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PAMELA MOORE: New Song Available For Download

Singer Pamela Moore — best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE's 1988 epic concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" and last year's epic sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II" — has posted a fifth song titled "Shotdown" on her MySpace page. The song is taken from her recent CD, titled "Sto...

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The Blackening

"The Blackening", MACHINE HEAD's sixth studio album, is quite simply the band's best effort since its shattering 1994 debut, "Burn My Eyes", and may even surpass that modern classic. It may also be the best all-out metal recording of 2007. This is a no-holds-barred, brutally heavy, uncompromising al...

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From These Wounds

Stark, obsidian funeral doom metal with low-toned clean vocals — on the surface, there doesn't seem to be much about FUNERAL to set them apart from so many other purveyors of bleak, depressive sound. But while there are reference points – early KATATONIA, SWALLOW THE SUN, RAPTURE, DIABOLIQUE, OPETH...

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Age Eternal

Mike Scheidt may have been the guitarist and vocalist of revered northwest U.S. space-doom freaks YOB, but the opening track of his new band's debut seems determined to highlight the differences between his earlier outfit and MIDDIAN. "Dreamless Eye" crashes out of the gate with a fast, aggressive,...

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BATTERED Confirmed For MILWAUKEE METALFEST

BATTERED, the Norwegian band featuring former EINHERJER members Frode Glesnes (a.k.a. Grimar, vocals/guitar),Aksel Herløe (guitar) and Gerhard Storesund (a.k.a. Vivar, drums),has been confirmed for the Milwaukee Metalfest, set to take place May 11-12 at Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha, Wis...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Frontman: 'We Want To Be More Metal All Across The Board'

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE frontman Matt Tuck told Revolver magazine that he is writing meaner, less syrupy melodies for the group's upcoming CD, which the band recently started recording at Sonic Ranch studios in Tornillo, Texas with producer Colin Richardson (MACHINE HEAD, FEAR FACTORY, NAPALM DEATH)...

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SUFFOCATION: More Tour Dates Announced

Legendary New York death metallers SUFFOCATION have announced another month's worth of tour dates, expanding their already exhaustive "Suffocation World Tour". The band, who recently completed tours of Australia and New Zealand, will hit cities all across Europe beginning March 29. SUFFOCATION will...

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SEBASTIAN BACH To Headline Italy's EVOLUTION FESTIVAL

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has issued the following update: "We are honored to headline this year's Evolution Festival in Tuscany, Italy this 7.7.7!!!! This will be the second time we have played the Evolution Festival, and we can't wait to see all our friends in Italy again! How lucky...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE To Support METALLICA At Wembley Stadium

Welsh metalcore act BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will support METALLICA on the following dates: July 05 - Rotudenplatz - Vienna, Austria July 08 - Wembley Stadium - London, UK HEAVEN AND HELL has also been announced as one of the "special guests" at the Vienna show. BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will be the fe...

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VICIOUS RUMORS Confirmed For MILWAUKEE METALFEST

San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have been confirmed for the Milwaukee Metalfest on May 12 at the Waukesha County Expo Center in Wisconsin. For a list of upcoming VICIOUS RUMORS tour dates, click here. VICIOUS RUMORS last month confirmed a USA distribution deal with The End Records ou...

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Guitarist JACK FROST Says New SEVEN WITCHES Album Is A 'Monster'

Guitarist Jack Frost (SEVEN WITCHES, BRONX CASKET CO., ex-SAVATAGE) has issued the following update: "I'm working hard on the new WITCHES album (which is a MONSTER and is nothing that you would expect from WITCHES, but will dig the shit out of nonetheless). "I got to rock out and laugh my ass off at...

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ZONARIA: Live Video Posted Online

Swedish melodic death metal band ZONARIA has a posted a live video for the song "The Last Endeavor" at YouTube. The clip was shot during the group's recent appearance at the Shadow Of Metal festival in their hometown of Umeå, Sweden. ZONARIA's debut CD is tentatively due in September via Pivotal Roc...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Launches Official eBay Store

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has posted the following message on his official web site: "Anyone who has seen my MTV 'Cribs' episode knows that I have a lot of rock stuff. In fact, I have so much stuff that it is literally now overtaking my whole house. I just don't have room for ...

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ENSIFERUM: New Song Posted Online

Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metal band ENSIFERUM has posted a new song, entitled "One More Magic Potion", to its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's third album, "Victory Songs", which is scheduled for release on April 20. Check out the cover artwork for the CD at this location....

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EMINENCE: 'The God Of All Mistakes' Track Listing Revealed

Brazilian extreme metallers EMINENCE have finalized the track listing for their new album, "The God of all Mistakes", due later in the year via an as-yet-undetermined label. The follow-up to 2004's "Humanology" will feature cover artwork by MNEMIC guitarist Mircea Eftemie. "The God of all Mistakes"...