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BIG MACHINE: More Live Dates Announced

BIG MACHINE, the new Florida-based band featuring former NEUROTICA/ATHEIST frontman Kelly Shaefer, have lined up the following dates during the coming weeks: Jul. 01 - Rockerfella's - Bradenton, FL Jul. 16 - Clubhouse - Sarasota, FL Sep. 23 - Boomerz - Seminole, FL BIG MACHINE recently signed an exc...

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RELAPSE To Reissue The Complete ATHEIST Collection

Relapse Records has announced the forthcoming reissue of the entire recorded works of seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST. ATHEIST was one of the first truly adventurous bands to break out of the late '80s death metal underground. In addition to ATHEIST's albums (1989's "Piece of Time", 1992's...

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BIG MACHINE Sign Representation Deal, Record New Material

BIG MACHINE have signed an exclusive representation deal with the New York law firm Selvern, Mandelbaum, and Mintz. The firm has represented a diverse roster of many of the entertainment industy's biggest artists, including rockers VAN HALEN, GUNS N' ROSES, rappers LUDACRIS, and THE WU-TANG CLAN and...

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Former ATHEIST Drummer Resurfaces In New Band

Ex-ATHEIST drummer Steve Flynn has teamed up with former members of CAUSTIC THOUGHT in a brand-new "aggressive, technical, jazz/funk metal" project. The as-yet-unnamed group was "formed in January of 2005 in Atlanta," Flynn told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. "We're doing all originals — though we're going to co...

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ASPHYX: Debut Album To Be Reissued On Vinyl This Month

From Beyond Productions, a Displeased Records subsidiary specializing in "(re)releasing extreme (oc)cult metal recordings," will issue a limited vinyl version of the very first ASPHYX album, "Embrace the Death", on May 28. Originally written in 1988-1989 and recorded in 1990, the LP was shelved for...

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The Design

Behind that ugly-even-for-Metal-Blade artwork lies one snarling evil genius of a record! INTO THE MOAT is more of a science experiment gone awry than a band (see: SPIRAL ARCHITECT, DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, Canada's MARTYR, and throw in tangential influence everywhere from ATHEIST to GORGUTS to MESHUGG...

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UNHEARD: Debut Album Available For Paid Download

UNHEARD, the new band formed by ex-ATHEIST/NEUROTICA singer/guitarist Kelly Shaefer and former BURIAL frontman Mike Callahan, have made their debut album, "On My Way to the Sun", available for paid download (only .69 a track) at iSound.com. The song "Toybox" is a free download for a limited time. "O...

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AC/DC Frontman Throws His Weight Behind Florida's BIG MACHINE

AC/DC vocalist Brian Johnson has co-written all of the material and handpicked the members of a new Florida-based band called BIG MACHINE. The quintet has labels and industry folk alike shuffling about trying to find out more about the group performing the first new material written from the iconic...

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UNHEARD Complete Work On Debut Album

UNHEARD, the new band formed by ex-ATHEIST/NEUROTICA singer/guitarist Kelly Shaefer and former BURIAL frontman Mike Callahan, have completed work on their debut record at Southern Sound Studios in Florida. Titled "On My Way to the Sun", the album was produced by Shaefer and UNHEARD, and was mixed by...

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UNHEARD To Make Live Debut Tonight

UNHEARD, the new band formed by ex-ATHEIST/NEUROTICA singer/guitarist Kelly Shaefer and former BURIAL frontman Mike Callahan, will make their live debut tonight (Jan. 7) at the Keegan's Clubhouse in Sarasota, Florida. The performance will mark the first time Shaefer will appear on stage as a guitari...

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UNHEARD Part Ways With Drummer, Announce Replacement

UNHEARD, the new band formed by ex-ATHEIST/NEUROTICA singer/guitarist Kelly Shaefer and former BURIAL frontman Mike Callahan, have parted ways with drummer Dave Budbill and have replaced him with Mike Brissette. Brissette's playing can be heard on the group's new song "MMeM", which is currently avai...

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Former ATHEIST/NEUROTICA Frontman Launches New Project

Former ATHEIST/NEUROTICA singer/guitarist Kelly Shaefer has teamed up with ex-BURIAL frontman Mike Callahan in a brand new Southern Florida-based project called UNHEARD. The quintet, which sees Shaefer concentrating solely on guitar-playing duties, is rounded out by Donny Jaurols (guitars),Mike Fis...

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Heavy Metal Musicians Speak Out On Rising Anti-American Sentiment Around The World

Norway's Imhotep 'zine recently asked more than 60 heavy metal and hard rock musicians to answer the following question regarding the current political situation in the world: What's your opinion on the rising tide of the anti-American sentiment around the world and to what would you attribute this?...

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NEUROTICA Reform, Announce Florida Date With SKID ROW

NEUROTICA, the reformed band led by former ATHEIST frontman Kelly Shaefer, will be playing their first show back as the support act for SKID ROW on Saturday, May 15 at the Masquerade in Ybor City, Florida. NEUROTICA's current lineup consists of Shaefer, guitarist Chris Rollo, and "three new faces,"...

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VENGEANCE To Reunite After 14-Year Hiatus

VENGEANCE (a.k.a. VENGEANCE RISING),the pioneering Christian extreme metal band, are reuniting after a 14-year hiatus. The group — Larry Farkas (lead guitar),Glen Mancaruso (drums),Roger Dale Martin (bass),Doug Thieme (guitar) — sans Roger Martinez (vocals, who has since become "a Satanist/athei...