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SAROS Completes Work On New Album

San Francisco Bay Area metal act SAROS, which features in its ranks members of AMBER ASYLUM, BASTARD NOISE, and WEAKLING, has completed work on its new album, "Acrid Plains", to be released by Profound Lore Records mid-February 2009. Finding itself within the circle that comprises the artistic surge...

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MISERY INDEX Drummer Pulling Double Duty In St. Louis

Drummer Adam Jarvis will pull double duty with MISERY INDEX and his other band ALL WILL FALL on November 29 at Just Bills in St. Louis, Missouri. This year ALL WILL FALL had a song featured on Vivid Videos' "Debbie Loves Dallas", which was nominated for "Best Music In A Porno" at the 2008 AVN ...

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DUBLIN DEATH PATROL: New Dates Announced

DUBLIN DEATH PATROL (DDP) — the band featuring TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy and former EXODUS vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza — has scheduled the following dates: Dec. 31 - Fat City - San Francisco, CA * Jan. 02 - Pine Street Bar & Grill - Livermore, CA * With LAAZ ROCKIT, DRAGONLORD and members of...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Taunt Audience In Washington D.C.

The Pulse of Radio reports that SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan followed up his mocking of the audience at the band's New York City show last Thursday (November 6) by taunting a member of the crowd at a gig in Washington D.C. on Tuesday night (November 11),according to HipstersUnited.com. A...

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GLEN DROVER, TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Interviewed On 'The Metal File'; Audio Available

Former MEGADETH/KING DIAMOND guitarist Glen Drover and powerhouse heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) were interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. You can stream the show online at this location. Glen Drover fille...

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EXPERIENCE HENDRIX Comments On MITCH MITCHELL's Passing

Mitch Mitchell, the innovative drummer who anchored the JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE, has died at the age of 62. Mitchell passed away on November 12 in Portland, Oregon of natural causes. The London native had completed an 18-city American tour as a featured performer with Experience Hendrix, a series co...

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DAVID ELLEFSON's F5 Confirmed For ALICE COOPER's 8th Annual Christmas Pudding

Alice Cooper and 93.3 KDKB present the eighth annual Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding, a Christmas-themed variety show, famous for being an entertaining blend of comedy, music, dance and surprise performances. The event will take place at the Dodge Theatre on Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 7:30 pm....

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QUEENSRŸCHE On 'Experience Hendrix' Tour; Video Available

QUEENSRŸCHE helped celebrate the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix by performing on two dates of this year's Experience Hendrix 2008 tribute tour — November 5 in Spokane, Washington; and November 6 in Seattle, Washington. Fan-filmed video footage of QUEENSRŸCHE members performing the classic rock son...

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WHIPLASH: Another Demo Track Posted Online

Reactivated New Jersey metallers WHIPLASH have uploaded a pre-production/demo version of another new song, "Madman At The Helm", to their MySpace page. The band will enter the studio in early March to begin recording its sixth album, "Unborn Again", with guitarist/vocalist Tony Portaro handling the...

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CATTLE DECAPITATION: New Song, Widget Available

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION will release their new album, "The Harvest Floor", on January 20 in North America; January 30 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy; and February 2 throughout the rest of Europe via Metal Blade Records. A new widget for the album can be viewed bel...

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BURN HALO To Film 'Dirty Little Girl' Video

BURN HALO, the new band fronted by former EIGHTEEN VISIONS singer James Hart, has issued the following update: "We wanted to let everyone know that we will be shooting our first music video for the track 'Dirty Little Girl' this November. We are excited to finally get things rolling with the video....

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SMASHING PUMPKINS 'Suck' In New York City

According to The Pulse of Radio, a SMASHING PUMPKINS concert in New York City on Thursday night (November 6),the band's first in the metropolitan area in nine years, was met with a less than enthusiastic reception by the crowd after Billy Corgan led the band through a show that left many hits off t...

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FEAR FACTORY's CHRISTIAN OLDE WOLBERS Says He Turned Down OZZY OSBOURNE Gig

Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with FEAR FACTORY/ARKAEA guitarist Christian Olde Wolbers. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal-Rules.com: If I understand correctly, FEAR FACTORY is temporarily on hiatus so that Burton C. Bell can focus on his sid...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS To Perform At MONTREAL METAL GATHERING

Powerhouse metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) will perform at the first annual Montreal Metal Gathering on November 15 at La Place À Côté in Montrea, Quebec, Canada. Tim says, "I will be hanging with everyone during the day and signing autographs then g...

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W.A.S.P. Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARZ Open-Air Festival

W.A.S.P. has been confirmed for next year's Rock Harz open-air festival, set to take place July 9-11, 2009 in Ballenstedt (near Quedlinburg),Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ASP EPICA HEAVEN SHALL BURN J.B.O. SCHANDMAUL TANKARD UNHEILIG W.A.S.P. W.A.S.P. earlier in the year c...