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OBITUARY Kicks Off European Tour

Florida-based death metal veterans OBITUARY have issued the following update: "We made to Holland yersterday and had the day to get all our stuff together. It also gave us a chance to rehearse the set one time before today. Tonight is the first show [of OBITUARY's European tour] in Zwolle at Club He...

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DRAGONFORCE: NAMM Signing Sessions Announced

DRAGONFORCE guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman will take part in several signing sessions during this year's NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants),which runs from January 17 to January 20 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. DRAGONFORCE signing sessions: Jan. 18 - Iban...

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ON A PALE HORSE To Release 'A Generation Of Vipers' In March

Corporate Punishment Records has set a March 4 release date for the new album from Des Moines, Iowa's ON A PALE HORSE, entitled "A Generation of Vipers". ON A PALE HORSE features guitarist Josh Brainard (ex-SLIPKNOT) and vocalist Aaron Peltz (ex-DOWNTHESUN). Brainard recorded two albums with SLIPKNO...

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DREAM THEATER: 'Best-Of' Double-CD Due In March

Rhino Records has set a March 18 release date for a "best-of" double-CD from progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER, entitled "Greatest Hit & 19 Other Pretty Cool Songs". More information will be made available soon. DREAM THEATER's new anime-themed video, "Forsaken", will premiere in early 2008...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: 'The Foetus Of A New Day Kicking' Available For Streaming

Roadrunner Records is streaming the CRADLE OF FILTH song "The Foetus Of A New Day Kicking" at this location (Windows Media). The track comes off the forthcoming "Thornography - Harder Darker Faster" special-edition MVI (Music Video Interactive),which is set to be released in the U.S. on February 5...

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WARRIOR: 'Fighting For The Earth' Album To Be Reissued

UK-based Rock Candy Records, a label focusing on the reissue of vintage hard rock from the '70s, '80s and '90s, set up and run by former Kerrang! writers/current Roadrunner A&R executives Dante Bonutto and Derek Oliver, will re-release WARRIOR's classic "Fighting for the Earth" LP later in the y...

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HATEBREED: Rochester Concert Cancelled

HATEBREED has been forced to cancel tonight's (December 30) scheduled concert at Water Street in Rochester, New York, as a result of guitarist Frank Novinec breaking his ankle. This would have been the band's last performance on the 10-day Stillborn Festival tour which also featured AGNOSTIC FRONT,...

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HATEBREED: Rochester Performance To Be Filmed By MTV Europe

MTV Europe will film HATEBREED's performance at the Stillborn Fest in Rochester, New York on December 30. The footage will air on "MTV Live" and the Norwegian edition of "Headbanger's Ball" in February. The performance will also be available for streaming (worldwide) by the end of February. As previ...

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DEATH: 1988 Rehearsal Recordings Posted Online

MetalKult.com has just posted six MP3 audio files from a 1988 DEATH rehearsal. In January 1988, the members of DEATH convened in Orlando, Florida, to rehearse six of the songs that would eventually wind up on the band’s second and highly influential album, "Leprosy". The tracks captured during that...

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SUFFOCATION: First 2008 Dates Announced

Legendary New York death metallers SUFFOCATION have scheduled the following dates: Feb. 23 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom Jul. 18 - Detroit, MI - Harpo's Jul. 19 - Mokena, IL - The Pearl Room Jul. 20 - Urbana, IL - The Canopy Club (Central Illinois Metalfest) Jul. 21 - Louisville, KY - Uncle P...

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TRIVIUM: Footage From French Promo Trip Posted Online

The French branch of Roadrunner Records has posted video footage of the Orlando, Florida heavy metal act TRIVIUM making a promotional trip to France in support of the group's third studio album, "The Crusade". The three-minute clip features the guys in a French restaurant, taking part in a photo sho...

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ZAKK WYLDE Schedules Toronto Signing Session

OZZY OSBOURNE/BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Zakk Wylde will take part in a signing session at Long & McQuade (925 Bloor Street West) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Sunday, January 20 beginning at 3:00 p.m. Please note that wristbands will be limited to the first 150 people in line. The event is...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Drummer Says AXL Is 'Stuck In 1992', Calls ZOMBIE's Rules 'Stupid'

InTheNews.co.uk's Lewis Bazley recently conducted an interview with BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE drummer Mike "Moose" Thomas about the heavier sound of their second album, Rob Zombie's rules and the importance of drinking. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Q: How did you guys get together and wh...

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The Roundhouse Tapes

Long album, short review. OPETH can still do no wrong, and you should buy anything with their name on it. That said, this massive-sounding two-disc live document really doesn't have much reason to exist, given the band's note-perfect renditions of their studio creations. There's nothing wrong at all...

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OPETH Frontman Says New Songs Are 'A Bit More Energetic'

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt spoke to MTV.com last week about the group's forthcoming follow-up to 2005's "Ghost Reveries", tentatively due next spring via Roadrunner Records. "I had more fun working on this album than any of the past records," he said. "I have always seen the recording of an alb...