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SKINLAB: 'The Scars Between Us' Release Date Announced

"The Scars Between Us", the new album from veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB, will be released on September 15 via Stand And Deliver Records. The band's video for the song "In for the Kill" — which is featured on the new CD — can be viewed below. The clip was filmed in May ...

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Former WARRANT Singer Gets Jail Time For DUI

According to TMZ.com, former WARRANT frontman Jani Lane will spend two mandatory days in jail after pleading no contest to one count of misdemeanor DUI stemming from an incident where he hit a parked car back in June. As part of Jani's plea deal — in which authorities agreed to drop a ...

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FISCHER: I Left CELTIC FROST To Escape From Megalomania, Overblown Egos, And Chronic Negativity

Former CELTIC FROST and current TRIPTYKON mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "In late 2005, on the eve of the release of CELTIC FROST's 'Monotheist' album, Martin Eric Ain [bass] suggested that the three of us in CELTIC FROST should form a limited liab...

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SHADOWS FALL Schedules Hartford Signing Session

New England metallers SHADOWS FALL will take part in a signing session at the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival on August 8 in Hartford, Connecticut. The signing will take place at the Comcast Theatre at 3:00 p.m. LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe makes a guest appearance on "King Of Nothing", a...

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MACHINE HEAD's DEMMEL Performs With SHINEDOWN In Berlin; Video Footage Available

MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel joined the Jacksonville, Florida-based hard rock/post-grunge band SHINEDOWN on stage at Zitadelle in Berlin, Germany on June 8, 2009 to perform the song "Cyanide Sweet Tooth Suicide". Watch fan-filmed video footage of the appearance below. As previously reported, D...

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FUTURES END Signs With NIGHTMARE RECORDS

FUTURES END, the band featuring Steve DiGiorgio and Jon Allen of SADUS, has inked a deal with Nightmare Records for the release of the group's debut album. According to a press release, "this band is a rare combination of brilliance and amazing musicianship melodic prog-power thrash, sounding like a...

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PERSISTENSE To Release Debut In September

Dutch "groove metal" band PERSISTENSE (a contraction of the words "to persist" and "intense") will release its full-length debut, "In Blood And Heart", in September via Deity Down Records. The CD is currently is being mixed and mastered at Excess Studio in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The artwork was cre...

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SHADOWS FALL Guitarist Talks About New Album, Signature Gear

Video footage of SHADOWS FALL guitarist Jon Donais talking about the making of the band's new album, "Retribution", and his ESP signature and Rivera Knucklehead Tre can be viewed below. LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe makes a guest appearance on "King Of Nothing", a brand new song from SHADOWS FAL...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO's Video Tribute To MARCEL JACOB

A beautiful memorial video has been created by Gary Schutt at the request of singer Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) to commemorate the undisputed talent of bassist Marcel Jacob (TALISMAN, YNGWIE MAMSTEEN). The video includes the final footage of Marcel performing with the W.E.T...

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HATE GALLERY To Release 'Dead Celebrities' EP

HATE GALLERY, the Finnish/British/Swedish rock band featuring Janne Jarvis and Rille Lundell from WARRIOR SOUL, has issued the following update: "We will soon be releasing a new EP entitled 'Dead Celebrities'. This will feature a collection of brand new tracks plus what we consider to be the definit...

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BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI Signs Deal To Score Horror Movie Franchise

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Next Films — the newly formed film-production company launched by top reality TV producer Mike Fleiss — has signed a deal with BLACK SABBATH guitarist-songwriter Tony Iommi for "Black Sabbath", a horror movie franchise. The films won't be about the group but will...

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MESHUGGAH Guitarist: No New Album Before 2011

Guitarist Mårten Hagström of Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH was recently interviewed for the Sonisphere web site. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Q: You were just discussing your new music with Robert Trujillo from METALLICA. Can you tell us a bit more about it? Hagström...

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SHADOWS FALL Answers Fan-Submitted Questions

Video footage of Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL answering questions that were submitted by MySpace.com users can be viewed below. LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe makes a guest appearance on "King Of Nothing", a brand new song from SHADOWS FALL, which debuted last Thursday night (July 16) on...

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RAYMOND HERRERA On FEAR FACTORY Legal Dispute: 'The Whole Situation Is Just Dumb'

BigMusicGeek.com recently conducted an interview with ARKAEA/FEAR FACTORY drummer Raymond Hererra. Several excerpts from the chat follow below. BigMusicGeek.com: Taking everything into consideration, do you feel the release of (the ARKAEA debut) "Years In The Darkness" effectively signals the end of...

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SHADOWS FALL: New Song Featuring RANDY BLYTHE Posted Online

LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe makes a guest appearance on "King Of Nothing", a brand new song from Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL, which debuted last Thursday night (July 16) on Sirius XM's "Liquid Metal". The track is now available for streaming on SHADOWS FALL's MySpace page. Commented S...