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JOEY VERA Offers Update On ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING

ARMORED SAINT/FATES WARNING bass player Joey Vera recently spoke with Metal Asylum about his new solo effort, titled "A Chinese Firedrill", as well as the current status of ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING, and the new SEVEN WITCHES album. A couple of excerpts follow: Metal Asylum: So tell us about why...

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Live In Sao Paulo

Or, if you prefer the full pedigree, "Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 Live In Sao Paulo" — a title as large and awkward as the horsepill of a live album it adorns. Is there a nice way to say something is a "horsepill?" Because while this sucker is huge and ...

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The Arockalypse

They won the Eurovision Song Contest, they're coming up with enough merchandising ideas (LORDI Cola?) to make Gene Simmons get a non-Viagra-induced boner, they wear monster suits, and they single-handedly prove wrong anyone who touts Europe as more sophisticated and highbrow than the United States....

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AEON SPOKE Featuring CYNIC Members: 'Pablo (At The Park)' Video Posted Online

AEON SPOKE, the progressive, ethereal-rock project featuring CYNIC members Paul Masvidal (vocals, guitar) and Sean Reinert (drums),has just released its self-titled debut album in Germany via SPV Records. A video for the group's brand new single, "Pablo (At the Park)", has been posted online at thi...

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LAKE OF TEARS: 'Last Purple Sky' Track To Be Made Available This Sunday

A brand new LAKE OF TEARS track, entitled "Last Purple Sky", will be posted on the band's MySpace page this Sunday, April 1. The song comes off the Swedish band's new album, "Moons and Mushrooms", due on April 23 via Dockyard 1. The follow-up to 2004's "Black Brick Road" was mixed by Christian ...

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Former KEEN OF THE CROW Guitarists Insist 'The Band Is Done'

Former KEEN OF THE CROW guitarists Ron Slater and Seth Arthur have posted another message on the KeenOfTheCrow.net web site reiterating their previous claim that the band is in fact "done," despite the remaining members' assertion to the contrary. "As some of you have probably read there is a differ...

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KEEN OF THE CROW Members Vow To Carry On

KEEN OF THE CROW members Rhett Davis (drums; ex-MORGION),Justin Christian (bass; ex-MORGION) and Dan Ochoa (vocals) have vowed to carry on with the band despite the departure of Ron Slater (guitar) and Seth Arthur (guitar). The group's statement on the matter reads a follows: "The [previous announc...

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Age Eternal

Mike Scheidt may have been the guitarist and vocalist of revered northwest U.S. space-doom freaks YOB, but the opening track of his new band's debut seems determined to highlight the differences between his earlier outfit and MIDDIAN. "Dreamless Eye" crashes out of the gate with a fast, aggressive,...

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SOULRELIC Calls It Quits

Finland's SOULRELIC has issued the following update: "As some of you might have wondered the lack of information considering the band known as SOULRELIC, aka KURAKELLO (inside joke, don't ask) here's some: Currently the status of this band is unsigned and unexisting, as we see no continuum for SOULR...

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CYNIC Cancels MARYLAND DEATHFEST Appearance; Organizers Issue Statement

The organizers for the annual Maryland Deathfest, which is scheduled to take place May 26-27 at the Sonar in Baltimore, MD, have issued the following update: “The rumors going around about CYNIC cancelling their appearance at Maryland Deathfest are true. "As the organizers of the event, we will stat...

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Marasmus

Some time after the grindcore spewing fun of LENG TCH'E's Relapse Records debut, "The Process of Elimination", the Belgian quintet lost its edge. After the aptly described razor grind of that album with its off-the-rails craziness and the dashes of tough, southern-tinged grooves, it is a disappointm...

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GENE SIMMONS And PAUL STANLEY Attend WIZARD WORLD L.A.

WizardUniverse.com reports that Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley showed up in street clothes at the Wizard World Los Angeles convention on Saturday (March 17) to talk about their new comic book series "KISS 4K: Legends Never Die", but a contingent of loyal KISS followers wore the group's trademark blac...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY: 'Focus Shift' Video Posted Online

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have posted their video for the song "Focus Shift" on YouTube.com. The clip was directed by Roger Johansson, who previously worked with the group on the "Lost to Apathy" and "The New Build" videos from the 2005 release "Character" [2005]. The "Focus...

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URIAH HEEP Announces New Drummer

U.K. hard rock legends URIAH HEEP have announced the addition of drummer Russell Gilbrook to the group's ranks. He replaces Lee Kerslake, who left the band in January due to health reasons. Russell is regarded as one of the U.K.'s finest drummers and clinicians and has demonstrated specialist drum c...

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Dead Again

"Dead Again" couldn't be a more ironic title for the sixth studio effort from TYPE O NEGATIVE. One of the most original metal bands of the last 16 years is back with perhaps its finest outing since its 1993 breakthrough, "Bloody Kisses", displaying a newfound energy and heaviness that touches on ele...