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FUSE Named Exclusive Cable Television Broadcast Partner for OZZFEST's 10th Anniversary Tour

Fuse, the nation's only viewer-driven, all-music network today announced that it has been selected as the exclusive cable television broadcast partner for the much coveted 10th anniversary of Ozzfest. For this hard and heavy tour (July 15-September 4),Fuse will bring viewers the most authentic expe...

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AM I BLOOD: New Music Available For Download

Finnish metallers AM I BLOOD have released their long-awaited fourth album, "The Truth Inside the Dying Sun", through the A1Metal label in Finland. Two full-length MP3s from the album ("Gone with You" and "Lies Wrote Mysteries"),plus a non-album cut, "Nothing Realistic", can be downloaded from the...

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BENEDICTUM Complete Work On Debut Album

San Diego, CA epic power metal band BENEDICTUM have finished mixing their debut album, "Uncreation", for a late October release via Locomotive Music. The album was produced by Jeff Pilson (ex-DIO, DOKKEN) and mixed by Pilson and former WARLOCK bassist Tommy Henriksen under the ZuZu Recordings Ltd. b...

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Hazardous Mutation

It sounds to me like four young dudes got into their older brothers' record collections and discovered the raucous music of crossover bands like D.R.I. and full-on thrashers like EXODUS and NUCLEAR ASSAULT, then decided to take matters into their own hands. "Hazardous Mutation", by Richmond, Virgini...

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FAT NANCY: Former CIRCUS OF POWER Frontman Signs With PERRIS RECORDS

FAT NANCY, the Southern California-based band featuring former CIRCUS OF POWER frontman Alex Mitchell, have inked a deal with Perris Records. The group's debut album, "Pure American Muscle, Baby", is described in a press release as "a 12-song collection of raw, live and necessary rock and soul energ...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist: 'We Want To Maintain The Integrity Of Who We've Been'

Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the group's distinctive mix of heavy-metal intensity and progressive-rock virtuosity: "The thing I like about that whole movement is that you c...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist: 'Heavy Metal Is An Area We Don't Like To Go Into'

Allan Wigney of the Ottawa Sun recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell. On the subject of being labeled a "heavy metal" band, Campbell said, "We sit on the fence between hard rock and pop. We can take 'hard rock,' but the heavy metal thing is an area we don't like...

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Family Of Missing MÖTLEY CRÜE Fan To Meet With Band This Weekend

The family of a 32-year-old Baltimore County woman who has been missing since March 6 when she failed to meet friends for a MÖTLEY CRÜE concert in Washington will have a chance to personally thank the members of CRÜE for their help in the search for the woman when they meet with the group Saturday ....

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Tales from the Strip

A band straight outta the '80s that never really went away, L.A. GUNS released some good 'n' sleazy hard rock with strong melodies over the years, belying the categorization of the act by some folks (I'm not one of them) as "just another hair metal band." As late as 2002, the group released a qualit...

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JIMI HENDRIX: Complete WOODSTOCK Set Heads To DVD

Greg Prato of Billboard.com is reporting that Jimi Hendrix's closing performance at Woodstock on Aug. 18, 1969 will be commercially available in its entirety on Sept. 13, when Universal Music and Experience Hendrix release the DVD "Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock". The double-disc set captures one...

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THE LIZARDS Working On New Music With 'Special Guest Star'

THE LIZARDS, the band featuring Bobby Rondinelli (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH) and Mike DiMeo (RIOT),have posted the following message on their official web site: "How about this heat? Well, it isn't stopping us from making music! Besides, we are keeping cool in our underground lair at...

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METALLICA's Lawsuit Against NAPSTER Among Top 'Career Killers'

ABC ePrep is reporting that METALLICA's lawsuit against Napster is among the entertainment world's top career-killing moves — at least according to Stuff magazine. As the Ottawa Sun notes, this month's issue of Stuff features an article listing Hollywood's Biggest Career-Killing Moves Of All Time. S...

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BATTLELORE's 'Third Age Of The Sun' Enters Finnish Chart At No. 38

Finnish "fantasy metal" band BATTLELORE have entered the Finnish album chart at position No. 38 with their latest CD, "Third Age of the Sun". View the whole chart at this location. Audio samples of four tracks from "Third Age of the Sun" have been posted online at the group's official web site. Chec...

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BURNT BY THE SUN Announce New Lineup

BURNT BY THE SUN have announced the addition of vocalist Nate Johnson (DEADWATER DROWNING, PREMONITIONS OF WAR),guitarist Nick Hale (PREMONITIONS OF WAR, SILO) to the group's ranks. The band, whose lineup is completed by guitarist John Adubato, bassist Teddy Patterson and drummer Brandon Thomas (RI...

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BATTLELORE Schedule CD-Release Party

Finnish "fantasy metal" band BATTLELORE will celebrate the release of their new album, "Third Age of the Sun", by giving a concert in Lappeenranta on Friday, August 5. "The local 'Linnoituksen Yö' festival has been around for years and we all remember how great it was to have something like this in...