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ANSUR Sign With NOCTURNAL ART PRODUCTIONS

Norwegian black metallers ANSUR have inked a deal with Nocturnal Art Productions/Candlelight Records. ANSUR was formed in Drammen, Norway in 2003 as a young three-piece band. The following winter ANSUR recorded "Demo 2004", which contained four tracks of more or less traditional black metal with a r...

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ADDICTION CREW Prepare To Record New Album

After appearing in several European charts with the single "What About" and reaching No. 1 on Japan's HMV Bestsellers Rock Chart with "Break in Life", Italy's ADDICTION CREW are currently writing material for their second effort on Earache Records. The band have set "High Def Impact" as the working...

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METALLICA Manager To METS' WAGNER: Turn Up The Volume

Adam Rubin of the New York Daily News has issued the following report: In Mets opener, Billy Wagner enters ninth inning to sounds of METALLICA's "Enter Sandman", rocking Yankee fans who claim the song belongs to Mariano Rivera. Not only should the Mets play "Enter Sandman" when closer Billy Wagner t...

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KAMELOT, EPICA: More North American Tour Dates Announced

American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT will be teaming up with the female-fronted Dutch outfit EPICA for a North American tour beginning in September. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Sep. 15 - Cuture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL (no EPICA) Sep. 16 - State Theater - St. Petersburg, FL (no E...

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DESTINY Announce New Guitarist

Long-running Swedish metallers DESTINY have found a replacement for the departed Janne Ekberg in former member Floyd Constantin, who played on the band's second album, "Atomic Winter", and was a member of DESTINY between 1986 and 1988. Before joining DESTINY the first time, Floyd was an original KIN...

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Original JUDAS PRIEST Frontman To be Joined By Guitarist MIKE DE JAGER On Upcoming Tour

Original JUDAS PRIEST frontman Al Atkins has announced that he will be joined by South African guitarist Mike De Jager (DANTE FOX) on his upcoming tour. Mike is a "very old friend" of Al's who will appear alongside Chris Johnson (guitar) and Pete "MZ" Emms (bass). Check out a band photo at this ...

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Producer: New IRON MAIDEN Album Is 'Progressing At An Amazing Pace'

IRON MAIDEN producer Kevin Shirley has issued another update as part of his ongoing studio diary covering the making of the group's new album, tentatively due this fall. An excerpt from the latest entry follows: "Another week has slipped by, and the album is progressing at an amazing pace — we have...

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Adultery

Traveling from Spitfire to Artemis and finally finding a home on Rotten Records, Baltimore's DOG FASHION DISCO hits pay dirt on "Adultery", a concept album that continues to showcase the band's lunatic genre blend of strangely accessible hard rock, metal, punk, jazz, ska (you name it) and all-around...

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Former CANCER Members Complete Work On HAIL OF FIRE Demo

HAIL OF FIRE, the new band featuring former CANCER members Carl Stokes (drums),Dave Leitch (lead guitars),Barry Savage (lead guitars),and Ian Buchanan (bass),along with newcomer Rob Lucas on vocals, have launched their official web site at www.hailoffire.co.uk. The group, whose musical direction...

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India's KRYPTOS Sign With OSM RECORDS

Bangalore, India-based thrashers KRYPTOS have inked a deal with OSM Records. Formed in the winter of 1998 by founding members Ganesh K (bass, vocals) and Nolan Lewis (guitar) with the sole purpose of paying homage to the glorious '80s metal/thrash scene, KRYPTOS' debut album, "Spiral Ascent", came o...

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NECROPHOBIC To Release 'Hrimthursum' In May

Swedish death metallers NECROPHOBIC will release their fifth album, "Hrimthursum", on May 22 via Regain Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Bloodhymns" was recorded at the House of Voodoo Studio with engineers Anders Bentell and Fredrik Folkare (guitarist and producer of UNLEASHED) and was mastered at...

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UNLEASHED Working On 'One Of Most Memorable Records In History Of Death Metal'

Frontman Johnny Hedlund of the legendary Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED has issued the following update via the group's official web site: "UNLEASHED are currently in the studio, completing the pre-production of our eighth full-length album. We have more qualified songs to choose from than ever b...

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CINDERELLA: 'Gold' Retrospective Collection Track Listing Revealed

MelodicRock.com is reporting that Island/Universal has set an April 25 release date for the CINDERELLA retrospective collection, entitled "Gold". The track listing for the two-disc release is as follows: CD1: 01. Bad Attitude Shuffle 02. The More Things Change 03. Don't Know What You Got ('Til It's...

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FROM BEHIND: Debut Album Audio Samples Available

FROM BEHIND, the new project featuring Manny Charlton (NAZARETH) and Nicky Moore (SAMSON, MAMMOTH) have uploaded two tracks — "Play Dirty" and "What You're Doing" — from their upcoming debut album, "Game Over", to their MySpace.com page at this location. The CD was recorded at 9 Volt studios in Malm...

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CBS: DAVID LEE ROTH Will Return Friday

Kevin Carter of Radio and Records, Inc. is reporting that CBS Radio has denied that they have removed the low-rated David Lee Roth (ex-VAN HALEN) from his post-Howard Stern morning slot at the company's stations in New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and Pittsburgh. CBS spokesperson Karen Mateo sai...