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THE DARKNESS Announce New Bassist

Billboard.com is reporting that British rock act THE DARKNESS have named Richie Edwards as their full-time bass player. For the past two years, Edwards has toured extensively with the band as its guitar technician. The former ONION TRUMP member has also assisted THE DARKNESS with their equipment in...

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THE VASELINE RATS Bassist Says He Was Never Approached To Join THE DARKNESS

THE VASELINE RATS bassist Pete Emms has issued a statement denying "rumors" that have been circulating suggesting that he has been approached to replace Frankie Poullain in the U.K. band THE DARKNESS. Says Pete: "It's amazing how the rumor machine can suddenly kick in. THE DARKNESS are a great band...

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Broken Valley

By the time LIFE OF AGONY broke up in 1998, the band was a shadow of its former self. Singer Keith Caputo and drummer Sal Abruscato were both gone, the former replaced — to the horror of many — by ex-UGLY KID JOE frontman Whitfield Crane. But even LOA's third album, "Soul Searching Sun", had ...

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DARK FUNERAL's New Songs 'Crushing Everything' In Their Path

DARK FUNERAL guitarist Lord Ahriman has posted the following studio update in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "Another amazingly good week has been completed at Dug-Out Studios. This week we have been working simultaneously on the three remaining songs planned for our new Satan...

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Former THE DARKNESS Bassist: I Was Fired

Former THE DARKNESS bassist Frankie Poullain has broken his silence regarding his departure from the group. Although Poullain's exit from the band (which happened on March 23) was initially attributed to "musical differences," the bassist has now confirmed to NME.COM that he was in fact fired. "Agai...

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Korea's VASSLINE To Embark On U.S. Tour

Seoul, Korea-based metalcore band VASSLINE will be embarking on a three-week U.S. tour beginning in early September. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Sep. 04 - Dayton, OH @ Dwell in Darkness Sep. 10-11 - Chicago, IL @ The Scoreboard Commented VASSLINE guitarlist Chainsaw: "We are very thrilled...

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THE DARKNESS: New Album Update

According to a report on Xfm Online, THE DARKNESS have now left the Welsh studio they were based in for the past few months recording their new album and have moved to a London studio to complete guitarist Dan Hawkins' guitar parts and singer Justin Hawkins' vocals. As for indications of what the .....

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OZZY OSBOURNE: 'Prince Of Darkness' Box Set Certified Gold

OZZY OSBOURNE's "Prince of Darkness" box set has has been certified gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in excess of 125,000 copies (multi-disc albums get counted once for each disc within the album; regular gold certification occurs at 500,000 copies). Release...

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Replicas Of Burnt Norwegian Churches On Display At New York Museum

Elisabeth Kley of the New York Press has issued the following report: Like a room-size Parthenon floating on a midnight pond, Banks Violette's untitled salt replica of a ruined church skeleton is poised atop a shiny black epoxy stage that almost fills the Whitney Museum's small lobby gallery. In a w...

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MESHUGGAH: 'Catch 33' Sells 7,000 Copies In First Week

MESHUGGAH's latest album, "Catch 33" has sold 6,954 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 170 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. The follow-up to 2002's "Nothing", "Catch 33" is being described as one continuous 47-minute song divided into 13 parts an...

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MY DYING BRIDE Guitarist Talks About Upcoming Album

Metal Monk UK recently conducted an interview with MY DYING BRIDE guitarist Hamish Glencross. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Monk UK: Your website says you are already writing new material — how is this shaping up? Are you just playing around with ideas at the moment or are any ...

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SILENT CIVILIAN Part Ways With Guitarist, Announce Replacement

Former SPINESHANK frontman Jonny Santos has issued the following update on his SILENT CIVILIAN project: "I know I havent posted in a while but as I'm sure you all know, I have been busy as hell. Well there is a lot going on right now and I think you guys/girls should know what is happening. ...

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DAVE GROHL Sorts Out JUSTIN HAWKINS And LEMMY

According to Megastar.co.uk, FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl recently managed to patch things up between Justin Hawkins of THE DARKNESS and MOTÖRHEAD's Lemmy. "Justin told me that the band had a beef with Lemmy. So I called Lemmy on the cell. He lives a block away," Grohl told CMU Daily. "Lemmy had...

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Undoing Ruin

I like what DARKEST HOUR has done on "Undoing Ruin", the follow-up to the excellent "Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation". The band has not abandoned its Americanized AT THE GATES-style melodic thrash 'n bash, yet there are more colors and accents in the songs, more melody as well. A slight smoothing of...

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THE ETERNAL Name New Album

Australian melodic doom metal band THE ETERNAL (formerly CRYPTAL DARKNESS) have set "Sleep of Reason" as the title of their forthcoming second album, due late September via Firebox Records. The follow-up to last year's "The Sombre Light of Isolation" was recorded at Palm Studios in Melbourne and is...