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Brooklyn's HULL Signs To THE END RECORDS
The End Records has announced today the signing of Brooklyn heavy metallers HULL. The hard-working quintet has made a name for itself in the New York underground over the past few years and will be a welcome addition to The End's growing family of diverse artists. The band comments: "We are very exc...December 11, 2008
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SLASH, CHESTER BENNINGTON, BILLY DUFFY Jam With CAMP FREDDY In Hollywood
Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES),Chester Bennington (LINKIN PARK) and Billy Duffy (THE CULT) are among the guest musicians who joined all-star cover band CAMP FREDDY last night (December 9) for its performance at the Roxy in West Hollywood, California. This was the second of the four-night Ro...December 10, 2008
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TYGERS OF PAN TANG At HARD ROCK HELL Festival; Video Available
Fan-filmed video footage of NWOBHM legends TYGERS OF PAN TANG performing on the Born Again stage at the Hard Rock Hell 2 festival in Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, UK on Saturday, December 6 can be viewed below (clips uploaded by "EyeJay1"). TYGERS' new album, "Animal Instinct", was released in Italy...December 10, 2008
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SLIPKNOT For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival?
In this week's issue of U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine, SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor reveals that the band has been approached to headline next year's Download festival. He says: "We've had an offer from Download but we've also got a few other options open to us at the moment. A couple of the guys in th...December 10, 2008
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WEHRMACHT Is Back!
Reactivated late 1980s Portland, Oregon-based thrash metal/hardcore band WEHRMACHT has issued the following update: "For the last two months, Marco Zorich [guitar], Shann Mortimer [bass], Tito 'Mezzy' Matos [vocals], Brian Lehfeldt [drums] and myself, John Duffy [guitar], have begun rehearsing all t...December 9, 2008
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Bankruptcy Protection For Canadian CD Distributor
Robert Thompson of Billboard.biz reports that Montreal-based Fusion Distribution III — which handles Cadian distribution for such labels as SPV, Napalm, Frontiers, InsideOut — has been placed into bankruptcy protection and slashed its staffing levels as the company, which distributes several hundred...December 9, 2008
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VIKING SKULL: 'Hair Of The Dog' Video To Be Co-Directed By BAM MARGERA
England's VIKING SKULL has scheduled the following headlining dates following the band's tour with CLUTCH: Jan. 02 - Spitfire Saloon – Cleveland, OH Jan. 04 - The Note Theatre - West Chester, PA According to the group, "the show in West Chester will also be the filming location for the 'Hair Of The...December 9, 2008
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SATYRICON: New European Video report Available
Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON have posted a video report from their European tour at this location. SATYRICON will play a headlining show at Jaxx in West Springfield, Virginia on March 1, immediately following the band's North American tour with with CRADLE OF FILTH. Fan-filmed video footage o...December 9, 2008
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METALLICA, GUNS N' ROSES Among Rollng Stone's Top Album Covers Of 2008
METALLICA's "Death Magnetic" and GUNS N' ROSES' "Chinese Democracy" are among the Top 25 best album covers of 2008 as selected by the readers of Rolling Stone magazine. The Top 20 covers on the list are as follows: 01. THE KILLERS - Day & Age 02. THE MARS VOLTA - Bedlam In Goliath 03. FLEET ...December 9, 2008
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Guitarist's ARMOROS: Demo Recordings To See Light Of Day
Marquee Records will release a three-CD super-package of unreleased music (1985-1993) from long-defunct Canadian West Coast thrash metal act ARMOROS. ARMOROS enjoyed worldwide underground success after releasing its "Resurrecdead" demo in 1987. Formed by Mike Sudar (guitar) and Terry Groom (drums) i...December 8, 2008
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SATYRICON: Virginia Headlining Show Announced
Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON will play a headlining show at Jaxx in West Springfield, Virginia on March 1, immediately following the band's North American tour with with CRADLE OF FILTH. Fan-filmed video footage of SATYRICON's December 2, 2008 concert in at Rolling Stone in Milan, Italy can b...December 8, 2008
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LENG TCH'E: Sherbrooke Footage Available
Belgian razorgrind warriors LENG TCH'E have uploaded video footage from their November 6, 2008 concert at Bar Magog in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Watch the clip below. LENG TCH'E recently parted ways with vocalist Boris Cornelissen and replaced him with Serge Kasongo from southern Belgian band ACKR...December 8, 2008
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GUNS N' ROSES: 'Chinese Democracy' Drops Out Of U.K. Top 10
GUNS N' ROSES' new album, "Chinese Democracy", dropped out of the U.K. Top 10 earlier today (Sunday, December 7),having landed at No. 11 in its second full week of release. The CD debuted at No. 2 in the U.K. after failing to outsell "Day & Age", the latest album from Las Vegas ...December 7, 2008
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GUNS N' ROSES: 'Chinese Democracy' To Drop Out Of U.S. Top 10
According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited new album, "Chinese Democracy", will drop out of the Billboard Top 10 next week with second-week U.S. sales that are expected to fall below the 80,000 mark. "Chinese Democracy" sold 2...December 6, 2008
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GUNS N' ROSES Out Of Ammo?
Keith Caulfield of Reuters/Billboard reports: [GUNS' N' ROSES long-awaited album] "Chinese Democracy" sold a modest 261,000 copies [in the United States in its first week of release]. The tally paled against those of the band's last studio efforts, "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II", w...December 6, 2008
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