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ONESIDEZERO: New Album Pushed Back To June

The official release date for ONESIDEZERO's self-titled sophomore CD has been pushed back to June 5. The band's official explanation reads as follows: "We regret to inform everyone that we have decided to push back our release date a few weeks to June 5th. As many of you might know, our original rel...

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SOIL Guitarist Launches 'Extreme Metal' Project DIRGE

SOIL guitarist Shaun Glass has teamed up with THE DOOMSDAY SOCIAL drummer James Knight (ex-THE BLANK THEORY, CHACOPA) and A TEXAS FUNERAL vocalist Jermz in a brand new project called DIRGE. According to Shaun, who previously played bass in the 1990s death metal act BROKEN HOPE, DIRGE's musical direc...

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SOIL, SEEMLESS, LIGION To Team Up For 'True Rock Tour'

SOIL, SEEMLESS and LIGION will team up for "True Rock Tour" in May. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. A MySpace for the trek has been launched at this location. SOIL's latest CD, "True Self", was released in May 2006 via DRT Entertainment. The follow-up to 2004's "Redefine" was recorded...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Bassist, Ex-BEAUTIFUL CREATURES Guitarist Write, Produce Songs For DROWNING POOL

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx and former BEAUTIFUL CREATURES guitarist DJ Ashba, with whom Sixx recently launched Funny Farm Studios (an "amazing state-of-the-art facility which includes three full-service studios and an amazing photography studio," according to Sixx) wrote and produced two songs —...

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KORN, LAMB OF GOD, DIMMU BORGIR Members Comment On DOWNLOAD Festival

Members of KORN, LAMB OF GOD, DIMMU BORGIR, DRAGONFORCE and DEVILDRIVER have spoken to Kerrang magazine about their upcoming participation in the Download festival, set to take place June 8-10 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England. KORN's performance at last year's Download festival was oversha...

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LUPARA To Support EMPEROR In Chicago

LUPARA, the Illinois-based band featuring ex-BROKEN HOPE guitarist Jeremy Wagner, has been confirmed as direct support for Norwegian black metal pioneers EMPEROR at The Metro in Chicago, IL on May 30. This is one of only three highly anticipated EMPEROR shows on U.S .shores this spring. Commented Wa...

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DROWNING POOL Confirms New Album Title

DROWNING POOL has set "Full Circle" as the title of its new album, due in the second half of 2007 through the group's new record label, Eleven Seven Music (BUCKCHERRY). The band was reportedly looking at offers from Sanctuary and Century Media, but turned both down in favor of Eleven Seven Music. DR...

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Slaughtered & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture

It has been awhile since the term goregrind was an apt description of Belgium's ABORTED (well, except for the gore part),as the band has honed a particularly chunky, and marginally more melodic, death metal style these last few years. Some grindy characteristics are still present, but you get the g...

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EQUIMANTHORN To Release Fourth Album In May

EQUIMANTHORN, the distinctive Sumerian/occult and ambient project led by members of ABSU, MELECHESH, THE SOIL BLEEDS BLACK and YAMATU, has completed its new opus, entitled "Exalted are the Seven Throne Bearers of Ninnkigal". The band's fourth album will be released in May through the Dutch label Dis...

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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist Comments On North American Tour

Launching an omnious campaign for "In Sorte Diaboli" — their first studio album in four years scheduled for North American release on April 24 — Norwegian melodic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR have announced their headlining return to the western hemisphere. Beginning on Friday, April 20 in Cleveland...

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THE HAUNTED, DARK TRANQUILLITY Members Comment On Upcoming Tour

This spring marks the Century Family's inaugural Metal For The Masses tour, which will be co-headlined by Swedish titans THE HAUNTED and DARK TRANQUILLITY, with INTO ETERNITY and SCAR SYMMETRY rounding out the stellar bill. The trek will be sponsored by Decibel magazine, Draven and Lambgoat.com, and...

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WITH PASSION Confirmed For CALIFORNIA METALFEST

Sacramento-based technical metalcore outfit WITH PASSION has been confirmed for this year's California Metalfest, set to take place March 31 – April 1 at The Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana, California. Also scheduled to appear are TESTAMENT, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, SADUS, NECROPHAGIST, ANIMOSITY and SEVERE...

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BRAND NEW SIN Schedules SXSW Appearance

BRAND NEW SIN will perform at this year's South By Southwest in Austin, TX in what will mark the band's second appearance at the most renowned U.S. musical festival. The group will play at Red 7 Patio on March 14 and will follow this up with two high-profile shows on the Jägermeister Music Tour alon...

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SCAR SYMMETRY Officially Added To DARK TRANQUILLITY North American Tour

Sweden's SCAR SYMMETRY has confirmed that it will participate in the upcoming North American tour featuring DARK TRANQUILLITY, THE HAUNTED and INTO ETERNITY. "We're really glad and excited to be a part of this great package, as well as getting the chance to play on American soil for the first time!"...

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Buried Alive

I don't know about you, but I'm still bummed at the demise of the mighty SENTENCED. It is hard to believe that the band started way back in 1989 and turned from a more traditional death metal act into the melodic, rocking, and suicide-obsessed juggernaut that they became, particularly on later album...