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SOULFLY Guitarist To Headline Two Benefit Shows For Hurricane Katrina Victims

SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo will be headlining 2 benefit shows for Hurricane Katrina victims with his side project, COMMITTEE OF THIRTEEN. The first show will be at Toad's Place in New Haven, CT on Friday, September 23. Also on the bill are 25 TA LIFE and DEAD BY WEDNESDAY, featuring former members...

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CELTIC FROST: New Album To Be Mastered This Week

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "Walking the last few hundred yards towards my home after the final intensive sessions at Oakland Recording couldn't have been more symbolic. Gusts of wind from an approaching storm were bending the tree...

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STREAM OF PASSION: 'Passion' Video Posted Online

STREAM OF PASSION, the new band featuring AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen, have uploaded their video for the track "Passion" at their official web site. The version of the song featured in the clip is a special edit not featured on the band's debut album. It is available in Quicktime and Windows Me...

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SINGLE BULLET THEORY Frontman To BLABBERMOUTH.NET Detractors: 'I Will Never Go Away!'

Vocalist/guitarist Matt Difabio of the Philadelphia-based metallers SINGLE BULLET THEORY has issued the following update on the band's current activities: "I am sitting here drinking way too much Vox and orange juice on the eve of our recording sessions and stressing out that everything will go well...

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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION To Guest On INDIE 103.1 FM

BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION will be the special guests on the Los Angeles radio station Indie 103.1 FM on Wednesday, September 21 beginning at 11:00 p.m. PST. "If you dont live in Los Angeles, you can listen online at www.indie1031.fm," BRIDES guitarist Tracii Guns writes in an online posting. "Also you c...

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STREAM OF PASSION To Tour Europe In January

STREAM OF PASSION, the new band featuring AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen, will hit the road for a European tour starting January 25, 2006. The band will perform songs from their debut album, "Embrace the Storm", as well has songs from the AYREON back catalog. Support at all dates will come from DA...

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Guitarist SEAN BAKER To Be Featured In MIKE VARNEY's 'Spotlight' Column

Instrumental guitarist Sean Baker of THE SEAN BAKER ORCHESTRA, who shared the stage with Joe Stump, "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, TESTAMENT, PAINMUSEUM) and Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS SIBERIAN-ORCHESTRA) at this year's Shredfest in Rochester, New York, will be featured in Shrapnel Records hea...

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UNEARTH Frontman: SLIPKNOT Trek Will Be 'Last Tour For A Long Time'

UNEARTH frontman Trevor Phipps has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Most of the dates are now complete in the tour section of the site, so go check 'em out and come see us this fall. We also have a few smaller club shows with AS I LAY DYING and others ...

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KREATOR's Concert In Malaysia Expected To Be A Sell-Out

According to The Star Online, KREATOR's Sept. 25 performance in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is tipped to be a sell-out event considering long-starved extreme metal fans in Malaysia have not had an international gig of this scale in a long while (think NAPALM DEATH in 2001). Opening the show will be guita...

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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION: 'Runaway Brides' Listening Party Pushed Back

BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION's listening party/press conference for their upcoming sophomore album, "Runaway Brides", has been pushed back to October 1 from the previously announced September 27. The event will take place at the Guitar Center in Hollywood, California beginning at around noon. "Our friends...

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EYEHATEGOD Frontman 'Unaccounted For' Following Hurricane Disaster

Justin of Wicked Crossover conducted an interview with Jimmy Bower (DOWN, SUPERJOINT RITUAL, EYEHATEGOD) Thursday night (September 8). A few excerpts from the chat follow: Wicked Crossover: Ok let's start from the beginning... how seriously were you taking the hurricane warnings? Jim: "Well, if you...

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DISSECTION Cancel Shows In Chile, Venezuela

Reactivated Swedish death metallers DISSECTION have been foced to cancel this weekend's appearances in Chile and Venezuela due to the "failure of promoter Jorge L. Chuna of Metal Aliance to fulfill his contractual commitment, particularly as it relates to covering the cost of plane tickets," accordi...

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GENERAL SURGERY To Enter Studio In December

Legendary Swedish grindcore merchants GENERAL SURGERY have posted the following message on their official web site: "The calm before the storm of gore is upon us, to use a trve metal phrase. Or something equally daft along those lines. "We've now booked studio time for December for our upcoming full...

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DISSECTION To Finish Recording New Album This Month

According to a posting on their official web site, reactivated Swedish death metallers DISSECTION are expecting to complete the recordings for their as-yet-untitled new album by the end of September. DISSECTION entered the studio on February 2 to begin recording their long-awaited third album, the g...

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Destroyers from the Western Skies

Right or wrong, there was a time when those with using "black metal" and "elite" in the same sentence were referring to bands of a Scandinavian heritage, while those same folks snickered at the idea of a legitimate U.S. black metal world presence. Regardless of the questionable validity of the origi...