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Canada's CAVEAT To Release 'Red' Next Week

Western Canada's progressive metallers CAVEAT will release their new album, "Red", on June 1 via Cyclone Records. The seven-song opus is CAVEAT's "third and most elaborate album to date, showcasing their steady writing and musical growth over 2006 which has resulted in a much more focused collection...

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SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM: 'Helpless Corpses Enactment' Video Posted Online

San Francisco act SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM has posted the video for its song "Helpless Corpses Enactment" online at YouTube. The track comes off the group's forthcoming album, "In Glorious Times", due on May 29 via The End Records. The clip was helmed by acclaimed New York director Adam Feinstein (...

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BAY AREA ROCK FEST Organizers Issue Post-Show Wrap-Up

The organizers of the inaugural Bay Area Rock Fest, a two-day progressive rock and metal festival — which took place May 4-5 at The Independent in San Francisco — have issued the following update: "Over 300 people attended the inaugural progressive rock and metal festival at the Independent in San F...

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THE ACACIA STRAIN Prepares For MONSTERS OF MAYHEM 2 Tour

Massachusetts' THE ACACIA STRAIN is currently gearing up for a busy summer, including a slot on this year's Sounds of the Underground tour and an impending jaunt as a part of HATEBREED's Monsters of Mayhem 2 Tour. "We couldn't be more excited about this tour," frontman Vincent Bennett says. "The dud...

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GEORGE LYNCH To Hold Two-Day Guitar Seminar In Los Angeles

Whether you're a beginning player or have already achieved shredder status as a guitarist, George Lynch knows that you always have room to improve. That's the idea behind his intensive guitar education program known as the George Lynch Dojo, a monthly instructional series that allows for students to...

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DIMMU BORGIR's 'In Sorte Diaboli' Disqualified From U.K. Charts

DIMMU BORGIR made Norwegian music history this week when it topped the country's album chart, VG-lista, with its latest release, "In Sorte Diaboli". The CD also sold extremely well in such countries as Sweden, Finland, Austria and Switzerland, and last week reached No. 43 on the American Billboard c...

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's JOSH HOMME Rules Out KYUSS Reunion

Writer Joel McIver recently interviewed QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE/EAGLES OF DEATH METAL's Josh Homme for Music Mart magazine's June issue. Excerpts from the chat follow: On the frequent offers from concert promoters to reform his previous band, KYUSS: "The offers come in all the time. They're getting...

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QUEEN Guitarist BRIAN MAY Rules Out Reality TV Casting

QUEEN guitarist Brian May, a co-producer and musical supervisor on "We Will Rock You", fashioned around 31 of QUEEN's greatest hits, revealed in an interview with Whatsonstage.com that his team have been approached about doing a similar TV program for their musical, which celebrates its fifth birthd...

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GENE SIMMONS Bets $100,000 On Horse At KENTUCKY DERBY

According to The Associated Press, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons had money down on a horse at yesterday's Kentucky Derby, but it was his girlfriend, former Playmate of the Year Shannon Tweed, who placed the bet. "I'm what's called a sucker," Simmons bellowed. "This one (Tweed) bet $100,000 of m...

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GEORGE LYNCH: Guitar Clinics Announced

Guitar legend George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) has lined up the following Sam Ash in-stores/clinics clinic presented by Randall and ESP: May 18 – Chicago, IL May 21 – Columbus, OH May 23 – Charlotte, NC May 24 – Nashville, TN May 29 – Tampa, FL May 30 – Orlando, FL May 31 - Ft. ...

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VINNIE PAUL: 'Being Able To Perform In Front Of People Is The Ultimate High'

Rick Florino of Maximum Ink music magazine recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Maximum Ink: Was it hard to step back behind the kit? Vinnie: After the events of December 8, 2004, I didn't...

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SPREAD EAGLE Vocalist RAY WEST: More Tour Dates Announced

SPREAD EAGLE vocalist Ray West has annnounced his East and West Coast tour dates: May 06 - Cat Club, Hollywood, CA May 09 - The Joint, Beverly Hills, CA May 11 - Paladino's, Tarzana, CA May 13 - The Cheyenne Saloon, Las Vegas, NV May 16 - The Saint, Asbury Park, NJ May 17 - ...

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BLACK SABBATH: 'Live At Hammersmith Odeon' CD Sold Out On Day Of Release

Rhino Records has confirmed that the limited-edition "Black Sabbath: Live At Hammersmith Odeon" CD has completely sold out on the day of release. In the nine years of Rhino Handmade (Rhino sub-label),this is the quickest a title has ever sold out. Released on May 1, the collection features Ronnie J...

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Ethnolution A.D.

Remarkable consistency, great vocal lines, and a "less is more" approach to melodic power metal is what you get with Germany's MOB RULES. On this, their fifth album, they go the "half a concept album" route (most successfully done in recent years by RAGE) — lyrically, it's no great shakes, but the m...

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It's Official: HEAVEN AND HELL 'Live From Radio City Music Hall' DVD/CD Due In August

According to a posting on Ronnie James Dio's web site, Rhino has officially set August 28 as the release date for the HEAVEN AND HELL "Live from Radio City Music Hall" DVD and two-CD set. As the title implies, both the DVD and CD packages will include HEAVEN AND HELL's (the band featuring BLACK SABB...