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Road of Bones

A confession: even if I wanted to, I don't think it'd be physically possible for me to give a bad rating to a band featuring an ex-member of AGONY COLUMN. Stuart "Bat Lord" Laurence was part of that criminally underrated Texas band of the late 1980s, whose freaked-out peckerwood dirt holler goth/thr...

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MEMPHIS MAY FIRE Signs With TRUSTKILL RECORDS

Dallas, Texas-based hardcore/metal band MEMPHIS MAY FIRE has inked a deal with Trustkill Records. The group's self-titled five-song CD/EP will be released on December 4. Trustkill president Josh Grabelle couldn't be more amped about the start of a long road. He comments, "There is a lot of really ex...

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NIKKI SIXX 'Freaked Out' By Ex-Wife's Alleged Call Girl Past

MSNBC.com reports: In a hearing to determine how to divide assets in the divorce of Nikki Sixx and Donna D'Errico, the MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist testified Thursday (September 20) that he was told his former model-actress wife previously worked as a prostitute and a stripper, and that she was a spendthrift...

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DROWNING POOL On Capitol Hill: Video Available

DROWNING POOL is a band on a mission. Immediately following the successful launch of their "This Is For the Soldiers Tour", the Texas rockers have stepped it up with Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA),actively campaigning for better mental health care for U.S. troops on Capitol Hill....

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Expand Tour

The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: SMASHING PUMPKINS have expanded their current North American tour, the band's first full-fledged road trip on these shores since breaking up in 2000. According to LiveDaily.com, the reactivated group has added shows in Texas, Georgia, Nort...

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LECHEROUS NOCTURNE: Tour Van And U-Haul Stolen In Houston

Greenville, South Carolina-based extreme metal band LECHEROUS NOCTURNE had its tour van and U-Haul stolen yesterday (Wednesday, September 19) from Edwards Theatre (IMAX) in Houston, Texas. The theft took place in the parking lot and it seems that the driver's side window was broken out to gain acces...

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GOON MOON: West Coast Dates Announced

GOON MOON, the group featuring Chris Goss (MASTERS OF REALITY, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE),HELLA's Zach Hill and Jeordie White (NINE INCH NAILS, MARILYN MANSON, A PERFECT CIRCLE),is set to make its live performance debut on October 25 at The Echoplex in Los Angeles. One additional date is scheduled f...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Films 'Scream, Aim And Fire' Video

Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have just filmed a video for the new track "Scream, Aim and Fire" in Australia with director Frank Borin (TRAPT, GOOD CHARLOTTE). According to the director, the video treatment "is a social commentary about the facade of war and the deceitful tactics used to r...

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PROPHECY Signs With GRINDETHIC RECORDS

Grindethic Records has announced the signing of cult Texas death metal band PROPHECY. Formed in 1991 in Shreveport, Lousiana, the band crafted its own path through the U.S. death metal underground, in the process relocating to Texas and helping to shape the sound associated with the death metal scen...

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MOTÖRHEAD, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Members Guest On New QUEEN V Album

Queen V – singer, guitarist and rock 'n' roll purist — has recruited heavy metal cult icon Lemmy (MOTÖRHEAD) to lend his signature gravelly voice and lyrics to "Wasted", a track off her December 2007 release, "Death or Glory" (Royal Noise Recordings). The record also features guest appearances by To...

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BRING ME THE HORIZON: Transportation Problems Force Concert Cancellations

Britain's BRING ME THE HORIZON has issued the following update: "BRING ME THE HORIZON regret to announce that the remaining shows from the 17th until the 21st of September will be cancelled and rescheduled for early 2008. Unfortunately this is beyond the bands control — transportation problems — and...

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DEF LEPPARD Wanted To Be Like QUEEN

VH1 Classic Radio reports: DEF LEPPARD have made quite a name for themselves now that they've been around for some 30 years. But who did the band look up to when they were forming? Phil Collen (guitar): "QUEEN were the most obvious reference point for all five of us to say that's the kind of ...

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PRONG: New Song Available For Download

A new PRONG song, entitled "The Banishment", is available for download at this location. The track comes off the group's upcoming album, "Power of the Damager", due on October 2. The hard-hitting record — the band's first studio release since 2003's "Scorpio Rising" — is easily PRONG's finest. "Powe...

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AVERSE SEFIRA Begins Recording New Album

Austin, Texas-based black metallers AVERSE SEFIRA have entered the studio with producer Tore Stjerna to begin recording their new album. According to the band, the new album will be, "a foray into new territory that further establishes the sound codified in our previous work." Recording will be comp...

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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...