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CATTLE DECAPITATION Named 'Best Hard Rock' Band At SAN DIEGO MUSIC AWARDS

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION have issued the following update: "Thanks to your votes, CATTLE DECAPITATION won the Best Hard Rock Band at the San Diego Music Awards this past Monday, September 17th! This is their fourth win at the SDMAs and their first win that was based on public...

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AMON AMARTH: SWEDEN ROCK Performance To Be Broadcast On Swedish Radio

Swedish national radio (Sveriges Radio) will broadcast AMON AMARTH's performance at this year's Sweden Rock Festival (which took place in early June in Sölvesborg) on Thursday, September 20 on the P3 Live channel. If you live outside Sweden, you can listen to the program live via the Internet beginn...

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IRON FIRE To Support U.D.O., PRIMAL FEAR In Germany

Danish metallers IRON FIRE, who are fronted by FORCE OF EVIL singer Martin Steene, will support U.D.O. and PRIMAL FEAR on the following dates in December: Dec. 11 - D-Hamburg Markthalle Dec. 12 - D-Saarbrücken Kufa Dec. 13 - D-Stuttgart Lka Dec. 14 - D-Memmingen Kaminwerk Dec. 15 - D-Düsseldorf Phil...

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MEMORY GARDEN Parts Ways With Bassist, Seeks Replacement

MEMORY GARDEN, the Sweden-based band featuring former ABSKTRAKT ALGEBRA guitarist Simon Johansson, has issued the following update: "Due to lack of time, Ken Johansson [bass] has decided to leave the band. There are no hard feelings between any of us and we wish him all the best and would also like...

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LIZZY BORDEN: 'Appointment With Death' Pushed Back To November

Due to "production problems," LIZZY BORDEN's new album, "Appointment with Death" (Metal Blade Records),has had its European release date pushed back to November 5 (November 2 in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy) from the previously announced October 2. "Appointment with Death" was produced b...

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ADAGIO: Japanese Tour Report

Guitarist Stéphan Forté of the French progressive metallers ADAGIO has issued the following update: "Just arrived back from Japan where we played three shows, did some promo and had lots of fun.... "Unfortunately, I didn't have time to make an official announcement before leaving and when I arrived...

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ANNIHILATOR To Be Rejoined By Bassist RUSS BERGQUIST For Japanese Dates

Ex-ANNIHILATOR bassist Russ Bergquist will rejoin his former bandmates for their appearance at the Thrash Domination 07 festival on September 22-23 at Club Citta in Tokyo, Japan. Also scheduled to appear are NEVERMORE, DESTRUCTION and NUCLEAR ASSAULT. As previously reported, ANNIHILATOR will support...

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UNEARTH To Film California Concert For Upcoming DVD

Massachusetts metal heavyweights UNEARTH will film their October 9 concert at the Glass House in Pomona, California for an upcoming DVD. The band's tour with DARKEST HOUR, AUGUST BURNS RED and SUICIDE SILENCE marks UNEARTH's first U.S. trek since their run of dates with DIMMU BORGIR back in April/Ma...

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LIZZY BORDEN Discusses 'Appointment With Death'

Mark Carras of RockMyMonkey.com recently conducted an interview with Lizzy Borden. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: Cool. Now, how much of a challenge was it to do a concept record about death without going for the overly morbid clichés that so many metal bands today use? L...

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HALLOWS EVE: More Dates Announced

Reunited Atlanta-based thrashers HALLOWS EVE have lined up the following dates: Sep. 29 - Stage East - Ft. Pierce, Florida Oct. 06 - Atlanta Horrorfest and Zombie Walk '07 @ Lenny's - Atlanta, Georgia Oct. 12 - Sterling Hotel - Allentown, Pennsylvania Oct. 13 - Dingbatz - Clifton, New Jersey Nov. 09...

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THE RED CHORD, GOATWHORE Members To Guest On Tonight's 'Chaos'

Mike McKenzie of THE RED CHORD and Zack Simmons of GOATWHORE will be the featured guests on Indie 103.1 FM's specialty metal program "Chaos" tonight (Sunday, September 16) at 10:00 p.m. PST (1:00 a.m. EST Monday morning). To listen to the show live via the Internet, go to this location. As previousl...

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KAMELOT Guitarist Issues Post-North American Tour Update

Guitarist Thomas Youngblood of the American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT has issued the following update: "We are back for a short rest at home after an intense and incredible tour of North America. This was our third tour of the U.S. and Canada and we are already looking at dates in 2008 for...

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Riders of the Plague

I think it is safe to say that Tampa's THE ABSENCE surprised the hell out of a lot of people (myself included) with a decidedly non-Floridian brand of death metal annihilation on "From Your Grave". The style heard is perfectly executed Swedish melodic death that somehow comes with an identity of its...

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DESTRUCTOR: New Album Release Date Announced

Cleveland thrash metal legends DESTRUCTOR will release their new album, "Forever in Leather", on October 9 via Auburn Records. The release was pushed back slightly so the dates could be coordinated internationally with all the distributors. Produced by BREAKER guitarist Don Depew, the album was reco...

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PSYOPUS Announces New Bassist

Rochester, NY-based tech grindcore/hardcore outfit PSYOPUS has issued the following update: "We here at the PSYOPUS camp are happy to announce that we have found our new bass player in the form of Michael Horn. He is a 24-year-old freak of nature from just outside of the Washington D.C. area. He gra...