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GIANT SQUID Announces Lineup Changes

Austin, Texas-based eclectic doom rock act GIANT SQUID have issued the following update: "GIANT SQUID recently completed a quick jaunt across the U.S., including select dates with new labelmates STOLEN BABIES, as well as meeting up with The End Records veterans AGALLOCH for their CD release show in...

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Hardcore Concert Erupts Into Violence; Bandmembers Claim Police Brutality

J.J. Huggins and Marisa Donelan of Sentinel & Enterprise report that police arrested three band members outside a Leominster, Massachusetts church Saturday night (August 12) after a hardcore punk-rock concert featuring a band named CUT THROAT (MySpace page) erupted into violence, officials said...

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AGANKAST To Cover ATOMKRAFT

Former ATOMKRAFT guitarist Rob Matthew, whose current responsibilities include managing the young British metal band AGANKAST, has issued the following update: "Twenty years ago ATOMKRAFT were four young lads from Newcastle. We rode on the coattails of our mates VENOM, gigging, writing and hanging o...

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DEF LEPPARD: More Tour Dates With JOURNEY Announced

DEF LEPPARD has added more shows to its current North American tour with JOURNEY. The newly added dates are as follows: Oct. 11 - Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center Oct. 13 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl Oct. 14 - San Bernardino, CA @ Hyundai Pavilion Oct. 16 - Albuquerque, NM @ Journal ...

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A.M. CONSPIRACY: New Music Posted Online

A.M. CONSPIRACY, the new Orlando, Florida-based rock band fronted by ex-DROWNING POOL singer Jason "Gong" Jones, has uploaded two new songs to their MySpace page. The group's lineup is rounded out by ex-STILL NAIVE guitarist Rob Dehaven and CANVAS members Clint Campbell (guitars and voice),Dean And...

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LOUDNESS Guitarist To Release New Solo Album Next Month: Sample Available

LOUDNESS guitarist Akira Takasaki will release his new solo album, "Nenriki", on September 20 via Tricycle Entertainment. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Surf Trip 02. Mars 03. I Want To Take You Higher 04. Neighborhood 05. Mindphase 06. Chicago Drive 07. The Sun Goes Down 08. No...

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TRIVIUM: More Details Revealed About Today's Video Shoot

TRIVIUM will film a video for the song "Anthem (We are the Fire)", off their up-coming album "The Crusade" (in stores October 10),in Los Angeles today (Friday, August 11) and are looking for volunteers to join them on set. Commented the band: "We're looking for extras in what will be an over-the-to...

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BRUTAL TRUTH: 'Animal Kingdom' / 'Kill Trend Suicide' Reissue To Include Bonus Video Footage

Relapse Records has set an October 17 release date for the reissue of the post-Earache material from influential '90s extreme metallers BRUTAL TRUTH, "Sounds of the Animal Kingdom" (1997) and the preceding "Kill Trend Suicide" mini-CD (1996). According to a posting on the Relapse web site, "'Sounds....

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TED NUGENT: People Who Think Hunting Is Terrible Can Kiss My A**

Brent Frazee of The Mercury News reports that the first thing you have to know about Ted Nugent is that he isn't going to apologize to anyone for hunting. "I've got a message for all those people who think hunting is so terrible," he says. "They can kiss my (behind). "People will say ...

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FREDIABLO Officially Quits GRIMFIST

GRIMFIST vocalist Frediablo (GORELORD, ex-NECROPHAGIA) has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "So it has come to this. I have officially quit GRIMFIST. The motivation and drive I once possessed is dead... for now. I am stepping down allowing a hungrier man to fill my shoes, and ho...

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Norwegian Black Metallers MAYHEM Comment On Controversial GATES OF METAL Appearance

Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM have commented on the controversy surrounding their appearance at last weekend's Gates of Metal festival in Sweden. Pig heads and other animal parts decorated the stage during the band's performance (Photo#1, Photo#2, Photo#3) — a violation of the Swedish animal by-p...

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JIM ROOT On New STONE SOUR CD: 'We Don't Want To Expect Too Much Out Of This Album'

Justin Donnelly of Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR guitarist Jim Root. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the expectations for the new STONE SOUR album, "Come What(ever) May": "The album is pretty close to us, and we're all a little bit...

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Former VIO-LENCE Frontman Talks About Pit Violence: Video Available

The makers of "Get Thrashed", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a one-minute video clip featuring former VIO-LENCE frontman Sean Killian talking about violence in the pit at one of the band's shows b...

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Swedish Animal-Rights Organization Slams MAYHEM Over Use Of Animal Parts

Animal Rights Sweden, the country's largest animal-rights organization with 36,000 members, has launched an attack against the organizers of the Gates of Metal festival over Norwegian black metal band MAYHEM's use of animal parts during their performance at the event (Photo#1, Photo#2),which took p...

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DEF LEPPARD's 'Hysteria' To Receive 'Deluxe Edition' Reissue Treatment

DEF LEPPARD will be releasing a "deluxe edition" of their classic album "Hysteria" (1987) before the end of the year. No further details are currently available. "Hysteria" was recorded in 1986 at Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Netherlands; Windmill Lane Studio 2 in Dublin, Ireland; and Studio Des...