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THE AUTUMN OFFERING: New Album Title Revealed

Daytona Beach, Florida's THE AUTUMN OFFERING has set "Fear Will Cast No Shadow" as the title of its new album, due on October 30 via Victory Records. The CD was recorded at AudioHammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof (CHIMAIRA, TRIVIUM, BURY YOUR DEAD, DEVILDRIVER) and enginee...

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OBITUARY Guitarist Says New Album Is 'More Energetic' Than 'Frozen In Time

Chad Bowar of About Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with OBITUARY guitarist Trevor Peres. A few excerpts from the chat follow: About Heavy Metal: How did Ralph Santolla come to join the band as your new guitarist? Trevor Peres: "We've known Ralph for probably 20 years. He's from Tampa, a...

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KAM LEE: 'MASSACRE Will NOT Be Touring The U.S. And That Is FINAL!'

Former MASSACRE/DEATH frontman Kam Lee, who will be touring Europe this fall with both MASSACRE and his new band DENIAL FIEND, has issued the following statement in response to requests from fans for MASSACRE to do some U.S. dates: "MASSACRE will NOT be touring the U.S. and that is FINAL! "This has...

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Xecutioner's Return

Simple to the point of atavism, and crackling with more energy than the band's been able to muster up in at least a decade, "Xecutioner's Return" is pretty much exactly what OBITUARY fans were hoping it'd be. It's a bone-basic tour de force of old-school death metal infused with a bleeding organic g...

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SWALLOW THE SUN Drummer Forced To Miss North American Tour

SWALLOW THE SUN drummer Pasi Pasanen is forced to miss the Finnish band's North American tour with INSOMNIUM, KATATONIA and SCAR SYMMETRY due to "work-related issues." He will be temporarily replaced by Kai Hahto (WINTERSUN, ex-ROTTEN SOUND). The trek is scheduled to kick off September 4 in West Spr...

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DANZIG: More Details Revealed About Halloween Tour

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET exclusively reported on August 29, Glenn Danzig is planning on hitting the road with DANZIG in October. According to a posting on the group's web site, "DANZIG will be announcing a handful of East Coast live shows for the week leading into Halloween. Looks like New York City, Phi...

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RESISTANCE Confirmed For Germany's HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Festival

Los Angeles metallers RESISTANCE have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Headbangers Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place July 24-26, 2008 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABANDONED AMULANCE ANCESTRAL AXEHAMMER BLACK HAWK...

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LYNAM Added To VINCE NEIL'S MOTLEY CRUISE

Birmingham, Alabama-based hard rockers LYNAM have joined the musical lineup of Vince Neil's Motley Cruise. Vince himself will perform, as will the reunited RATT, SKID ROW and SLAUGHTER. Departing from Miami on January 24, 2008, Vince Neil's Motley Cruise will set sail for the Mayan Riviera, stopping...

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CHTHONIC At OZZFEST 2007: West Palm Beach Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Taiwanese black metal band CHTHONIC performing at the Sound Advice Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday, August 30 as part of this summer's Ozzfest 2007 tour can be viewed below. CHTHONIC will continue its historic "UNlimited" tour next month, when it will...

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NIGHTWISH To Perform At CD-Release Parties In Helsinki And Hamburg?

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH are expected to perform at the Hamburg, Germany release party for their new album, "Dark Passion Play", which will take place on the album's German release date, September 28, at a club called Delphi Showpalast. It has been announced that the entire grou...

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Legendary Long Island Record Store LOONEY TUNES Destroyed In Fire

Looney Tunes, the long-standing independent record store in West Babylon, New York which has hosted in-store appearances by such artists as OZZY OSBOURNE, QUEENSRŸCHE, DREAM THEATER, TYPE O NEGATIVE and STAIND (whose 2001 rooftop in-store performance attracted 7,500 fans to the store) experienced a...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS To Co-Headline Miami's BANG! MUSIC FESTIVAL

SMASHING PUMPKINS have been confirmed as the headliners of the second day of the two-day Bang! Music Festival, set to take place November 10-11 at the Bayfront Park Amphitheater in Miami, Florida. Confirmed for Saturday, November 10 is KANYE WEST along with RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS and AUTOMATIC LOVELETTE...

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SONATA ARCTICA: New North American Tour Dates Announced

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA — whose third North American tour begins September 12 in Fort Worth, Texas and includes a headlining performance at the ProgPower USA VIII festival in Atlanta, Georgia — are planning on returning in February 2008 for another batch of dates that will cover mos...

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Sweden's THE POODLES To Support GOTTHARD

Swedish hard rock band THE POODLES — consisting of vocalist Jakob Samuel (THE RING, ex-TALISMAN, JEKYLL & HYDE),guitarist Pontus Norgren (THE RING, ex-TALISMAN),bassist Pontus Egberg (ex-LION'S SHARE) and drummer Christian Lundqvist — will support Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD on the "Domino Eff...

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DANZIG To Hit The Road In October

Contrary to Internet rumors, Glenn Danzig will NOT be rejoining his former MISFITS bandmates for any of the group's upcoming U.S. appearances. In fact, BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal that Glenn is planning on hitting the road with DANZIG in October for about two weeks' worth of dates on the...