on Monday, April 24. At participating Indie stores across the U.K., anyone who snaps up "Somehere along the Highway" on any format wil...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist: 'We'll Do Our Best To Satisfy Everybody Next Time Out'

Jesse Capps of RockConfidential.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: RockConfidential.com: There's a lot of JUDAS PRIEST stuff coming out soon, too. There's the "Essential Judas Priest", a two-disc set. When those co...

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VIOLENT DIVINE: 'Rush You' Video Posted Online

VIOLENT DIVINE's video for their new single, "Rush You", has been posted online at this location. The clip was shot by Erik Andersson and captures "the live but raw vibe of the band's performance," according to a press release. "Rush You" comes off the Swedish group's recently completed self-titled...

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STARWOOD Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Los Angeles-based rock outfit STARWOOD, featuring members of the Eighties heavy metal band LIZZY BORDEN, are continuing work on their sophomore album, tentatively due later in the year via an as-yet-undetermined label. The upcoming CD will be the follow-up to the group's debut album, "If It Ain't Br...

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JASON NEWSTED Talks About New VOIVOD Album, PIGGY's Passing

"Metal Machine Video" (web site),the self-described "only heavy metal/hard rock daily video show on the net," recently conducted an interview with former METALLICA and current VOIVOD bassist Jason Newsted. A few excerpts from the chat follow; Metal Machine: What went into making the [new VOIVOD] al...

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RUSH: 'Gold' Two-CD Compilation Due In April

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, Mercury Records are scheduled to release a new RUSH compilation, entitled "Gold", which is said to be a mere repackaging of the 1997 compilations, "Retrospectives I" and "II", Due on April 25, the two-CD set will contain the same track listi...

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Canadian Thrash Metal Legends SACRIFICE To Reunite For DAY OF THE EQUINOX II

For the first time in 15 years, Canadian thrash metal legends SACRIFICE will reunite for one-night only as headliner of Day Of The Equinox II festival taking place on Saturday, September 23, 2006 in Toronto, Ontario at the Opera House. The band's original lineup of guitarist/singer Rob Urbinati, gui...

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The Longest Night

I had a feeling PHARAOH's follow-up to its 2003 debut, "After the Fire", would be a true-blue, quality slab of traditional/power metal with contagious melodies, pounding rhythms, and killer guitar work, but "The Longest Night" far exceeded even those expectations. "The Longest Night" would more accu...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: 'Off To A Slow Start' With New Album Songwriting

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY members Woody Weatherman (guitar),Mike Dean (bass) and Jason Paterson (drums) have entered their own Wig Shoppe studios in Raleigh, North Carolina to begin work on new material. "We're kinda off to a slow start on the jamming here in Carolina," Weatherman wrote in a March 1...

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GARY MOORE To Release New Studio Album In May

Legendary guitarist GARY MOORE will release his new studio album, "Old New Ballads Blues", on May 2 via Eagle Records (April 24 in the U.K.). The CD features five new original songs, including the uptempo "Ain't Nobody", the poignant ballad "Gonna Rain Today", the country-influenced "No Reason to Cr...