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AGNOSTIC FRONT Completes Work On New Album

New York hardcore legends AGNOSTIC FRONT have finished recording their new album at Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida for a March 4, 2011 European and March 22, 2011 North American release via Nuclear Blast Records. The as-yet-untitled CD (the previously announced title "My Life, My...

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BOBBY JARZOMBEK's 'Multi-Format Metal MIDI Groove Library' Available

Los Angeles, California-based Platinum Samples, one of the foremost producers of drum samples in the world, has issued "Bobby Jarzombek Multi-Format Metal MIDI Groove Library", formatted for BFD2, BFD Eco, EZDrummer, EZplayer, Superior Drummer 2.0s, Addictive Drums, Cakewalk Session Drummer as well...

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STARRING JANET LEIGH Announces Final Tour

Canadian metal outfit STARRING JANET LEIGH has announced its plans to disband. A final tour of the group's homeland, dubbed "Lastt Call Tour", will take place in January. The dates are as follows: Jan. 06 - Hamilton, ON @ Absinthe Jan. 07 - Guelph, ON @ Van Gogh's Ear Jan. 08 - Windsor, ON @ ...

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SEBASTIAN BACH, BILLY DUFFY, MARK MCGRATH, BILLY IDOL Perform With CAMP FREDDY In Hollywood

Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW),Mark McGrath (SUGAR RAY),Billy Duffy (THE CULT) and Billy Idol are among the guest musicians who performed with CAMP FREDDY this past Friday night (December 17) at the third of four shows as part of the band's fourth annual Christmas residency at the world-famous The Roxy...

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MATT SORUM Putting Finishing Touches On CHERIE CURRIE's Comeback Album

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum is putting the finishing touches on the new album from Cherie Currie (THE RUNAWAYS),tentatively due next spring. The CD will feature additional contributions from Nick Maybury (PERRY FARRELL, MINK) and Grant Fitzpatrick (MINK) and is described by...

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POWER QUEST: New Album Track Listing Unveiled

U.K-based metallers POWER QUEST have completed work on their new album, "Blood Alliance", at Foel Studios (PAUL RODGERS, NAPALM DEATH, THE WILDHEARTS) in Wales next for a late March European release via Napalm Records (early April in the U.S. and January 19 in Japan through Marquee/Avalon). Eleven s...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Manager: Plan Was Always For PORTNOY To Play With Band Only Through 2010

AVENGED SEVENFOLD manager Larry Jacobson has told LA Weekly's "West Coast Sound" blog that there is no correlation between drummer Mike Portnoy's departure from the band and the cancelation of the group's participation in the Australian Soundwave festival. He writes, "The plan had always been for Mi...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP To Perform At 'Dean Guitars NAMM Jam'

According to a posting on the Michael Schenker News And Tour Information web site, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP will play a 20-minute set at the second annual Dean Guitars NAMM Jam on Friday, January 14 at the Grove of Anaheim in Anaheim, California. MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP's lineup for the performance wil...

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BRUCE LAMONT: 'Feral Songs For The Epic Decline' Cover Artwork Unveiled

The first solo album from the YAKUZA frontman Bruce Lamont, "Feral Songs For The Epic Decline", will be made available worldwide via the brutally eclectic At A Loss Recordings on Tuesday, January 25, 2011. The cover art and layout for the CD were crafted by Seldon Hunt (NACHTMYSTIUM, SUNN O))),ISIS...

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GUNS N' ROSES, SCORPIONS, ANTHRAX, RATT, CINDERELLA Drummers To Pay Tribute To JOHN BONHAM

Due to the overwhelming success and positive feedback from the audience and drummers at the first "Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same" John Bonham tribute show on September 25, 2010, Brian Tichy and Joe Sutton agreed to look into doing it again. The problem was Tichy would be on tour next year with...

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SLIPKNOT, MACHINE HEAD Members Featured In Newly Released 'Dimebash 2010' Rehearsal Clip

Video footage of MACHINE HEAD members Robb Flynn and Phil Demmel, along with SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison and ex-STATIC-X bassist Tony Campos, rehearsing the PANTERA classic "A New Level" on October 28, 2010 at Swinghouse rehearsal studios in Hollywood, California for the following night's Dimebas...

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MEGADETH, HELLYEAH To Perform At Dean Guitars NAMM Jam

MEGADETH will headline the second annual Dean Guitars NAMM Jam on Friday, January 14 at the Grove of Anaheim in Anaheim, California. Also scheduled to appear is HELLYEAH. The party will open with a star-studded all-star legends jam with some of the greatest guitarists in the business, including Mich...

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TIMES OF GRACE Announces First-Ever Tour

TIMES OF GRACE — the new project that reteams KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist and producer extraordinaire Adam Dutkiewicz with original KILLSWITCH ENGAGE vocalist Jesse Leach — is getting ready to take the show on the road for the very first time. The band will embark on its inaugural tour, beginning Fe...

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ALICE COOPER Band Members Comment On ROCK HALL Induction News

With its upcoming induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, ALICE COOPER is acknowledged as one of the most influential bands in rock history. At inception forty years ago, the group shocked the world so fundamentally that it seems to have taken a preternaturally long time for their incredible...

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Former KORN Guitarist BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH Shares His Testimony (Video)

Skunks TV has uploaded a video interview with former KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch conducted in July 2010 at Invasion 2010 in Bluefield, West Virginia. You can now watch the footage below. Welch said in a new interview with the Christian And Missionary Alliance in Buffalo, Minnesota that he has...