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OSKOREI, Featuring Son Of Former EXODUS Frontman, Completing Work On New Demo

OSKOREI, the San Francisco Bay Area metal band featuring Cody Souza the 17-year-old son of former EXODUS frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza on bass, is putting the finishing touches on a new three-song demo with producer Vincent Wojno (TESTAMENT, MACHINE HEAD, KREATOR). The tracks being recorded are "The...

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RECIPROCAL Announces Session Bassist

Southern California technical death metallers RECIPROCAL have issued the following update: "RECIPROCAL is proud to announce that Jeff Hughhell (ex-BRAIN DRILL) will be performing alongside the band at our upcoming show at The Black Castle in Los Angeles on May 31 as well and providing bass tracks fo...

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TERROR SYNDROME: Two Songs From Debut Album Posted Online

TERROR SYNDROME, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based band featuring THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen, has posted two audio samples from its newly completed self-titled debut album on the group's MySpace page. The effort was mixed by Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD)...

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MASTER, ESTUARY To Team Up For U.S. Tour

According to the MySpace page of Central Illinois Metal Booking Agency and Tours, MASTER and ESTUARY will team up for a two-week U.S. tour in October. So far only one date has been announced: October 26 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California. MASTER's latest album, "Slaves to Society", wil...

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HALO OF LOCUSTS Featuring LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Schedules Dates

HALO OF LOCUSTS, the Richmond, Virginia-based band featuring LAMB OF GOD's Randy Blythe, has lined up the following dates: May 10 - Steppin Out - Virginia Beach, Virginia May 23 - Smalls - York, Pennsylvania May 24 - Championships Bar - Trenton, New Jersey Jun. 12 - Peabodys - Cleveland, Ohio Jun. 1...

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SCAR FOR LIFE: In Pre-Production Mode

SCAR FOR LIFE, the new Portuguese project from Alex S (VYRUZ, REDSTAINS),is currently in pre-production for its debut album. The group will enter Dalma Productions in May/June to record some of the new material. According to the band's official bio, SCAR FOR LIFE's music covers a wide range of styl...

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ATREYU: New Audio Interview Available

ATREYU guitarists Dan Jacobs and Travis Miguel were interviewed earlier in the month by the Steve Rock on the Seattle station KISW 99.9 FM. Listen to the six-minute audio file at this location. ATREYU released an expanded special edition of its latest album, "Lead Sails Paper Anchor", on April 22 in...

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TARJA TURUNEN Schedules Warsaw Signing Session

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen will take part in a signing session at the Empik Megastore - Nowy Swiat in Warsaw, Poland on May 13, one day after her show in in the city. The session will begin at 12 noon. Turunen released her new solo album, "My Winter Storm", in the U.S. at the ...

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TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK To Guest On Tomorrow's 'The Metal File'

"The Metal File" program on Montreal's CHOM-FM (commercial, 50,000 watts) will air a 40-minute feature on TESTAMENT at the beginning of tomorrow night's show (Friday, April 25). CHOM's Mike Metal did an interview with TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick to celebrate the release of the band's new album...

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VANMAKT Signs New Deal With PULVERISED RECORDS

Swedish black metal band VANMAKT has issued the following update: "VANMAKT has decided to continue our work with the extreme metal home Pulverised Records and a new deal has been signed! Our second album entitled 'Ad Luciferi Regnum' (rough translation: To the Kingdom of Lucifer) will be recorded in...

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RUSH Guitarist's Son Wins Round In Lawsuit

The Associated Press reports that RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson has won a round in a lawsuit claiming that he and his son were roughed up by deputies while being ejected from a black-tie New Year's Eve party at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Naples, Fla. A federal appeals court says a lower court judge ...

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ATREYU Drops Expanded 'Anchor'

The Pulse of Radio reports: ATREYU releases an expanded special edition of its latest album, "Lead Sails Paper Anchor", on Tuesday (April 22) in the CDVU-plus format. The package comes with extra content that is accessed through the Web when the disc is placed in a computer. Bonus features include a...

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TERROR SYNDROME: Debut Album 'Officially Completed'

THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has issued the following update on the status of the as-yet-unreleased debut album from his Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based band TERROR SYNDROME: "The [debut TERROR SYNDROME] album has been officially completed. 100% done!!! We were thin...

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ULI JON ROTH, ALEX SKOLNICK, VERNON REID Added To New Zealand's G-TARANAKI Festival

Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS),Vernon Reid (LIVING COLOUR),Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT) and fretless harp guitarist Tim Donahue have been added to the lineup of artists that will perform at the G-TARanaki first international guitar festival, set to take place July 14-19 in Taranaki, New Zealand. Also sched...

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SINISTER To Release Compilation Of Early Material

According to Voices From The Darkside, New York's Goregiastic Records will soon release a SINISTER compilation CD, entitled "The Blood Past", featuring all the early, long-time out-of-print material released during the 1990-1992 period. It will include the band's two EPs from 1990, the 1990 and 1991...