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Former VINNIE VINCENT INVASION Singer To Release Solo Album In March

Former VINNIE VINCENT INVASION singer Robert Fleischman will release a new solo album, "Look at the Dream", in March through Spirt Box Music. For those who don't want to wait, the CD will be available on iTunes next month. Fleischman first came to prominence in the late 1970s as the original lead vo...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Wants To Write 'Unbelievable' New Record

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM drummer Craig Nielsen has issued the following update: "Unreal and impressive is the only way to describe how [Eric] A.K. [vocals] is doing so well at his flight training, and he will very soon be eligible to fly helicopters privately, then he gets his professional license soon af...

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SLAYER Frontman On Writing Songs About 'Humanity's Demons And Humanity's Devils'

Paul Gargano of Maximum Ink recently conducted an interview with SLAYER frontman Tom Araya. An excerpt from the chat follows: Maximum Ink: Is it fair to say that SLAYER have become a lot more political in recent years? Tom Araya: It comes across that way, but it's not. There are more social ...

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SUIDAKRA, FLESHLESS Confirmed For Germany's UP FROM THE GROUND Festival

Germany's SUIDAKRA and Czech Republic's FLESHLESS have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Up From The Ground festival, set to take place August 24-25 in Gemünden, Germany. Headlining the event on the Saturday night (August 25) will be veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT.Also s...

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THE CULT To Begin Recording New Album

THE CULT will enter the studio next month to begin pre-production on the group's first album since 2001's "Beyond Good and Evil". A fall release is expected. Also planned for release is a DVD of the band's November 13, 2006 concert at Irving Plaza in New York City, tentatively due in April. THE CULT...

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SCUM OF THE EARTH: New Demo Samples Posted Online

SCUM OF THE EARTH, the band featuring former ROB ZOMBIE guitarist Riggs, has posted four new demo samples without vocals on its official MySpace page. SCUM OF THE EARTH recently tapped renowned U.K. concept artist Paul Garner to create the cover art for the band's upcoming second release, tentativel...

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Book Of Lyrics From NOVEMBERS DOOMS Frontman Available With New Album Pre-Order

Paul Kuhr, frontman for Chicago dark metal act NOVEMBERS DOOM, will be releasing a limited-edition book of lyrics, titled "The Wayfaring Chronicles" (300 copies),to accompany the pre-order of their forthcoming album, "The Novella Reservoir", out February 20 on The End Records. About the book of lyr...

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THUS DEFILED To Release New Album Next Month

U.K. black metallers THUS DEFILED will release their long-awaited new album, "Daemonspawn", in February through Shadowflame Productions. The follow-up to 2003's "Weeping Holocaust Tears" was recorded in Texas during 2006 and was mastered by guitarist-turned-producer James Murphy (ex-TESTAMENT, DEATH...

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OBITUARY To Release New Album In July

OBITUARY frontman John Tardy has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "The new DVD is out worldwide and we have been getting nothing but good e-mails from everyone and we really appreciate the suppport! I told [you] it was heavy! "We had a great weekend of practice and have...

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EXODUS Guitarist Announces NAMM Signing Session

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt will take part in a signing session at the Bernie Rico Jr. Guitars booth the NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants) in Anaheim, CA on Saturday, January 20 between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. He will also be "hanging out" at the Home Brew electronics booth as well,...

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NEEDLEYE: The Beast Has Been Put To Sleep

London-based metal band NEEDLEYE, whose most recent recording/touring lineup included drummer Adrian Erlandsson (CRADLE OF FILTH, AT THE GATES, THE HAUNTED),has called it quits. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "And so it came to pass that the NEEDLEYE beast would be p...

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TESTAMENT: Australian Schedule Revised

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have revised their Australian tour schedule. The group's previously announced February 9 show in Canberra has been moved to Brisbane and the February 11 date in Perth has been cancelled altogether, according to the band's official web site. The tour...

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BENEDICTION Issues New Album Update

Long-running U.K. extreme metallers BENEDICTION have issued the following update: "A lot of you are asking what is going on with BENEDICTION. Well, here goes: "On the new album front, we are fine tuning the guitar fill and lyrics and trying to decide on the final track listing. We have way too many...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Schedules Signing Session At NAMM

TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy will be signing autographs at the Nady booth at the NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants) on Saturday, January 20 between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. As previously reported, DUBLIN DEATH PATROL (DDP),the new band featuring TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy and fo...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist: 'Every Now And Then, Life Tosses You Reminders That Nothing Is Certain'

TESTAMENT/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Alex Skolnick has issued the following update: "I haven't posted in a while, since I've been on tour with TSO, and had planned to write all about that. But last night, I got an e-mail with the awful news that the night before, Sean Webber had been struck...