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CRYSTAL EYES Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

Sweden's CRYSTAL EYES has posted the following message on its official web site: "After nine years Jonathan [Nyberg, guitar] has now left the band. With a growing family, a house and a full-time job he felt his engagement in CRYSTAL EYES had been suffering too much lately. His decision was made duri...

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ALL THAT REMAINS: Interview With PHIL LABONTE To Air This Weekend

An interview with ALL THAT REMAINS frontman Phil Labonte is scheduled to air this Saturday, August 12 at 7:00 p.m. EST on Sirius Satellite Radio's "Hard Attack". The former SHADOWS FALL singer holds nothing back talking about past band troubles, his vocal influences, Ozzfest 2006 and his new favorit...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Frontman: 'We Don't Want To Be The Biggest Band In The World'

LongIslandPress.com recently conducted an interview with ALL THAT REMAINS vocalist Phil LaBonte. An excerpt from the chat follows: Long Island Press: The band's musical background and influences read like a who's who in metal — from SHADOWS FALL, to KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, to LAMB OF GOD — what kind of s...

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INCANTATION And NEURAXIS Confirmed For Europe's THE DOMINATION TOUR

INCANTATION and NEURAXIS have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of "The Domination Tour", set to kick off February 15. Also scheduled to take part in the trek are Greece's ROTTING CHRIST, Norway's CARPATHIAN FOREST and Florida's MALEVOLENT CREATION. INCANTATION is currently recording its next albu...

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SEPULTURA Music Featured In Country's No. 1 Movie

Will Ferrell's NASCAR spoof "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" — which debuted at number one in the U.S. this past weekend with an estimated 47 million dollars in ticket sales — includes two SEPULTURA classics, "Desperate Cry" and "Inner Self". The songs play one after the other (without...

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POISONBLACK: 'Rush' Video Posted Online

POISONBLACK's video for its new single, "Rush", has been posted online at YouTube.com. Also available at YouTube.com is a video clip of POISONBLACK mainman Ville Laihiala (vocals, guitar, formerly of SENTENCED) performing the band's song "Pain Becomes Me" acoustically. Check it out at this location....

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JASON NEWSTED: 'METALLICA Still Remains The Biggest Ambassadors To Heavy Metal'

Devin Pratt of FHM (For Him Magazine) recently conducted an interview with former METALLICA and current VOIVOD/SUPERNOVA bassist Jason Newsted. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: FHM: How much electricity does Tommy Lee produce? Jason: "I am so psyched about playing with Tommy and it hasn't...

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THE ACACIA STRAIN: 'Angry Mob Justice' Video Posted Online

Massachusetts' THE ACACIA STRAIN has unveiled the band's latest video online. The clip for "Angry Mob Justice" was directed by David Brodsky (ALL THAT REMAINS, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, THE RED CHORD) in May and is currently available exclusively at Brodsky's MyGoodEye video production house web site. To...

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R:I:P Announces New Bassist

R:I:P (RAW:INTENSE:POWER),the new German band featuring Björn Daigger (MAJESTY) and drummer Chris Merzinsky (MIDNATTSOL),has announced the addition of bassist Birgit Öllbrunner (also in MIDNATTSOL) to the group's ranks. "Birgit is about exactly what we were looking for in a bassist and bandmember...

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Report: Backstage At OZZFEST 2006

MTV.com has posted a behind-the-scenes look at "the making of" this year's Ozzfest, which kicked off June 29 in Auburn, Washington. Read the article at this location. In other news, Return to the Pit has uploaded several hundred photos from Mansfield, Massachusetts stop of Ozzfest 2006, which took p...

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DAN SWANÖ: 'I Was NOT Trying To Pussify BLOODBATH'

Swedish producer/multi-instrumentalist Dan Swanö has commented on his departure from BLOODBATH. In a statement released earlier today by the other members of the band, BLOODBATH attributed Swanö's exit to "restrictions on his behalf to devote more time and effort to the future of this project that i...

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BLOODBATH Parts Ways With DAN SWANÖ

Swedish death metal supergroup BLOODBATH has issued the following update: "Dan Swanö is no longer part of BLOODBATH. The reason being restrictions on his behalf to devote more time and effort to the future of this project that it would require by taking things to the next level i.e. touring and play...

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VANILLA FUDGE Recording LED ZEPPELIN Covers Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: VANILLA FUDGE are in southern California this week, recording an album of LED ZEPPELIN covers. Drummer Carmine Appice gave Launch the scoop on what the band is doing. "Basically, we rearranged some songs — we're doing a lot of their stuff FUDGE style, you know? Some of...

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Faustian Dream

After being present for the birth of the Scandinavian black metal scene in the early '90s, then turning their back on its conventions as they turned into clichés, BLACK CRUCIFIXION spent a decade working on this, their first (!) full-length album. Don't expect Satanic verses or screeching vocals her...

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The Locust Years

Following up the work of insane genius that was "The August Engine", a fixture on many Top Ten lists in 2003, San Francisco's cult avant-metal weirdoes HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE confound the listener still further here. "The Locust Years" is a grandiose, ambitious and sprawling work, a bit less immediat...