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KHOMA Working On New Ideas

KHOMA (formerly KOMA) — the Swedish band featuring members of CULT OF LUNA, THE PERISHERS, and the DEPORTEES — has issued the following update: "The summer is looking quite calm at the moment. Were gonna focus on writing new songs and trying to record. Right now everyone is working on ideas, and we...

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SCORPIONS: Canadian Support Act Announced

According to a posting at ScorpsNews.com, Toronto-based band THE ROOM will open for German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS on their upcoming Canadian tour. Confirmed dates are as follows: Aug. 25 - Shawinigan, QC – [to be announced] Aug. 28 - Ottawa, ON - LeBreton Festival Park Aug. 30 - Montreal, QC -...

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NINE INCH NAILS Mainman Slams His Australian Record Label For 'Ripping Off' Fans

NINE INCH NAILS mastermind Trent Reznor has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "As the climate grows more and more desperate for record labels, their answer to their mostly self-inflicted wounds seems to be to screw the consumer over even more. A couple of examples that qu...

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SCORPIONS: New CD To Feature Guest Appearance By BILLY CORGAN

According to a posting at ScorpsNews.com, SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker revealed in the latest issue of the French magazine Rock Hard that SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan makes an appearance on vocals in the new SCORPIONS song "The Cross", which is included on the band's new CD, "Human...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN: 'For The Record, I Hate Instrumental Music'

Morley Seaver of CausticTruths.com recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman: On his new solo album, "Loudspeaker": Marty: "Over the last three years or so I have been extremely active in the public eye in Japan, but outside of Japan many of my longtime fans were...

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NIKKI SIXX: 'I Don't Consider Anything You Truly Love To Ever Be Work'

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx will release a new album, "The Heroin Diaries", on August 21, as a precursor to his autobiography of the same name, which arrives September 25. The album's 12 tracks each match up with one chapter in the book; first single "Life Is Beautiful" can be downloaded from the...

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One Million Dollar Guitar To Be Sold As Part Of DIMEBAG Art Tribute?

ArtDaily.com reports that a one-of-a kind, handpainted guitar (photo) by modern art superstar Mark Ryden — which is part of an art exhibit called Six-String Masterpieces, a tribute to late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott — could become the most expensive guitar ever sold when i...

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BAD RELIGION: New Single To Receive Digital Release

In anticipation of their forthcoming album, "New Maps of Hell", punk veterans BAD RELIGION will release their new song "Honest Goodbye" as a digital single on June 12. The track will be available on all major download services. Co-written by founding members Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin, "Honest...

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ALL ENDS Featuring IN FLAMES Guitarist's Sister: Second Video Tour Report Available

The second seven-and-a-half minute video report from the first couple of dates on ALL ENDS' recent European Eartshaker Roadshock Tour with FINNTROLL, AFTER FOREVER, TAROT, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER and MACHINE MEN has been posted online at this location (Real Media). Part One is still available for...

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THE AMERICAN BLACK LUNG To Release Sophomore Album In July

It is not often that a band comes along that can be compared to any number of bands yet embody each of them equally. This is what Tucson's THE AMERICAN BLACK LUNG brings to the table. The group's sound is part early BLACK FLAG, part IGGY POP, part THE BRONX, and part THE HELLACOPTERS. "An ...

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NIKKI SIXX's 'The Heroin Diaries': Book, Album Release Dates Announced

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx will release a new album, "The Heroin Diaries", on August 21, as a precursor to his autobiography of the same name, which arrives September 25. The album's 12 tracks each match up with one chapter in the book; first single "Life Is Beautiful" can be downloaded from the...

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It's Official: DIMMU BORGIR Is First Black Metal Band To Top Norwegian Album Chart

DIMMU BORGIR has entered the Norwegian album chart at No. 1 with its latest effort, "In Sorte Diaboli" — the first time a black metal act has ever topped a national album chart anywhere in the world. SATYRICON's "Now, Diabolical" and DIMMU BORGIR's last release, "Death Cult Armageddon", previously r...

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Doom Legends TROUBLE Are Back With 'Simple Mind Condition'

Mark Fields of GASPetc.com recently conducted an interview with TROUBLE co-founders Bruce Franklin (guitar) and Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums). A few excerpts follow: GASPetc: I suppose some folks might be curious as to what transpired between the initial splintering in the mid/late-Nineties, the sporadic...

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Norway's KVELERTAK: 'We Actually Want People To LIKE Our Music'

In a refreshing change from the usual dour pronouncements that tend to come out of the Norwegian music scene, KVELERTAK guitarist Bjarte admits that his band actually does want people to like its music. "We want to play catchy and immediate, unpretentious and fun, yet brutally and totally super-necr...

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ALL ENDS Featuring IN FLAMES Guitarist's Sister: Video Tour Report Available

A seven-and-a-half minute video report from the first couple of dates on ALL ENDS' recent European Eartshaker Roadshock Tour with FINNTROLL, AFTER FOREVER, TAROT, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER and MACHINE MEN has been posted online at this location (Real Media). The remaining dates on the Earthshaker R...