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ADONIS DECAY Signs With DANCEFACE RECORDS

Woodbridge, VA-based death metallers ADONIS DECAY have inked a deal with DanceFace Records. The band has just finished recording its debut EP, "Messenger", at Charm City Studios in Pasadena, MD with producer Matt Parsons. A late February 2007 release is expected. An unmastered track from the upcomin...

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INTERLOCK Part Ways With Drummer, Seek Replacement

INTERLOCK, the London-based cyber metal band, has parted ways with drummer Matt Platts and is currently seeking a replacement. Applicants should have "experience with playing to a click track, a full drumkit, hardware and cymbals in good condition, triggers and a sampling unit (or be prepared to pur...

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CAMP FREDDY: Release Date Announced For Christmas Single

CAMP FREDDY — the Los Angeles-based "jam" group featuring guitarists Dave Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) and Billy Morrison (ex-THE CULT bassist, current CIRCUS DIABLO vocalist) alongside VELVET REVOLVER members Matt Sorum (drums) and Scott Weiland (vocals) — will release its C...

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DECREPIT BIRTH Welcomes Back Bassist RISHA ERYAVEC

Santa Cruz, California-based death metallers DECREPIT BIRTH have posted the following message on their official web site: "DECREPIT BIRTH is very happy to announce that bassist Risha Eryavec is officially returning to the band! Due to recent situations, Risha feels that his place is with us, as our...

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TYSON SCHENKER's FASTER INFERNO Calls It Quits

FASTER INFERNO (formerly RAIDERS OF ROCK N' ROLL),the British band featuring guitarist Tyson Schenker — the son of the legendary SCORPIONS and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker — has called it a day. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "Sadly, it reaches a point when everyth...

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TIMELORD Mixing Debut Album

Springfield, Virginia-based progressive/thrash metal band TIMELORD has begun mixing its debut album, "The Great Machine", with Kevin 131 (PROJECT: FAILING FLESH, RAVEN, DECEASED, DYSRHYTHMIA) at Assembly Line Studios in Vienna, Virginia. The mixes are being assisted by Ben McCall. Commented Kevin: "...

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TIGERTAILZ Launches 'School Band' Competition

Reunited U.K. rockers TIGERTAILZ have launched a competition to find a local "school band" to open their forthcoming show at Cardiff St David's Hall on Saturday, February 10, 2007. The competition is open to any students who attend a South Wales secondary school and play in a band. The 'TAILZ are ke...

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MY RUIN Frontwoman: New Album 'Has Become My Recovery'

MY RUIN lead vocalist Tairrie B., who was seriously injured in a car accident in late September, has issued the following message via the group's MySpace page: "Dear friends, although I do not believe in Thanksgiving (in the Biblical sense of the day) ~that's a joke~ *cough* (actually, when you thin...

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MATT SORUM, RICHIE KOTZEN, BRIAN TICHY Among Guests On STEVIE SALAS CD

Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES),Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON),Brian Tichy (BILLY IDOL, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, GILBY CLARKE, PRIDE & GLORY) and Dave Abbruzzese (PEARL JAM) are among the guest musicians on the new STEVIE SALAS CD, "Be What It Is", which is available from R&C Ltd....

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN Guitarist To Release Solo CD

JON OLIVA'S PAIN guitarist Matt LaPorte will release his solo album, entitled "Once Again...With Feeling", next week. The price of the CD is $15 for orders in the U.S. and $17 for overseas (includes shipping/handling). If you're interested in placing an order, please send an e-mail to webmaster@jono...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Reschedules Remainder Of U.K. Tour, Cancels U.S. Dates

Welsh metalcore band BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE has been forced to cancel the remaining dates on its current sold-out U.K. tour as well as a string of U.S. dates that were to follow throughout December. With a heavy heart, singer and frontman Matt Tuck has had to take a break due to laryngitis brought...

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THROWDOWN To Enter Studio In January

Orange County, CA-based band THROWDOWN will enter the studio mid-January to begin recording its new album, "Venom and Tears", tentatively due next spring via Trustkill Records. Commented bassist Matt Mentley: "It is coming along awesome, and we can't wait to get in the studio to start recording. Rig...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE: Manchester And Cardiff Dates Cancelled

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's web site has been updated with the following message: "[Guitarist/vocalist] Matt [Tuck] has been undergoing further tests this afternoon [Nov. 21] and has been instructed that in order to prevent any further damage to his vocal cords he should not perform for three days. Un...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Frontman Falls Ill; Newcastle Show Postponed

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's official web site has been updated with the following message: "Sorry, folks, unfortunately Matt Tuck [guitarist/vocalist] has fallen ill and will be unable to perform tonight [Nov. 21], so we have to postpone BULLET's show at Newcastle Academy this evening to January 3, 20...

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KING DIAMOND Drummer Guests On New MICHAEL HARRIS CD

World-acclaimed guitarist Michael Harris is back with the most ambitious album of his career, entitled "Orchestrate". With a style best described as "Neo-orchestral metal," the CD is described in a press release as "a modern-day masterpiece." One listen reveals the unique combination of electric gui...