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PRONG: London Concert Footage Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of PRONG's January 9, 2008 concert at the Underworld in London, England can be viewed below. PRONG mainman Tommy Victor was recently interviewed by "Whiplash", a weekly metal show on Belgian national radio Studio Brussel, hosted by AFTER ALL guitarist Dries Van Damme. Listen...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Added To SLIPKNOT/DISTURBED Tour?

According to HardDrive Radio, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH — the Los Angeles-based band featuring ex-W.A.S.P. guitarist Darrell Roberts, former MOTOGRATER vocalist Ivan Moody (Ghost),ex-U.P.O. guitarist Zoltan Bathory, former DEADSETT bassist Matt Snell, and drummer Jeremy Spencer — will take part in th...

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GURD To Open For PRONG In Switzerland

GURD, the Swiss band formed out of the ashes of the power-thrash metal legends POLTERGEIST, has scheduled the following dates: Jan. 12 – Pratteln, Switzerland @ Z7 (w/ PRONG) Apr. 19 - Martigny, Switzerland @ Sunset Bar Aug. 16 - Emlichheim, Germany @ Cat-Rock Festival GURD's video for the title tra...

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OCTOBER FILE Pulls Out Of PRONG Tour

UK hardcore act OCTOBER FILE has issued the following update: "Due to illness and with deep regret and disappointment we have had to cancel our participation in the PRONG tour. "Steve [Beatty], our bassist, contracted an ear infection over Christmas, which aggravated what was previously only very mi...

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MINISTRY Guitarist Schedules NAMM Signing Sessions

MINISTRY/REVOLTING COCKS guitarist Sin Quirin will take part in several signing sessions during this year's NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants),which runs from January 17 to January 20 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The details are as follows: Jan. 18 - TonePros...

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GILLA BRUJA To Support MAYHEM In Scotland

UK's GILLA BRUJA will open for Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM and DIMENSION F3H — the Norwegian death metal band led by Morfeus (LIMBONIC ART) — on the following dates: Feb. 23 - Aberdeen, Scotland @ Moshulu Feb. 24 - Glasgow, Scotland @ Ivory Blacks According to a press release, GILLA BRUJA plays...

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MOB RESEARCH Putting Finishing Touches On Debut Album

The surviving members of MOB RESEARCH — the collaboration between WARRIOR SOUL frontman Kory Clarke and late MINISTRY/KILLING JOKE bassist Paul Raven — are completing the vocals for the remaining four tracks on the group's debut album, "Holy City Zoo", for a tentative spring 2008 release. According...

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SEVER To Enter Studio In January

After recently playing shows with SOILWORK and PRONG, to name a few, Pennsylvania-based melodic death metal act SEVER will head into Cleveland's Spider Studios (CHIMAIRA, DROWNING POOL, WALLS OF JERICHO) in January with producer Ben Schigel to begin recording its new album. The group expects to have...

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MINISTRY Mainman's Christmas Poem

MINISTRY mainman Al "Alien" Jourgensen has penned a special Christmas poem entitled "T'was The Night Before Impeachment". It goes like this: T'was 2007 and all through the year Not a creature was buying this climate of fear The stockings were hung in a foreclosure scare In hopes that the Banks would...

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Writer's Quest To Promote Underground Heavy Metal Explored In 'Metal Generation' Book

Darryl J. Keck, former editor of Amplified Assault and High Volume magazines, has penned a new book called "Metal Generation". According to Keck, "Metal Generation" is "a heavy metal writer's journey through the past twenty-five years with this music. This is a first-hand perspective of the quest to...

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STATIC-X Frontman Discusses PIGHAMMER Side Project

Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Ultimate-Guitar.com: After this tour cycle is over, you're planning to start work on the next STATIC-X album? Wayne: Yes. We haven't actually written anything as yet but I kn...

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GILLA BRUJA Signs With SWORN RECORDS

Sworn Records has announced the signing of the UK's GILLA BRUJA. According to a press release, the band plays "a mix of sludge, hardcore and southern rock, sounding like the bastard child of DOWN, PRONG, EYEHATEGOD and CROWBAR." GILLA BRUJA's first release for Sworn Records will be the band's third...

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MINISTRY: Four Dates Added To 'C U LaTouR'

MINISTRY has added four more dates to the North American leg of its "C U LaTouR". The trek — which also features special guests MESHUGGAH and opening act HEMLOCK — will now kick off on March 26 in Calgary, Alberta, and then play Vancouver (which is just about sold out) on March 28 as previously ...

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PRONG: Allentown Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of PRONG's October 29, 2007 concert at the Crocodile Rock Café in Allentown, Pennsylvania can be viewed below (courtesy of Tgod Television). PRONG's latest album, "Power of the Damager", sold 1,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielse...

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MINISTRY: New Audio Interview With AL JOURGENSEN Available

MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen was recently interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Download the 11-minute interview in MP3 format at this location (4 MB). On the heels of itws final studio release, "The Last Sucker", released September 18, 2007, MINISTRY h...