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OVERCAST Begin Recording 'Reborn To Kill Again'

OVERCAST, the reunited Massachusetts band which features in its ranks KILLSWITCH ENGAGE bassist Mike D'Antonio and SHADOWS FALL singer Brian Fair, have entered the studio to begin re-recording 10-14 classic tracks and laying down two previously unreleased songs for a full-length album entitled "Rebo...

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LACUNA COIL, TRIVIUM Confirmed For Italy's HEINEKEN JAMMIN FESTIVAL

The final lineup has been announced for this year's Heineken Jammin Festival, set to take place June 16-17 at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. It is as follows: June 16: DEPECHE MODE NEGRAMARO MORRISSEY HARD FI FINLEY KILL THE YOUNG GOLDFRAPP June 17: METALLICA THE DARKNESS AVENGED SEV...

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HIRAX To Co-Headline MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 3 Festival

California thrashers HIRAX will co-headline the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, which will take place on August 25-26 at Star Central in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. This will be HIRAX's second appearance at Minneapolis Mayhem. Last year, the band replaced SODOM one week before the festival took plac...

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VADER Invite Fans To Design Band's New Logo

Veteran Polish death metallers VADER have posted the following message on their official web site: "We would like to invite you to participate in a special competition! If you have an idea how VADER's new logo symbol should look like and want to design it, feel free to send your projects to info@vad...

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THE HAUNTED Guitarist: 'A Step Further Into A Dark, Twisted And Horrific Place'

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED are scheduled to enter Antfarm Studios in Aarhus, Denmark in May with producer Tue Madsen to begin recording their new album for a tentative late October release via Century Media Records. THE HAUNTED's Per Möller Jensen will record the drums at Puk Studios in Randers,...

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DEAN GUITARS Unveils DIMEBAG's REBEL RAZORBACK Creation

Dean Guitars has announced the release of what it believes is one of the finest guitars Dean has ever made — the Rebel Razorback guitar (photo),a creation of the late "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Sculpted with razor-like edges, and points-to-kill, Dean's Rebel Razorback is a visual six-string weapon m...

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WICKED WISDOM: 'Bleed All Over Me' To Receive 'Headbanger's Ball' Premiere

WICKED WISDOM — the five-piece band featuring actress Jada Pinkett Smith (wife of Will Smith) — will debut their new video, "Bleed All Over Me", on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" on Saturday, April 29. "Hopefully people will like the new single and the video," Jada said. "Dean Karr [director] did his th...

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The Ultimate Destroyer

You knew it would only get bloodier after Chicago's LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR (LOTM) hacked and stabbed with murderous metal rage and old school spirit on 2004's "Carnage". On "The Ultimate Destroyer", lyrical themes based on the savage end of Greek Mythology (with poetic license liberally taken) once ag...

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Travesty of Heavenly Essence

After a sidestep into industrialized post-black-metal a couple years ago, Finnish rippers THYRANE return to what they do best on "Travesty of Heavenly Essence" — intense, riff-hungry black metal with plenty of dynamic changes, just the right amount of keyboards, and enough thrashed-out fury to make...

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GAIA EPICUS Confirmed For MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 3 Festival

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS have been confirmed for the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: JAG PANZER STEEL ATTACK DIVISION RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER USURPER AVENGER OF BL...

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SPEED\KILL/HATE Seek Bassist For Tour

Bassist Derek Tailer will be unable to join SPEED\KILL/HATE on their upcoming Metal Crusaders North American tour due to "personal reasons." As a result, the band are currently auditioning bass players to fill in for Derek on this trek. Backing vocals are "a MUST!!!" Interested parties can contact t...

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VADER: New Album Title, Release Date Announced

Veteran Polish death metallers VADER will enter Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland on April 22 with producers Slawek and Wojtek Wieslawscy to begin recording their new album, "Impressions in Red", for a September 4 release via Regain Records. The recording sessions for the new CD — which, in contrast...

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GENE SIMMONS: 'My Life Is An Open Book'

Rod Harmon of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune recently conducted an interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. The question-and-answer session follows: Q: Why are you coming to [the Sarasota Film Festival], and what are you going to be doing once you get here? Gene: Well, first of all, "Funny Mo...

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EVERGREY Frontman Produces SHOT INJECTION Demo: Audio Available

Swedish band SHOT INJECTION, whose current recording lineup includes former HAMMERFALL bassist and founding member Fredrik "Loppan" Larsson, have uploaded their newly recorded "Fear Comes Full Circle" demo/CD to their MySpace.com page. Check out the songs "Picturing Our Downfall", "Fragile White" an...

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H.I.M. Frontman: 'I Was Sleeping An Hour A Night For Eight Weeks'

Kerrang! magazine (web site) recently spoke to H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo about some of the dark rumors that have surrounded him of late. In February he spent a night in a Helsinki jail after allegedly threatening to kill his neighbor. Prior to that he was drugged and robbed in a Minneapolis bar, ra...