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Paradigm In Entropy

This one surprised me. I was expecting the latest bland metalcore signing to capitalize on the genre's popularity. Well, it's not bland anyway. "Paradigm in Entropy" is a hard smack in the mouth. I suppose you can call it metalcore, but as far as I'm concerned, it's just modern extreme metal. The so...

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Police Confirm DIMEBAG's Murderer Was Dragged Off DAMAGEPLAN Stage In Cincinnati

John Futty of The Columbus Dispatch has issued the following report: Nathan Gale was dragged off the stage at a DAMAGEPLAN concert in Cincinnati eight months before killing the band's lead guitarist and three others at a concert in Columbus. Yesterday (April 12),Columbus police confirmed that Gale...

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VELVET REVOLVER Frontman Says He Doesn't Understand The 'Nu Metal Thing'

VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland told U-Press Telegram in a recent interview that he initially resisted joining joining the group following his departure from STONE TEMPLE PILOTS. "I had really made up my mind before (VELVET REVOLVER) that I wasn't going to be involved with rock," Weiland reve...

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QUIET RIOT/BEAUTIFUL CREATURES Guitarist Records Track For 'Domino' Movie

QUIET RIOT/BEAUTIFUL CREATURES guitarist Alex Grossi has recorded guest lead guitar on a song that will be featured in the upcoming film "Domino", starring Keira Knightley, Christopher Walken and Mickey Rourke, among others. The track was written by BEAUTIFUL CREATURES guitarist Anthony Focx. Direct...

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BYZANTINE Finish Recording New Album, Line Up Tours

West Virginia-based "tech-metal" band BYZANTINE have completed work on their sophmore release, "...And They Shall Take Up Serpents". The follow-up to "The Fundamental Component" was once again produced by the band and Charles A. Fisher and was mixed by Brad Divens (FU MANCHU, WRATHCHILD AMERICA) and...

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M.O.D. To Team Up With CRISIS And BEYOND THE EMBRACE For U.S. Tour

M.O.D. will be teaming up with CRISIS and BEYOND THE EMBRACE for a U.S. tour beginning in early June. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jun. 18 – Fayetteville, NC @ Jesters Jun. 29 - New York City, NY @ Knitting Factory Jun. 23 – Farmingdale, NY @ Crazy Donkey Jul. 01 – Buffalo, ...

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BOBAFLEX Sign With TVT RECORDS

According to a post at The Gauntlet, West Virginia's BOBAFLEX have signed a multi-album deal with TVT Records. The band will release their sophomore full-length effort, entitled "Bright Red Violent Sex", in June. The follow-up to "Primitive Epic" (Eclipse Records) is expected to include the track "T...

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UNION: DVD Clips Available For Download

Preview clips from UNION live DVD, entitled "Do Your Own Thing Live!", have been posted online at this location. "Do Your Own Thing Live!" (view cover here) includes two UNION concerts: a full one from 2001 (just before UNION's trip to Argentina),and one for ESP guitars at MI from January ...

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Marine Metalhead Plans To Take Over METALLICA's Spot

Cpl. Tom Sloan of Marines.mil has issued the following report: Patrolling the streets of the insurgent infested city here is probably the last place most people would expect to find a rock 'n' roll star. However, that's just where you'll find Lance Cpl. Josh R. Barfield (photo),lead singer and guit...

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METALLICA, JUDAS PRIEST, MEGADETH Members Pay Tribute To ANTHRAX

Metal musicians congratulate ANTHRAX on their 20th anniversary: MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine: "ANTHRAX is a band that I have always respected, that has always mattered and was very important to the American metal scene. As part of the 'big four' they were responsible for an enormous amount of the credit...

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HEAVEN SHALL BURN To Support THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN In Cologne

After returning from a successful show at Japan's Independence-D Festival in Tokyo, German metalcore act HEAVEN SHALL BURN have been confirmed as support for THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN in Cologne, Underground on April 3. The gig will take place right after the group's concert at Easterbash in Kortrij...

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NOX To Enter Studio In June

NOX, the Dutch death metal outfit consisting of ex-CENTURIAN guitarist Rob Oorthuis and drummer Bob Dussel, plus SEVERE TORTURE members Patrick Boleij and Seth v/d Loo, (both also ex-CENTURIAN),will enter Excess Studios in Rotterdam, Holland in June to begin recording their debut album, "Ixaxaar",...

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Former LED ZEPPELIN Frontman Pays Tribute To The Blues At SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST

Michael D. Clark of the Houston Chronicle reports: It took former LED ZEPPELIN vocalist Robert Plant only one sentence to sum up why the spectacle that is the South By Southwest music festival continues to command such attention each year. "The blue note is there, all the way through my life," Plant...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist: 'If We Do Another Record I'd Rather Have The Original Lineup'

TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson recently spoke to RockConfidential.com about the new DRAGONLORD CD and TESTAMENT's upcoming reunion tour with guitarist Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian and drummer Louie Clemente. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: RockConfidential.com: There's ju...

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DAMAGEPLAN/DROWNING POOL Manager Launches ZERO-SUM RECORDINGS

Zero-Sum Recordings has announced a distribution agreement with Sony/BMG Music Entertainment's RED Distribution and a marketing agreement with Red Ink. Zero-Sum is a new label founded by DROWNING POOL (Wind-Up),DAMAGEPLAN (Atlantic) and LOSA (Metal Blade) manager Paul Bassman and Chris Paluska, man...