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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Recruits Former ARSIS Guitarist

Michigan-based melodic death metal band THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER has tapped former ARSIS guitarist Ryan Knight to replace John Kempainen, who "abruptly" left the fold last month. The news was revealed by vocalist Trevor Strnad in an interview with HardTimes.ca on December 17, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec...

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PSYOPUS: New Album Artwork Unveiled

Rochester, New York-based tech grindcore/hardcore outfit PSYOPUS will release its new album, "Odd Senses", on February 13, 2009 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy; and February 16 in the rest of Europe via Metal Blade Records. Commented guitarist Christopher "Arpmandude" Arp: "I am super-psy...

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BRET MICHAELS Schedules TV Appearances

POISON singer Bret Michaels has scheduled the following television appearances as part of a promotional campaign for the next installment of his VH1 series, "Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels" (check local listings for broadcast times): Dec. 24 - E! News Dec. 25 - "Chelsea Lately" Dec. 29 - TV Gui...

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Germany's F**K THE COMMERCE Festival Moving Indoors

The organizers of the Fuck The Commerce festival, which is normally held in the spring in Altes Lager (near Jüterbog),Germany, have announced that next year's event will be moving indoors due to problems with securing a suitable venue in which to stage the festival. "We thought about different poss...

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PENNY FOR THE OLD GUY Signs With BOMBWORKS RECORDS

Bombworks Records has announced the signing of PENNY FOR THE OLD GUY. The band will enter the studio in early 2009 to begin recording its first full-length, tentatively due in the summer. Like labelmates DEUS INVICTUS, PENNY FOR THE OLD GUY calls the greater Atlanta area in Georgia home. The metal b...

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DEEP PURPLE Albums Being Reissued On SHM-CD

According to a posting on The Deep Purple Appreciation Society web site, the first three DEEP PURPLE reunion albums — "Perfect Strangers" (1984),"The House Of Blue Light" (1987) and "Nobody's Perfect" (1988) — will get the SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) treatment in paper sleeve editions. They wil...

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BURZUM's Catalog Available On iTunes For First Time

Next to gangst rap, the music that probably inspired the most controversy in Western Europe in the '90s and 2000s was black metal — and one of black metal's most controversial and notorious figures has been Norwegian singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh),who...

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STRYPER: Miniature Replica Model Signature Guitars Available

Reactivated Christian hard rockers STRYPER are selling 10-inch handcrafted miniature replica model signature guitars (with stand and strap included) at their official online shop. They are detailed models made from mahogany wood. The following guitars are on offer, individually and as a set of five:...

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MISERY INDEX: New York City Footage Posted Online

Metal Injection has posted video footage of Baltimore, Maryland metal masters MISERY INDEX performing at Club Rebel in New York City in October 2008. MISERY INDEX is currently on tour alongside THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and SOILENT GREEN in the Midwestern U.S. and then into Canada. MISERY INDEX will f...

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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Shows Cancelled

Legendary American rockers BLUE ÖYSTER CULT have issued the following statement: "In an unfortunate mishap, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT lead guitarist/vocalist Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser slipped on a flight of stairs in his Florida home this past Sunday evening, while carrying some packages. The fall resulted...

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SIN CITY SINNERS To Perform With WARRANT, KEEL, BANG TANGO Members This Weekkend

On December 20, SIN CITY SINNERS — which consists of Brent Muscat (formerly of FASTER PUSSYCAT),Todd Kerns (AGE OF ELECTRIC),D (MARKY RAMONE BAND),and Rob Cournoyer (RAGING SLAB) — will begin a series of concerts at Ovation inside the Green Valley Ranch hotel in Las Vegas. The first show is a hol...

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IN THIS MOMENT: New Audio Interview Posted Online

The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features two interviews host Mark Strigl conducted with guitarist Chris Howorth of IN THIS MOMENT and Rob Trainer of BLACK WATER RISING. The podcast can be downloaded at this location. IN THIS MOMENT's sophomore album, "The Dream", sold more than 8,000 copies in...

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Heart On

They aren't THE EAGLES and they sure in the hell aren't death metal, so what in the name of Joe Walsh's disemboweled corpse are the EAGLES OF DEATH METAL doing? For starters, Josh "Baby Duck" Homme (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, KYUSS) spends the entire album running so far away from his SABBATH-laced an...

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Slaves for Life

This one is a behemoth. "Slaves for Life" by Israel's AMASEFFER is a 77-minute progressive/orchestral metal/rock album about the plight of the Israeli people as told in the Old Testament. Part one of a planned trilogy, it is mind boggling to think that AMASEFFER has two whole albums left in them to...

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Death Rituals

For as many years as I've written about SIX FEET UNDER, the comments have always been the same: "They suck balls!" or "They rule!" Eight studio albums in (not counting live releases and the "Graveyard Classics" series) and SIX FEET UNDER are still going strong. I'll admit that I was a bigger fan for...