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THRESHOLD Confirms Album Cover Artist

U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD have confirmed that their new CD artwork will be created by Thomas Ewerhard, whose credits include KING'S X, VANDEN PLAS and ASIA. Thomas Ewerhard has been responsible for THRESHOLD's artwork since 1998, including the iconic "Hypothetical" and "Subsurface" covers...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY: Studio Update

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have issued the following update: "Just a quick update on the studio progress. We're now roughly three weeks into the recording of our 8th (or is it 9th? Depends on how you count...) full-length offering, and everything has more or less proceeded acc...

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'The Family Values Tour 2006' CD/DVD Track Listing Revealed

On December 26, hard rock fans can get another taste of one of the hard music world's most successful tours when "The Family Values Tour 2006" CD and separate DVD are released on Firm Music. The CD and DVD will feature live tracks from KORN and DEFTONES, as well as select cuts from all the ...

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DEEP PURPLE: Photos From St. Petersburg, Russia Posted Online

Russia's Darkside e-zine has uploaded a number of high-quality photos of DEEP PURPLE performing in St. Petersburg, Russia last Friday (Oct. 20). Check them out at this location. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Pictures Of Home 02. Things I Never Said 03. Into The Fire 04. Strange Kind Of Wom...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Gets Love From AXL ROSE

AOL Music reports that wherever GUNS N' ROSES have played thus far in 2006, former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has likely been there, either opening for GN'R or joining Axl Rose onstage for the duet "My Michelle". For Bach, it's a return engagement: SKID ROW opened for GN'R on their "Use Your ....

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SLAYER: 'Eyes Of The Insane' Single Due In November

SLAYER will be issuing an "Eyes of the Insane" two-part CD single and seven-inch vinyl in Europe on November 20 via Warner. The complete details are as follows: CD Single Part One: 01. Eyes of the Insane (album version) 02. Eyes of the Insane (live version) CD Single Part Two (Enhanced CD): 01. Eyes...

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DISILLUSION, NEAERA Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

DISILLUSION and NEAERA have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORPSE COMMUNIC DI...

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RUFFIANS: 'Desert Of Tears' U.S. Release Date Announced

OSM Records has announced that it will release RUFFIANS's brand new studio album, titled "Desert of Tears", on December 6, 2006. This 11-track album is said to be "pure classic power metal at its finest" and as a bonus it will include the video track "Do or Die". "Desert of Tears" is currently recei...

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Triumph or Agony

If you were among those disappointed by BLIND GUARDIAN's streamlining of their sound this year, your luxury liner has come in. RHAPSODY OF FIRE have, if anything, gone even further off the deep end into operatic, cinematic, utterly bombastic and gaudy symphonic metal. Choirs swell, drums thunder, st...

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SUFFOCATION: Tour Bus Woes Lead To Concert Cancellations

SUFFOCATION drummer Mike Smith has sent the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "SUFFOCATION's seven-week tour with FEAR FACTORY, HYPOCRISY and DECAPITATED, set to start on the 22nd of October, has been jeopardized due to fraudulent bus companies. "The story goes like this in this exact order o...

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BLIND MELON Guitarist Discusses Decision To Reform With New Singer

Greg Prato of Billboard.com reports that it's been exactly 11 years since the death of singer Shannon Hoon effectively put an end to BLIND MELON. But now, the group's surviving members — guitarists Christopher Thorn and Rogers Stevens, bassist Brad Smith and drummer Glen Graham — are back together a...

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SLAYER Kicks Off European 'Unholy Alliance' Tour: Photos, Setlist Available

The European leg of SLAYER's "Unholy Alliance Tour: Preaching to the Perverted" kicked off last night (Friday, October 20) in Den Bosch, Holland. The core lineup of the European "Unholy Alliance Tour" consists of SLAYER, IN FLAMES, CHILDREN OF BODOM, LAMB OF GOD, and THINE EYES BLEED, and is schedul...

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Ex-OLYMPIC RECORDINGS Founder Starts New Company

Former Olympic Recordings (GORGUTS, VITAL REMAINS, BEHEMOTH, IMMOLATION) owner/founder Martti Payne has started a new company called Index Entertainment. Based in Austin, Texas, Index will be a multifaceted company with dealings in record, DVD and broadcast entertainment. Joining Payne is longtime a...

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BLIND MELON Reforms With New Singer

ChartAttack.com reports that BLIND MELON has reformed with a new singer — eleven years after frontman Shannon Hoon's drug overdose death. Glen Graham (drums),Christopher Thorn (guitar),Brad Smith (bass) and Rogers Stevens (guitar) have added former RAIN FUR RENT frontman Travis Warren as their new...

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LETZTE INSTANZ Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

LETZTE INSTANZ, a German rock band particularly noted for its use of the violin and cello, has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMORPHIS...