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DREAM THEATER Fans Needed To Lay Down 'Chants' On New CD

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has issued the following update: "Do you live near New York City? Do you want to have your voice on the new Dream Theater CD? "If so, I'm looking for a group of about 30 or 40 people to do some 'chants' for a section of one of the new ...

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VIRGIN BLACK: Release Date Set For 'Requiem - Mezzo Forte'; U.S. Tour Planned

The End Records has set an April 3 release date for the new album from Australia's gothic/classical/doom band VIRGIN BLACK, titled "Requiem - Mezzo Forte". The album, part of the "Requiem" trilogy, will be the first installment (the second of the trilogy) released and will be followed later on this...

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BAD RELIGION To Enter Studio Next Month

Punk rock institution BAD RELIGION will begin recording the follow up to 2004's heralded "The Empire Strikes First" next month at Grand Master Studios in Los Angeles, California. Slated for a July 10 release through Epitaph, the yet-to-be-named disc will be produced by Grammy-nominated producer Joe...

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M.A.N Signs European Deal With GAIN RECORDS

M.A.N, the new band formed out of the ashes of Sweden's TRANSPORT LEAGUE (featuring former MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich),has signed a deal with the Gothenburg-based label Gain Records for the European release of the group's debut album, "Obey, Consume, Reject". The CD, which was originally issu...

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ALL THAT REMAINS, MISERY SIGNALS, TEXTURES: European Tour Dates Announced

Massachusetts' ALL THAT REMAINS will team up with MISERY SIGNALS, TEXTURES and ETERNAL LORD (U.K. dates only!) for a European tour beginning late March. Confirmed dates are as follows: Mar. 29 - Germany Berlin Magnet Mar. 30 - Germany Leipzig Conne Island Mar. 31 - Germany Bochum Matrix Apr. 01 - Ge...

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MORGANA LEFAY: New Album Title Changed

Sweden's "thrashy dark metallers" MORGANA LEFAY have changed the projected title of their new album to "Aberrations of the Mind" from the previously announced "Primal Chaos". According to the band, the new title "better suits the feel of the record as a whole." Set to be released on March 19 on Blac...

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IT DIES TODAY Announces New Singer, Prepares For PAPA ROACH Tour

Trustkill recording artists IT DIES TODAY have announced that they have parted ways with vocalist Nick Brooks. Starting with the upcoming PAPA ROACH tour to begin next week, Jason Wood will take the microphone as a full-time member of the band. Brooks issued the following statement regarding his spl...

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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES: French Tour Dates Announced

Long-running Venice Beach thrash/punk band SUICIDAL TENDENCIES has lined up the following dates in France during April: Apr. 15 – Ancenis, FRA @ Shaker Festival Apr. 16 - Orleans, FRA @ L' Astrolabe Apr. 18 - Clermond Ferrand, FRA @ La coopérative de Mai Apr. 19 - Paris, FRA @ Elysee Montmartre Apr....

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DREAM THEATER Drummer Schedules NAMM 2007 Appearances

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy will be at the NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants) in Anaheim, California on Saturday, January 20. He will be appearing at the Tama booth at 2:30 p.m. (along with Kenny Aronoff and John Blackwell) and at the Pro-Mark booth at 4:30 p.m. (along with M...

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LORDI Frontman Discusses Band-Themed Restaurant

Mr. Lordi, frontman for Finnish monster hard rock act LORDI, has been keeping busy with the new LORDI-themed restaurant, Lordi's Rocktaurant (web site),which opened December 15, 2006 in Rovaniemi, Finland. "Everything on the menu that is related to LORDI is our own ideas," he explained. "Like every...

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SEVENDUST: More U.S. Dates Announced

SEVENDUST has announced more shows for its 57-date North American tour, scheduled to begin on February 8 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Also appearing on the trek will be DIECAST. The tour will be in support of the Atlanta-based band's sixth studio album, "Alpha", which arrives on March 6. SEVENDUST / DIEC...

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Existentia

"Existentia" by Norway's TRAIL OF TEARS is easily one of the best gothic metal albums I've heard in some time, largely because of the combination of the heavy with the ethereal is so soundly written and performed. Granted, many would not call "Existentia" a purely gothic release due at least in part...

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Allegiance

You may have heard of Greek guitar hero Gus G. from his participation in MYSTIC PROPHECY, NIGHTRAGE, and DREAM EVIL. Or maybe you caught him live as a fill-in guitarist with ARCH ENEMY during last year's North American tour. Well he's no longer a member of any of the first three bands so that he ...

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Former KISS Guitarist BRUCE KULICK Checks In From Recording Studio

Former KISS/current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick recently entered the studio to begin recording his next solo album, tentatively titled "BK3". He has decided to keep a studio blog to let fans follow the process of tracking the new CD. His latest entry reads as follows: "Sorry it has be...

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EDENBRIDGE To Release 'Best Of'/Rarities Collection In May

Austrian symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE will issue a rarities/"best of" compilation, entitled "The Chronicles of Eden", as a double-CD and limited double-digipack on May 25. Disc One will contain three new, previously unreleased songs, all Japanese and European bonus tracks and songs that were incl...