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Out of a Center Which is Neither Dead Nor Alive

This is an At a Loss band, plain and simple: Sonically devastating, musically challenging, and NEUROSIS-like in its brain damaging application. Weighty as a herd of elephants and flying just beneath the radar of the average heavy music fan, "Out of a Center Which is Neither Dead Nor Alive" is the an...

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COLD's Hurricane Memories

Launch Radio Networks reports: Hailing from Jacksonville, Florida, the members of COLD are no strangers to hurricanes. But none of them have ever experienced anything like the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. Bassist Jeremy Marshall, however, told Launch that he once got an inkling of what...

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Reactivated Black Metallers SHINING To Hit The Road, Record New Album

Reactivated Swedish black metallers SHINING have returned! SHINING are now officially allied with the highly repected French record label Osmose Productions, who recently reissued SHINING's first two albums on digipack with bonus tracks. SHINING leader Kvarforth last year announced the death of the...

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SACRIFICIUM Sign With BLACK LOTUS RECORDS

Stuttgart, Germany-based death metallers SACRIFICIUM have inked a deal with Greece's Black Lotus Records. Formed in 1993 as a "thrash metal" outfit, the group switched styles in 1995 and released their first full-length CD, "Cold Black Piece of Flesh", via Whirlwind Records. A follow-up effort, "Esc...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist: 'GIGANTOUR Has Been A Blast'

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Cold and rainy Seattle on a Saturday afternoon and we're playing outside! Well, at least the seats are covered. Gigantour has been a blast. Too short. We're only on five shows on this traveling metal extr...

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NOCTURNAL RITES Bassist Says Shows With NIGHTWISH Were 'Fantastic'

NOCTURNAL RITES bassist Nils Eriksson has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "The shows [in Sweden with NIGHTWISH] were fantastic and it was cool playing for a lot people who probably didn't know us at all. That was the whole point in doing these shows anyway, so I guess i...

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SLOUGH FEG: Vinyl Version Of 'Atavism' Now Available

Forest Moon Special Products have announced their first release: a vinyl version of SLOUGH FEG's "Atavism". The album is limited to 500 copies worldwide and all copies are hand-numbered and are pressed on half clear/half translucent red wax. The first fifty orders will come with a SLOUGH FEG poster....

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NOSTRADAMEUS: 'New Songs Are Stronger Than Ever'

Swedish melodic metallers NOSTRADAMEUS recently posted a brief band interview on their official web site containing information regarding their current activities. The short question-and-session follows in its entirety: Q: It's been a long time since we heard anything from NOSTRADAMEUS. Cold you tel...

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Classic THE ALMIGHTY Lineup To Reunite For Two Shows

Former THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick has made the following announcement: "It was last September; I woke up in Dundalk, Ireland in agony and couldn't see out of my eyes (hung over again I hear you all say!). No, this time I wasn't. I was on my first solo headline tour of Ireland with my ...

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RIOT Singer: Rap Is Not Music

In a recent interview conducted by Rock N Roll Universe, vocalist Mike DiMeo (RIOT, THE LIZARDS) discussed RIOT's upcoming album, THE LIZARDS' recent tour with hard rock legends UFO, the rumors that he'd quit RIOT, as well as the differences between European and American audiences. DiMeo also offere...

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CINDERELLA Frontman Doesn't Rule Out Possibility Of New Studio Album

Wisconsin-Music.com recently conducted an interview with CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Wisconsin-Music.com: You've been doing a lot of tours since CINDERELLA reunited in '98 without any new music. Is there anything planned on the horizon? Tom Keifer: "Wel...

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COLD: New Audio Interview Posted Online

An audio interview with COLD, conducted by KISW 99.9 FM at the Hooky Day concert on August 19 at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington, can be downloaded in MP3 format at this location. COLD released their fourth album, "A Different Kind of Pain", last week. "A Different Kind of Pain" f...

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Requiem

The self-described "blackout grind" on "Requiem" from Seattle's SKARP works on many levels. As a soundtrack to the album's suicide theme, the feeling produced is one of anxiety and hopelessness, though not in a cold, gothic kind of way. Instead, vocalist Renae Louise Betts uses gritty screams and sc...

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SEVEN WITCHES Guitarist To Appear On WDHA's 'Metal Mania' Radio Show

SEVEN WITCHES guitarist Jack Frost will make an appearance on WDHA's "Metal Mania" show with host Matt Murray on September 9. Jack is expected to be joined in the studio by several "surprise" guests, most likely musicians who have worked with Frost on one of his upcoming releases. Jack will be debut...

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SENTENCED: 'Farewell' Gig Sold Out In Less Than An Hour

SENTENCED's "farewell" gig on " on Saturday, October 1, 2005, at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland sold out within an hour after tickets went on sale this past Wednesday (August 31),according to a posting on the group's official web site. As a result, the band have added another how at the same venue o...