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ATHEIST Launch Official Web Site

Long-defunct seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have launched an official web site for fans to interact and comment on the much-anticipated reissues of the group's three full-length albums. 1988's "Piece of Time" will be following 1993's "Elements", and 1991's "Unquestionable Presence" which w...

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Former ATHEIST/NEUROTICA Frontman To Guest On TOTAL ROCK

BIG MACHINE frontman Kelly Shaefer (ex-ATHEIST, NEUROTICA) will be taking part in a live interview on U.K. rock station Total Rock on Saturday, September 3 to chat about the band's plans for Europe and news on BIG MACHINE's debut album. All tracks from the band's forthcoming debut CD were written by...

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Former ATHEIST Frontman Doesn't Rule Out Festival Appearances

Denmark's Antenna webzine recently conducted an interview with ATHEIST founder, guitarist and vocalist Kelly Shaefer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Antenna: Was it a surprise to you that there still is such an interest for the band? Kelly Shaefer: "Yeah, of course. When we originally ma...

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Former ATHEIST Frontman Says Response To Reissues Has Been 'Bananas'

Former NEUROTICA/ATHEIST and current BIG MACHINE frontman has issued the following update: "Response to the ATHEIST catalog being reissued is bananas!!! I wish to thank everyone for all the great letters and support on these. Relapse has done an incredible job on this package, it must be seen to be...

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VELVET REVOLVER: 2002 KELLY SHAEFER Vocalist Audition Tape Posted Online

A VELVET REVOLVER vocalist audition tape, featuring former NEUROTICA/ATHEIST frontman Kelly Shaefer, has been posted online at Shaefer's official web site, KellyShaefer.com. The songs available for download are Eye for an Eye" (mp3, 3.1 MB) and "Room 169" (mp3, 1.7 MB). The tape in question was "a l...

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ATHEIST: Release Dates Set For Forthcoming Reissues

Relapse Records has set release dates for the reissues of the three full-length albums (1989's "Piece of Time", 1992's "Unquestionable Presence", and 1993's "Elements") by seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST. "Elements" and "Unquestionable Presence" will be released officially on August 30 (Nor...

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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...