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NIKKI SIXX-Approved Rockers CHARM CITY DEVILS Set To Release Debut
CHARM CITY DEVILS (formerly known as FORTY ACRES and CHOSEN SON),the Baltimore, Maryland-based rock band fronted by John Allen, is set to release its debut album, "Let's Rock 'n' Roll", later this year via Eleven Seven Music, helmed by label president Nikki Sixx (MÖTLEY CRÜE co-founder/bassist). "W...January 14, 2009
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AC/DC Earns $82 Million, METALLICA Makes $56.4 Million From Ticket, Album Sales
AC/DC is the only hard rock band to make the Los Angeles Times' 2008 "Ultimate Top 10," the newspaper's annual survey combining sales of concert tickets, albums and digital downloads to measure which acts were most popular with the broadest swath of music lovers. METALLICA came in at No. 14, an impr...January 13, 2009
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MASTODON: Free 'Crack The Skye' T-Shirt Offer
Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON are hooking up their hardcore fans with a *free* "Crack The Skye" t-shirt ahead of their new album's release. The limited t-shirt is available only from www.mastodontshirtoffer.com using a special code. The first 50 BLABBERMOUTH.NET users who enter the code "bl...January 13, 2009
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TWISTED SISTER: New Songtitle Revealed
Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Asylum: Were there any other TWISTED SISTER shows professionally recorded that you wanted to release instead of the one at the Astoria, or was the Astoria...January 13, 2009
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THE ANSWER To Play Only U.S. Club Show In New York City
THE ANSWER, four lads hailing from Downpatrick in Northern Ireland, have been busy fulfilling their duties as the opening act for the North American leg of AC/DC's Black Ice world tour. The band finishes the American Leg of Black Ice in Nashville, Tennessee on January 31 and heads to New York to pla...January 13, 2009
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Into the Labyrinth
Maybe it's just that those that were around during the NWOBHM explosion just like to bitch about "kids these days" or maybe it is in fact a crime that SAXON still doesn't get the accolades it deserves. Then again, we're talking primarily about stateside fickle fans that too often overlook the merits...January 12, 2009
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DARKEST HOUR: New Shows Announced
Washington, D.C.'s DARKEST HOUR will take a short break from writing and recording pre-production demos for its next album to play the following dates: Jan. 20 - Washington, DC - The Black Cat ("Demand In DC") Jan. 30 - Harrisonburg, VA - Rockingham County Fairgrounds (w/ AS I LAY DYING) Jan. 31 - R...January 11, 2009
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AC/DC Fans Rally In Bid To Bring Band To Peoria; Video Available
Stephanie Gomes of the Journal Star reports that more than a hundred Peoria, Illinois residents rallied Saturday (January 10) afternoon outside the Civic Center theater to get AC/DC to play in their hometown. Peoria radio station WIXO-FM organized the rally in hopes of catching the attention of the...January 11, 2009
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WARGASM Member Announces Charity Single
WARGASM frontman Bob Mayo's ROBOT MONSTER ARMY project has released the first single from its forthcoming debut album, "Robot Monster Army". All proceeds generated from the single, entitled "She's the Future", will benefit Rawkstars, a non-profit organization that provides musical instruments and in...January 10, 2009
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ANVIL CHORUS: Still 'In Mixing Mode'
After three successful San Francisco reunion shows, influential '80s progressive NWOSFHM (New Wave of San Francisco Heavy Metal) band ANVIL CHORUS is mixing 12 songs for a tentative early 2009 release. The tracks are all re-recorded, new versions of the popular cassette demo songs that have been wid...January 9, 2009
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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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