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ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY To Shoot New Video

ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY has commenced work on the first video from its forthcoming record, "Open Fire". The video, for the track "Words of the Dying Man", is being shot in a "houseparty" setting in the band's hometown of Richmond, VA with local creative collective Day By Day (LAMB OF GOD, MUNICIPAL WAS...

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SOLITUDE AETURNUS Guitarist Comments On Singer Joining CANDLEMASS

SOLITUDE AETURNUS guitarist John Perez has issued the following update via the band's MySpace page: "First, we would like to thank everyone thus far that has sent such kind words of enthusiasm on our webpage and MySpace concerning our new album, 'Alone'. The response has been nothing short of overwh...

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FIVE STAR PRISON CELL To Release New Album In March

Australian tech metallers FIVE STAR PRISON CELL will release their new album, "Slaves of Virgo", on March 5 via Faultline Records. Commented the band: "We know, we know, we fucking know! It has been a long time coming — we've been sitting on this egg for nearly seven months now, so as you can imagin...

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Scottish Metal Band DARK FUSION Reaches Final Stage Of 'Rock Star Lottery' Contest

Alexandra Hunt of icLanarkshire reports that Airdrie, Scotland, United Kingdom-based heavy-metal band DARK FUSION (MySpace page) are a step closer to winning a £1.5 million record deal — after reaching the final stage of worldwide Internet music contest, the Rock Star Lottery. The first elimination...

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NAPALM DEATH Planning Back-To-Basics, Old-School U.K. Tour

NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury has posted the following message on the band's MySpace page: "[I'm] In Finland enjoying what so far has been a killer tour and we still have so many shows and places to look forward to. [It's] fucking cold, though. "Anyway, we have the idea for sometime now to hopef...

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MY RUIN Overcomes Personal Adversity To Produce New Album

Los Angeles-based hard rock band MY RUIN will be making its triumphant return to the stage Friday, January 19 at the Whiskey A Go Go in West Hollywood, California as it heads up a night of massive riffola for a very special show to celebrate frontwoman Tairrie B's birthday and to debut songs from th...

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ZOMBI Announces North American Tour With TRANS AM

ZOMBI has announced a North American spring tour with TRANS AM in support of their latest release, "Surface To Air". The sci-fi instrumental rock duo will team-up with TRANS AM starting April 10 in Washington, D.C. for nearly a month's worth of dates across the country. A listing of confirmed tour d...

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IRON MAIDEN And OZZY OSBOURNE To Share Stage At Holland's FIELDS OF ROCK Festival?

According to Muziekagenda.nl, IRON MAIDEN and OZZY OSBOURNE will perform at the Fields of Rock festival, which is scheduled to take place June 16-17 in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands. An official confirmation is expected to arrive soon. In other MAIDEN-related news, DNAIndia.com reports that Bruce Dicki...

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Report: Cyberspace Abuzz With Speculation On New Jersey Metal/Hardcore Fan's Death

James A. Quirk of the Asbury Park Press reports: Music was a central focus in the life of James C. Morrison. A guitar player who had formed his own bands, Morrison, 25, loved to attend concerts of local hardcore and metal acts — bands supported not by radio and MTV but by enthusiastic ...

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AMORPHIS: Helsinki Gig To Be Webcast

The December 30, 2006 AMORPHIS gig at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland will be shown several times on Welho Dina cable TV (available in Southern Finland) as well as via webstream from the Dina homepage. You will find two streaming links for Windows Media Player in the top right corner of that page (cli...

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MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA To Perform LED ZEPPELIN

Darcy Pohland of WCCO.com reports that the Minnesota Orchestra is scheduled to perform a special, "one night only" program of the songs of LED ZEPPELIN at the Target Center in Minneapolis on March 3 at 8 p.m. Michael Sutton, a violinist with the orchestra, spent most of his work day rehearsing Schub...

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STONE SOUR, LACUNA COIL, SHADOWS FALL: Tour Dates Announced

STONE SOUR, LACUNA COIL and SHADOWS FALL will team up for the latest installment of the Jägermeister Music Tour, set to kick off March 23 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The dates are as follows: Mar. 23 - Maplewood, MN @ Myth Mar. 24 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave Eagles Club Mar. 25 - Cincinnati, ...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Recruits Ex-SOILWORK Guitarist For Remainder Of European Tour

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE was forced to postpone the London, Bristol and Paris shows of their current European tour this past weekend due to guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz sustaining a serious back injury. The band has since issued the following update: "OK, here's the deal. Adam and Howard [Jones, vocals] were...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Says Too Many Metal Albums Are Being Released Nowadays

Andreas Aubert of Imhotep webzine recently conducted an interview with HAMMERFALL vocalist Joacim Cans and guitarist Oscar Dronjak. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's status in Japan: Joacim: "Metal is not as big in Japan as people tend to think. They think it's obvious that a...

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HEIR APPARENT Mainman Sets Record Straight Regarding Split With Touring Lineup

Guitarist Terry Gorle of the reactivated Seattle-based progressive/power metallers HEIR APPARENT has issued the following update: "There have been many questions from all corners about the status of the band HEIR APPARENT over the past several years. Most recently, a 'news' post. "In an effort to pr...