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DEMON HUNTER, NONPOINT, MONSTER MAGNET, AGNOSTIC FRONT First-Week Sales Revealed

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending November 11, 2007, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest hundred [except numbers over 20,000, which are rounded to the nearest thousand]; The Billboard 200 chart position inclu...

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CANDIRIA To Release Collection Of Rare Tracks, Remix Compilation

Brooklyn-based experimental metal band CANDIRIA has announced its next two releases: * A rare tracks/b-sides compilation of never-before-heard material written and recorded by members of CANDIRIA during various recording sessions prior to 2001 * A remix/reinvention compilation of material from the b...

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SAINT DEAMON Signs With FRONTIERS RECORDS

Frontiers Records has announced the signing of the Swedish/Norwegian melodic metal sensation SAINT DEAMON. The group's debut album, "In Shadows Lost From The Brave", will be released on January 25, 2008. This group, named after a fictive ghost rider called S. Deamon, was formed in 2006 by drummer Ro...

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GENE SIMMONS: 'There Is Nothing In Me That Wants To Go In There And Do New Music'

Billboard magazine recently conducted an interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Billboard: You've got the third series of the "Kissology" DVD coming out next month. Is there much more we can expect coming? Simmons: There'll be 10. No one — and that in...

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LORDI Announces Hometown Concert

Finnish metal monsters LORDI have announced a hometown gig on December 14 at Lappi Areena in Rovaniemi. This will mark the band's first Finnish gig — indeed, the first European concert — since touring the U.S. with first Ozzfest, then TYPE O NEGATIVE. As previously reported, the official "teaser" fo...

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MONSTER MAGNET: '4-Way Diablo' Lands On Swedish Chart

MONSTER MAGNET's new album, "4-Way Diablo", has entered the Swedish chart at position No. 51. The CD was produced by Matt Hyde and features a cover version of THE ROLLING STONES' "2,000 Light Years from Home". Check out audio samples on the band's MySpace page. MONSTER MAGNET's last studio album, "M...

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4-Way Diablo

The seventh studio album from New Jersey psych-stoner-rockers MONSTER MAGNET begins on a reflective note. The title track kicks off with a lightly strummed chord, while the song itself sounds thoughtful and — for this band — mellow, perhaps indicative of the frame of mind of founder, frontman and so...

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HARDY BOTTLING Lands JIMI HENDRIX Beverage Line

According to the Memphis Business Journal, Hardy Bottling Co., a year-old Memphis beverage manufacturer and distributor, has inked a deal with Los Angeles-based Beverage Concepts to produce and distribute an energy drink named after guitar legend Jimi Hendrix. Hardy Bottling, which took over the for...

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EVERGREY Cancels European Tour With BRAINSTORM

Swedish metallers EVERGREY have pulled out of their previously announced co-headlining European tour with BRAINSTORM which was scheduled to take place in February/March. Commented EVERGREY in a statement: "Unfortunately we must infom you that EVERGREY not is able to do the planned tour with BRAINSTO...

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EVERGREY: Fourth Video Report From Recording Studio Posted Online

Swedish metallers EVERGREY have posted the fourth video studio report from the recording sessions for their new album. Watch the eight-minute clip below. As previously reported, EVERGREY is documenting the recording process for the follow-up to 2006's "Monday Morning Apocalypse" for a forthcoming DV...

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HIM To Utilize DVD Footage To Cut 'Bleed Well' Video

Finnish "love metallers" HIM will be using the live footage filmed during the band's DVD shoot on November 14-15 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles to cut a music video for single "Bleed Well". As previously reported, HIM will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockli...

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TWISTED SISTER: 'Episode II: Silver Bells' Video Coming Soon

According to a posting on TWISTED SISTER's web site, the worldwide debut of the band's sequel to last year's award-winning Christmas video, entitled "Episode II: Silver Bells", will be released in time for Thanksgiving. More information will be made available soon. In other news, guitarist Jay Jay F...

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EVERGREY Frontman Issues Studio Update

Swedish metallers EVERGREY are currently in the studio recording their new album for a tentative early 2008 release. Commented EVERGREY frontman Tom S. Englund: "Another week of pure fuckin' metal mayhem has begun! "Anyway. I finished all the guitar parts I had left for the first eight songs, and it...

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FEAR FACTORY Drummer: DECAPITATED's VITEK 'Was An Incredible Talent'

FEAR FACTORY drummer Raymond Herrera has issued the following statement regarding the passing of DECAPITATED drummer Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka, who died at the age of 23 in a Russian hospital from injuries sustained in a recent road collision: "I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Vitek and th...

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TWISTED SISTER: Second New York City Show Added

TWISTED SISTER has added a second New York City show on December 20 at The Fillmore at Irving Plaza. Tickets go on sale Thursday, November 8 at 10:00 a.m. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Dec. 13 - Hollywood, CA - House of Blues Dec. 20 - New York, NY - The ...