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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Guitarist Checks In With Songwriting Update

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD guitarist Jed Simon has issued the following update on the songwriting process for the group's follow-up to last year's "Alien": "[The songwriting is] going great, got too many song ideas, haha! About 6 are complete, and the rest are very close... "Most of you probably know that...

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ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW Begin Mixing New Album

Reactivated Finnish melodic extreme metal band ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW have begun mixing their fifth album, "Before the Bleeding Sun", with Mikko Karmila at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland. "So far, the mixed songs sound exactly what they should sound like," the band write on their web site. "T...

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MUSHROOMHEAD: U.S. Tour Dates Announced

Cleveland, Ohio's MUSHROOMHEAD have scheduled the following dates in March/April: Mar. 23 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's Mar. 24 - Traverse City, MI - Streeters Mar. 25 - Detroit, MI - Harpo's Mar. 26 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection Mar. 29 - Ft. Wayne, IN - Piere's Mar. 31 - Columbus, OH - ...

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Ex-WHITESNAKE Guitarist BERNIE MARSDEN To Guest On TONY IOMMI's Radio Show

Legendary guitarist Bernie Marsden (WHITESNAKE, M3) will be stopping by the studio for BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi's "Black Sunday" radio show on Planet Rock this coming Sunday, February 12. Like all the previous guests on the show, he will be picking his five favourite classic rock tracks in...

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SHADOWS FALL Frontman Reveals Track Listing For Upcoming Album

SHADOWS FALL frontman Brian Fair has issued the following update: "First off, I would like to apologize for my extended absence from my weekly updates. I have been spending all of my time at Planet Z lately finishing up the vocals for our upcoming release on Century Media called 'Fallout From the Wa...

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SHADOWS FALL: More 'Fallout From The War' Details Revealed

SHADOWS FALL have completed work on a new 11-song CD, "Fallout from the War", featuring some songs that didn't make it onto their breakthrough "The Art of War" album, some B-sides from Japan releases and a few cover songs. It's slated for release on the Century Media label in May. The brand new rele...

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BLACK SABBATH's IOMMI Guests On GENE SIMMONS' 'Rock School' TV Show: Video Available

A clip of BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi's appearance on Sunday night's (Feb. 5) episode of the Channel 4 show "Rock School" (featuring KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons) is now available via the Channel 4 web site. The students at Kirkley High School were completely overwhelmed by the visit fr...

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METALLICA: More 'Escape From The Studio '06' Tour Dates Announced

METALLICA have posted the following message on their official web site: "We had such a great time when we did this back in the day in '95, which was . . . eh, like we had planned for '06, a year dedicated to nothing but writing and recording . . . Oh well how the ...

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WORMS INSIDE Part Ways With Drummer, Announce Replacement

WORMS INSIDE (formerly WORMS INSIDE YOU),the new band featuring guitarist Tom Tangalos (ex-GORGASM) vocalist James Eads (RELLIK) and bassist Jeremy Barger (TORN BETWEEN),have parted ways with drummer Derek Hoffman (ex-GORGASM). Replacing him in the group is former MARTYR drummer Max Colunga. "We a...

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STILL REMAINS Announce Headlining Tour Dates

STILL REMAINS have announced nearly 60 North American tour dates including a headlining tour that will take them into May. The massive run starts with a stint as direct support to THROWDOWN, then a batch of dates with SHADOWS FALL and finally the headlining tour. "We love touring," stated singer TJ...

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REVOLTING COCKS: 'Cocked And Loaded' Cover Artwork Posted Online

The cover artwork for REVOLTING COCKS's new album, "Cocked and Loaded", has been posted online at this location. REVOLTING COCKS — the side project of MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen — will release "Cocked and Loaded" on March 7 through Jourgensen's new imprint 13th Planet/Megaforce Records. Produced...

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HELLOWEEN: More South American Dates Announced

German power metallers HELLOWEEN have added more dates to their upcoming South American/Mexican tour in March. The details are as follows: Mar. 18 - Mexico City, MEX (Circo Volador) Mar. 19 - Guadalajara, MEX (Hard Rock Live) Mar. 21 - El Salvador (Feria Internacional) Mar. 22 - Costa Rica (Planet M...

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The Dark Secret – Live In Canada 2005

Utterly ridiculous long before it was even remotely cool, Italian "film score metal" overachievers RHAPSODY have cultivated a slavishly devoted following around the world over a decade-plus of pomp and circumstance. They've also racked up just as many detractors who find their theatrics grossly exce...

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Farsotstider

The genre called "viking metal" begins to lose some of its meaning when one realizes it has, rightly or wrongly, been applied to bands as diverse as AMON AMARTH and FALKENBACH. Yet in the case of Sweden's THYRFING it is hard to argue with it, at least from the standpoint of lyrical content and the ....

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A New Day

It soon becomes apparent that once you have heard "Follow into the Cry", the first track on SINAMORE's "A New Day", you have in most respects heard the entire album. No, it is not necessarily a bad thing, especially if you're a fan of H.I.M. or latter-day SENTENCED (to a degree),and a host of ...