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ATREYU: 'Congregation Of The Damned' Track Listing Revealed

Following a critically and commercially successful album is no small feat for any band. For ATREYU, whose fourth full-length, "Lead Sails Paper Anchor", sold over 315,000 copies, the task was even more daunting. That album marked a substantial shift for the group, expressing an explosively commercia...

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VAN HALEN Back In The Jam Room

VAN HALEN guitar legend Eddie Van Halen has posted the following message on his Twitter page: "Wolfie [Eddie's son and VAN HALEN bassist Wolfgang Van Halen], Alex [Van Halen; drums) and I rehearsed today and had a blast. We played a bunch of songs that we didn't play on the last tour, like 'Drop Dea...

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Former TIGERTAILZ Frontman To Play One-Off Swedish Halloween Show

Former TIGERTAILZ frontman Steevi Jaimz will play a one-off Halloween special show at Club Dirty Harry in Växjö, Sweden on Friday, October 30. Jaimz's backing band for the occasion will consist of Mick Priestley (lead guitar),Rob Wylde (rhythm guitar),Shell (bass) and Alex Martin (drums). Steevi J...

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ADLER'S APPETITE: Quality Footage From Universal CityWalk Posted Online

Quality multi-camera video footage of ADLER'S APPETITE — the band led by original GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler — performing the GN'R classic "Welcome To The Jungle" on August 28, 2009 at Universal CityWalk in Universal City, California can be viewed below. ADLER'S APPETITE played its first sho...

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Former HELLOWEEN Singer To Guest On AVANTASIA Album

Former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske will guest on the forthcoming album from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Kiske has appeared on every AVANTASIA album so far, including the first two full-length releases, "The Metal Opera" (2001) and "The Metal Opera Pt. II" (2002). Commented...

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STARKWEATHER Signs With DEATHWISH INC.

Philadelphia's STARKWEATHER has inked a deal with Deathwish Inc., the label founded by CONVERGE vocalist Jacob Bannon. Commented STARKWEATHER: "It's been a long four years since our last release. In that time we've been to Europe, played some spectacular and not-so-spectacular shows in the States, a...

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MR. DEATH: 'Detached From Life' Release Date Announced

MR. DEATH — the Stockholm, Sweden-based "straightforward, brutal, old-school death metal" band featuring Stefan Lagergren (TREBLINKA, EXPULSION, VOLDET) on guitar, Alex Stjärnfeldt (OCEANLIFT, EDWARD, DCLXVI) on guitar, Jonas Ohlsson (VOID, MASSIVE) on drums, Jörgen "Juck" Thullberg (TREBLINKA, TIAM...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman Talks Covers Album

U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine recently conducted an interview with CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Terrorizer: OK, so Spinefarm have just collected all the covers you've ever recorded for a kinda "best-of" collection, including songs by...

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ALICE IN CHAINS To Perform On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

Legendary rock band ALICE IN CHAINS will celebrate the release of its highly anticipated new album, "Black Gives Way To Blue", with an outdoor mini-concert on ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Tuesday, September 29 (which will actually air the morning of Wednesday, September 30). If you pre-order ALI...

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SINISTER: 'Prophecies Denied' Live CD Due In September

Dutch death metallers SINISTER will have the audio version of their August 24, 2006 concert at the Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland released on CD on September 21 in Europe (via Metal Mind Productions) and December 1 in the USA (through MVD). The digipack edition is limited to 1,000 copies. Entitled "...

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MAGNUM Frontman To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album

MAGNUM vocalist Bob Catley will guest on the forthcoming album from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Catley toured with AVANTASIA in 2008 when he was part of the live ensemble that travelled around the globe. The vocal session took place at the Viper Room Recording Studio in England...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Performs 'Secret' Acoustic Gig In Seattle

Travis Hay of Ear Candy reports that ALICE IN CHAINS treated Seattle fans to a special invite-only acoustic performance last night (Wednesday, August 26) at Experience Music Project followed by the debut of their new record, "Black Gives Way To Blue", accompanied by a laser show. About 450 invited f...

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RODRIGO Y GABRIELA's DIMEBAG Tribute Featuring ALEX SKOLNICK Available For Free Download

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA — the dynamic Mexican duo who became international world-music superstars with their self-titled album of aggressive acoustic guitars and irresistible Latin rhythms — will release its new studio CD, entitled "11:11", on September 8 through ATO Records. The album was recorded in Ix...

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ALICE IN CHAINS To Guest On 'Rockline'

ALICE IN CHAINS will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn on Monday, October 19 at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET. Fans are encouraged to speak with ALICE IN CHAINS by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For more information, visit RocklineRadio.com. In other news,...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: Footage From California's EPICENTER Available

Video footage of ALICE IN CHAINS' performance at the Epicenter festival on Saturday, August 22 at the Fairplex in Pomona, California can be viewed below (courtesy of "Bad2b2"). If you pre-order ALICE IN CHAINS' new album, "Black Gives Way To Blue", via iTunes, you will receive two exclusive bonus tr...