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AUGURY: Debut Album Reissue To Include Demo Tracks

Sonic Unyon Metal will reissue "Concealed", the first album from the progressive death metal outfit AUGURY, on March 8. Originally released in 2004 via Galy Records, this updated version features a fully remastered recording of the album, also expanded to include two bonus tracks from the band's 200...

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KYPCK: New Album Cover Artwork Unveiled; First Song Available For Streaming

"Alleya Stalina" (English translation: The Alley Of Stalin),a brand new song from KYPCK ("Kursk" in the western alphabet) — the Russian-singing Finnish doom metal band featuring former SENTENCED guitarist Sami Lopakka (a.k.a. S.S. Lopakka) — can be streamed below. The track comes off the group's so...

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JOE LYNN TURNER To Appear On Russia's National New Year's Eve Broadcast

Legendary hard rock singer Joe Lynn Turner (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) is slated to appear on Russia's most popular New Year's Eve television broadcast: Channel One's "Olivier". According to Russian music journalist Tatiana Mikhailova, the word "Olivier" in Russian culture is the name o...

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SLASH On Surviving Rock And Roll Excesses, FERGIE And AXL ROSE

John Dingwall of California Chronicle recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On performing while under the influence: Slash: "I'd always been pretty good at being able to play no matter what. I...

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IXION Signs With AVANTGARDE MUSIC

French atmospheric doom metallers IXION have inked a deal with Avantgarde Music for the release of their new album, "To The Void". Due on February 28, 2011, the CD features 10 tracks with a running time of 56 minutes. "To The Void" track listing: 01. Beyond The Skies 02. The Plague 03. Leaving 04. N...

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HEAVY METAL-WORLD Signs A BAND OF ORCS To IME RECORDS

When Los Angeles media agency Heavy Metal-World (HMW) opened submissions for new artists during the 2010 holiday season, the indie outfit had some very specific goals in mind. Focused on assembling a unique approach by re-engineering the relationship between artist and record label, the company was...

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STAIND Frontman Is A Country Music Star

Aaron Lewis is off to an impressively strong start with his debut solo single and video "Country Boy". The song is taken from the STAIND frontman's CD "Town Line", due March 1, 2011 via Nashville-based Stroudavarious Records. In only its first week, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist's personal m...

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DUFF MCKAGAN, Wife Featured In PETA's 'Ink, Not Mink' Campaign

According to E! Online, Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED) and his wife Susan recently posed for PETA's iconic "Ink, Not Mink" campaign to protest the cruel fur industry and prove that they'd rather go naked than wear fur. "Be comfortable in your own skin and let an...

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In a day and age when nothing is hard to find, and the most obscure and forgotten acts from my youth are given deluxe reissue treatment, it's hard to comprehend a band like Germany's HARMFUL being so relentlessly ignored on these shores. One of their albums, 2003's "Sanguine", got released here via...

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SLAYER Drummer In Snowboard Movie; Video Available

SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo has contributed to the soundtrack of "9191", a sideways introspective into the bewildering snow-covered dreamscape of international time traveler and mystic of the shred — Gigi Rüf. Every year, Gigi circles the stratosphere in the name of snowboarding and "9191" is the a...

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AC/DC Drummer Says He Is Being Treated Unfairly

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has told Stuff.co.nz that he is being treated unfairly by New Zealand authorities who convicted him for possessing 27 grams of cannabis. Rudd was convicted in the Tauranga District Court yesterday for possession of cannabis found on his launch, Barchetta, on October 7. "They...

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STAIND Frontman Goes Country On 'Town Line' Solo Debut

Country music comes naturally for Aaron Lewis. It's something the STAIND frontman grew up with. It's something that he comes back to. It's something that inspires him. It's something that's in his blood. Hints of that are present in the stripped honesty and acoustic melodies of STAIND hits such as "...

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KYPCK: New Album Title, Release Date, Track Listing Revealed

KYPCK ("Kursk" in the western alphabet) — the Russian-singing Finnish doom metal band featuring former SENTENCED guitarist Sami Lopakka (a.k.a. S.S. Lopakka) — will release its sophomore album, which is named after the Russian word for "lower" (pronounced "nizhe"),on February 9, 2011 via an as-yet-...

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ABSU Parts Ways With Guitarist, Prepares To Record New Album

Texas-based, mythological occult metal band ABSU will join the mighty IMMORTAL on their return to the U.S. for six shows early next year. The dates, announced earlier this week, will mark the first live performances for ABSU since the Scion Rock Fest in March of this year; the band completing two he...

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Keyboardist/Guitarist DEAN FERTITA To Release HELLO=FIRE Debut

Best known as a member of THE DEAD WEATHER (keyboards/guitar) and QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE (keyboards/guitar) and as a former touring member of THE RACONTEURS (keyboards/guitar/percussion),multi-instrumentalist Dean Fertita has stepped up to the role of frontman for his exciting new solo project, HE...