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EVILE: U.K. Tour Dates Announced

British thrashers EVILE will embark on a U.K. tour in January. The dates are as follows: Jan. 14 - Barfly - Cardiff, UK Jan. 15 - Central Station - Wrexham, UK Jan. 16 - Fibbers - York, UK Jan. 17 - Cathouse - Glasgow, UK Jan. 18 - University - Newcastle, UK Jan. 20 - ...

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GODSMACK, VELVET REVOLVER, MÖTLEY CRÜE Members To Take Part In 'Bezerk' Project

Guitar Center announced today that MÖTLEY CRÜE's Tommy Lee and the STREET DRUM CORPS' Frank Zummo will present "Bezerk" — an exclusive project commissioned by Guitar Center, featuring some of today's top drummers and artists — as part of the upcoming Drum-Off Grand Finals, taking place January 8, 20...

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Clues Elusive In Case Of Missing METALLICA Fan, But Hope Lingers

Matt Chittum of The Roanoke Times reports: A search on Friday for Morgan Dana Harrington — the missing 20-year-old junior from Virginia Tech who was last seen at METALLICA's October 17, 2009 concert at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia — by 360 volunteers in 36 teams turned up n...

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NONPOINT: Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Southern Florida's NONPOINT recently entered Belle City Sound in Racine, Wisconsin to begin recording its new full-length album with YEP! Productions' Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett (also members of MUDVAYNE and HELLYEAH) at the helm. The CD is slated for a spring 2010 release. Video footage from the r...

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Exclusive: New MUDVAYNE Album Artwork Unveiled

The artwork for the new self-titled album from MUDVAYNE can be viewed below. Reportedly the first album to ever use blacklight-reactive ink (making it only visible under a black light),the CD's cover image was created by world-renowned tattoo king Paul Booth. Every bit of art and text in the packag...

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EVILE: Bassist Audition Details Announced

British thrashers EVILE have confirmed that they are carrying on as a band following the death of bassist Mike Alexander, who passed away on October 5, 2009 while on tour with the band in Sweden. According to guitarist Ol Drake, Mike died of a pulmonary embolism, a blockage of an artery in the lung....

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BOMBASTIC MEATBATS Taps MATT SORUM For Japan Music Fair Appearance

Los Angeles all-star band CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, featuring guitarist Jeff Kollman (COSMOSQUAD, GLENN HUGHES),bassist Kevin Chown (UNCLE CRACKER, TED NUGENT),and keyboardist Ed Roth (GLENN HUGHES, RONNIE MONTROSE),has tapped Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) to take over drum d...

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NONPOINT Returns With Acoustic EP, Begins Recording New Album

One of the most notable bands to break out of the Southern Florida music scene in the late Nineties, NONPOINT will release an acoustic digital EP, "Cut The Cord", on December 8 via their own 954 Records in partnership with Rocket Science Ventures / RED / Sony. The five-song effort features acoustic...

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EVILE Members Talk About Bassist's Passing

EVILE members Matt Drake, Ol Drake and Ben Carter have spoken exclusively to U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine about the passing of their bassist Mike Alexander, who died on October 5, 2009 while on tour with the band in Sweden. You can stream the interview and check out pictures of Mike below. Two memor...

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THE 69 EYES To Perform On 'Fearless Music' This Weekend

Finnish goth metallers THE 69 EYES will perform the song "Lost Boys" on Fearless Music TV this Saturday, November 7. The show will air at 12:30 a.m. on Fox 5 in New York City. If you are not in New York City, check out the time and channel listing at the Fearless Music

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DENIM AND LEATHER Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

DENIM AND LEATHER, the Las Vegas-based metal tribute band that plays "true and classic metal cover songs," has parted ways with drummer Rob Daley and has replaced him with Matt Muntean. The group states, "Matt is a very skilled and exciting drummer and we are looking forward to doing great things wi...

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HIGH ON FIRE: Tentative Album Title Revealed; Performance Footage Of New Song Available

Oakland, California sludge metal trio HIGH ON FIRE has set "Snakes For The Divine" as the tentative title of its fifth studio album and follow-up to 2007's "Death Is This Communion". The CD was recorded with producer Greg Fidelman (METALLICA, SLAYER, JOHNNY CASH) at The Pass Studios in Los Angeles a...

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SEVENTH VOID: New Video Interview Posted Online

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with SEVENTH VOID — the new band featuring TYPE O NEGATIVE guitarist Kenny Hickey and drummer Johnny Kelly — last month when the group was on the road as the support act for TYPE O NEGATIVE. Watch the chat below. SEVENTH VOID's debut album, "Heaven Is Gone", sold...

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MOTÖRHEAD To Enter Studio In February

MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister told ABORT Magazine's E.S. Day in a new interview that the band will hit the studio in February "to rehearse, write and record" its next album. The forthcoming CD will be the follow-up to "Motörizer", which sold a little more than 6,400 copies in the United S...

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Canada's CRADLE TO GRAVE Begins Recording New Album

Canadian metallers CRADLE TO GRAVE have commenced work on their long-awaited, third studio album and follow-up to 2007's "Texas Medicine". The veteran band — which features in its ranks Denis "Sasquatch" Barthe of AGGRESSION and Matt Fowler of ASSAULT/KARRION — just completed pre-production with pro...