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Prisons

Taking the "out there" NEUROSIS-like vibes of mind benders MINDROT and translating it into a more purposeful and melodic direction, EYES OF FIRE founders vocalist/bassist Matt Fisher and vocalist/guitarist Dan Kaufman made quite a splash in the metal ocean with 2003's "Ashes to Embers". Honing the c...

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STARKWEATHER Sign To CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Candlelight Records has announced the worldwide signing of East Coast-based STARKWEATHER. The band's new album, titled "Croatoan", was produced by Pierre Remillard (CRYPTOPSY),features artwork by renowned artist Paul Romano (MASTODON, EARTH, GODFLESH),and is scheduled for a May 2 American release...

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Former Canadian 'Metal Queen' LEE AARON Featured On MUCHMOREMUSIC's 'Evolution'

Former Canadian "metal queen" Lee Aaron is featured in a segment of "Evolution: From Heart to Avril Lavigne" on MuchMoreMusic this week. Check it out Thursday, January 5 at 8 p.m. (PT),Friday, January 6 at 8:30 p.m. (PT) or Sunday, January 8 at 7:30 p.m. (PT). "Evolution" chronicles the development...

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MASTODON Set Tentative Title For New Album

According to the new issue of Resound magazine (the free magazine/mail-order catalog of Relapse Records),MASTODON have set "Blood Mountain" as the tentative title of the follow-up to 2004's "Leviathan", due next summer via Warner Bros. "We want the whole thing to flow together as one big piece of m...

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Consign To Oblivion

The obvious comparisons to WITHIN TEMPTATION, NIGHTWISH, or even EVANESCENCE will have to be made here, of course. After all, EPICA is a symphonic metal band with a mezzo-soprano female vocalist (though guitarist Mark Jansen does throw in the occasional death growls),augmented by a string section a...

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MASTODON Drummer Says New Album Will Be 'More Progressive' And 'Thrashier'

MASTODON drummer Brann Dailor recently spoke to Revolver magazine about the group's upcoming Warner Bros. debut, tentatively due late summer 2006. "We want the whole thing to flow together as one big piece of music, where the end of one song links up with the beginning of the next one," he said. "We...

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Former JANE'S ADDICTION Frontman: 'I'm Sick Of The People That Are Sober'

According to Softpedia, former JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell is convinced he is still looking young at 46 thanks to 15 years of drug taking. He said: "I feel that I lost 15 years worth of intensive efforts, but I look great. That's one thing that surprises me. I guess every generation goes...

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SIEGES EVEN To Tour Europe With DEADSOUL TRIBE

Reformed cult German progressive metal band SIEGES EVEN will be embarking on a European co-headlining tour with DEADSOUL TRIBE (the band led by former PSYCHOTIC WALTZ frontman Buddy Lackey, a.k.a. Devon Graves) in January. The group will also play several headlining shows in December. The band's sch...

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Dead Rhythm Machine

Here we have a fairly effective fusion of punk and rock 'n' roll. The most appealing part of "Dead Rhythm Machine" is how quickly any one of these 13 up-tempo tracks makes you want to move, even if it's as simple as getting the 'ole noggin moving to and fro. It's not at though these ...

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TWISTED SISTER's DEE SNIDER Talks About VAN HELSING'S CURSE Tour: Audio Available

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider spoke to Doug Podell of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM earlier this month about the upcoming tour by VAN HELSING'S CURSE, Snider's Halloween-themed classical/rock musical project which is bringing its spectral horror-inspired ambience to the stage in late October. Listen...

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Ghost Reveries

There's a danger in taking OPETH for granted, now that we've been graced with a staggering seven albums' worth of progressive metal brilliance from them. They have their own sound, with instantly-identifiable elements, and you can only hear them "for the first time" once. That makes it easy to say t...

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METALLICA Track Performed On 'Canadian Idol'

METALLICA's version of BOB SEGER's "Turn the Page" was performed by one of the surviving six hopefuls on "Canadian Idol" Tuesday night (August 16). Rex Goudie received the loudest performance of the night, when he sang the track, according to CTV.ca. With the microphone stand in tow, Goudie darted i...

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H.I.M.: Ninth Podcast Available

Finnish goth-metallers H.I.M. have uploaded the ninth installment of their podcast to document the progress of their forthcoming album, "Dark Light", due out on September 27 via Sire. Among the topics covered in the latest update are the following: * Catching up with Mige * Concept of the new music...

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SOILWORK Frontman Defends 'Stabbing The Drama' Video

SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "If you didn't know aleady, the video of the song 'Nerve' will soon reach your TVs. We recorded the video in Hollyood at a filmsite rental during our headline tour in April. And the big question:...

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THANATOS Postpone Recording Sessions For New Album Until Early 2006

Long-running Dutch death/thrash metal band THANATOS have issued the following update on their recent and upcoming activities: "We've got some good news, some bad news and some interesting news for you. "First the good news: "THANATOS just got back from the Excess studios where we recorded two tracks...