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THE SWORD: First-Ever Tab Book Released

"Age Of Winters", the first-ever guitar tab book from Austin, Texas luminaries THE SWORD, is now available at Music Dispatch. Published by Cherry Lane, the songbook contains note-for-note, artist-approved transcriptions of all nine songs on the band's critically acclaimed debut: * Barael's Blade * C...

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FOZZY/STUCK MOJO Guitarist Produces CHUCK DUNN EP

Acclaimed guitarist Rich "The Duke" Ward has produced the new EP for Tafel recording artist Chuck Dunn. Ward's background as the thrashing axeman for bands STUCK MOJO and FOZZY (featuring WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho on vocals),was the perfect fit as producer for Chuck and his unique music...

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MAX CAVALERA: The Only Person Preventing Reunion Of Classic SEPULTURA Lineup Is PAULO

Brandon Marshall of Sonic Excess recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY/CAVALERA CONSPIRACY frontman Max Cavalera. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sonic Excess: How was it to perform in Brazil [with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY on October 11, 2010 at the SWU Music and Arts Festival at...

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BIOHAZARD Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS For World Outside U.S.

The reunited original lineup of one of the most influential hardcore punk/metal bands, BIOHAZARD, has inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records for the world outside North America. The group's tenth studio album is scheduled for an early 2011 release. The follow-up to 2005's "Means To An End" is being...

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HOMICIDAL Signs With EULOGY RECORDINGS

New York/New Jersey hardcore act HOMICIDAL has inked a deal with Eulogy Recordings. The band's debut album, "State Of Mind", will be released in the spring. The CD features guest appearances by some of the most influential vocalists in hardcore, including Lord Ezec of SKARHEAD, Jorge of MERAUDER, Ed...

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CONDEMNED? Re-Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

Northern California-based crossover veterans CONDEMNED? have re-signed with Nuclear Blast Records. The second band to ever be released by Nuclear Blast, CONDEMNED? is putting the finishing touches on its new album at Prairie Sun Recording Studios with producer Billy Anderson (NEUROSIS, MR. BUNGLE, C...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT Performs With FOZZY In Sydney (Video)

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal joined FOZZY on stage this past Friday (December 3) at The Factory in Sydney, Australia to perform the DIO classic "Stand Up And Shout". Fan-fimed video footage of his appearance can be viewed below. FOZZY is the band featuring WWE wrestling superstar Ch...

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Norway's DEVIL Signs With SOULSELLER RECORDS

DEVIL, the Norwegian heavy doom rock band featuring members of VESEN, RIKETS CRUST, CEASE.AND.DESIST, FUCK YOU ALL and FAUSTCOVEN, has inked a deal with the Dutch label Soulseller Records. The quintet's full-length debut is tentatively due next year. DEVIL, which hails from the Norwegian city Nes (i...

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DREAM THEATER's JORDAN RUDESS Announces 'Musical Mind Meld' Supergroup Event

DREAM THEATER's keyboardist Jordan Rudess and drum great Marco Minnemann appear on the BandCrashers.com platform in a two-hour live online streaming performance on December 15, 2010, from Chicago's premier Plant 10 Studios, at 8 p.m. CST (9 p.m. EST and 6 p.m. PST). The "Musical Mind Meld" features...

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MAX CAVALERA Says PAULO JR. Didn't Play Bass On Any Early SEPULTURA Recordings

Cody Thomas of Revolver magazine recently conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, SEPULTURA). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Revolver: A few years ago, you reunited with [your brother and former SEPULTURA bandmate] Igor to form the CAVALERA CONSPIRAC...

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RIGHTEOUS FOOL To Support CLUTCH

RIGHTEOUS FOOL — the North Carolina project featuring two founding members of CORROSION OF CONFORMITY (C.O.C.),Reed Mullin (drums, vocals) and Mike Dean (bass, vocals) alongside guitarist Jason Browning from HR of BAD BRAINS' solo band — will play five dates in late December with CLUTCH. The tour f...

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THE SWORD: Performance Footage With New Drummer

Fan-filmed video footage of Austin, Texas metal luminaries THE SWORD performing on November 27, 2010 at Spanish Moon in Baton Rouge, Louisiana can be viewed below. After an amicable split with drummer Trivett Wingo forced THE SWORD to cancel a number of U.S. tour dates, the band recently found someo...

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CRYPTOPSY Drummer Launches DIGITAL DOOMZDAY Project

DIGITAL DOOMZDAY is a mix of hardcore rap and metal dealing with the extremes of everyday realities that some choose to address and some ignore. Lyrical topics include drugs, sex, religion, global mutilation, government cover-ups, aliens, self-destruction or is it self-preservation? You decide. Main...

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Legendary Album Cover Design Studio Unlocks Archives, Offers ALICE COOPER, AEROSMITH Works

In the early 1970s, no album cover design agency in the U.S. was hotter than Pacific Eye & Ear. Started in 1972 in Los Angeles by designer Ernie Cefalu after stints on Madison Avenue and with album cover designer Craig Braun, PE&E was built around a team of incredibly-talented young artists...

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HEAVEN SHALL BURN Guitarist Interviewed By Finland's KAAOS TV (Video)

Arto Mäenpää of Kaaos TV conducted an interview with guitarist Maik Weichert of German death metal and hardcore fusionists HEAVEN SHALL BURN before the band's November 19, 2010 concert at Nosturi in Helsinki, Finland with AS I LAY DYING and SUICIDE SILENCE. You can now watch the chat below. HEAVEN S...