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Former PANTERA Drummer Launches BIG VIN RECORDS

Former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott has launched Big Vin Records, a new Dallas-based record label with distribution via Fontana. Vinnie was a founding member, producer, and one of the masterminds behind the success of PANTERA, the seminal '90s Grammy-nominated metal band whose world...

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MANNTIS Added To ANTHRAX Tour

Southern California-based quintet MANNTIS have been added to ANTHRAX's upcoming headlining tour, which is scheduled to kick off in early January. Additional support will come from GOD FORBID and SWORN ENEMY. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jan. 06 - Baltimore, MD @ Ram's Head Live Jan. 07 - N...

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DRAGONFORCE Sign With ROADRUNNER For U.K., France, Australia And New Zealand

Roadrunner Records has announced the signing of "extreme power metal" icons DRAGONFORCE, for the U.K., France, Australia and New Zealand. The truly multi-national London-based outfit is fronted by South African-born frontman ZP Theart and completed by drummer David Mackintosh, Ukrainian keyboardsman...

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New PHENOMENA Album Due In February

Escape Music/AOR Heaven have announced the signing of the British melodic/hard rock legends PHENOMENA. The brainchild of Tom Galley, the new album, entitled "Psycho Fantasy", includes guest appearances by such stellar musicians as Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH),Tony Martin (BLACK SABBATH...

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Credit Where Credit Is Due

Crapped out in two weeks and recorded in another two, and fueled by his public feud with former collaborator Sebastian Bach, "Credit Where Credit Is Due" should go a long way toward erasing the international good will HENNING PAULY achieved with the stellar new FRAMESHIFT album earlier this year. It...

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MANNTIS Check In From The 10 YEARS OF BRUTALITY Tour

Southern California-based quintet MANNTIS are currently annihilating crowds on the 10 Years of Brutality Tour alongside HATEBREED, MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD, FULL BLOWN CHAOS, GIZMACHI and IF HOPE DIES, which runs through November 23. Their first video, "Axe of Redemption", is now in heavy rotation on Fus...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Film 'Zen' Video, Prepare To Hit The Road

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "First off, all of us in the extended STRAPPING family would like to wish Jed [Simon, guitar] and his lovely bride, Susanna, congratulations on their recent nuptials. They were married in New J...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist Pens Theme Song For Hit Japanese TV Show

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's official web site has been updated with the following message: "The latest single that Marty recorded with Aikawa Nanase, 'R.U.O.K.', has become the theme song for Nippon Television's nationwide hit show, 'Radical!', seen Monday through Thursday at 4PM. The...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Bassist Explains Reasons For Returning To Band

Morley Seaver of antiMusic.com recently conducted an interview with CRADLE OF FILTH bassist Dave Pybus. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: antiMusic: So you're back in CRADLE. Why did you leave earlier this year and why have you returned? Dave Pybus: "I left in January 2005 on the eve of the...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Numbers From The Beast' Tribute Album Samples Available For Download

Several tracks from the upcoming IRON MAIDEN tribute album, "Numbers from the Beast: An All Star Salute to Iron Maiden", have been made available for streaming and download via Rykodisc-Media.com. On October 11, IRON MAIDEN fans the world over will have something new to get excited about as the newl...

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ARCH ENEMY Embark On First U.S. Headlining Tour In Support of 'Doomsday Machine'

After emerging as this year's Ozzfest breakthrough artist, ARCH ENEMY now prepares to conquer the U.S. once again this November on a stellar headlining tour with ALL THAT REMAINS, MNEMIC and A PERFECT MURDER in the support slots. The trek, which kicks off on November 11 and runs through December 1,...

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I, Infidel

My first reaction to the vocals on the new RITUAL CARNAGE was a startled "What the fuck???" It'd been a while since I heard this Japanese band in action — I worship their first two albums, "The Highest Law" and "Every Nerve Alive", as masterful and devastating neo-thrash classics free of any influen...

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TRASHLIGHT VISION Finish Recording Album

TRASHLIGHT VISION guitarist Acey Slade (also of MURDERDOLLS) has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "This weekend we finished all the recording of the album! We had such an awesome time. It may have been the most fulfilling time I've had with the band in the studio yet. T...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'I Experimented With Black Magic And Witchcraft'

CanWest News Service recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On his reputation as a "mean mutha": "My reputation is totally different from my character. I've only got a couple of incidents in my career where I've had problems, b...

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Awaken the Guardian (reissue)

While their eternal doppelgangers QUEENSRŸCHE did more to popularize "thinking man's metal", and onetime disciples DREAM THEATER turned prog-metal into a cottage industry, FATES WARNING are no less deserving of their place in progressive metal history. Their 1986 set, "Awaken the Guardian", hit a pi...