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MY RUIN: Video Footage From Recording Studio Posted Online

Los Angeles-based hard rock band MY RUIN has posted video footage of the recording sessions for its new album, tentatively due later in the year. Watch the clips below. On the direction of the new album, MY RUIN guitarist Mick Murphy previously said, "We're not reinventing our sound, we're just perf...
August 9, 2007
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DOWN: Official Album Title, Release Date Confirmed

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — h...
August 9, 2007
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L.A. GUNS, LOVE/HATE, Ex-FASTER PUSSYCAT Members To Perform At EROTIC BALL

Phil Lewis (L.A. GUNS),Jizzy Pearl (RATT, LOVE/HATE),and Brent Muscat (ex-FASTER PUSSYCAT) are among the musicians who will perform as the SIN CITY ALL STARS in Las Vegas on August 27 at The Canyon Club. SIN CITY ALL STARS will play songs from the individual bandmembers' respective groups. SIN CIT...
August 9, 2007
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PRONG: Tour Dates Announced

Long-running Los Angeles industrial metallers PRONG have scheduled the following dates: Oct. 14 - Whisky A Go-Go, Hollywood, CA Oct. 16 - Orpheum Theater, Flagstaff, AZ Oct. 17 - The Rock, The Rock, AZ Oct. 18 - Launch Pad, Alberquerque, NM Oct. 19 - The Conservatory, Oklahoma City, OK Oct. 20 - Emo...
August 9, 2007
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EXODUS, GOATWHORE, ARSIS, WARBRINGER: North American Dates Announced

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS will embark on a North American headlining tour in January/February. Support on the trek will come from GOATWHORE, ARSIS and WARBRINGER. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 20 - Bakersfield, CA @ Studio 99 ** Jan. 21 - West Hollywood, CA @ House of Bl...
August 8, 2007
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Report: Heavy Metal Mecca Reborn On Staten Island

Amy Zimmer of Metro New York reports: For heavy metal fans [in New York], Mecca wasn't at CBGB. It was out in Bay Ridge at a place called L'Amour. The club ruled the scene in the mid-'80s before closing down in 1995 after a teenager was killed diving into a mosh pit. This ...
August 8, 2007
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WARBRINGER Inks Worldwide Deal With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

In an era when vintage metal t-shirts are en vogue and bands worshiping at the altar of every crossover band that released a demo or EP in the '80s are crawling out of the woodwork, Los Angeles thrashers WARBRINGER are cauterizing the competition with a sound that recalls all the classics without be...
August 8, 2007
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DOWN: New Album Title Revealed?

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — h...
August 8, 2007
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MASSACRE: More 'Re-Animated' Tour Details Revealed

More details have been revealed about MASSACRE's upcoming "Re-Animated" European tour, which is scheduled to kick off October 26 and last through November 18. The band's lineup for the trek will consist of DENIAL FIEND members Sam Williams (guitar),Curt Beeson (drums; NASTY SAVAGE),along with ex-M...
August 7, 2007
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OM To Release 'Pilgrimage' In October

OM, the duo formed by Al Cisneros (bass, vocals) and Chris Hakius (drums),both founding members of legendary doom pioneers SLEEP, will release its third full-length album, "Pilgrimage", on October 2 via Southern Lord Recordings. The CD was recorded at Electrical Audio in Chicago, Illinois by Steve...
August 7, 2007
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GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire Judge Allows Questioning Of Manager BIECHELE

The Associated Press reports: Lawyers representing the families of 100 people killed in a 2003 nightclub fire may question the man whose pyrotechnics display ignited the blaze, a federal magistrate ruled Friday (Aug. 3). However, the ruling says that Daniel Biechele, the former tour manager for the...
August 5, 2007
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KVELERTAK Replaces HELLDIVER At Norway's ØYAFESTIVALEN

KVELERTAK will step in as the last-minute replacement for HELLDIVER at Norway's Øyafestivalen. One of Norway's biggest festivals, the event will take place on August 7 at the Club Maiden in Oslo. Known for the desire to be regarded as a "pretension-free zone," KVELERTAK is gaining an increasingly la...
August 4, 2007
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ENTOMBED Frontman: 'We're A Metal Band, And We'll Always Be'

ENTOMBED vocalist L.G. Petrov, in the second of two interviews (read the first at this location),recently spoke to Lucem Fero's Welsh interviewer Anthony Morgan. Topics of discussion included the circumstances surrounding the departure of guitarist Uffe Cederlund (current DISFEAR guitarist),the in...
August 4, 2007
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SEBASTIAN BACH: New Single '(Love Is) A Bitchslap' Added To SIRIUS' Octane

With the official radio impact date of September 4 for the lead-off single from former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach, "(Love Is) A Bitchslap", Sirius Satellite Radio's Octane (Channel 20) has decided to debut and add the single into rotation this afternoon. For more information, click here. As pr...
August 3, 2007
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'Gene Simmons Family Jewels' To Premiere In Canada With Three-Hour Mini-Marathon

This fall, Canada's MuchMoreMusic serves up "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" for all the nation to see. The first flash is a six-episode mini-marathon beginning August 18 at 6:00 p.m. ET, followed by weekly doses on Sundays at 8:00 p.m. ET. Cocky. Ballsy. In-your-face. This KISS legend is full of unabas...
August 3, 2007