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MASTODON: New Audio Snippet Posted Online
A teaser clip of the new MASTODON track "Oblivion" is available for streaming on the band's official web site. The song will appear on MASTODON's new album, "Crack The Skye", which is tentatively due late March. John Doran of The Quietus has posted a track-by-track review of "Crack The Skye". Read i...January 8, 2009
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RHINO BUCKET Needs Your Help In 'Raising Dough' To Finish Album
RHINO BUCKET — the Bon Scott-era AC/DC sound-alike band that recorded two albums for Warner Bros./EMI back in '90 and '92 and an independent album in '94 with former AC/DC drummer Simon Wright — started recording a new CD last April for what was to be a fall release. Well, fall fell and Christmas ca...January 8, 2009
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AC/DC, METALLICA Among Top-Selling Artists Of 2008 In Canada
Nielsen SoundScan Canada, the entertainment industry's data information system that tracks point-of-purchase sales of recorded music product and Nielsen BDS, the music industry's leading music performance monitoring service, have announced their 2008 Canadian year-end sales and airplay monitoring da...January 7, 2009
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GUNS N' ROSES: 'Chinese Democracy' Officially Passes 500,000 Sales Mark In U.S.
GUNS N' ROSES' new album, "Chinese Democracy", sold 21,000 copies in the United States in its sixth week of release to land at position No. 30 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD has shifted 502,000 units since it was released on November 23, 2008 as a Best Buy exclusive after a wait of more ...January 7, 2009
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AC/DC Concert Causes Hotel Crunch
Dave Roepke of In-Forum.com reports that AC/DC's January 17, 2009 concert in Fargo, North Dakota has prompted a run on hotel space. "The supply is slender," said Cole Carley, president of the Fargo-Moorhead Convention and Visitors Bureau. Carley said the CVB tracks hotel-room availability for the bu...January 7, 2009
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WITCH, EARTHLESS To Team Up For North American Tour
WITCH, the band featuring J. Mascis of DINOSAUR JR. on drums alongside members of FEATHERS, and Tee Pee Records labelmates EARTHLESS will team up for a set of tour dates starting in late February. Feb. 20 - Toronto, ONT - The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Feb. 21 - Montreal, QUE - Les Saints Feb. 22 -...January 6, 2009
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MACHINE HEAD, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH Members Reveal Favorite Albums Of 2008
The official Roadrunner Records web site has been updated with top-album picks for 2008 from a number of artists that are signed to the label, including members of MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH, DEVILDRIVER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and TRIVIUM. A few of the selections follow below. The entire list can be found a...January 6, 2009
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AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Discusses HDK Project; Audio Available
On December 30, radio DJ Sheila Doki conducted an interview with AFTER FOREVER co-founder, main songwriter and guitarist Sander Gommans about his HDK (formerly HATE DEATH KILL) project. Listen to the chat in two parts below. HDK will release its debut album, "System Overload", on February 23 in Euro...January 6, 2009
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WARMACHINE Schedules Hometown Concert
Toronto's WARMACHINE has scheduled a hometown concert on January 30 at the DC Music Theatre. WARMACHINE has set "Left For Dead" as the title of its new album, tentatively due in early 2009. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Left For Dead", "We're The Chemical", "Chalklines And Bones", "Lov...January 5, 2009
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Ticket Agent Is Slammed For Huge AC/DC Prices
Sunday Herald reports: Fans of the rock band AC/DC have criticized one of the U.K.'s leading agents for letting fans sell unwanted tickets for their eagerly awaited Hampden Park gig later this year at vastly inflated prices on two of its web sites. Ticketmaster, which runs a multi-million pound fran...January 3, 2009
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GUNS N' ROSES, AC/DC, LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH Classics Among 'Greatest Hard Rock Songs'
This past week, VH1 paid tribute to the ultimate rock gods by counting down the "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs". The five-part compilation, hosted by POISON singer Bret Michaels, featured the most awesome guitar-driven, head-banging jams in rock history — from AC/DC to LED ZEPPELIN and everything in...January 3, 2009
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AC/DC's 'Black Ice' Was Australia's Third-Highest-Selling Album Of 2008
News.com.au reports that AC/DC's "Black Ice" was the third-highest-selling album in Australia in 2008, according to end-of-year charts compiled by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). It was narrowly beaten by the KINGS OF LEON's "Only By the Night" and PINK's "Funhouse". AC/DC also...January 2, 2009
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TESTAMENT Takes Top Honors In 2008 'Metal On Metal' Listener Poll
TESTAMENT's "The Formation Of Damnation" album took the No. 1 spot in WJCU's "Metal On Metal" annual listener Top 25 countdown show. The album beat out second-place finisher, METALLICA's "Death Magnetic", by a 36% margin on the recently broadcast program (see chart below). "The Top 25 countdown show...January 2, 2009
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ROBERT PLANT, FREDDIE MERCURY, AXL ROSE, IAN GILLAN Among 'Greatest Voices in Rock'
According to U.K.'s Daily Mail, LED ZEPPELIN's Robert Plant has topped a poll of the greatest voices in rock organized by digital radio station Planet Rock. QUEEN's Freddie Mercury came second, Paul Rodgers of FREE came next while THE WHO frontman Roger Daltrey came fifth. The only female voice on t...January 2, 2009
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AC/DC Retains Icy Grip On Euro Chart
According to Billboard.biz, Billboard's pan-European sales charts show a sixth aggregate week atop European Top 100 Albums chart for AC/DC's "Black Ice" (Columbia/Sony BMG). The AC/DC album climbs 6-4 in Hungary, 7-5 in Austria and 7-6 in France. "Black Ice" was released in Germany as a limited-edit...January 2, 2009
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