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PEARL JAM: First U.K. Show In Six Years Sold Out Within Minutes

Billboard.com is reporting that PEARL JAM will play their first U.K. show in six years on April 20, when they will drop by the 1,600-capacity Astoria. Tickets went on sale this morning (March 31) in the United Kingdom and reportedly completely sold out within several minutes. An extensive European t...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Announce Album Title, Release Date

ALL THAT REMAINS, the Massachusetts-based act featuring former SHADOWS FALL vocalist Philip Labonte, have set "The Fall of Ideals" as the title of their new album, due on July 11 via Prosthetic Records. The follow-up to 2004's "This Darkened Heart" was recorded at Zing Recording Studios in Westfield...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman: 'Our Goal Is To Write 'Master Of Puppets' For This Generation'

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has revealed to Kerrang! magazine (web site) that death is a common theme on a number of the new songs that the band are currently working on. "We've got about five songs right now that I'm stoked with," says Flynn. "There are songs about suicide and death. I ...

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Review: GUNS N' ROSES' 'Chinese Democracy' Is Not The Greatest Rock Album Ever Made

Chuck Klosterman of Spin magazine has penned a review of the complete 13-song version of GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited new album, "Chinese Democracy". An excerpt from his review follows [***NOTE: The review may or may not have been written as an early April Fool's Day joke***]: "It's been a long time...

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MADDER MORTEM: 'My Name Is Silence' Video Available For Download

MADDER MORTEM's video for the track "My Name Is Silence" has been made available for download at this location (Quicktime required, 7 MB). The song is the opening cut on the Norwegian band's new album, "Desiderata", which is being released in Europe today (March 27) via Peaceville Records. MADDER MO...

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NIRVANA Stake To be Acquired By U2's BONO?

James Hall of the U.K.'s Telegraph.co.uk is reporting that Elevation Partners - the private equity company whose partners include Bono, the U2 singer - is thought to be the front-runner in a multi-million pound deal to acquire a stake in the back catalogue of NIRVANA, the 1990s grunge pioneers. The...

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METALLICA: Power Cut At Cape Town Concert Stops Band Dead In Their Tracks

Karen Breytenbach of South Africa's The Star is reporting that a power cut stopped heavy metal legends METALLICA dead in their tracks 10 minutes into their set at their Cape Town concert on Saturday (March 25). Baffled by the sudden silence of their instruments, the band's lead singer, James Hetfiel...

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ABIGAIL WILLIAMS Sign With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Arizona-based extreme metal band ABIGAIL WILLIAMS have signed a three-album deal with Candlelight Records. According to a press release, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS "take their influences from the best of the best from the old and the new and blend it into a unique and multifaceted hybrid. They have the groove...

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SONIC SYNDICATE Begin Writing New Material

Swedish metal band SONIC SYNDICATE have finished writing eight songs for the follow-up to their debut album, "Eden Fire". New songtitles include "Psychic Suicide", "Blue Eyed Fiend", "Callous" and "Presence of Mind". "We're currently rehearsing these babies to perfection, and it sounds marvelous!" s...

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Reprint Of ALICE IN CHAINS Frontman's Biography 'Angry Chair' To Include New Chapter

Argentinean journalist-author Adriana Rubio, who penned the biography of late ALICE IN CHAINS frontman Layne Staley, titled "Layne Staley: Angry Chair", has issued the following statement regarding the recently announced plans to run a new reprint of the book via her new publisher ARTS Publications:...

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MISERY SIGNALS Announce New Singer

Milwaukee, WI's metalcore act MISERY SIGNALS has announced the addition of vocalist Karl Schubach to the group's ranks. Schubach, who hails from Saskatchewan, Canada, has never sung for a band before and was a guitarist before joining MISERY SIGNALS. "He sent over an mp3 of him singing one of our so...

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VADER To Be Joined By NIGHTRAGE, BLOODTHORN On Scandinavian Tour

According to a posting on VADER's official web site, NIGHTRAGE and BLOODTHORN have been confirmed as the support acts for the Scandinavian leg (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland) of VADER's Blitzkrieg 4 tour, which is scheduled to kick off on November 11 and run through November 25. Exact cities a...

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Self-Help

Releasing "The Dead Next Door" as a trio on Solid State Records in 1999, "The Sideshow Whiplash" EP as a quartet on Goodfellow Records in 2001, SPITFIRE called it quits. With guitarists Scottie Henry (NORMA JEAN) and Dan Tulloh (SCARLET) in tow, SPITFIRE reformed as a quintet in 2005 and recently re...

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WARGASM: DVD Update

Boston's thrash pioneers WARGASM recorded their special reunion show on Sept. 18, 2004 at the Middle East Club in Cambridge, MA for an upcoming DVD, tentatively due later in the year. The DVD is set to include the entire reunion show, along with a documentary about the band, complete with vintage li...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Frontman Says New Album Will Have Much More Vocal Variety

ALL THAT REMAINS, the Massachusetts-based act featuring former SHADOWS FALL vocalist Philip Labonte, entered Zing Recording Studios in Westfield, Massachusetts, earlier this month to begin recording the yet-untitled follow-up to 2004's "This Darkened Heart". Labonte told MTV.com that the disc should...