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LACUNA COIL Singer Checks In From OZZFEST
LACUNA COIL made their much-anticipated return to the U.S. on June 29 as part of this year's Ozzfest main-stage lineup. The massive summer trek coincides with the release of the new single "Enjoy The Silence", which impacted commercial radio this week. The video for the track, completed by the direc...July 14, 2006
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DIABOLIC Guitarist Slams Former Drummer For 'Illegal' Attempt To Use Band's Name
DIABOLIC guitarist Brian Malone has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the group's former drummer Aantar Coates in connection with Aantar's alleged attempt to utilize the DIABOLIC name for his current project. "I spoke to Aantar and clearly and concisely communicated my intentions of letting DIABOLIC...July 14, 2006
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Rising In the East
No intro, no extra features, no nothin' — just the opening strains of "The Hellion", and there you are, live at Budokan, for this concert film from JUDAS PRIEST's 2005 Japanese tour. Why Japan? Listen to the crowd singing along to the goddamn guitar solo in "Electric Eye", and you won't need to ask...July 2, 2006
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VINNIE PAUL On Today's Music Scene: 'Individualism Is Kind Of Gone'
Bob Howard of Synthesis.net recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Synthesis.net: I love that "DimeVision" video. I was laughing so hard that my face hurts today. Vinnie Paul: "That's what it's supposed to do. It's all...June 30, 2006
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GOD FORBID Guitarist Issues Post-Tour Update
GOD FORBID guitarist Doc Coyle has posted the following message on the band's official MySpace profile: "We did a month of touring in the States in May-June with ILL NINO, SILENT CIVILIAN, BLEED THE SKY, and EYES OF FIRE. We had a great time with all the guys on this tour. It was certainly a ...June 28, 2006
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Live In Munich 1977
There are always people who, to be difficult, like to throw rocks at the sacred cows of music. You know, that ass-clown who insists that SABBATH wasn't all that great, or that "Kill 'em All" is overrated, or that LED ZEPPELIN is a bunch of bullshit. But even amongst these career naysayers, it's hard...June 26, 2006
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CIVILIZATION ONE To Enter Studio This Summer
CIVILIZATION ONE, the new "atmospheric, bone-crushing power metal" band featuring Chitral "Chity" Somapala (vocals; AVALON, FIREWIND, FARO, RED CIRCUIT),Aldo Lanobile (guitar; SECRET SPHERE),Luca Cartasegna (drums; ex-SECRET SPHERE, MORTUARY DRAPE),Vivian Lalu (keyboards; LALU, SHADRANE),and Pie...June 17, 2006
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DIABOLIC Return With Revamped Lineup, New Album
Florida's DIABOLIC have returned with a new lineup, featuring founding member Aantar Lee Coates (drums) and his UNHOLY GHOST bandmate Kelly McLauchlin (guitar),alongside BLASTMASTERS members Jesse Jolly (vocals/bass) and R.J. (guitar). According to a posting on the group's web site, DIABOLIC's new...June 16, 2006
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TESTAMENT Part Ways With Longtime Manager
Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have parted ways with their longtime manager, Phil Arnold of the Thrill Entertainment Group. In a statement announcing his split with the band, Arnold said, "It has been a great nine-plus-year relationship, but it has come to a point where it is not...June 9, 2006
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Discordia
Many extreme metal bands talk of combining grindcore and death metal with fragments of (old school) hardcore, but a paltry few do it better than MISERY INDEX. And we are not talking about metalcore by any stretch of the imagination. This is about death metal's technicality, grindcore's blinding brut...June 5, 2006
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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG: Solo Album Samples Posted Online
Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has posted three songs from his upcoming debut solo album, "Equilibrium", at this location. Commented Young: "'Equilibrium' represents a life's work — or life's play, as it were. A majority of the music is written and performed on flamenco and classical guitar ho...May 29, 2006
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Waves of Visual Decay
It was not too long ago that I reviewed COMMUNIC's debut full-length "Conspiracy in Mind", for this very site. My rating of 7 was an indication of what I believed to be stellar musicianship and adventurous compositions that recalled the likes of NEVERMORE with more prog elements, but that somehow se...May 29, 2006
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DARK TRANQUILLITY To Record New Album In October
Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have posted the following message on their official web site: "No updates for a while, but rest assured that we haven't been resting on our laurels. We're insanely busy with the songwriting for the next album, and it's now decided that the recordings...May 28, 2006
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ROSE HILL DRIVE Sign With MEGAFORCE RECORDS
Boulder, Colorado's ROSE HILL DRIVE have inked a deal with Megaforce Records. The band will release their first self-titled EP on June 6 Megaforce/Sci Fidelity, to be followed by a full-length studio album on August 22. ROSE HILL DRIVE's accomplishments in the music world are as stellar and intense...May 11, 2006
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REBEL MEETS REBEL On Track To Sell 30,000 Copies First Week Of Release
Hits Daily Double is reporting that "Rebel Meets Rebel" — an album featuring the last completed recordings by slain PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott along with contributions from his brother and drummer Vinnie Paul, PANTERA bassist Rex Brown and country singer David Allan Co...May 3, 2006
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