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MANNTIS Sign Worldwide Deal With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS
Southern California quintet MANNTIS have officially signed a worldwide deal with Century Media Records. The group’s debut album, "Sleep In Your Grave", is set for a June 28th release. The disc was produced by Cameron Webb (DANZIG, MOTÖRHEAD, SOCIAL DISTORTION) and features 11 blistering tracks of un...April 1, 2005
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CONFESSOR Sign With SEASON OF MIST
Season of Mist has announced the signing of the progressive doom-metal legends, CONFESSOR. Emerging from over a decade of hibernation, the band has returned to form, hungrier and more focused than ever. Once dubbed "The world's most obstinately technical metal band," CONFESSOR will again continue to...March 31, 2005
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BOBAFLEX Sign With TVT RECORDS
According to a post at The Gauntlet, West Virginia's BOBAFLEX have signed a multi-album deal with TVT Records. The band will release their sophomore full-length effort, entitled "Bright Red Violent Sex", in June. The follow-up to "Primitive Epic" (Eclipse Records) is expected to include the track "T...March 31, 2005
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SLIPKNOT Drummer To Take Over VINNIE PAUL's Advice Column
After five years, 30 columns and more than 180 pieces of sage wisdom, DAMAGEPLAN/PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul is retiring from the Revolver magazine advice game. This dark cloud does have a silver lining, however: The advice column in Revolver will be taken over by none other than SLIPKNOT's Joey Jor...March 30, 2005
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DAMAGEPLAN/PANTERA: Unreleased Recordings, Video Footage To See Light Of Day
According to a recent online posting by DISTURBED drummer Mike Wengren, several DAMAGEPLAN- and PANTERA-related products are currently being planned for future release. Among the items that will reportedly see the light of day — either individually or as part of a box set — are the following: *DAMAG...March 28, 2005
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ETERNITY BLACK: Former HELSTAR Guitarist Discusses New Project
Texas-based metal band ETERNITY BLACK, featuring former HELSTAR members Larry Barrigan (guitar),Rob Trevino (guitar) and Russell Deleon (drums),recently made song samples from their latest demo available for download at EternityBlack.com. The demo CDs will arrive in time for their next show Friday...March 25, 2005
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DAMAGEPLAN Members To Appear At 2005 WAAF INDOOR BEACH PARTY
Boston's WAAF 107.3 FM has announced that surviving DAMAGEPLAN members Patrick Lachman, Vinnie Paul and Bob Zilla will attend the 2005 WAAF Indoor Beach Party on Saturday, April 9 at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, MA. DAMAGEPLAN headlined the annual concert event in 2004 and has chosen to make one of...March 24, 2005
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Former JUDAS PRIEST Singer 'RIPPER' OWENS Names Solo Project
Former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens has selected BEYOND FEAR as the name of his new solo project. Owens, who stresses that he is still a full-fledged member of ICED EARTH, has completed work on his first solo demo recording with a view towards landing a record deal...March 24, 2005
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Lifesblood For the Downtrodden
CROWBAR did irreparable damage to themselves, if ya ask me, back in the mid-'90s. After they emerged with their tar-caked, ham-fisted big-riff sound and vein-straining vocals, they spent a good while coasting. Even Methuselan mainman Kirk Windstein has said in interviews that a lot of the early song...March 23, 2005
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SOULFLY: 'Roots Bloody Roots' Video To Debut On 'Headbanger's Ball'
SOULFLY's live video for the SEPULTURA classic "Roots Bloody Roots", taken from the band's recently released "The Song Remains Insane" DVD, will premier on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" this Saturday, March 26. SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera will return to the recording studio next Monday (March 28) to f...March 23, 2005
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SHADOWS FALL To Guest On 'Lex & Terry' Morning Show
SHADOWS FALL have had an extremely busy week upon being named as main-stage performers at this year's Ozzfest, having their new single for "Inspiration On Demand" score the #4 Most Added spot on the R&R Active Rock chart behind AUDIOSLAVE, GREEN DAY and ROBERT PLANT, all while continuing to anni...March 18, 2005
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SOULFLY: New Album To Surface In August
Roadrunner Records has reportedly set an August 9 release date for the fifth SOULFLY album. The as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2004's "Prophecy" was produced by mainman Max Cavalera and is being mixed by Terry Date, who has previously worked with PANTERA and DEFTONES, among others. In a recent intervi...March 17, 2005
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'THE DIME SHIRT' Continues To Thrive
"The Dime Shirt" creator Dan McDougall, erstwhile merchandise printer and vocalist for Melbourne, Australia-based act BLOCK, has created a monster. Since last week's announcement on BLABBERMOUTH.NET that The Dime Shirt — a tribute to slain PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott — was...March 15, 2005
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Canadian PANTERA Tribute Band Sees Audiences Grow Following DIMEBAG's Death
Andrew Matte of the Regina Leader-Post is reporting that GODSIZE, a tribute band from Winnipeg that plays the music of American metal band PANTERA, found themselves reluctantly buoyed by the success of their show after the murder of PANTERA guitarist Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott. Known for his innovatio...March 11, 2005
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NIGHTWISH Bassist Credits 'Hard Work' For Band's Commercial Success
NIGHTWISH bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala recently spoke to Denmark's Antenna webzine about the commercial success of the group's latest CD, "Once", and the comparisons to bands like EVANESCENCE and WITHIN TEMPTATION, among other topics. An excerpt from the interview follows: Antenna: Do you think th...March 9, 2005