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DRAGONFORCE Doesn't Want To Be Pigeonholed As "Power Metal' Band

Stuart Derdeyn of Canada's The Province reports that U.K. quintet DRAGONFORCE's "Valley Of the Damned" is another tour de force of super-tight, melodic hard rock with its tongue firmly planted in its cheek. Imagine BON JOVI fronting IRON MAIDEN played almost twice as fast and you've got what the gro...

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MASTODON To Make Big-Scren Debut In 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force'

MTV.com reports that MASTODON will actually be junk food in a matter of months (dramatically speaking, anyway). In February, the band will make its big-screen debut alongside the Cartoon Network's Meatwad, Frylock and Master Shake in "Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Movie". "I get this random call from...

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SOUL TAKERS Finish Recording Sophomore Album

Italian metallers SOUL TAKERS have completed work on their second full-length album, tentatively titled "Flies in a Jar", at Luigi Stefanini's New Sin Studio in Loria (TV),Italy. The follow-up to 2005's "Tides" (Northwind Records) will contain 11 tracks for a total running time of more than fifty m...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Completes Songwriting Process For New Album

Holland's WITHIN TEMPTATION has completed the songwriting process for its new album, tentatively due early next year. "Some songs have been recorded and the rest is going to be done the next month," frontwoman Sharon den Adel writes on the group's web site. In other news, Sharon has posted a report...

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ANTHRAX Singer BELLADONNA: Three Albums' Worth Of Solo Material Available For Download

ANTHRAX frontman Joey Belladonna has made three full albums' worth of solo material available for paid download via his official web site. Commented Joey: "These songs are assorted experiments that I have done and are varied in style. They are sort of 'one-offs,' basically just songs that I wanted t...

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ESTUARY To Enter Studio This Weekend

Ohio death-thrashers ESTUARY will enter the studio this weekend to begin recording their sophomore release, to be titled "The Craft of Contradiction". The album will be tracked and mixed in Cincinnati at Audioasis Studios and is due for release January 23 through Ibex Moon Records. "The Craft of Con...

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AEROSMITH Drummer Checks In From Hartford

AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer has posted the following message on the Aero Force One (AEROSMITH's official fan club) web site following the band's September 7 performance in Hartford, Connecticut: "I thought that for the second show of the tour it was pretty damn good. There were a couple of little...

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IRON MAIDEN Frontman's Airline Taken Over By Sweden's FLYME

It is common knowledge that IRON MAIDEN has some of its most loyal fans in Sweden. In 2005, the British heavy metal band sold out the 56,000-capacity soccer stadium Ullevi in Gothenburg in less than two hours. The 50,000-plus tickets to the band's three concerts in Stockholm and Gothenburg in Novemb...

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THROWN Completes Work On Debut Album

THROWN, the Swedish band featuring Pete Flesh (FLESH, DECEIVER, ex-MAZE OF TORMENT) on vocals, guitars and drums, and Crille Lundin (DECEIVER) on bass, has finished recording its debut album, "The Suicidal Kings Occult", at the Abyss studio with producer Tommy Tägtgren. The CD, which was recorded be...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Nominated For 'Best Rock Act' Award At TMF AWARDS

Holland's WITHIN TEMPTATION has issued the following update: "We have been nominated for a TMF Award, the Dutch equivalent of the MTV Awards. We are nominated in the category 'Best Rock Act', but we need your votes to win this thing! Click on the link [here], to vote for us. The website is ...

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WINTERBORN Signs With MASSACRE RECORDS

WINTERBORN, the self-proclaimed "coldest Finnish heavy metal band," has inked a deal with Massacre Records. The group's debut album, "Cold Reality", is scheduled for release in Europe on November 10 (distributed in the USA by Century Media and The End Records). The group has also signed a deal with...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Announces Asian Tour Dates

Legendary Swedish guitarist YNGWIE MALMSTEEN has lined up the following Australian/Asian tour dates in November: Nov. 04 - Thunderdome - Bangkok, THA Nov. 06 - HITEC - Hong Kong, CHN Nov. 11 - Family Theater - Taipei, TAI Nov. 14 - The Arena Ent. Complex – Brisbane, AUS Nov. 15 - Enmore Theatre - Sy...

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PATH OF RESISTANCE To Play California In November

PATH OF RESISTANCE, the old-school hardcore band consisting of former members of EARTH CRISIS, will play four shows in California in November. The first date announced is Saturday, November 4 at The Showcase Theatre in Corona with FIRST BLOOD, xDEATHSTARx and FORCE OF CHANGE. Tickets go on sale thro...

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CELTIC FROST Launches New Video Online

Visionary extreme metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have captured their innovative and dark art in a new video clip for "A Dying God Coming into Human Flesh", a song taken from their first album in 13 years, "Monotheist". The fascinatingly gloomy clip was filmed by up-and-coming Swiss director Jessie Fisc...

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BRIDE Returns To 'Metal Roots' On 'Skin For Skin'

Christian metallers BRIDE have been working on a new CD, entitled "Skin for Skin', over the past few months. According to a press release, "BRIDE has returned again to its metal roots! Dale and Troy Thompson — original founders of BRIDE — have once again composed and recorded 12 songs that are sure...