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GODSMACK Putting Finishing Touches On 'Killer' New Record

GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna recently spoke to MTV.com about the group's follow-up to 2003's "Faceless" CD, which has a working title of "Four". "The results are so amazing," he said of the album GODSMACK plan to release in late April. Although Erna had served as a co-producer on the band's three pr...

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Malaysian Muslim And Christian Groups Caution Against Listening To Black Metal Music

Malaysia's The Star Online has issued the following report: Some Muslim and Christian groups have called on music lovers to abstain from listening to black metal music. Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (Abim) president Yusri Mohamad said that although a person might only enjoy the melody and not be...

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ELVENKING: Full-Length Version Of 'The Wanderer' Posted Online

A full-length version of the new ELVENKING track "The Wanderer" has been posted online at this location (.WMA file). The song comes off the Italian folk/power metal band's third album, "The Winter Wake", due on January 27, 2006 via AFM Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Wyrd" was recorded at Sherpa S...

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Christian Rap-Rock Meets Hasidic Reggae On New P.O.D. Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: P.O.D.'s new album, "Testify", features a guest appearance by rising reggae star MATISYAHU on two songs, "Roots in Stereo" and "Strength of My Life". The collaboration between a Christian rap-rock band and a Hasidic reggae performer may seem strange to the outside worl...

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NICODEMUS Secure New Keyboardist And Guitarist

Portland-based progressive metallers NICODEMUS have secured two new permanent members in keyboardist Erik Scholibo and guitarist Chris Finster. Up until the recent addition of Scholibo, all keyboards had been handled by bassist/vocalist/band leader Christopher Morris. Finster, however, replaced prev...

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PENETRATOR: 'Adulteress' Video Posted Online

PENETRATOR, the Toronto-based power metal band featuring "Bulldog" Bess Ross, Tony Iommi's personal guitar tech during BLACK SABBATH's "Never Say Die" tour, have uploaded a "rough edit" of their video for the song "Adulteress" at this location. The clip features an appearance by Phil Naro (LEE AARON...

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KEEN OF THE CROW: New Demo Samples Posted Online

KEEN OF THE CROW, the new band featuring former MORGION members Rhett Davis and Justin Christian, along with NEPENTHEAN founder Ron Slater, have completed work on a new demo, entitled "Premonition". Audio samples of the tracks "Mercurial" and "Speaker of the Suns" can be heard at www.myspace.com/kee...

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AMORAL: Three Songs From 'Decrowning' Posted Online

Finnish melodic death metallers AMORAL have uploaded three songs from their second album, "Decrowning", at the Music Export Finland web site. Check out the tracks "Lacrimal Gland", "Denial 101" and "Bleeder" at this location (go to "Artists by Name" and select AMORAL). A live video of the song "Blee...

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AMORPHIS: New Song Available As A Paid Download

A brand-new AMORPHIS track, "Two Moons", is currently featured among the "pre-listening specials" on Nuclear Blast's new online music shop. You can download the song for €0.99 at this location. "Two Moons" is the opening cut on AMORPHIS' forthcoming album, "Eclipse", due on February 17, 2006. The fi...

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AGNOSIS: New York City Sludge/Doomsters Release 'Hecate' EP

New York City-based heavyweight sludge/doom band AGNOSIS have released a new EP, entitled "Hecate", through Dark Matter Recordings. Each copy of the EP is hand-numbered and can be previewed at www.agnosis-music.com. AGNOSIS are said to capture "the intensity and sonic density of sludge bands such as...

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OMNIUM GATHERUM Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK FESTIVAL

Finnish death metallers OMNIUM GATHERUM have been confirmed for the Bloodstock Festival, set to take place September 29-30, 2006 at The Assembly Rooms in Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. A possibility exists that the band will play a few other U.K gigs around this festival. OMNIUM GATHERUM will en...

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See You On The Other Side

KORN's seventh studio album, "See You On The Other Side", comes after a tumultuous year in which the band parted with both its longtime label, Epic Records, and one of its founding members, guitarist Brian "Head" Welch, marking the first personnel change in the band's 11-year recording history. Seem...

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Alpha Males & Popular Girls

Known for releasing albums that not only challenge the listener, but also for giving new meaning to extreme music, Crucial Blast continues the pattern with SOIHADTOSHOOTHIM's "Alpha Males & Popular Girls". The debut full-length (after several splits and mini albums) from this New York/New Jersey...

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New AMORPHIS Track Featured On SWEDEN ROCK Magazine Promo CD

A brand-new AMORPHIS track, entitled "Leaves Scar", is featured on a promo CD showcasing recent and upcoming Nuclear Blast releases that accompanies the December issue (#32) of Sweden Rock magazine. The magazine is distributed in the Northern countries only. View a scan of the promo CD cover at this...

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Former CELTIC FROST Guitarist Begins Writing Material For New SUBSONIC Release

Former CELTIC FROST/current SUBSONIC guitarist Ron Marks has issued the following update: "Industry legend Rick Wells of Minarik Guitars has kindly invited me to winter NAMM in Anaheim, CA. I'd met Rick last summer and he's a devoted proponent of SUBSONIC. Both Dan Laudo [SUBSONIC/ex-PRONG drummer]...