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'Guitar Hero' CEO Comments On KURT COBAIN Controversy

The Pulse of Radio reports: Guitar Hero CEO Dan Rosensweig was asked by NME.com about the controversy surrounding the avatar of NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain included in Guitar Hero 5, which can be made to sing songs by artists like BON JOVI and BUSH. Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, has threatened leg...

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ROSE TATTOO Frontman Joins Fight Against Knife Culture

Jon Pierik of BrisbaneTimes.com.au reports that ROSE TATTOO frontman Angry Anderson, prominent youth worker and a high-profile Catholic priest have joined forces to curb the growing knife culture in Australia. Anderson, Melbourne youth worker Les Twentyman and prominent Melbourne priest Father Bob M...

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PAGAN'S MIND Replaces CIRCLE II CIRCLE On TRITON POWER CRUISE

PAGAN'S MIND has replaced CIRCLE II CIRCLE on the billing of the first-ever progressive/power metal cruise dubbed Triton Power Cruise. The cruise will set sail on the Carnival Imagination on Friday, April 30, 2010 and return to Miami the following Monday (May 3). PAGAN'S MIND will step in with co-he...

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THREAT SIGNAL: 'Vigilance' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Vigilance", the sophomore album from Canadian metallers THREAT SIGNAL, sold around 1,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.) The CD landed at position No. 32 on the Top New...

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DARKOLOGY Signs With ROCKAHOLICS RECORDS

DARKOLOGY, the Texas-based band featuring guitarist Michael Harris (VITALIJ KUPRIJ),drummer Brian Harris (ex-FIREWIND),bassist Mike Neal and vocalist Kelly "Sundown" Carpenter (BEYOND TWILIGHT, OUTWORLD),has signed a deal with Rockaholics Records. The group's debut album, "Altered Reflections", i...

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WHITE WIZZARD Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Los Angeles traditional metal heroes WHITE WIZZARD are putting the finishing touches on the as-yet-untitled full-length follow-up to the "High Speed GTO" mini-album with producer Ralph Patlan (MEGADETH, UFO, MICHAEL SCHENKER). According to WHITE WIZZARD bassist Jon Leon, the new CD will contain "10...

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SUFFOCATION Live Album Due In October

Relapse Records will release SUFFOCATION's only official live record, "The Close Of A Chapter: Live In Quebec City", on October 27 in North America and November 2 internationally. Recorded in 2005 during the band's "Souls To Deny" world tour, the CD — which contains the band's complete, unedited per...

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ECHOES OF ETERNITY: Another New Song Posted Online

Los Angeles female-fronted progressive metallers ECHOES OF ETERNITY are streaming a new song, "Memories Of Blood And Gold", on their MySpace page. Commented guitarist/songwriter Brandon S. Patton: "I saw a [History Channel] documentary on the impact gold has had on humanity over the course of histor...

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D-A-D: 'The Overmuch Box' Details Revealed

On November 16, Danish rockers D-A-D celebrate their 25th anniversary by releasing their complete works in a box, "The Overmuch Box", containing 10 remastered studio albums: * Call Of The Wild (1985) * D.A.D. Draws A Circle (1987) * No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims (1989) * Riskin' It All (1991) * Help...

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ARKAEA: 'Gone Tomorrow' Video Released

"Gone Tomorrow", the new video from ARKAEA — the band featuring FEAR FACTORY members Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) — can be viewed below. The clip was filmed with Dale "Rage" Resteghini (HATEBREED, TRIVIUM, MUDVAYNE) and Dan Dobi (BLEEDING THROUGH, CANNIBAL CORPSE, WARB...

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HALCYON WAY Parts Ways With Singer, Announces Replacement

Atlanta, Georgia-based progressive metal band HALCYON WAY has parted ways with singer Sean Shields due to creative differences. Taking over on vocals for the Nightmare Records recording artist is Steve Braun, known for his work with Italian progressive metallers ASHENT, who have released two records...

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Worship or Die

Granted, it is like rocket science has turned into "One-Man Black Metal for Dummies" when it comes to going it alone on an album these days, but there is still a lot to be said about making a disc sound like a full band recorded it. Such is the case with "Worship or Die" from ...

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ANVIL CHORUS: Video Footage Of 'Terminator' Performance Available

Influential '80s progressive NWOSFHM (New Wave of San Francisco Heavy Metal) band ANVIL CHORUS performed at the resurrection of Terminator, once San Francisco's "rockingest" weekly dance club, on July 17, 2009. Video footage of the performance and interview clips with several musicians who attended...

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MEGADETH Mainman Is 'Pumped' To Play 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update: "Well, we were finally able to let the cat out of the bag and post that we are going to be playing on September 17 on the ['Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'] show in New York. "I am so pumped to do this show, because I ...

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FUTURES END Replaces VOUGAN On TRITON POWER CRUISE

FUTURES END has replaced VOUGAN on the billing of the first-ever progressive/power metal cruise dubbed Triton Power Cruise. The cruise will set sail on the Carnival Imagination on Friday, April 30, 2010 and return to Miami the following Monday (May 3). Triton Power Cruise billing is as follows: CRIM...