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COLDSEED: Debut Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed

COLDSEED, the new band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN/current SAVAGE CIRCUS skinsman Thomen Stauch and SOILWORK singer Björn "Speed" Strid, have been forced to abandon their previously announced plan to mix their debut album with engineer Charly Czajkowsky. According to a posting on the band's web...

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NORTHWEST DEATH FEST 2006: Complete Lineup Announced

Headliners of the third annual Northwest Death Fest 2006 — OBITUARY and SADUS — will be joined by 27 death metal bands on Sunday, May 28, at Fenix Underground in Seattle. California acts DEEDS OF FLESH and SEVERED SAVIOR will co-headline the second stage. The support bands, hailing from Seattle as w...

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STARKWEATHER: New Song Preview Available

Candlelight Records is currently streaming "Machine Rhythm" from STARKWEATHER's forthcoming album, "Croatoan", at the label's official MySpace page. Produced by Pierre Remillard (CRYPTOPSY),"Croatoan" features artwork by renowned artist Paul Romano (MASTODON, EARTH, GODFLESH),and is scheduled for...

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LANFEAR Part Ways With Singer, Announce Replacement

German power metallers LANFEAR have parted ways with frontman Tobias Althammer. Replacing him in the vocal department is Nuno Miguel de Barros Fernandes, who has previously fronted the now-defunct German band ANGUISH. "Nuno was our number one candidate from the beginning and we're absolutely sure th...

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The Ultimate Destroyer

You knew it would only get bloodier after Chicago's LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR (LOTM) hacked and stabbed with murderous metal rage and old school spirit on 2004's "Carnage". On "The Ultimate Destroyer", lyrical themes based on the savage end of Greek Mythology (with poetic license liberally taken) once ag...

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Black on Black: A Tribute to Black Flag

It seems that with every passing year, more and more metal and hardcore bands acknowledge the massive influence of BLACK FLAG. Whether the pure hardcore aggression of "Damaged" or the Rollins-era metal-edged work of "Slip it In" or the pain-purging, often sludge-dragging "My War", the band meant far...

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ANTHRAX, FATES WARNING, THE CULT Members Guest On BRIAN POSEHN's Debut CD

Guitarist Scott Ian (ANTHRAX, S.O.D.),bassist Joey Vera (ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING),drummer John Tempesta (WHITE ZOMBIE, THE CULT, TESTAMENT) and lead guitarist Jonathan Donais (SHADOWS FALL) are among the musicians featured on comedian/actor Brian Posehn's debut stand-up CD, "Live In: Nerd Rag...

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VENOM Confirmed For Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST

British black metal pioneers VENOM have been confirmed for the 2006 edition of the Earthshaker Fest, set to take place July 21-22 in Kreuth. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ANNIHILATOR ARCH ENEMY BRAINSTORM CALIBAN COMMUNIC DEATHSTARS DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER...

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RAGE: 'Speak Of The Dead' Enters German Chart At No. 58

RAGE's new album, entitled "Speak of the Dead", has entered the German national chart at position No. 58. The follow-up to 2003's "Soundchaser" (SPV) was recorded at the VPS studios in Hamm, Germany and is available on Nuclear Blast Records. RAGE shot a video for the track "No Fear" off "Speak of th...

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STRATOVARIUS, EDGUY, RAGE Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

STRATOVARIUS, EDGUY and RAGE have been confirmed for the Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place July 14-15 at Catton Hall, South Derbyshire, U.K. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, July 14: EDGUY METAL CHURCH ATHEIST RAGE NOCTURNAL RITES PYRAMAZE EVILE HEADLESS CROSS PIT...

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Operation: Mindcrime II

Great concept albums, such as THE WHO's "Tommy", PINK FLOYD's "The Wall" and, yes, QUEENSRŸCHE's "Operation: Mindcrime", are great because they're made up of superb songs first and foremost, which are then linked together to tell the story or provide the overall theme. Most of the songs on all of th...

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AUDIOSLAVE Guitarist To Receive Human Rights Award

AUDIOSLAVE/ex-RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello will be honored at the second annual Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Awards on Thursday, April 6 between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C. Tom Morello will be recognized for the support the ou...

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SATYRICON, CALIBAN Confirmed For Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST

SATYRICON and CALIBAN have been confirmed for the 2006 edition of the Earthshaker Fest, set to take place July 21-22 in Kreuth. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ANNIHILATOR ARCH ENEMY BRAINSTORM CALIBAN COMMUNIC DEATHSTARS DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER EDGUY EKTOMO...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist: 'We'll Do Our Best To Satisfy Everybody Next Time Out'

Jesse Capps of RockConfidential.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: RockConfidential.com: There's a lot of JUDAS PRIEST stuff coming out soon, too. There's the "Essential Judas Priest", a two-disc set. When those co...

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HELLOWEEN, CELTIC FROST, DARK FUNERAL, ANNIHILATOR Confirmed For Spain's METALWAY FESTIVAL

HELLOWEEN, CELTIC FROST, DARK FUNERAL, ANNIHILATOR and MINISTRY are among the confirmed bands for the Metalway Festival, set to take place July 28-30 at the campo de fútbol Santa Lucia in Gernika (Bizkaia),Spain. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANNIHILATOR BARON ROJO CELTIC FROST DAR...