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ATREYU Collaborates With Members Of BLESSTHEFALL, CHIODOS, ARCHITECTS On 'Covers' EP

Before Orange County, California-based modern rock band ATREYU launches its "Congregation Of The Damned" tour October 20 in Anaheim, California, the group will release a free five-song digital EP titled "Covers Of The Damned" on October 12 via www.guvera.com (U.S. only). MonsterEnergy.com will offer...

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Remembering METALLICA's CLIFF BURTON: Italian-Language Documentary Posted Online

An Italian-language documentary on late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton — who died on September 27, 1986 at the age of 24 in a coach crash near Ljungby, Sweden — can be viewed in two parts below. According to Overkill.pl, the film was produced by the Italian METALLICA chapter ZonaMetallica and was sh...

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POWERGLOVE: New Song Available For Streaming

The song "Transformers" from video game metal masters POWERGLOVE is available for streaming in the YouTube clip below. The track comes off the band's new album, "Saturday Morning Apocalypse", which is being released to day (Tuesday, September 28) via eOne Music. "'Saturday Morning Apocalypse' came o...

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RON JARZOMBEK Issues Update On WATCHTOWER, BLOTTED SCIENCE And Upcoming DVDs

Acclaimed San Antonio, Texas-based guitarist/composer Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, BLOTTED SCIENCE, SPASTIC INK) has issued the following update: "Basically, what's going on is I have quite a few things in the works right now, but haven't completed much of anything since the BLOTTED SCIENCE 'The Machi...

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FATES WARNING Drummer's Recording Projects Detailed

FATES WARNING drummer Mark Zonder has issued the following update: "After finishing the eight reunion shows, twenty flights and thirty thousand miles for FATES WARNING that included shows in California, Texas, Connecticut, couple shows in Greece, Bang Your Head!!! festival in Germany and Sweden Rock...

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RUSH: Performance Footage Of 'YYZ' From '2112 & Moving Pictures' DVD/Blu-Ray Available

It's been a banner year for the award-winning "Classic Albums" series. The most recent editions explore ground-breaking releases by TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS and BLACK SABBATH. The latest edition tackles not one, but TWO epic albums from progressive rock powerhouse RUSH. "Rush: 2112 & Movi...

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SICKENING HORROR Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Greek extreme metallers SICKENING HORROR have issued the following update: "Once more there's a change in the drum department in the SICKENING HORROR camp. "We decided to part ways with Alex Zachos for musical reasons but this time we got the best possible replacement. "Sometimes the answer is right...

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Beyond the Lighted Stage

If asked "what artist is ranked third in consecutive gold or platinum albums after THE BEATLES and THE ROLLING STONES" how would you answer? Pretty obvious given the title of this review that it is RUSH, but the vast majority of people would not think to guess the legendary Canadian trio. That in la...

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Misled by Certainty

Setting the kind of standard of excellence that CEPHALIC CARNAGE reached virtually from the beginning of its career can be a tricky proposition. Any slight detour, any album that climbs a lesser known, yet comparatively steep hill, leaves a band open to nostalgia junkie bitterness and critical snobb...

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STEVEN ADLER On GUNS N' ROSES: 'We Didn't Finish What We Started'

A Geek Girl of Technorati recently conducted an interview with original GUNS N' ROSES and current ADLER'S APPETITE drummer Steven Adler about his tell-all autobiography, "My Appetite For Destruction: Sex, And Drugs, And Guns N' Roses". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. A Geek Girl: St...

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New QUIET RIOT Singer: 'I Know It's Going To Be An Uphill Deal With The Fans'

The Dalles Chronicle recently conducted an interview with Mark Huff, the San Diego, California-based vocalist who has signed on as lead singer for QUIET RIOT, succeeding Kevin DuBrow, who died in 2007. "The first thing that strikes me, is that I know it's going to be an uphill deal with the fans," H...

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METALLICA's Version Of 'You Really Got Me' With RAY DAVIES To Appear On 'See My Friends'

METALLICA's official web site has been updated with the following message: "About a year ago, we had the honor of playing with Ray Davies [THE KINKS] at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 25th-anniversary concert in New York . . . it was the first time we had ever met Ray and was definitely ...

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RODRIGO Y GABRIELA Is 'So Proud' To Be Part Of New DEATH ANGEL Album

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA — the dynamic Mexican duo which became an international world-music phenomenon with its self-titled album of aggressive acoustic guitars and irresistible Latin rhythms — makes a guest appearance on the track "Claws In So Deep" from the new DEATH ANGEL album, "Relentless Retributio...

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TKO Booking Agency Founder Succumbs To Cancer

The Kirby Organization (TKO) has announced the passing of their founder and chairman, Dave Kirby, who succumbed Saturday to a prolonged battle with prostate cancer. Dave was diagnosed in 2009, and upon receiving the news that his condition was inoperable and terminal, elected to take a backseat in t...

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EVILE Guitarist, METAL HAMMER Editor To Bungee Jump For Charity

In March 2010, guitarist Ol Drake of British thrashers EVILE issued the following statement upon learning his band had been nominated for a Metal Hammer Golden Gods award: "If we win, I promise we will do a bungee jump, dressed as cowboys. I'm writing that without checking if anyone else will do it,...