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'Get Thrashed': San Francisco And New York City Screenings Announced

Following successful screenings in eight cities and already taking home three awards, including the SAFILM Grand Prize in San Antonio's Underground Film Festival, the makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" — the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Offers Fans A Chance To Be 'Producer For A Day'

Launch Radio Networks reports: AVENGED SEVENFOLD is offering a chance for a fan to become a "producer for a day" on the band's new album, according to Absolute Punk. Interested parties must upload a short video, less than two minutes long, to either YouTube, DailyMotion or another sponsoring web sit...

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MANOWAR Featured In Germany's DER SPIEGEL Magazine

This week's edition of Germany's Der Spiegel magazine, which came out today (Monday, June 25),features a four-page article on the heavy metal scene with particular focus on the legendary U.S. band MANOWAR. MANOWAR bassist Joey DeMaio was interviewed by the magazine and offers some insight into his...

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GREY SKIES FALLEN On The Back Burner

New York metal band GREY SKIES FALLEN has issued the following update: "This is a trying time for the band. The four of us have pretty much agreed to put GREY SKIES FALLEN on the back burner. It's been an up and down eleven years; mostly down. "People in bands know the sacrifice that goes ...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer: 'We're Not In The Business Of Writing Singles'

Christa Titus of Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Blistering.com: What made you decide to go with Roadrunner? Mike Portnoy: After spending 15 years with the Atlantic Group and Elektra, we had gotten a t...

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What's He Building...

A name taken from the super cool TOM WAITS' tune, "Waterloo", Ontario's WHAT'S HE BUILDING IN THERE? (WHBIT) offers one of those albums that combines strong musicianship with unconventional song structures that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. In keeping with an anti-formula made very popular...

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RINGWORM To Play Entire First Album At Tomorrow Night's Concert

D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene reports that the Cleveland-based metal/hardcore band RINGWORM will play its debut album, 1993's "The Promise", in its entirety tomorrow night (Saturday, June 23) at the Jigsaw Saloon & Stage in Parma, Ohio. Invoking comparisons to the CRO-MAGS and SLAYER, the d...

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VOIVOD Drummer's KOSMOS: Debut Album Delayed

KOSMOS, the Canadian prog/psych quartet which features VOIVOD's Michel "Away" Langevin on drums, has had the release date of its self-titled debut album pushed back to September 4 from the previously announced August 21. KOSMOS is rounded out by guitarist Jetphil (PARADISE),bassist Vincent Peake (G...

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TESLA, VIXEN, GIRLSCHOOL, RAVEN, THE 69 EYES Confirmed for U.K.'s HARD ROCK HELL

TESLA, VIXEN, THE 69 EYES, GIRLSCHOOL, RAVEN, MCQUEEN, GRAND MAGUS and CRUCIFIED BARBARA have been confirmed for the Hard Rock Hell festival, set to take place from November 9-11 at Butlins in Minehead, UK (Somerset). The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): CHTHONI...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS To Perform On 'The Late Show With David Letterman'

SMASHING PUMPKINS will make their first televised performance since 2000 when they bookend the week of July 9 on "The Late Show with David Letterman" by performing Monday, July 9 and Friday, July 13. These appearances coincide with the July 10 release of "Zeitgeist", the band's much-anticipated sixt...

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PIG DESTROYER To Appear on XM Radio's 'Hostile Takeover'

PIG DESTROYER will enter the XM Radio station Tuesday, June 19 at 6:00 pm. EST for "Hostile Takeover". "Hostile Takeover" is an hour-long live program on XM Channel 42 Liquid Metal (Channel 841 for Direct TV subscribers) where PIG DESTROYER will join regular "Mercury" host Katie Brutal to talk about...

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DISKREET And WHITECHAPEL To Headline Label Tour In July

DISKREET and WHITECHAPEL will kick off their upcoming tour together July 1 at The Muse in Nashville, Tennessee. Each will perform selections from their Siege of Amida/Candlelight debuts. The tour will also feature THE RED DEATH and THE PARTISANE TURBINE. Released in early April, "Infernal Rise" is t...

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POISON, RATT: Charlotte Concert Photos Available

RockConfidential.com has posted photos of POISON and RATT's performances Sunday night (June 17) at the Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre in Charlotte, North Carolina. Check them out: Poison, Ratt. POISON's new album of cover songs, "Poison'd!", sold 21,000 copies in the United States in its first week of...

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RINGWORM: New Album Track Listing Finalized

Cleveland-based metal/hardcore band RINGWORM has finalized the track listing for its new album, "The Ninth Circle: The Venomous Grand Design", due on August 21 via Victory Records. The CD was recorded at Spider Studios in Strongsville, Ohio with producer Ben Schigel (CHIMAIRA, DROWNING POOL, INTEGRI...

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'Get Thrashed' Wins Grand Prize At San Antonio Underground Film Festival

The San Antonio Underground Film Festival has announced that "Get Thrashed: The Story Of Thrash Metal" — the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — has won this year's SAFILM Grand Prize Award. Director Rick Ernst will...