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Law Pushed By PEARL JAM Guitarist To Be Enacted

The Pulse of Radio reports that PEARL JAM guitarist Mike McCready scored a victory for himself and others who suffer from Crohn's disease earlier this week, when Washington state governor Chris Gregoir signed a bill into law mandating that businesses without public lavatories have to let people with...

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DREAMING DEAD Bringing Metal To The Masses

Los Angeles thrash/death metal act DREAMING DEAD will invade the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, California on Sunday, June 14 for the 31st annual Harmony Festival where they'll share the stage with a wildly diverse collection of acts. With a history dating back to 1978, the Harmony Festiva...

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DRAGONFORCE: Rescheduled Latin American Dates Announced

British extreme epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE were recently forced to postpone their debut tour of Latin America due to the swine flu pandemic. The rescheduled dates are as follows: Nov. 06 - Brazil, Porto Alegre - Casa do Gaucho Nov. 07 - Brazil, Curitiba - Opera 1 Nov. 08 - Brazil, Sao Paulo -...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist Collaborates With Former FEMME FATALE, VIXEN Members; Audio Available

Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has collaborated with ex-FEMME FATALE vocalist Lorraine Lewis and ex-VIXEN drummer Roxy Petrucci on "a little BAD COMPANY-esque/countryfied rocker" entitled "Desperate". The track is currently available for streaming at Jeff's MySpace page. Jeff Young wil release...

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EXODUS Guitarist: 'Everything We're Doing Now Is A Natural Progression For Us'

Christopher Porter of Washington Post Express recently conducted an interview with guitarist Gary Holt of San Francisco thrash metal legends EXODUS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below Washington Post Express: Do think EXODUS' longevity is due to the fact the style of music you helped cr...

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MARIONETTE: U.K. Tour Video Diary Released

Gothenburg, Sweden based metal sextet MARIONETTE recently came home from a two-week, fifteen-date trek across the U.K. with DEATHSTARS and THE DEFILED. A tour video capturing the excitement and debauchery of MARIONETTE's second U.K. trek of 2009 can be viewed below. Upon arrival in Gothenburg after...

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AVULSED To Release New Album In June

Veteran Spanish death metallers AVULSED will release their long-awaited fifth full-length album, "Nullo (The Pleasure Of Self-Mutilation)", in June via Xtreem Music (trades) and Metal Age Productions (wholesale) for the European territory (except Russia and ex-USSR countries, where it will be made a...

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BEHEMOTH To Play Tel Aviv In August

Poland's BEHEMOTH, who are said to be "the most popular extreme metal band in Israel," will perform at Barby Club in Tel Aviv on August 28. Tickets go on sale next week at www.ravenmetal.com. Check out a poster for the concert below. BEHEMOTH recently finished recording its ninth full-length studio...

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DEVOLVED Signs With UNIQUE LEADER RECORDS

Australian/American tech-metallers DEVOLVED have inked a deal with Unique Leader Records. Commented the band: "We are very proud to announce that we have officially joined forces with extreme metal 'label giants,' Unique Leader! All of us in DEVOLVED have been longtime fans of Unique Leader Records...

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Siberia's DEFECT DESIGNER Signs With MY KINGDOM MUSIC

Siberian death metal act DEFECT DESIGNER has inked a deal with My Kingdom Music. The band's full-length debut, "Wax", is scheduled for release on September 7. The 12-song CD was recorded at Hertz Studio (VADER, DECAPITATED, BEHEMOTH) in Poland under the watchful eyes of Wojtek and Slavek Wieslawski....

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DRAGONFORCE: Grand Rapids Footage Available

The "Metal" show on Grand Rapids, Michigan's 107.3 WKLQ radio station has uploaded video footage (see below) of British extreme epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE performing on May 2, 2009 at The Intersection in Grand Rapids. DRAGONFORCE was recently forced to postpone its debut tour of Latin America...

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SARGON: Entire 'Vehemence' Mini-CD Available For Free Download

Panamanian death/thrashers SARGON, whose current lineup includes acclaimed extreme-metal drummer Alex Marquez (MALEVOLENT CREATION, SOLSTICE, DEMOLITION HAMMER),have made their entire debut mini-CD, entitled "Vehemence", available for free download at this location (.RAR file). It was recorded at P...

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SUPERIOR ENLIGHTENMENT: Entire Debut Album Available For Streaming

SUPERIOR ENLIGHTENMENT, an extreme metal outfit featuring members of MAGISTER DIXIT, UTLAGR and FRAGMENTS OF SENTIENCE, is streaming its entire debut album, "The Great Obscurantism", on MySpace for a limited period of time. Relased today (May 12) via Mankind's Demise Records, "The Great Obscurantism...

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ROTTING CHRIST: Quality Footage From FULL METAL RACKET Available

Video footage of Greek extreme metallers ROTTING CHRIST performing at the Full Metal Racket festival, which was held on April 25, 2009 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, can be viewed below. ROTTING CHRIST played "an underground anniversary show" at 8ball Club in Thessaloniki, Greece on March 21, 2009. T...

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NOMINON To Enter Studio In September

Swedish death metallers NOMINON have issued the following update: "We have these last couple of months been busy working on the forthcoming NOMINON album. Right now we have five songs written and completed for it, plus lots of other ideas (some really sick ones) for the rest of the songs. The plan i...