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ALICE COOPER: 'No More Mr Nice Guy Live' Due In February

According to ALICE COOPER fan site SickthingsUK, Concert Live has set a February 13 release date for "No More Mr Nice Guy Live", a two-CD remixed version of Cooper's October 29, 2011 show at London, England's Alexandra Place. Concert Live, which enables fans all over the world to relive the experien...

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INME: New Album Details

English alternative rock band INME will release its fifth studio album, "The Pride", via the PledgeMusic project, which encourages fans to contribute funds to the recording of albums and the artists themselves to donate to charity as a part of their fundraising. Having worked with PledgeMusic on his...

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WORMROT Arrested In Malaysia

Singapore grindcore trio WORMROT was arrested by religious authorities in Malaysia in the early hours of New Year's Day. According to a posting on the band's Tumblr page, the members of WORMROT were "chlling" at a local hotel after playing a New Year's Eve show in Kuala Lumpur when the Jabatan Agama...

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RIOT Frontman Talks About Economics Of Touring

Kodi McKinney of MetalInsider.net recently conducted an interview with vocalist Tony Moore of the legendary U.S. metal band RIOT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MetalInsider.net: You're down to tour for three dates in New York and Virginia, and then the five-day 70,000 Tons Of Meta...

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DIRGE WITHIN Completes Recording Sophomore Album

Chicago's DIRGE WITHIN has finished recording its sophomore full-length album at Mercenary Studios in Zion, Illinois with engineer Scott Creekmore and producer Ari Mihalopoulos for an April 10 release via Rocket Science Ventures/THC: Music. The 11-song CD is currently being mixed at Inner Light Stud...

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AUTOPSY: Exclusive Midwest Concert Announced

Legendary San Francisco Bay Area gore grind act AUTOPSY will make its exclusive Midwest appearance — the band's first show in Chicago since 1993 — on Saturday, March 5 at Reggie' Rock Club (2105 South State St., Chicago, IL). Also schedule to appear are BONES, the new group featuring former members...

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MAIDEN UNITED To Record Sophomore Album

MAIDEN UNITED, the all-acoustic IRON MAIDEN tribute project featuring Damian Wilson (THRESHOLD, AYREON) and Ruud Jolie (WITHIN TEMPTATION),will embark on a short tour through Greece, Cyrpus and the Netherlands at the end of January. The dates are as follows: Jan. 20 - An Club - Athens, Greece Jan....

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CHIMAIRA Frontman Sprains Ankle At 'Christmas' Homecoming Concert; Video Available

During the opening song of CHIMAIRA's "Chimaira Christmas" concert last night (Friday, December 30) at the House Of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio, CHIMAIRA guitarist Matt DeVries jumped off the drum riser and crashed into bassist Emil Werstler, who then bumped into singer Mark Hunter, knocking Mark down...

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JOE STUMP Completes Work On New Instructional DVD, Solo Album

Guitar virtuoso Joe Stump (HOLYHELL, REIGN OF TERROR) has completed work on his new instructional DVD, entitled "Shred Guitar 101". He says, "I think it'll be very useful learning tool for players on many levels and it'll be released by the Shred Academy early next year." In other news, Stump has fi...

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CHIMAIRA Announces New Guitarist, Bassist

Cleveland, Ohio-based metallers CHIMAIRA have issued the following update: "We are proud to announce the addition of Matt Szlachta [DIRGE WITHIN] and Jeremy Creamer [DAATH] to CHIMAIRA. "The plan was to build an undeniable string section and we have done just that. "Jeremy will be pounding on the ba...

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GRAVE: First Photos Of New Lineup

Several photos of the new lineup of the legendary Swedish death metal band GRAVE can be seen below. GRAVE is: Ola Lindgren - Guitar/Vocals Mika Lagrén - Guitar Ronnie Bergerstål - Drums Tobias Cristiansson – Bass GRAVE recently parted ways with guitarist Magnus Martinsson. According to the group, Ma...

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OBSCURA Frontman: 'A Tour Is Always Hard Work With Less Sleep Than You May Expect'

Patrick Prince of Powerline recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Steffen Kummerer of German technical death metallers OBSCURA. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Powerline: The band has been labeled "technical death metal." What has been your general reaction to that...

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EMIL WERSTLER To Play Guitar For CHIMAIRA

Emil Werstler (DAATH) will handle the guitar duties for CHIMAIRA in 2012. Werstler (pictured below),who has spent the last few months playing bass for CHIMAIRA, will switch back to his original instrument following the recent announcement that guitarists Rob Arnold and Matt DeVries will be leaving...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist's MANRAZE Completes Work On 'Take On The World' Video

MANRAZE — the rock outfit featuring Phil Collen of DEF LEPPARD, Simon Laffy from GIRL and Paul Cook of THE SEX PISTOLS — has released a free download of "Over My Dead Body", the first single from the band's recently released LP "punkfunkrootsrock", now available via Rocket Science Ventures/RED. The...

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Man Charged With Murder Claims He Was Involved With BLACK LABEL SOCIETY 'Cult'

According to Argus Leader, the convicted felon who confessed to slashing the throat of a 75-year-old South Dakota hospice nurse claimed that he became involved with a "cult" called the "Black Label Society," which he said was founded by Zakk Wylde, who fronts a band of the same name. James McVay, 41...