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Shadows

Guitarist/producer Waldemar Sorychta, the man who brought you DESPAIR and GRIP INC., as well as playing on the new EYES OF EDEN album and producing acts like LACUNA COIL, MOONSPELL, and THE GATHERING returns now to kick the world's ass with a new band called ENEMY OF THE SUN. And yes, the name is in...

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Confidence and Consequence

As the old saying goes, "keep it simple, stupid". In a world where everyone and their brother is starting a hardcore band and thinking way too hard about it, Des Moines, Iowa's TOO PURE TO DIE stick to the basics of heavy riffs, thick grooves, and in-your-face vocals. More accurately, "Confidence an...

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MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE Signs With THE END RECORDS

The End Records has signed an exclusive licensing deal with New York's electro-metal band MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE (MSI) for North America. The group's new album, titled "If", will be released on April 29, 2008. MSI, one of the most unique and hard-working acts in the scene today, continues to storm...

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BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART: New Songs Posted Online

Canada's BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART will invade Europe in January and early February for the group's first full European tour with Century Media labelmates MAROON as well as UK darlings BRING ME THE HORIZON and ARCHITECTS after playing a sold-out UK only headlining tour with ENTER SHIKARI in 2006. Th...

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POWERWORLD: Debut Album Details Revealed

German melodic metal band POWERWORLD, the brainchild of former FREEDOM CALL and MOON'DOC bassist Ilker Ersin, will release its self-titled debut album on March 28 via Metal Heaven. After his departure from FREEDOM CALL in the middle of 2005, Ersin decided to follow a different musical path and start...

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JOHN MACALUSO's Drumming Book 'Repercussions' Out Now

"Repercussions", the new drum book by drummer John Macaluso (ARK, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JAMES LABRIE, TNT, UNION RADIO) is available on John's web site. According to a press release, "this book is crafted to help drummers develop a sound of their own. The book is very different from others out there bec...

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THE FREEZING FOG Signs With DENTAL RECORDS

Manchester, UK-based "classic rockers" THE FREEZING FOG have inked a deal with Sweden's Dental Records. The group's debut album, "March Forth To Victory", which was made available in the UK last year, will be released in the rest of Europe in early 2008. The CD will come in a luxurious digipack with...

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MASTIC SCUM Working On New Album

Austrian metallers MASTIC SCUM have issued the following update: "At the [moment] we are working on our upcoming fourth album. Lot of songwriting is already done, but we are still preparing new tracks... New material is fucking exciting — shredding mosh grooves and grindcore blast attacks. New album...

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ANONYMUS Schedules Montreal Date

Quebec metallers ANONYMUS will perform at Club Soda in Montreal, Quebec on January 19, 2008 alongside ACCROPHONE, MICLIFE, BMC, 2E MONDE, CEA, MC LASAUCE and OB.SCENE.KIDZ. Tickets are available at www.ticketpro.ca and Soundcentral. ANONYMUS recently released the video for the song "Terremoto". The...

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WHITESNAKE Announces New Drummer

WHITESNAKE has issued the following update: "The new WHITESNAKE album, 'Good To Be Bad', scheduled for release in the spring of 2008 will be their 10th studio record and will feature the exceptional percussive talents of Chris Frazier, the latest member to grace the ranks of the band alongside Doug...

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ODIN'S COURT: Another New Song Posted Online

Another new song from the Lexington Park, Maryland-based progressive rock/metal band ODIN'S COURT, entitled "Obesite", has been posted on the MySpace page of ODIN'S COURT guitarist/vocalist Matt Brookins' studio D2C Studios. "Obesite" comes off ODIN'S COURT's forthcoming album,"Deathanity", which is...

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A New Shade of Black for the Soul

From what I gather, there is has been a fair amount of hype in the European press for this English band's debut full-length, "A New Shade of Black for the Soul". RISE TO ADDICTION falls squarely into the modern hard rock category, given more muscle with some tough, crunchy riffs, thanks in part to A...

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The Bakerton Group

CLUTCH has always incorporated heavy, blues-based jams into their super charged hard rock tunes. Collectively known as THE BAKERTON GROUP, fourth-fifths of CLUTCH (bassist Dan Maines, guitarist Tim Sult, drummer Jean-Paul Gaster, and keyboardist Mick Schauer) have created an album made up entirely o...

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The_Ascension

Treading tricky ground here, bands like OTEP being at least partially critic-proof. For example: I'd like to point out that virtually everything about this band – including the coo-to-a-bloody-scream vocals, the stuttering basslines, the overwrought breathing into the mic and then shrieking some emp...

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Red Harvest

With a pedigree that includes former members of VISION OF DISORDER (vocalist Tim Williams and guitarist Mike Kennedy) and a brother (Kyle) of MASTODON's Troy Sanders on bass, one might be inclined to think the music of BLOODSIMPLE shares at least one thing in common with those bands: aggression. And...