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SPINESHANK Find New Singer, Contemplate Name Change
SPINESHANK drummer Tommy Decker has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "OK, so it's been forever since we've given you an update the reason for that is that we took a few months off and there was really no news to report. We had been through tons of singers and were ...February 2, 2005
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LAMB OF GOD Banned From Performing In L.A.
LAMB OF GOD are being forced to step aside from one of their arena concerts on the upcoming Subliminal Verses Tour with SLIPKNOT, because of their name LAMB OF GOD and former moniker BURN THE PRIEST. The venue, The Forum in Los Angeles, is owned by The Faithful Central Bible Church, who decided to i...February 2, 2005
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Is Rock Dead?
Jim Farber of the New York Daily News has issued the following report: "Is rock dead? Not quite. But judging from its performance on the charts — and compared to its biggest bands and trends from a few years ago — it's wheezing. Cast your eye down 2004's Top 10-selling album list and you won't ...February 2, 2005
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DEF LEPPARD: Covers Album Track Listing Confirmed, Additional Titles Revealed
DEF LEPPARD have confirmed the track listing for their upcoming "covers" album, tentatively due before the end of the year. A posting on the group's web site reads as follows: "For a long while, the stories and rumors have been going round about DEF LEPPARD recording an album full of cover songs. Wh...February 2, 2005
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KYLESA Complete Work On New Album; Audio Available
Savannah GA's crust-metal-punk hybrid KYLESA have completed work on "To Walk A Middle Course" with producer Alex Newport (MELVINS, AT THE DRIVE-IN, NAILBOMB, THE LOCUST). The album is set for release on March 22 through Prosthetic Records. You can sample the track "In Memory" here. The band will emb...January 31, 2005
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CONSTRUCDEAD To Record Live DVD
CONSTRUCDEAD, the Swedish band featuring TERROR 2000 drummer Erik Thyselius, will be recording a live DVD during their appearance at Kolingsborg in Stockholm on April 1. The DVD will be produced by Charlie Granberg, who also produced the group's "Wounded" video. In other news, CONSTRUCDEAD were forc...January 29, 2005
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AMORPHIS: Mexican Tour Cancelled
Finland's AMORPHIS have been forced to cancel previously announced Mexican tour due to circumstances beyond their control, according to a posting on the group's web site. AMORPHIS are currently trying to reschedule the affected dates. More information will be made available soon. AMORPHIS recently a...January 29, 2005
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Is There A Connection Between Heavy Metal Music And Violent Behavior?
Norway's Imhotep Zine recently asked more than 60 heavy metal and hard rock musicians to answer the following two questions related to last month's shooting death of PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: 1) Can aggressive music led people to kill others? 2) Is there any connection b...January 26, 2005
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RAUNCHY Split With NUCLEAR BLAST, Seek New Label Home
Denmark's RAUNCHY have officially split with Nuclear Blast Records after releasing two albums through the label (2002's "Velvet Noise" and 2004's "Confusion Bay"). "We would like to thank Nuclear Blast Records for their work regarding our two albums," the band said in a statement. "No further commen...January 26, 2005
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EPICA Cancel German Dates
EPICA, the Dutch group formed by ex-AFTER FOREVER guitarist Mark Jansen, ex-CASSIOPEIA guitarist Ad Sluijter and keyboardist Coen Janssen, have been forced to cancel their previously announced German shows in Cologne and Frankfurt "due to the lack of communication and organization from our former Eu...January 25, 2005
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GRAHAM BONNET Falls Ill, Cancels MICHAEL SCHENKER Appearance
According to a posting on legendary singer Graham Bonnet's (RAINBOW, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, ALCATRAZZ, IMPELLITTERI, BLACKTHORNE) web site, Bonnet fell ill yesterday and was forced to cancel his previously announced appearance with Michael Schenker last night. Bonnet was scheduled to join Schenker...January 21, 2005
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CRYSTAL EYES: New Song Posted Online
Sweden's CRYSTAL EYES have completed work on their fourth full-length album, "Confessions of the Maker". "It took about four weeks longer than planned, but finally the album is finished," the band write on their web site. "It was mastered last Wednesday by Dragan Tanaskovic at Bohus Mastering, who a...January 21, 2005
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MORTIIS: New Single, DVD On The Way
Norway's legendary eccentric artist MORTIIS has returned to Silvertone Studios in Fredrikstad, Norway to work on a new single — "Decadent & Desperate" — which is scheduled for a U.K. release in April. The single is expected to be released in various formats and will include a new, as yet unnamed...January 20, 2005
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GLENN TIPTON: 'Angel Of Retribution' Is 'Classic JUDAS PRIEST'
JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton has told Launch Radio Networks that despite nearly a decade-and-a-half apart, the group's writing process for the upcoming CD, "Angel of Retribution", was not forced in any way. "We've obviously evolved, but one of the things we said to ourselves on this album is...January 19, 2005
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BRUCE KULICK Shoots Down MICK MARS Replacement Rumors
Former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick is the latest musician to deny that he has been approached by MÖTLEY CRÜE to replace Mick Mars during the group's upcoming tour. Mars, 53, who suffers from the chronic degenerative illness ankylosing spondylitis, has been recovering after hip-replacement surgery la...January 17, 2005
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