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'All-Star' Band Featuring ACCEPT, HAMMERFALL Members To Perform At SWEDEN ROCK Kick-Off

The Sweden Rock Festival kick-off will be on December 2, at Nalen in Stockholm, Sweden. At this event the first batch of bands booked for next year's festival will be announced. Also scheduled to perform at the show are HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, WOLF and HARM'S WAY. In addition, a one-off all-star band ha...
October 20, 2006
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MUSHROOMHEAD's Top Ten Essential Albums Revealed

ARTISTdirect News recently asked the members of Cleveland's MUSHROOMHEAD to pick their ten all-time essential albums and got a list that any self-respecting hard rock fan should print out and take to the nearest record store immediately — assuming you don't already own every one of these classics: 0...
October 19, 2006
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TURMOIL Seeks New Label Home

Philadelphia-based hardcore band TURMOIL has issued the following update: "After 11 long years with Century Media Records and Abacus Recordings, we are free. And here, all we had to do was ask....weird. So after two LPs, two EPs, a couple of cover songs, and a two-CD discography, we can finally thro...
October 19, 2006
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THE ORANGEBURG MASSACRE: Another New Song Posted Online

California hardcore act THE ORANGEBURG MASSACRE has posted another track from its upcoming full-length album, "Moorea". Check out the song "Mortal Yes. Human No." on the band's MySpace page. "Moorea" was mixed by Mike Watts (HOPESFALL, THE CHARIOT, AS CITIES BURN) and was mastered by Troy Glessner...
October 18, 2006
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DEF LEPPARD Joined By Country Star TIM McGRAW

Launch Radio Networks reports: DEF LEPPARD had a surprise guest at their show in Los Angeles on Friday (October 13). For the encore at the Hollywood Bowl, the band welcomed country superstar Tim McGraw to the stage, and he pitched in vocals on a version of "Pour Some Sugar On Me". There's no word on...
October 18, 2006
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LUDICHRIST And SCATTERBRAIN Rehearse For First Time Since 1994

'80s hardcore metal act LUDICHRIST and the band formed out of its remains, SCATTERBRAIN, will reunite for a one-off performance at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City on February 23, 2007. "At the show, both bands (SCATTERBRAIN and LUDICHRIST) will be doing full sets," the two groups'...
October 18, 2006
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CATARACT Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

Swiss metalcore band CATARACT has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27, 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BULLET CATARACT DARK FUNERAL GRAVE DIGGER...
October 17, 2006
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MUSHROOMHEAD: More U.S. Tour Dates Announced

MUSHROOMHEAD has added more dates to its current U.S. tour. The group's schedule is now as follows: Oct. 17 - Whisky, Hollywood CA (all ages) Oct. 18 - Rialto, Tucson AZ (all ages) Oct. 19 - Sunshine Theatre, Albuquerque NM (all ages) Oct. 21 - Eck's Saloon, Lakewood CO (all ages) Oct. 22 - The ...
October 17, 2006
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TURMOIL Parts Ways With ABACUS RECORDINGS

According to Lambgoat, Pennsylvania's legendary hardcore band TURMOIL has amicably parted ways with Abacus Recordings. When TURMOIL originally broke up in 2000, the group was still under contract with Century Media Records, which led to a deal with one-time Century Media imprint Abacus when the band...
October 17, 2006
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AN AWAKENING: Video From CD Recording Sessions Posted Online

A video clip of the Virginia-based metalcore band AN AWAKENING tracking their upcoming self-titled CD have been posted online at YouTube.com. The recordings took place at Assembly Line Studios, which is owned by Kevin 131 (PROJECT: FAILING FLESH, RAVEN, DECEASED, DYSRHYTHMIA),and were engineered by...
October 17, 2006
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LEEWAY Frontman Schedules EDDIE'S FUNHOUSE Appearances

Vocalist Eddie Sutton of the legendary New York hardcore/metal act LEEWAY has issued the following update: Well (deep sigh),CBGBs has had its last gasp/heartbeat with three BAD BRAINS shows, and it puts and end to an era of memories that will never leave our souls... Which means we all need to come...
October 16, 2006
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The Price of Existence

All the computers and production skill in the world can't nail down that certain indefinable "something" that makes a good album great. DYING FETUS had it when "Destroy the Opposition" came out — it wasn't radically different than what they'd done before, but it just had that oomph to it, the sound...
October 16, 2006
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The Fierce Urgency of Now

Just when you think hardcore has become harmless and lyrically irrelevant, Philadelphia's PASSION kicks you square in the teeth with an album like "The Fierce Urgency of Now". With a decidedly metallic bite and a firm grasp of arrangement variety, "The Fierce Urgency of Now" is heavy in the way that...
October 16, 2006
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THE CHELSEA SMILES To Release Debut Album In November

THE CHELSEA SMILES, the band featuring Todd Youth (ex-MURPHYS LAW, D-GENERATION, DANZIG),will release its full-length debut, "Thirty Six Hours Later", on November 7 via Acetate Records. A few songs from the CD can be previewed at the group's MySpace page. Todd Youth also played guitar for MOTÖRHEAD...
October 14, 2006
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HATEBREED Guitarist: 'We've Never Changed Our Music Style, We Just Play To More People'

Deadtide.com recently conducted an interview with HATEBREED guitarist Frank "3 Gun" Novinec (ex-TERROR, RINGWORM, INTEGRITY). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Deadtide.com: What do you have to say to the people that say you've "sold out"due to Jamey's [Jasta] involvement with MTV? Frank: "...
October 14, 2006