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F**K THE FACTS: 'The Wreaking' Limited-Edition CD/EP Detailed

"The Wreaking" CD/EP is a special release from Canadian grind/metal quartet FUCK THE FACTS that is limited to only 19 copies! It highlights the band's recordings from 2005, just before it signed to Relapse. It features FUCK THE FACTS' tracks from the split seven-inch releases with MESRINE (Sonic Dea...

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STAM1NA, TIMO KOTIPELTO, LEVERAGE, MEDICATED Confirmed For Finnish Charity Tour

STAM1NA, Timo Rautiainen, Timo Kotipelto (STRATOVARIUS),LEVERAGE and MEDICATED will take part in a short Finnish tour called "Kaveria ei jätetä" (translation: "Never leave a friend behind!") which collects money to help the voluntary youth mental healthcare in Finland. The dates are as follows: Jan...

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HYPNO5E To Tour North America In February/March

French experimental ambient metal band HYPNO5E will tour North America from February 17 to March 15, 2009. The group has 27 shows scheduled. HYPNO5E's first album, "Des deux l'une est l'autre", was released in January 2008 and is distributed worldwide by the leading digital music label in Europe, Be...

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SILVER DIRT Signs With GOFANNON RECORDS

Swiss hard/sleaze rockers SILVER DIRT have inked a deal with France's Gofannon Records for the release of their new album, due out in March/April 2009. According to singer Silver Steff, "2009 will be a very important and busy year for SILVER DIRT. We've got the right people to work with, so you will...

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SONIC SYNDICATE Confirmed For Sweden's PEACE & LOVE Festival

Swedish metallers SONIC SYNDICATE have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Peace & Love festival, set to take place June 22-27, 2009 in Borlänge, Sweden. "Love and Other Disasters", the third album from SONIC SYNDICATE, sold around 800 copies in the Unites States in its first week of r...

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MARIONETTE: More Footage From The Road Posted Online

Gothenburg, Sweden-based metal sextet MARIONETTE has posted episode 2 of its tour dairy featuring footage from the band's Reiterfestspiele tour with DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, MUSTASCH, and HONIGDIEB. Watch the eight-minute clip below. MARIONETTE recently announced the addition of guitarist Anton M...

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SHADOW GALLERY's GARY WEHRKAMP Composes Song For Charity

SHADOW GALLERY member Gary Wehrkamp recently co-founded a charity organization The Wishmakers. The first project for The Wishmakers is the recording of an original Christmas song about the Pocono Mountain, Pennsylvania region. Many notable Pocono area musicians came together in an effort to collabor...

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CYNIC: Interview With PAUL MASVIDAL

By: Scott Alisoglu Paul Masvidal had an epiphany that it was time to unleash CYNIC and blow minds all over again. For the last 15 years, "Focus" has served as the bench mark for the heavy end of progressive metal (some might say progressive "death" metal, but more on that later) and here we are ...

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WHITESNAKE, ALICE COOPER In Essen: Photos Available

Rock 'n' Roll Reporter has posted quality photos of WHITESNAKE and ALICE COOPER taken this past Friday (November 21) at Grugahalle in Essen, Germany. Whitesnake Alice Cooper WHITESNAKE's new album, "Good To Be Bad", was released through SPV/Steamhammer in Germany on April 18, the rest of Europe on A...

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SYMPHONY X: More Asian Tour Details Revealed

Progressive metallers SYMPHONY X have announced the following dates in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Thailand: Feb. 13 - Beijing, China - MG Live House Feb. 15 - Shanghai, China - Wanping Theater Feb. 17 - Kowloon, Hong Kong - HITEC Auditorium Feb. 20 - Bangkok, Thailand - Pridi Hall Feb. 22 - Taipei...

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DREAMLAND To Enter Studio This Week

Swedish metal band DREAMLAND will enter Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND) Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden this week to begin recording its new album for a March 2009 release via Dockyard 1. According to the group, "Alexx will start with the drums on Friday the 21st and then the Sonic Train will...

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Versus

THE HAUNTED seem to be struggling with what it means to be a grown-up thrash band. They've moved on from the gleeful SLAYER-in-a-blender of their early work to a more mid-paced, muscled down verse-chorus-verse crunch, weighty and darkly melodic but still heavy as hell. This sonic shift, which began...

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Vertebrae

It's weird; in one way, ENSLAVED have traveled light-years beyond the chainmail trappings that defined their early attempts at progressive black metal. They're full-on psychedelic nutters now, creating otherworldly soundscapes using layered madrigal vocals, minimalist guitar washes and fluid, expres...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: Quality Tilburg Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of VICIOUS RUMORS' November 9, 2008 concert at O13 in Tilburg, Netherlands can be viewed below (clips uploaded by "SilverRainProduction"). VICIOUS RUMORS earlier in the year announced the addition of singer Ronnie Stixx (SHADOWKEEP, DIVINE RUINS) and guitarist Kiyoshi Morgan...

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AUSTRALIAN METAL AWARDS Now Accepting Submissions

The 2009 Australian Metal Awards have been announced and will feature the following categories: * Overall Best Band 2009 * Best Album * Best Live Band * Song Of The Year * Best Film Clip * Best Producer / Recording Engineer * Best Unsigned Demo/EP * Best Guitarist * Best Drummer * Best Vocalist * .....