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Emissaries

"What the heck is Mesopotamian Metal or Sumerian Thrashing Black Metal", you ask? The kind of metal that MELECHESH plays on "Emissaries", an album that you should purchase as soon as it is released in North America on January 23. The follow-up to 2003's phenomenal "Sphynx" is in no way a let-down an...

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Bombshell

Gee, can you tell by the album cover that HYDROGYN saw fit to sell a little sex with their pop-inflected hard rock? With vocalist "Julie" striking a suggestive pose and the album titled "Bombshell", music is probably not the first thought that pops into the mind of the uninitiated. Well, "Bombshell"...

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HEIR APPARENT Parts Ways With Members Of 2006 Touring Lineup

HEIR APPARENT members Bobby Ferkovich (bass),Peter Orullian (vocals),Op Sakiya (keyboards) and Jeffrey McCormack (drums) have issued the following statement: "We would first like to take the opportunity to thank all of the fantastic friends and fans of HEIR APPARENT that we have had the privilege...

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SCORPIONS: New European, Canadian Tour Dates Announced

German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS have announced the following dates: Apr. 06 - Riga, Latvia @ TBA Apr. 07 - Vilnius, Lithuania @ TBA Jul. 07 - Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic @ TBA Aug. 28 - Ottawa, Canada @ TBA Aug. 30 - Montreal, Canada @ TBA Pat Martin of Sacramento's 98 Rock KRXQ reported ...

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AXL ROSE Parties With PLAYBOY Bunnies In Las Vegas: Photo Available

According to Robin Leach of Vegas Pop, GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose spent New Year's Eve partying at The Playboy Club (located at The Palms Casino Resort) in Las Vegas, surrounded by Playboy bunnies. Check out a photo of Rose and the bunnies at this location. Rose announced last month on GUNS ...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band WITHIN TEMPTATION has set "The Heart of Everything" as the title of its new album, due later in the year in the U.S. via Roadrunner Records. Check out the CD cover artwork at this location. The album's first single, to be released this spring, "What Have You...

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NINE INCH NAILS Mainman On New CD: 'I Wrote The Soundtrack To A Movie That Doesn't Exist'

U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine (web site) has conducted an exclusive interview with NINE INCH NAILS mainman Trent Reznor about the group's follow-up to 2005's "With Teeth", tentatively due this spring. A brief question-and-answer session follows: Kerrang!: Your last album took six years. We've only had to...

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SCOTT WEILAND Talks About Upcoming Solo Effort, New VELVET REVOLVER Album

VELVET REVOLVER is currently recording its sophomore album, tentatively entitled "Libertad", with producer Brendan O'Brien (INCUBUS, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE) for a spring 2007 release. In the meantime, the group's frontman, Scott Weiland, has also been working on his first solo effort since 1998's...

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RAUNCHY: Classic 'Velvet Noise' Debut To Be Re-Released

Danish metallers RAUNCHY have issued the following update: "2006 has been a great year for RAUNCHY with the release and great response [to] 'Death Pop Romance', great festival appearances, the SOULFLY tour, The Danish Dynamite tour, the prizes we won at the Danish Metal Awards and all the fans who a...

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IGGY POP AND THE STOOGES Complete First Studio LP In 33 Years

Chris Harris of MTV.com reports that IGGY POP AND THE STOOGES have completed work on their first studio LP since 1973's groundbreaking "Raw Power". Entitled "The Weirdness", the CD will feature 16 tracks in all, including "Greedy Awful People", "Claustrophobia", "Mexican Guy", "I'm Fried", "ATM", "O...

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DIE FAST: New Songs Posted Online

DIE FAST, the new Los Angeles-based band featuring TOTAL CHAOS lead guitarist Shawn Smash and SPUNK frontman Tod Waters, has posted three new songs on its MySpace page. The group, which cites its influences as IGGY AND THE STOOGES, THE DEAD BOYS, '70s KISS and '80s punk/hardcore like VERBAL ABUSE an...

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ZOOPARTY: New Single Available For Download

The full-length album from ZOOPARTY, the self-proclaimed Sweden's finest punk band, will be released during January-February. The CD was produced by Glen Matlock from SEX PISTOLS, Brian James (ex-DAMNED) and ZOOPARTY. Matlock and James also play on the album. This is the first time Matlock and James...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Bassist, Ex-BEAUTIFUL CREATURES Guitarist Guest On New MARION RAVEN Single

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx and former BEAUTIFUL CREATURES guitarist DJ Ashba, with whom Sixx recently launched Funny Farm Studios (an "amazing state-of-the-art facility which includes three full-service studios and an amazing photography studio") produced and played on the first single from Mari...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Signs U.S. Licensing Deal With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Roadrunner Records has announce a U.S. license arrangement for rock powerhouse WITHIN TEMPTATION. One of The Netherlands' biggest selling bands is hard at work recording their first album for Roadrunner USA, due out in 2007. WITHIN TEMPTATION was formed in The Netherlands in 1996 by Robert Westerhol...

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COREY TAYLOR Says He And JIM ROOT Always Felt Like They Were 'Hired Guns' In SLIPKNOT

Kyle Munson of DesMoinesRegister.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Corey Taylor (STONE SOUR, SLIPKNOT). A few excerpts from the chat follow: DesMoinesRegister.com: Thoughts on your recent Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance for STONE SOUR's "30/30-150"? Corey: I never get ov...