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MOONSTONE PROJECT: Ambitious CD Project Finally Available

MOONSTONE PROJECT, the ambitious musical creature of Italian guitarist Matt Filippini, has finally released its debut album, "Time to Take a Stand". The CD is described as a collection of classic rock songs written by Filippini himself and played by his band, along with some rock legend guests: Ian...

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DAWNBRINGER Complete Work On Third Album

Ten years after the release of their debut EP, "Sacrament", the Pennsylvania-based metallers DAWNBRINGER have completed their third full-length album. Entitled "In Sickness and In Dreams", the CD is scheduled for a June release via Battle Kommand Records. According to a press release, "In Sickness a...

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APOCALYPTICA's EICCA Talks About Upcoming 'Best Of' CD

APOCALYPTICA's official web site has been updated with an interview with the band's Eicca about the group's upcoming 10-year anniversary "best of" CD and DVD, "Amplified - A Decade of Reinventing the Cello", due on May 26. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Q: Is this new release going to be relea...

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DANKO JONES: 'First Date' Video Posted Online

Canada's powerhouse rock trio DANKO JONES have uploaded their video for the track "First Date" at this location. The song is the first U.S. single off the group's upcoming CD, "Sleep is the Enemy", due on May 23 via Razor & Tie. "Sleep Is the Enemy" was produced and engineered by Matt DeMatteo ....

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EXODUS, SUFFOCATION, SYMPHONY X, TIGERTAILZ Confirmed For Spain's LORCA ROCK Festival

EXODUS, SUFFOCATION, SYMPHONY X and TIGERTAILZ (the version featuring vocalist Kim Hooker, bassist Pepsi Tate, guitarist Jay Pepper and drummer Matt Blackout) have been confirmed for the Lorca Rock festival, set to take place June 17 in Murcia, Lorca (south of Alicante),Spain. The festival billing...

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OBSESSION: New Audio Samples Available For Download

Reunited classic early '80s metal band OBSESSION have uploaded audio samples from their long-awaited follow-up to 1987's "Methods of Madness", entitled "Carnival of Lies", at their official web site. Among the samples available for preview is a full-length MP3 the album's projected title track, whic...

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EYES OF FIRE: 'It All Dies Today' Video Posted Online

Orange County ambient-metal quintet EYES OF FIRE's video for the track "It All Dies Today" — the first single off the group's sophomore disc, "Prisons" — has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). "I'm just glad there's not a whole lot of us in it," EYES OF FIRE frontman Dan Kaufman .....

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BUCKCHERRY: 'Fifteen' Lands At No. 48 On BILLBOARD Chart

BUCKCHERRY's first studio album in four years, "Fifteen", sold just over 26,000 copies in its first week of release in the United States to debut at position No. 48 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. "Fifteen" — which was originally issued in Japan last October — showcases the guitar-driven, bl...

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VELVET REVOLVER Drummer: 'We Really Want To Make A Deeper Album This Time'

VELVET REVOLVER members Matt Sorum and Scott Weiland recently spoke to RollingStone.com about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to their double-platinum 2004 debut, "Contraband", tentatively titled "Libertide". "The first one was definitely a rocking, punky, bashing r...

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CAMP FREDDY Perform At NYC's Times Square: Video Available

A video clip of CAMP FREDDY, the Los Angeles-based "jam" group featuring guitarist Dave Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) alongside VELVET REVOLVER members Matt Sorum (drums),Scott Weiland (vocals) and Duff McKagan (bass),performing a cover of CHEAP TRICK's "Surrender" at an exc...

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MACHINE HEAD's FLYNN: 'Our Goal Is To Write The Greatest No-Bullsh*t Metal Album Of All Time'

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "What's up fuckers! How the hell's it goin'? The mighty MACHINE HEAD are doing fucking splendid these days. Been hanging out at home for a while now. After touring so long, it's pretty nice. Connecti...

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MATT SORUM Hangs Out With AXL ROSE In New York City

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum has posted the following message on his official blog: "In [New York City] right now. Played here with CAMP FREDDY on Tuesday in Times Square. It was unbelievable. We were hanging off the side of a building. Scott Weiland [VELVET REVOLVER, ex-STONE...

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DUFF MCKAGAN, JERRY CANTRELL Jam With CAMP FREDDY In New York: Photos Available

CAMP FREDDY, the Los Angeles-based "jam" group featuring guitarist Dave Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) alongside VELVET REVOLVER members Matt Sorum (drums) and Scott Weiland (vocals),performed at an exclusive General Motors event Tuesday night (April 11) at Hard Rock Cafe New...

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FAIR TO MIDLAND Sign With SERJ TANKIAN's SERJICAL STRIKE RECORDS

Dallas-based quintet FAIR TO MIDLAND have just inked a deal with Serjical Strike Records, the label headed by SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian. The band that had been touted by Music Connection as one of the top 100 unsigned bands of 2005 can no longer carry that distinction in 2006, as they e...

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MASTODON: Cover Of METALLICA's 'Orion' Posted Online

MASTODON's cover of METALLICA's "Orion", which was recorded for the recently released Kerrang! magazine tribute to the METALLICA album "Master of Puppets", has been posted online at www.myspace.com/mastodon. Also available at the same location are pictures and videos from the recording sessions for...