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MCQUEEN To Support VELVET REVOLVER In UK

UK all-girl band MCQUEEN has been confirmed as the opening act for VELVET REVOLVER on three dates in March at the "personal request" of VR guitarist Slash, according to a press release. The details are as follows: March 15 - Liverpool University March 16 - Leeds University March 17 - Manchester Apol...
March 8, 2008
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DEF LEPPARD New Single To Be Part Of All Upcoming NBA Game Broadcasts

Iconic rockers DEF LEPPARD and TIM MCGRAW will add another notch to their belts of legendary rock anthems when "Nine Lives" — the highly anticipated first single off DEF LEPPARD's new studio album, "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge" (April 29, Bludgeon Riffola/Island/UMe),becomes the featured track in...
March 7, 2008
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SERJ TANKIAN Launches Two New Web Sites

The Pulse of Radio reports that Serj Tankian has launched two new Web sites. The first, ElectTheDead.com, shares the name of his recently released debut solo album and focuses on political issues such as elimination of the Electoral College, capping corporate contributions to political campaigns, ta...
March 7, 2008
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TOM MORELLO To Team Up With SERJ TANKIAN For 'Justice' Tour

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: Axis of Justice principals Tom Morello and Serj Tankian are taking their show on the road in this election year. Morello tells Billboard.com that the Justice Tour 2008, which is slated to begin in the spring and continue sporadically through the year, will featur...
March 7, 2008
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CIRCLE II CIRCLE: Brazilian Dates Announced

CIRCLE II CIRCLE, the band led by ex-SAVATAGE singer Zak Stevens, will play four shows in Brazil in June: June 12 - Curitiba/PR - Opera1 June 13 - Campinas/SP- Hammer Rock Bar June 14 - Sao Paulo/SP - Hangar 110 June 15 - Rio de Janeiro/RJ- Bar do Tom CIRCLE II CIRCLE will release its ...
March 6, 2008
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ROMANS Sign With BLACK MARKET ACTIVITIES

Black Market Activities has announced the signing on Vermont natives ROMANS. After years of toiling with different bands and styles, Justin Gonyea (guitar) teamed up with Ben Lee (guitar) and Kevin Savage (drums) in the winter of 2006. The band sought the services of Sean Martin (bass) and Tom Kelly...
March 5, 2008
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HELLHAMMER: New Audio Interview With TOM GABRIEL FISCHER Posted Online

Before they were creating proto-black metal in CELTIC FROST, guitarist/vocalist Tom Gabriel Fischer and bassist Martin Eric Ain were members of seminal blackened thrash outfit HELLHAMMER. If you're a fan of CELTIC FROST, HELLHAMMER, or extreme metal in general, you should definitely check out HELLHA...
March 5, 2008
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Demon Entrails

What else can possibly be said about these legendary demos? Even if you're not as convinced as Tom G. Warrior and Martin Ain are of their avant-garde visionary genius, it's hard to deny that the tapes preserved here – primitive racket from depressed and morbid teens in a Switzerland bunker – set the...
March 5, 2008
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RUSH: New Single Details Revealed

RUSH will release its sixth live album, "Snakes & Arrows Live", on April 8 via Anthem/Atlantic. The 27-track, double-disc set was recorded in October 2007 at Ahoy in Rotterdam, Holland. The track "Workin' Them Angels" will be serviced to rock outlets on March 10. However, according to a posting...
March 4, 2008
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GORGOROTH's INFERNUS Makes 'Non-Negotiable' Offer To Estranged Bandmates

GORGOROTH guitarist Infernus — who is involved in a legal dispute with his estranged bandmates over the rights to the group's name — has issued the following update: "Infernus' new lawyer, Kate I. Löhren at Onsagers AS, has today March 4th 12.00 given Gaahl [vocals; real name: Kristian Eivind Espeda...
March 4, 2008
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AMBERIAN DAWN To Support EVERGREY In Tampere

Finnish female-fronted metal band AMBERIAN DAWN will support EVERGREY on March 19 at Klubi in Tampere, Finland. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Mar 19 - Klubi, Tampere, Finland (w/ EVERGREY) May 23 - Ravintola Red Neck, Jyväskylä, Finland Jun. 12 - Sataman Yö, Jyväskylä, Finland F...
March 4, 2008
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FROM THE INSIDE: New Album Being Mixed

The new album featuring TYKETTO singer Danny Vaughn and famed producer and bassist Fabrizio Grossi is in the finishing stages of the mixing sessions in the capable hands of Tommy Hansen (HELLOWEEN, PRETTY MAIDS, TNT) in Denmark. The record, to be entitled "Visions", also features Jimi Bell from HOUS...
March 3, 2008
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'Phoenix Rising' Concert Raises $175,000 For STATION FAMILY FUND

Michael Marotta of BostonHerald.com reports that last week's Phoenix Rising benefit concert — featuring performances by TWISTED SISTER, TESLA, WINGER, STAIND's Aaron Lewis, BOSTON's Tom Scholz and country artists including John Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Dierks Bentley and Kelly Pickler — raised more th...
March 3, 2008
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BRUTALLY BEATEN To Release 'Exile Of Enemies'

BRUTALLY BEATEN, the new Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based band featuring former members of SHATTERED SOUL, WAR BETWEEN ONE and OUTBREAK, is preparing to release a new CD, entitled "Exile of Enemies". The group, which is currently unsigned, has posted several audio samples on its MySpace page. BRUTALLY...
March 2, 2008
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Producer TOM WERMAN Fires Back At NIKKI SIXX

Former MÖTLEY CRÜE producer Tom Werman has fired back at the group's bassist Nikki Sixx after Sixx responded to Werman's letter to the New York Times calling Sixx's memoir, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star", "totally deluded" and "stunningly inaccurate." Werman took i...
March 1, 2008