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HIGH ON FIRE Announce Exclusive European, North American Festival Appearances

HIGH ON FIRE will finish off the touring cycle for its critically acclaimed "Blessed Black Wings" record with a handful of exclusive festival appearances in Europe and North America. HIGH ON FIRE will be playing on June 24 as part of the Vice Intonation Music Festival 2006 at Union Park in Chicago w...

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SIKTH: 'Death Of A Dead Day' Audio Samples Available

London, U.K.-based SIKTH are now sampling all twelve tracks from their Bieler Bros. debut, "Death of a Dead Day", at this location. The album hits stores today (June 6) in the U.S. and June 26 in the U.K. and will feature special artwork and personally autographed posters for the first ten thousand...

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SEPULTURA: New Touring Drummer Revealed?

According to Brazil's 89 FM, SEPULTURA are rumored to have selected Jean Dolabella (ex-UDORA) as their new touring drummer following Roy Mayorga's (ex-SOULFLY) decision to join STONE SOUR as a full-time member. SEPULTURA founding member and drummer Igor Cavalera announced earlier in the year that he...

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ARTIMUS PYLEDRIVER: 'Swamp Devil' Video Posted Online

The video for ARTIMUS PYLEDRIVER's lead single, "Swamp Devil", has been posted online at this location. The clip, which was filmed in late April outside of Atlanta, was directed by Dan Burke and features the band in their element. ARTIMUS PYLEDRIVER are set to release their self-titled debut tomorro...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER Jams With Son TYSON In London: Photos Available

FASTER INFERNO (formerly RAIDERS OF ROCK N' ROLL),the British band featuring guitarist Tyson Schenker — the son of the fabled SCORPIONS and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker — recently supported Tyson's father on the U.K. leg of his "Tales Of Rock 'n' Roll World Tour 2006". Check out pictures of Micha...

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TRIVIUM Perform New Song 'Detonation' At Germany's ROCK AM RING: Video Available

A video clip of TRIVIUM performing their new song "Detonation" at the Rock am Ring festival in Nürburgring, Germany on Saturday, June 3 has been posted at YouTube.com. A studio version of "Detonation" will appear on the band's upcoming third album, "The Crusade", due this fall via Roadrunner Records...

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Many extreme metal bands talk of combining grindcore and death metal with fragments of (old school) hardcore, but a paltry few do it better than MISERY INDEX. And we are not talking about metalcore by any stretch of the imagination. This is about death metal's technicality, grindcore's blinding brut...

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BUCKCHERRY Singer: 'I Like Artists That Have Something To Say Themselves'

Steve Newton of Straight.com recently conducted an interview with BUCKCHERRY frontman Josh Todd. A couple excerpts from the chat follow: On "American Idol": "I can't believe how big that thing has gotten. I don't know what to say about that, you know. I actually think [previous 'American Idol' winne...

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JUDAS PRIEST, VINCE NEIL At 'VH1 Rock Honors': Audio Interviews Posted Online

TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 68 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. The episode is the first of a three part series featuring "black carpet" interviews host John Ostronomy conducted at "VH1 Rock Honors" on May 25, 2006 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. This episode spotlights honorees Ian Hill and...

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TRIVIUM Begin Mixing New Album

TRIVIUM bassist Paolo Gregoletto has posted the following update on the band's web site: "Paolo here, just giving you an update before we head out early tomorrow for tour. We have finished tracking all of 'The Crusade', 15 songs total. Mixing has already begun and should be done in the next few week...

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VH1's Broadband Channel VSPOT To Begin Airing Exclusive 'VH1 Rock Honors' Performances

Beginning tomorrow, VSPOT — VH1's broadband channel — will offer exclusive performances from "VH1 Rock Honors" honorees and tribute bands that will not be seen during the show's television broadcast. Additional VSPOT content will include exclusive interviews with "VH1 Rock Honors" honorees, presente...

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SOULFLY's MAX CAVALERA Talks About Working With APOCALYPTICA

Ellen Gager of Midwest Excess recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY/ex-SEPULTURA frontman Max Cavalera. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Midwest Excess: Do you feel that the European and South American music scenes are different than the scenes in the U.S.? Max: "Yah, you know, they...

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OBSESSION Prepare To Release 'Carnival Of Lies'; More Audio Samples Available

Reunited classic early '80s metal band OBSESSION will be releasing their long-awaited follow-up to 1987's "Methods of Madness", entitled "Carnival of Lies" (cover),via Metal Mayhem (web site) in the U.S. and Avalon in Japan. The track listing is as follows: 01. Smoking Gun 02. Carnival Of Lies 03....

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG: Solo Album Samples Posted Online

Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has posted three songs from his upcoming debut solo album, "Equilibrium", at this location. Commented Young: "'Equilibrium' represents a life's work — or life's play, as it were. A majority of the music is written and performed on flamenco and classical guitar ho...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN: Cover Of SOUNDGARDEN's 'Jesus Christ Pose' Posted Online

New Jersey-bred maniacal metallers THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN have posted their cover of SOUNDGARDEN's classic "Jesus Christ Pose" on their official MySpace page. The track comes off the band's upcoming iTunes-exclusive digital download EP, "Plagiarism", due on June 13. Commented the band: "SOUNDGARD...