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CRISIS Singer Launches Women's T-Shirt Line

CRISIS frontwoman Karyn Crisis has launched her own women's t-shirt line, dubbed Exorsister. Music journalist Alex Johnson tagged Karyn as "the Exorsister" in a review he wrote of a live CRISIS show in an effort to describe her angelic/demonic vocal style and stage performance. The moniker stuck in...

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Former TESTAMENT Guitarist To Embark On 'Guitar Therapy' Tour

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the experimental band led by former TESTAMENT/SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, will be opening for THE MIKE KENEALLY BAND on the "Guitar Therapy" U.S. tour beginning in mid-June. A list of confirmed tour dates can be found at AlexSkolnick.com. In other news, Skolnick will be tak...

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To Walk a Middle Course

Much ballyhooed for their ability to mix crust, hardcore and metal, and for having three vocalists, KYLESA are all about throwing murky riffs, bottom-of-a-well screams, and lugubrious rhythms into a dour punk stew that name-checks everyone from old NEUROSIS to AMEBIX to EYEHATEGOD to UNSANE as it bu...

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VISION DIVINE Frontman To Release Solo Album

VISION DIVINE frontman Michele Luppi will release the debut album from his solo project, MICHELE LUPPI'S HEAVEN, in mid-July via Scarlet Records. Entitled "Strive", the CD was produced and arranged by Michele Luppi and is said to be "a must for all AOR/melodic hard rock lovers into bands like MR. BI...

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QUIET RIOT Prepare For Summer Tour; Are Featured On 'The Simpsons'

Having just returned from two weeks in the Republic of Korea performing concerts for U.S. armed forces personnel, QUIET RIOT is preparing for their participation in this year's Rock Never Stops tour along with CINDERELLA, RATT and FIREHOUSE. "QUIET RIOT has been very busy this year with internationa...

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AFTER FOREVER Members To Guest On New NIGHTMARE CD

AFTER FOREVER singer Floor Jansen and vocalist/guitarist Sanders Gommans have recorded guest appearances on the new album from the French power metallers NIGHTMARE, entitled "The Dominion Gate". The CD is tentatively due in October via Regain Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Silent Room", "The Domi...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Comments On San Francisco Benefit Concert

TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy has issued the following update: "The [San Francisco] Bay Area is our hometown and people have been asking us to play a hometown show so here it is. We are going back to Europe in July. So we decided to do a warm-up show the weekend before we left. We were ...

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DAM: U.S. Release Date Announced, Album Guest Appearances Unveiled

Candlelight Records USA have set a June 28 U.S. release date for death-thrashers DAM's full-length debut, "Purity: The Darwinian Paradox". The CD will be available in Europe from May 30. An album-launch event is set to take place on Saturday, June 4 at London's Islington Electrowerkz. Scheduled to p...

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MARILYN MANSON Featured On 'Enron' Soundtrack

MARILYN MANSON's cover of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" will be featured on the soundtrack to "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room", due May 24 via Commotion Records. "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room", the critically-acclaimed new documentary from director Alex Gibney follows the series of...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Hopes Reunited Original Lineup Will Continue

TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy recently spoke to Mark Uricheck of NEPAtoday.com about the group's decision to reunite with their original lineup for several European dates and an appearance at the Louder, Harder, Faster Festival, which is slated for June 3-5 at Allentown, PA's Crocodile Rock Café. B...

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BLACK SABBATH: More Details Surface About Newly Uncovered 1969 Live Recording

Robert Dwyer, webmaster of the Black Sabbath Live Project web site, has issued the following update on the recently uncovered 1969 live recording of BLACK SABBATH performing at a Scottish club: "I knew this story was going to be big news for BLACK SABBATH fans, but never did I realize how ...

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TESTAMENT: Live Video Of Reunited Original Lineup Posted Online

France's VS-Webzine.com has uploaded a live video of the reunited TESTAMENT — Chuck Billy (vocals),Eric Peterson (guitar),Alex Skolnick (guitar),Greg Christian (bass),and Louie Clemente (drums) — performing the song "Practice What You Preach" on May 9 in Paris, France. Check out the video at thi...

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TESTAMENT To Play Benefit Concert In San Francisco

TESTAMENT and friends will be playing a benefit concert on July 9, 2005 at The Pound in San Francisco. Proceeds from "Thrash of the Titans"-style show — the band's first in the San Francisco area in over two years —will benefit a family who had a child with cancer. For more information, click

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Earliest Known Live Recording Of BLACK SABBATH Surfaces: Audio Available

Robert Dwyer, webmaster of the Black Sabbath Live Project web site, has issued the following update: "How does a SABBATH fan like myself even begin to encapsulate the joy of finding an unheard gem from 1969 — the era which we've only been able to imagine. Until now that is! A few weeks ...

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DISILLUSION Announce New Bassist

DISILLUSION, the prog-death band from Leipzig, Germany, have announced the addition of bassist Ralf Willis to the group's ranks. "Coming from Brooklyn, New York, Ralf decided to be part of DISILLUSION after he heard about the band and our vain search for bass player when he was in Germany some month...