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THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT Announces Dutch Tour Dates With GOREFEST

Dutch death metallers THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT have lined up the following Dutch dates with GOREFEST (except where otherwise noted): Oct. 06 - Canix - Lottum, NETH Oct. 12 - Waterfront - Rotterdam, NETH Oct. 14 - Tivoli Oude Gracht - Utrecht, NETH Nov. 11 - Podium Hardenberg - Hardenberg, NETH Dec. 07...

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DEEP PURPLE Guitarist Travelling In Style

DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse has issued the following update: "It's getting close to the end of this leg, our U.S. tour. It's been quite a variety of gigs from amphitheaters to smaller venues. It always feels so comfortable to tour in the U.S. for me, anyway. I'm happy to know in advance that I...

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EVILE Guitarist Slams Illegal Music Downloading

Guitarist Ol Drake of up-and-coming U.K. thrashers EVILE — whose Flemming Rassmusen-produced (METALLICA, MORBID ANGEL) debut album, "Enter the Grave", will be released on August 27 via Earache Records — has posted the following statement regarding illegally distributed copies of the CD, which is cur...

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NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE: New Album Update

Finnish thrash metallers NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE have issued the following update: "OK, there's a lot of stuff happening right now with NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE. We live in the studio.We really do, it's 24/7 (OK, I'll admit we have to take a one-hour break now and then). We are still produced by...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist Discusses The Making Of His New Solo Album

Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess. An excerpt from the chat follows: Classic Rock Revisited: What exactly does the title of [your new solo] record "The Road Home" mean to you? Jordan: "It's a straight-ahead title in the sense that I f...

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ALESTORM Signs With NAPALM RECORDS

Napalm Records has announced the signing of Scotland's ALESTORM. According to a press release, the quartet "plays Scottish 'pirate metal,' by their own definition, and musically resembles the great battle metal bands such as KORPIKLAANI or TURISAS, albeit with a unique touch and Scottish instrumenta...

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IRON STEEL: New Song Featuring DRAGONFORCE, SKID ROW Members Posted Online

IRON STEEL — the new "comedy metal" project featuring Frederic Leclercq from DRAGONFORCE and vocalist/photographer Fran Strine — has announced plans to release two more songs via its MySpace page. The first track, "Pie Eater", features a guitar solo by Herman Li and a "keytar" solo by Vadim Pruzhano...

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IN FLAMES, LACUNA COIL Confirmed For Interational Version of GUITAR HERO III

Activision revealed today an international track list for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. As a testament to the widespread anticipation of the hit franchise and global phenomenon, Activision's newest music sensation will include a diverse assortment of hit songs from across the globe, that include...

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METALLICA: 'Disposable Heroes' Live Clip From Stockholm Available

Fan-filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song "Disposable Heroes" on July 12, 2007 at Stadion in Stockholm, Sweden has been posted on YouTube. Watch the clip below. METALLICA frontman James Hetfield recently told Kerrang! magazine that producer Rick Rubin wants them to make an album as g...

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GLENN HUGHES: South American Tour Dates Announced

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) has scheduled the following South American dates: Oct. 16 - Santiago de Chile, Chile - Teatro Novedades Oct. 17 - Rosario, Argentina - Dixon Oct. 19 - Cordoba, Argentina - Vieja Usina Oct. 20 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - ND ATENEO O...

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CRADLE TO GRAVE Enlists DEVIN TOWNSEND To Mix New Album

CRADLE TO GRAVE, the band featuring ex-AGGRESSION guitarist Denis "Sasquatch" Barthe, has enlisted Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) to mix and master the group's new album, "Texas Medicine", due later in the year via Year of the Sun Records. "We got introduced to...

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'Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II' Due In September

Earache Records' sequel to this year's "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion" is due to be released next month. With a fresh collection of over 100 blistering Earache tracks spread over six CDs, all for the price of one CD, "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II", housed in a sturdy box, gives value for mon...

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GWAR Frontman 'Officially' Confirms Band's Participation In 'Viva La Bands' Tour

GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus has issued the following update: "Humans, it is I, your Master, Oderus, lead singer of the most violent band in metal history, the mighty GWAR, with the latest update on our progress in the destruction of your world! "We are pleased to smugly announce our continuing rava...

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POWER QUEST To Announce New Record Deal 'In The Next Few Weeks'

U.K. melodic power metallers POWER QUEST have issued the following update: "Although it appears to have been very quiet on the news front lately, label negotiations have been taking pride of place on the POWER QUEST agenda. These have now been concluded and we now look forward to making an official...

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The Last Kind Words

Trim the fat, tighten the screws until the metal squeals, and make every note as intense as the scream of a swandiving suicider — DEVILDRIVER have finally delivered their masterwork, forever shutting the door on frontman Dez Fafara's questionable nu-metal roots and hammering home an uncompromising,...