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METALLICA, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, MOTÖRHEAD Confirmed For ROCK AM RING/ROCK IM PARK Festival

METALLICA, MOTÖRHEAD, NIGHTWISH and RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE are among the confirmed bands for this year's Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals, set to take place June 6-7 in the German towns of Nürburgring and Nürnberg, respectively. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabet...

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Distractive Killusions

"Distractive Killusions" is the sound of a band at the top of its game. Featuring drummer Daray (VADER) and vocalist/guitarist Orion (BEHEMOTH),Poland's VESANIA found a groove on 2005's "God the Lux", a symphonic black metal album that is heavy on the atmosphere, but "Distractive Killusions" sees t...

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KING'S X Frontman Releases iTunes-Exclusive EP Featuring Non-Album Cut

KING'S X frontman Doug "Dug" Pinnick has released an iTunes-exclusive EP, entitled "Angel". The three-song release includes two tracks from Pinnick's new solo album, "Strum Sum Up", plus the cut "Blind", which isn't available anywhere else. The track listing is as follows: 01. Angel 02. Life is What...

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MELIAH RAGE Splits With Vocalist PAUL SOUZA

Veteran Massachusetts metallers MELIAH RAGE have parted ways with vocalist Paul Souza. The band will immediately begin the search for a replacement while continuing to work on its next release. "Back in 2003 when we decided to start making new music again after six years off, Paul was the first pers...

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ATARGATIS: New Song Featuring CREMATORY's HECHLER Posted Online

German dark/symphonic gothic metal band ATARGATIS has posted its new song called "Riven" on the group's MySpace page. The track, which comes off the band's latest CD, "Nova", features a guest appearance by Matthias Hechler (Matze) from the German gothic metal heroes CREMATORY. Released on November 1...

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IN BATTLE Announces New Session Drummer

Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE have issued the following update: "IN BATTLE announce new session drummer Tony Westermark, known from Sundsvall technical death metal band SOREPTION. "We are proud to announce that we have found this young and extreme talent drummer for our upcomming...

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DARK EMPIRE: New Album Pushed Back To Early 2008

Guitarist Matt Moliti of the New Jersey-based thrash/prog/metal act DARK EMPIRE has issued the following update: "Since we had to delay the [release of the band's second album, 'Humanity Dethroned'], we decided to add another two tracks from [the CD] to our MySpace for everyone to listen to! These t...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

QUEENSRŸCHE have been confirmed as one of the headlining acts for next year's instalment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place on June 27-28, 2008 in Balingen, Germany. The band will deliver a very special three-hour performance with the full "Operation: Mindcrime" sets along with a h...

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RAMMSTEIN Guitarist Discusses EMIGRATE Project

RAMMSTEIN guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe recently spoke to MTV.com about the self-titled debut album from his EMIGRATE project, which will receive a North American release on January 28. According to Kruspe, the songs on the disc are neither haunting nor ethereal. They're filled with feelings of loneli...

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ICED EARTH Drummer Issues Final 'Road Rage' Report

ICED EARTH drummer Brent Smedley has posted the final entry in the "Road Rage Reports" section of the band's official web site. An excerpt follows: "Sometimes at the end of the tour people can get touritis...which is a condition where you begin to get a little loopy, crazy, silly or whatever. Tim [T...

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NEVER ENOUGH: Entire Debut Album Available For Streaming

The self-titled debut album from NEVER ENOUGH (a.k.a. N3V3R 3N0U6H) — the band featuring EIGHTEEN VISIONS guitarist Keith Barney (ex-THROWDOWN) drummer Trevor Friedrich, and ex-LYLAH frontman Norman Matthew — is available for streaming in its entirety at Altsounds.com. Due on December 4 through Corp...

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RAGE: 'Carved In Stone' Release Date Announced

German power metallers RAGE will release their new album, "Carved in Stone", in Europe on February 22, 2008 via Nuclear Blast Records. RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski previously stated about the upcoming LP, "From the beginning we decided to compose the songs for this CD more straight, concentrating o...

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TESTAMENT Confirmed For Serbia's LEGACY FESTIVAL

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT have been confirmed for the Legacy Festival, set to take place May 30-31, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: May 30, 2008: DESTRUCTION VADER OBITUARY DARK FUNERAL THRESHOLD May 31, 2008: JORN LANDE BELPHEGOR...

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BENEDICTUM: 'Seasons Of Tragedy' Pushed Back Two Weeks

San Diego, California-based metallers BENEDICTUM have pushed back the European release date of their sophomore album, "Seasons of Tragedy", to January 25 from the previously announced January 11 (via Locomotive Records). Due on March 4 in the U.S., the follow-up to 2006's "Uncreation" will contain 1...

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KING'S X Frontman To Discuss 'Life In The Music Business" At Illinois' Wheaton College

KING'S X frontman Doug "Dug" Pinnick will take part in a clinic tonight (Wednesday, November 28) at Wheaton College (501 E. College Ave.) in Wheaton, Illinois as part of the "Mastadon Media Series." The event will take place between 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and will feature Doug talking about "life i...