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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN: U.S. Headlining Shows Announced

Critically acclaimed rockers THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN are known for their groundbreaking music and their "dangerous," outstanding live shows. To support its upcoming album, "Option Paralysis", the band plans to head out on the road on a headline run to add to their recently announced festival dates...

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Former ANNIHILATOR Bassist Launches EXES FOR EYES

Former ANNIHILATOR touring bassist Dave Sheldon has launched a new project called EXES FOR EYES. Sheldon, who has since reverted back to guitar, has enlisted Montreal vocalist "Big" James Arsenian of the band ENDAST to front the brand new group. Longtime veteran of the GTA music scene, bassist Jeff...

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LANDMINE MARATHON: 'Sovereign Descent' Artwork Unveiled

Phoenix, Arizona's LANDMINE MARATHON has unveiled the cover art of its forthcoming album, "Sovereign Descent", due out March 16, 2010 on Prosthetic Records. The cover art was handled by acclaimed artist Dan Seagrave, who's done covers for acts such as ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER, MORBID ANGEL, SUFFOCATION a...

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Former AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Joins DORO

DORO, the band led by German metal queen Doro Pesch (WARLOCK),has announced the addition of former AFTER FOREVER guitarist Bas Maas to the group's ranks. The Dutch axeman successfully performed with DORO as a fill-in guitarist during the band's April 2009 U.K. tour and passed his baptism of fire in...

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EYES OF NOCTUM Parts Ways With Bassist

EYES OF NOCTUM, the California-based black metal band fronted by Weston "Arcane" Coppola Cage (19-year-old son of actor Nicolas Cage),has parted ways with bassist Shawn (a.k.a. Moloch). The group is currently seeking a replacement. EYES OF NOCTUM's debut album, "Inceptum" , was released last year t...

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DIABULUS IN MUSICA Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of the Spanish female-fronted symphonic gothic metal band DIABULUS IN MUSICA. According to a press release, DIABULUS IN MUSICA's musical style "can be [described] as symphonic metal with gothic elements, although their influences are quite diverse. The m...

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HOODED MENACE Completes Work On New Album

Finland's HOODED MENACE has completed work on its new album, "Never Cross The Dead" for an early April release via Profound Lore Records. According to a press release, "Never Cross The Dead" "takes the HOODED MENACE sound of their 'Fulfill The Curse' debut into heavier and doomier terrain. And, of c...

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SONATA ARCTICA Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK Festival

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have been confirmed for the 10th-anniversary edition of the Bloodstock festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2010 at Catton Hall, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMORPHIS ANDROMEDA BEHEMOTH CANNIBAL CORPSE CHILDR...

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STEELWING Replaces SIREN At Germany's KEEP IT TRUE XIII Festival

STEELWING has replaced SIREN on the billing of this year's Keep It True XIII festival, set to take place April 23-24, 2010 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ADX (FRA) ANACRUSIS (USA) CANDLEMASS (SWE / USA) CRYS...

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KAMELOT To Document European Tour For Upcoming DVD

American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT have issued the following update: "KAMELOT has enlisted renowned photographer Francisco Serralvo to chronicle the upcoming European tour that kicks off March 25, 2010 in Charleroi, Belgium and runs throughout Western Europe until April 17. The footage wil...

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ECHOTERRA To Make Its Live Debut Next Week

ECHOTERRA, the new female-fronted symphonic rock/metal band featuring keyboardist Jonah Weingarten (PYRAMAZE),guitarist Yan Leviathan (AVIAN),bassist Brian Hollenbeck, vocalist Melissa Ferlaak (VISIONS OF ATLANTIS) and drummer Adam Sagan (INTO ETERNITY),will make its live debut on Saturday, Febru...

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SEVENDUST: New Album Track Listing Revealed

Atlanta's SEVENDUST has finished mixing its new album, "Cold Day Memory", for a tentative spring release. The band says, "The first single will be announced soon and we'll leak a track for our hardcore fans that have been waiting." The group adds, "We're VERY excited to get this out to [the fans]. K...

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Skepsis

On 2007's "Malice", THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD had truly arrived and came into its own as a lethal modern death metal machine. Save for very slight traces of 'core here and there, mostly due to a certain, somewhat deceptive, "sound" that has been developed by a new generation of death metal musici...

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Until we are Outnumbered

In listening to THE KANDIDATE's (previously known as THE DOWNARD CANDIDATE) "Until we are Outnumbered", the opinion I have formed is similar to the one I had in a review of HATESPHERE's "Serpent Smiles and Killer Eyes". The breakneck and modern — and somewhat distinctively Danish — thrash metal of T...

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Scouting the Boneyard

"Irksome," "awkward," and occasionally "embarrassing" are the words that kept coming to mind during listening sessions with "Scouting the Boneyard" by Buffalo's SONS OF AZRAEL. Much of that has to do with the far-too-literal and usually cartoonish anti-Christian/Satanic lyrics, which made it difficu...