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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH: North Carolina Dates Rescheduled

Los Angeles-based metal band FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has rescheduled its headlining shows in Jacksonville and Fayetteville due to "a conflict." The rescheduled dates are as follows: Aug. 22 - Jacksonville, NC @ Hooligan's Music Hall Aug. 23 - Fayetteville, NC @ Jester's Pub Tickets that have already...

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DEKAPITATOR To Headline 'Thrashing Like A Maniac' Tour Kick-Off In San Francisco

San Francisco thrashers DEKAPITATOR will headline the June 14 hometown concert (at the Balazo Gallery) on the "Thrashing Like A Maniac" tour featuring FUELED BY FIRE, MERCILESS DEATH, and BONDED BY BLOOD. DEKAPITATOR had been planning its "Return of the Axecutioner" show for some time to celebrate t...

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DIRGE/Ex-SOIL Guitarist SHAUN GLASS: New Audio Interview Available

DIRGE, the new extreme metal project featuring ex-SOIL guitarist Shaun Glass, THE DOOMSDAY SOCIAL drummer James Knight (ex-THE BLANK THEORY, CHACOPA),former A TEXAS FUNERAL vocalist Jerms, bassist Brian Paz and guitarist Matt Szlachta, has scheduled the following dates: Jun. 06 - The Pearl Room - M...

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TRIVIUM: Japanese, Australian Dates Announced

Orlando, Florida-based metallers TRIVIUM have lined up the following dates: Jun. 14 - PNC Bank Arts Center Holmdel, New Jersey (w/ IRON MAIDEN) Aug. 09 - Marine Stadium (Summer Sonic) - Tokyo, Japan Aug. 10 - Maishima (Summer Sonic) - Osaka, Japan Aug. 13 - Enmore Theatre - Sydney, Australia TRIVIUM...

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CRETIN Front(wo)man Changing The Gender Rules Of Extreme Music, One Plastic Surgery At A Time

Vocalist/guitarist Dan Martinez of the Bay Area grindcore trio CRETIN was interviewed for the July 2008 issue (#45) of Decibel magazine (web site) about his decision to undergo gender reassignment surgery, essentially erasing his entire past as he set out to find the woman he always was. "From the a...

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SIKTH Calls It Quits

London, UK-based noise-mongers SIKTH have issued the following statement: "It deeply saddens the four of us to announce that we are closing the book on SIKTH... it's time to split up. "A combination of factors have driven us to make this decision. "We want to assure you that if it were viable for us...

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HELL WITHIN Guitarist On FPE-TV; Video Available

FPE-TV has posted video footage of guitarist Isaias Martinez of the Massachusetts-based metallers HELL WITHIN playing a couple of his favorite HELL WITHIN guitar leads. Watch the clip below. HELL WITHIN last year announced the addition of singer Brian Roy to the group's ranks. Roy joined the band as...

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VELVET REVOLVER Says No To Reality Show, Plans To Announce New Lead Vocalist Soon

VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum recently spoke to the Artisan News Service about the group's future plans following its much-publicized split with singer Scott Weiland in early April. "We're coming out with something in a couple of weeks and I think it's going to surprise everybody," Sorum told t...

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NOISE WITHIN/Ex-NOTHINGFACE Drummer TOMMY SICKLES Interviewed; Audio Available

VM Underground recently conducted an interview with drummer Tommy Sickles, formerly of NOTHINGFACE and currently in NOISE WITHIN. Listen to the chat at this location. NOISE WITHIN is the new Los Angeles-based project featuring singer Boris Bouma (EPIDEMIC),bass player John "Tumor" Fahnestock (SNOT,...

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JOE SATRIANI: Third And Fourth Tour Video Podcasts Posted Online

Legendary guitarist Joe Satriani has posted the third and fourth in a series of weekly video podcasts from his European tour. Check them out at this location. Satriani released his 13th solo album "Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock" on April 1. "Professor Satchafunkilus" was produce...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Frontman Talks To PETA2; Video Available

peta2, the world's largest youth animal rights organization, recently caught up with frontman Matt Tuck of the Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE for a chat about his cats, why he loathes fur and how he found out about KFC's bloody buckets. Check out Matt's words of wisdom below. As previously...

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TRIVIUM Frontman: 'We're Really Making Our Own Stuff And Our Own Kind Of Music And Art Form'

Orlando, Florida-based metallers TRIVIUM flew to Nashville, Tennessee on March 31 to enter the studio with producer Nick Raskulinecz (RUSH, FOO FIGHTERS, SHADOWS FALL, DEATH ANGEL) to begin recording the follow-up to 2006's "The Crusade". A late 2008 release via Roadrunner Records is expected. "For...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Bassist: 'We Went From Nothing To Being On MTV And Covers Of Magazines'

New Zealand's NZRock recently conducted an interview with BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE bassist/backing vocalist Jason "Jay" James. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. NZRock: Has there ever been a time when the band has been stricken with writer's block? Jason: If we're in a writing rehearsal sche...

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IN FLAMES, CHILDREN OF BODOM, HIGH ON FIRE: New Audio Interviews Available

Abort Magazine has posted its latest podcast featuring interviews from this year's Gigantour. "The [Abort] guys chat with Anders [Fridn, vocals] from IN FLAMES about losing the Swedish hockey game to Canada, Grimm finds out that CHILDREN OF BODOM are sick of telling the story behind the moniker, and...

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WHITE WIZZARD: 'High Speed GTO' Video Posted Online

"High Speed GTO", the debut music video from the Los Angeles, California-based classic hard rock/heavy metal band WHITE WIZZARD, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Dave Vorhes for Airborne Pancake Productions. Following in the massive boot-steps of metal giants such as JUDAS PRIEST, DIO,...