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SLIPKNOT's CRAHAN Offers 'All Hope Is Gone' Track-By-Track Breakdown
ARTISTdirect has posted SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan's track-by-track breakdown of the group's new album, "All Hope Is Gone". Read it at this location. "All Hope Is Gone" is scheduled for release tomorrow (August 26) via Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Vol. 3: (The Sublim...August 25, 2008
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DISCARD Frontman Quits; Band Pulls Out Of 'Thrashing Like A Maniac' Tour
Heikki Miettinen, the lead singer of Finnish modern thrashers DISCARD, has left the band due to a "total lack of motivation and anxiety towards band activity." As a result, DISCARD has been forced to cancel its participation in the Thrashing Like a Maniac European tour with GAMA BOMB (Ireland) and B...August 25, 2008
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KONKHRA Finalizing New Record Deal
Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA have issued the following update: "It's been a while since we thought this new record of ours ['Nothing Is Sacred'] should have been out. We have been talking to a lot of labels the past six months, and we tried to turn every stone and really make the best decision m...August 23, 2008
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SLIPKNOT Festival Stunt Gets Fans Booing
According to AngryApe, a SLIPKNOT stunt at the Leeds Festival for the band's upcoming UK tour didn't go down well with music fans at the weekend event. While DROPKICK MURPHYS were playing their afternoon slot yesterday (August 22),a plan flew over the stage dangling a banner with "SLIPKNOT UK tour...August 23, 2008
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GRAVE DIGGER Signs With NAPALM RECORDS
German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER have inked a deal with Austria's Napalm Records. The band is currently in the studio working on its new album, "Ballads Of A Hangman", which is scheduled for release on January 9, 2009. An as-yet-untitled mini-CD will precede the album on November 28, 2008. The gr...August 22, 2008
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TIAMAT: 'The Ark Of The Covenant' Complete Details Revealed
Century Media Records has released the details for "The Ark of the Covenant - The Complete Century Media Years", a limited-edition collector's box from Swedish metallers TIAMAT. Limited to 3,000 copies worldwide, this noble box set also includes two exclusive audio CDs, a numbered authenticity certi...August 21, 2008
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SLIPKNOT Drummer Breaks Ankle; European Festival Appearances Cancelled
SLIPKNOT has released the following statement: "It is with huge regret and disappointment that we have been forced to cancel our imminent European festival appearances at Leeds, Reading, 2 Days a Week, Area 4, as well as exclusive performances for MTV Europe and Virgin TV. The other night, Joey Jord...August 20, 2008
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TIAMAT Guitarist Quits
TIAMAT guitarist Thomas Wyreson has announced his decision to leave the long-running Swedish metal group. He explained, "I've made a tough decision to quit the band. My last show with the guys [was] the Zeytinli Rock Fest in Turkey the 16th of August." He added, "Just for the record, there are absol...August 20, 2008
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THIS ENDING: New Album Delayed
THIS ENDING — the Stockholm, Sweden-based band formerly known as THE PLAGUE (before they were forced to change their name for legal reasons) — has issued the following update: "After a gruelling recording, mixing and mastering process during the early summer, [THIS ENDING's sophomore album] 'Dead Ha...August 18, 2008
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GWAR Manager SLEAZY P. MARTINI Comes Out Of Retirement For 'Electile Dysfunction '08' Tour
GWAR upcoming tour, dubbed Electile Dysfunction, will feature the return of the group's manager, Sleazy P. Martini. Sleazy's announcement on the matter reads as follows: "Greeting losers, it is I, the world's shrewdest man, Sleazy P. Martini, manager of GWAR, announcing an entertainment merger betwe...August 18, 2008
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SYRACH Bassist Forced To Sit Out European Dates; Temporary Replacement Announced
Norwegian doom metallers SYRACH have issued the following update: "Due to some work-related issues, our bass player Hjarandr [real name: Ørjan Setvik] will not take part on [the upcoming European] tour. He will be replaced by the lord of low tunes, Mr. Øystein K. He will debut with us on the 1880 gi...August 17, 2008
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DREAM THEATER Drummer Interviewed About 'Rock Band'; Audio Available
Harmonix editor Brett Milano recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy about Rock Band: Metal Health — the latest Rock Band DLC (Downloadable Content) update otherwise known as the Roadrunner 6 Pack (a collection of metal more harsh than biting down on a ball of aluminu...August 15, 2008
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GOD FORBID Guitarist Weighs In On POISON Vs. DEF LEPPARD Feud
GOD FORBID guitarist Dallas Coyle has written the latest entry for his weekly column on MetalSucks, "The Hard R". This week Dallas reveals more details behind the band's cover of MUSE, and shares his thoughts on the public controversy going on between POISON and DEF LEPPARD. An excerpt from the blog...August 15, 2008
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DREAM THEATER: Quebec City Concert Cancelled
DREAM THEATER's previously announced announced a "one-off" show on August 31 at the L'International Weekend festival at Hippodrome in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada has been cancelled. In a posting on the band's official web site, DREAM THEATER writes, "Due to circumstances beyond our control, DREAM TH...August 14, 2008
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THE ORDER: New Album Title Announced
THE ORDER, the new project featuring former GURD guitarist Spring and PURE INC. singer Gianni Pontillo, has set "Rockwolf" as the title of its third album. According to the band, "10 songs are almost finished and we're working on the last details. We're looking forward to enter the studio in Februar...August 13, 2008
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