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7TH REIGN Announces New Album Title

7TH REIGN, the Canadian power metal band featuring former EIDOLON vocalist Brian Soulard, EIDOLON bassist Adrian Robichaud and guitarist Marios Panayiotis, has set "Fallen Empires" as the title of its sophomore album, tentatively due later in the year. The CD is currently in post-production, with th...

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TED NUGENT Reunites With AMBOY DUKES At DETROIT MUSIC AWARDS

Legendary rocker Ted Nugent reunited with his first recording band, the AMBOY DUKES, yesterday (Friday, April 17) to receive a Distinguished Achievement Award at the annual Detroit Music Awards. The group also played at the event, marking the first performances of the "Journey to the Center of the M...

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DIRTY LOOKS: 'The Worst Of...' Collection Coming Soon

Reunited hard rockers DIRTY LOOKS are currently putting the finishing touches on a "best-of" collection titled "The Worst Of Dirty Looks" (see cover below). It is a 31-song double CD set spanning the band's career from 1984 to 1994. This package will contain rare songs with lyrics for every track. D...

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AXEL RUDI PELL: 'Best Of - Anniversary Edition' Gydget Available

A "best-of" compilation from German guitarist AXEL RUDI PELL will be released later this spring via SPV in time for the second part of the axeman's "The Skull Crown Tour" which will see his band support HEAVEN & HELL on all five dates of their upcoming German tour. Entitled "Best Of - Anniversar...

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FREE REIGN Is The Heaviest Band In Metal - Literally

Todd Archer of The Dallas Morning News reports: The lead singer is 6-8 with a shaved head and tattoos. The bass player is 6-6 and weighs 353 pounds. The drummer's head is shaved, too, and he also weighs more than 300 pounds. "We have the heaviest band in the world — literally," said ...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND: Autographed Copies Of 'Ki' Available For Pre-Order

"Ki", the first in a series of albums from acclaimed Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) to be made available under the DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT moniker, will be released in Europe on May 25 and in North America on June 19 via Ins...

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BIRDS OF PREY: Another New Song Posted Online

BIRDS OF PREY, the band featuring Erik Larson (ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY),Bo Leslie (THE LAST VAN ZANT),Summer Welch (BARONESS),Ben Hogg (BEATEN BACK TO PURE) and Dave Witte (MUNICIPAL WASTE),has posted another new song, "Juvie", on MySpace. The track comes off the group's third full-length album, "T...

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SEVENTH VOID Schedules In-Store Appearances, Meet-And-Greets

SEVENTH VOID, the new band formed by TYPE O NEGATIVE guitarist Kenny Hickey and drummer Johnny Kelly, has schedueld the following meet-and-greet sessions and in-store appearances: April 25 - Newbury Comics - Norwood, MA (at 4:00 p.m.) (autograph session + performance) April 26 - Duff's - Brooklyn, N...

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VENOM Drummer Quits

Drummer Antony "Antton" Lant has announced his departure from the pioneering British black metal band VENOM. "I have left for various reasons and would like to concentrate on my own band called DEF-CON-ONE," Antton — who is the brother of VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant — tells BLABBERMOUTH.NET....

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HARDLINE Singer To Guest On 'Allee Martell's Purrfect Timing'

HARDLINE/AXEL RUDI PELL vocalist Johnny Gioeli will be the special guest on Megarock Radio melodic hard rock program "Allee Martell's Purrfect Timing" today (Wednesday, April 15) at 8 p.m. EST. According to the show's hostess Allee Martell, the interview will be focused on "talking music and all abo...

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THE BINARY CODE Debuts New Song

New Jersey progressive death metal outfit THE BINARY CODE has posted a new song, "Suspension of Disbelief", on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's as-yet-untitled debut full-length album, co-produced by the band and Paulie Cutri this past winter at String Theory Studios in New J...

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ABIGOR Mainman Issues Update

Mainman Peter Kubik of reunited Austrian black metallers ABIGOR has issued the following update: "Before we unleash the split project with BLACKLODGE, which took larger and more monumental forms than we first conceived (and, how could it be possible NOT to expand and delay something true to its infi...

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Of Winter Born

Those prone to judging a book by its cover might assume that the cherubic faces making up U.K. quintet IGNOMINIOUS INCARCERATION played nothing more than break-down happy, down-tuned deathcore. That couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, every time I listen to "Of Winter Born", my already posi...

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STRATOVARIUS: 'Polaris' Songwriting Credits Available

The songwriting credits have been revealed for "Polaris", the new studio album from Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS. The CD — the group's first since the departure of guitar player and main composer Timo Tolkki — will be made available in Europe on May 21 via the band's new label partner Edel...

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Trailer For RUNNING WILD Tribute Album Available

A one-and-a-half-minute trailer for "ReUnation - A Tribute To Running Wild" — the upcoming tribute to German metal legends RUNNING WILD which will contain cover versions of songs exclusively from the albums "The Rivalry" (1998),"Victory" (2000),"The Brotherhood" (2002) and "Rogues En Vogue" (2005)...