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PICTURES OF PAIN Signs With PITCH BLACK RECORDS
Pitch Black Records has announced the signing Norwegian melodic metallers PICTURES OF PAIN. The group's debut album, "The Reckoning", will be released on November 26. The CD was mastered by KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque at his Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden. PICTURES OF PAIN is a mel...October 3, 2010
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FIREWIND Announces One-Off U.K. Show
Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND, who feature in their ranks current OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G., have announced a one-off show in the U.K. on January 7, 2011 at the Relentless Garage in London. Twenty VIP tickets for this very special show, each one costing just £45, will entitle the lucky ticke...October 1, 2010
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VOLBEAT Frontman: 'METALLICA Take Good Care Of Their Support Bands'
Cygnus of Sonic Shocks recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Michael Poulsen of Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sonic Shocks: What do you feel about the very good reception that the [new VOLBEAT] album ["Beyond Hell/Above Heav...October 1, 2010
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SONIC SYNDICATE: 'Turn It Up' Video Released
"Turn It Up", the new video from Swedish/British modern metallers SONIC SYNDICATE, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's new album, "We Rule The Night", which was released in Europe on August 27 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Bohus Sound studios in Kungälv, Sweden wit...October 1, 2010
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TO/DIE/FOR To Enter Studio Next Week
Finnish gothic metallers TO/DIE/FOR have parted ways with drummer Tonmi Lillman. According to vocalist Jape Perätalo, "Tonmi is very great drummer and recorder and musician, but he is having so much other things to do also. TO/DIE/FOR is a thing I wanna do with all of heart and that's why I decided...September 30, 2010
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VINCE NEIL: Video Footage From Los Angeles, Philadelphia Book-Signing Sessions
MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil signed copies of his 320-page hardcover autobiography, "Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back with One of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen", on Saturday, September 25 at Borders Books and Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and on Tuesday, September 28 at Barnes &...September 30, 2010
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AMORPHIS Begins Recording New Album
Finnish metallers AMORPHIS have entered Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki to begin recording their tenth studio album, to be released in early 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records. A short video clip from some of the early studio sessions can be viewed at this location (MP4 file). On September 17, AMORPHIS c...September 29, 2010
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ALL ENDS: New Single Available On iTunes
Swedish hard rock band ALL ENDS will release its sophomore album, "A Road To Depression", on October 15 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD marks the recording debut of the group's new singer, Jonna Sailon, who replaced Emma Gelotte (sister of IN FLAMES guitarist Björn Gelotte) in March 2009. "A Road...September 29, 2010
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FALCONER: New Album Title Announced
Guitarist Stefan Weinerhall of the Swedish metal band FALCONER has issued the following update: "Recording time is coming up. Most songs [for the next FALCONER album] are written and rehearsed soon as the studio time is drawing nearer, starting to feel a bit stressed!! The album will be mixed in the...September 28, 2010
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VINCE NEIL: Philadelphia Footage Available
Fan-filmed video footage of MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil's September 25, 2010 performance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania can be viewed below. Neil's 320-page hardcover autobiography, "Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back with One of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen", was released on September 23...September 28, 2010
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VINCE NEIL Discusses Autobiography On NBC's 'Today' Show (Video)
MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil was interviewed on this past Friday's (September 24) edition of NBC's "Today" show. You can watch video footage of his appearance below. Neil's 320-page hardcover autobiography, "Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back with One of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen", was...September 27, 2010
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FORBIDDEN: New Song Available For Streaming
"Forsaken At The Gates" a brand new song from reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN, is available for streaming at the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's new album, "Omega Wave", which will be released in Europe on October 22 and in North America on October 26 via...September 27, 2010
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THE OCEAN: 'Anthropocentric' Artwork Unveiled
THE OCEAN has completed work on its new album, "Anthropocentric", at Studio Mecanique in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, the same facility where the band's previous effort, "Heliocentric", was recorded and mixed. The new CD was mastered on August 25 by Svante Forsbäck in Helsinki. Musically, "Anthro...September 27, 2010
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Set in Stone
In these days of mix-and-match metal preceded with words like "post" or followed far too often with 'core, when an album is released that is difficult to describe as being anything but metal, albeit of the extreme sort, it is almost as though something new has been invented. It hasn't, which is exac...September 27, 2010
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Last Station on the Road to Death
As we've discussed in past reviews, the French have a way of twisting and crumpling conventional modes of black metal into something that is often more poisonous and almost always a tad askew. But once in a while along comes a French black metal album that remains firmly attached to traditional genr...September 27, 2010
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