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SMASHING PUMPKINS To Release 'American Gothic' Acoustic EP

SMASHING PUMPKINS have completed work on "American Gothic", a four-song acoustic EP, to be released digitally via the iTunes Store on January 2. Featuring the songs "The Rose March", "Pox", "Again, Again, Again (The Crux)" and "Sunkissed", the EP will be available for individual purchase on iTunes o...

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CIRCUS DIABLO Announces New Bassist

CIRCUS DIABLO — the new project featuring THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy, THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick (guitar),and ex-THE CULT touring bassist/current CAMP FREDDY guitarist Billy Morrison (vocals) — has parted ways with its bassist Brett Scallions (who is also the former frontman for FUEL a...

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ALICE COOPER and 'American Idol' Winner Dedicate Teen Music Center at Grand Canyon University

Alice Cooper and 2007 "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks today dedicate the site of a real-life "school of rock" complete with a multi-use concert hall, recording studio and sound rooms. The dedication ceremony begins with Cooper making a flamboyant entry to the site riding a backhoe to music perf...

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THE POOR To Support W.A.S.P. In Australia

Australian hard rock legends THE POOR will be hitting the road for the first time in 10 years as the support act for W.A.S.P. in April 2008. Confirmed dates are as follows: Apr. 08 - Sydney, AUS @ Enmore Theatre Apr. 10 - Fortitude Valley, AUS @ The Arena Apr. 13 - Adelaide, AUS @ ...

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ALLHELLUJA: New Album Title Announced

ALLHELLUJA, the Danish/Italian project featuring HATESPHERE frontman Jacob Bredahl and Stefano Longhi from Scarlet Records, is working on material for its third full-length album, titled "Breath Your Soul". The new CD will contain 15 songs for a total of 70 minutes of new music, including cover vers...

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SADUS: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Bay Area Posted Online

SADUS's official web site has been updated with the following message: "With just a few days before Darren's [Travis; SADUS guitarist/vocalist) birthday hits the calendar, I [SADUS's webmaster] thought to update the SADUS aficionados with this video I just put together. It's a collection of trippy s...

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STRYPER Frontman Featured In 'Noëlle' Movie; Trailer Available

The new Gener8xion Entertainment motion picture "Noëlle" — which features STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet as part of the supporting cast — is now in theaters. In the movie, Sweet plays one of the three "Tree Kings" and sings in Latin in the climatic ending of the film. Michael's wife Kyle was also th...

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THE AGONIST Singer Talks 'Canadian Idol'

Alissa White-Gluz — the singer for Canadian metalcore outfit THE AGONIST — recently spoike to MTV.com about her experience on "Canadian Idol" back in 2006. "It was a joke that went too far," she explained. "We'd already signed a deal with Century Media, and I was at school, which was close to where...

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TESTAMENT: New Album Release Date Announced

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT will release their new album, "The Formation of Damnation", in North America on April 29, 2008 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band is currently recording the effort with producer Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE) at Fantasy St...

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SADUS Bringing The 'Attack' To Puerto Rico

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers SADUS played their first-ever show in Puerto Rico on Friday, November 30 at Dakiti & Café Culebra in San Juan. The group's bassist Steve DiGiorgio (ex-DEATH, TESTAMENT, SEBASTIAN BACH) has since updated his site with the following message: "In the continu...

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ALLHELLUJA Parts Ways With Guitarist

ALLHELLUJA, the Danish/Italian project featuring HATESPHERE frontman Jacob Bredahl and Stefano Longhi from Scarlet Records, has parted ways with guitarist Massimo Gajer due to "personal reasons." "What we can say is that ALLHELLUJA now is stronger than before, with more energy and a fuckin' heavy vi...

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W.A.S.P. Schedules Australian Tour Dates

W.A.S.P. has lined up the following Australian tour dates in April of next year: Apr. 07 - Sydney, AUS @ Enmore Theatre Apr. 08 - Sydney, AUS @ Enmore Theatre Apr. 10 - Fortitude Valley, AUS @ The Arena Apr. 13 - Adelaide, AUS @ The Barton Theatre Apr. 15 - Melbourne, AUS @ Forum ...

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World's First Self-Tuning Guitar To Go On Sale This Week

AFP reports that the world's first self-tuning guitar — which is already being used by Billy Corgan from the SMASHING PUMPKINS, among other musicians — was unveiled to the public in London Monday (Dec. 3) — an instrument that automatically detects when a string has fallen out of pitch and corrects i...

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ALL WILL FALL: New Music Posted Online

ALL WILL FALL, the band featuring drummer Adam Jarvis of MISERY INDEX, has posted two new songs on its MySpace page: "Defiler of Virtue" and "Under the Idol", the latter of which will appear on SickDrummer.com's compilation "Volume One - Brutal Beatings", due in 2008. ALL WILL FALL is currently nego...

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Latvia's SUPERHUMAN To Support ALICE COOPER In Riga

Latvian rock band SUPERHUMAN will support ALICE COOPER and FOREIGNER at Arena Riga in Latvia on Saturday, December 1. SUPERHUMAN previously opened for BILLY IDOL and REAMONN on the Latvian stops of their European tours. SUPERHUMAN's debut album "As Human As We Are" — which was released in August via...