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PEARL JAM Frontman Sued For Changing Lyrics

The Pulse of Radio reports that PEARL JAM frontman Eddie Vedder has been sued by a Canadian singer/songwriter for changing the lyrics to a song that he wrote. According to the New York Post, Vedder cut a version of Gordon Peterson's tune "Hard Sun" for inclusion on the soundtrack of the 2007 Sean Pe...

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THE ETERNAL: New Album Update

Melbourne, Australia's dark rockers THE ETERNAL entered 301 Studios in Byron Bay on December 4 with acclaimed producer and multi-platinum recording artist Jeff Martin (THE ARMADA, THE TEA PARTY) to begin recording their fourth full-length album, "Under A New Sun", tentatively due in early 2010. Song...

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Former AFTER FOREVER Singer Performs With RED LIMO STRING QUARTET; Video Available

Former AFTER FOREVER singer Floor Jansen performed with the RED LIMO STRING QUARTET on December 27, 2009 at P60 in Amstelveen, Holland. The group plays reworked versions of AFTER FOREVER songs specially arranged for a string quartet by former AFTER FOREVER keyboardist Joost van de Broek. Watch fan-f...

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Poland's TRAUMA To Release New Album In February

Polish metallers TRAUMA have completed work on their sixth studio album, "Archetype Of Chaos", for a February 2010 release via Witching Hour Productions. TRAUMA completed the recordings for the new CD in November while the band was in negotiations with several labels for a new record deal. Finally,...

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The Killing Sun

Rising from the same fertile northern California scene of the early 1980's that spawned everyone from METALLICA to Y&T to the embryonic, pre-Pacific Northwest METAL CHURCH, ANVIL CHORUS packed a lot of livin' into a short life. Though they never signed to a label and called it quits in 1985, the...

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The Close of a Chapter: Live in Quebec City

SUFFOCATION represents death metal's mighty roar; everything from Frank Mullen's patented microphone-eating growl to the thick/dry/palm-muted riffs, to the impossibly heavy rhythm section all scream "brutal death!" While clearly evident on the studio recordings, even with a history of uneven product...

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Drakonian Paradigm

It sure is looking like WEAPON's "Drakonian Paradigm" will end up my favorite black metal album of 2009, or at least sharing the honor with MARDUK's "Wormwood". But the funny thing is that what makes "Drakonian Paradigm" such an intriguing and wholly entertaining album is the fact that it does not r...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Talks About New DEAN Signature Guitar; Video Available

Video footage of MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine talking about his new Dean signature guitar model, the Zero, can be viewed below. In a recent interview with the I Heart Guitar blog, Mustaine stated about his new guitar, "At the NAMM show that's coming up at the beginning of next year they're going t...

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TIAMAT, EVILE, ORPHANED LAND, KATAKLYSM Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

TIAMAT, EVILE, NIGHTMARE, TYR, DIE KASSIERER, ORPHANED LAND, KATAKLYSM and ATROCITY have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. According to the festival organizers, TIAMAT will mark its 20th anniversary by playi...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: Video Interview With BILLY CORGAN Available

SMASHING PUMPKINS mainman Billy Corgan's recent interview with Spinner.com in which he admitted that breaking the band up in 2000 was a "mistake" can be viewed in two parts below. THE SMASHING PUMPKINS recently released "A Song For A Son" online for free as the first offering from their upcoming alb...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 19-21, 2010 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 AHAB ANATHEMA ASPHYX BARREN EARTH BEHEMOTH CALLISTO CANNIBAL CORPSE CHI...

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GWAR, PANTHEON I Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

GWAR and PANTHEON I have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 19-21, 2010 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 AHAB ANATHEMA ASPHYX BARREN EARTH BEHEMOTH CALLISTO CANNIBAL CORPSE CUMULO NIMBUS DARK...

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ULVER: European Tour Dates Announced

Progressive Norwegian rock/metal band ULVER has scheduled the following dates: Feb. 01 - Parkteatret - Oslo, NOR Feb. 03 - Brew House - Gothenburg, SWE Feb. 04 - Kulturbolaget - Malmö, SWE Feb. 05 - Pumpehuset - Copenhagen, DEN Feb. 06 - Voxhall - Århus, DEN Feb. 08 - Volksbühne - Berlin, GER Feb. 1...

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LACUNA COIL, U.D.O., EPICA, MASTERPLAN Members Perform At 'Christmas Metal Symphony'

LACUNA COIL, U.D.O., EPICA, MASTERPLAN and SABATON members participated in the second "Christmas Metal Symphony" show, which was held this past Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 013, Tilburg, Holland. As was the case with last year's event, the singers were backed by a six-piece band and a 30-piece class...

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ROSE TATTOO Guitarist MICK COCKS Loses Battle With Cancer

According to the Herald Sun, ROSE TATTOO guitarist Mick Cocks lost his battle with liver cancer earlier today (Tuesday, December 22). He had been battling the disease since April this year. Some of Australia's best-loved rockers — including ROSE TATTOO, JIMMY BARNES, YOU AM I, IAN MOSS and THE SCREA...