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METAL INSURGENCE TOUR Schedules Hurricane Relief Concert

The Metal Insurgence Tour, featuring JON OLIVA'S PAIN (led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva),CHRIS CAFFERY'S FACES (solo project of SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery),and BEYOND FEAR (fronted by former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens),will p...

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MYTHIASIN Announce New Bassist, Prepare To Record Debut Album

Guitarist Mark Coglan of MYTHIASIN — the band fronted by former STEEL PROPHET vocalist Rick Mythiasin — has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We are VERY happy to announce our new bassist, Doug Truman. Doug played with Dave [Bellomo, drums], Star [Coglan, guitar] and I...

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AGENT STEEL To Begin Recording New Album In October

California-based metallers AGENT STEEL have issued the following update: "We've been rehearsing NEW material ONLY and things have been going well. We have a couple of West Coast shows coming up with HELSTAR (September 23-24 at the Brick by Brick in San Diego, and The Jumping Turtle in San Marcos, CA...

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Black Thunder

DOOMRIDERS is a project consisting of Nate Newton (CONVERGE, OLD MAN GLOOM),Jebb Riley (THERE WERE WIRES, DISAPPEARER),Chris Pupecki (CAST IRON HIKE),and Chris Bevalaqua (HALLRAKER). You're probably thinking to yourself, "just what we need, a hardcore/noisecore super group". Well, guess again bec...

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REQUIEM Complete Work On New Album

Finnish melodic metallers REQUIEM have completed work on their third album, "Requiem Forever", for an October 24 release via Scarlet Records. The CD was mastered at Chartmakers studios in Helsinki, Finland, by Svante Forsbäck (STRATOVARIUS, RAMMSTEIN) and will feature artwork by Carlos Del Olmo (SOI...

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Guitarist ALLEN WEST Quits OBITUARY

Guitarist Allen West has announced his departure from OBITUARY. West's exit from the group comes on the eve of OBITUARY's U.S. tour with NAPALM DEATH and Allen feels that the fans deserve no surprises when they don't see the band that they were expecting. Allen will concentrate fully on LOWBROW, who...

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Reformed HOLY TERROR Seek Vocalist

Recenly reformed Seattle-based speed metal band HOLY TERROR are currently searching for a singer. Commented guitarist Kurt Colfelt (a.k.a. Kurt Kilfelt; ex-AGENT STEEL),"We attempted to get in touch with our original singer, Keith Deen, and I'm taking the lack of any response as a 'No.' We did what...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG's 'Deth And Life Experiences

During the late eighties at the tender age of 21, classically trained guitarist Jeff Young stepped into the metal world as lead guitarist for the legendary band MEGADETH. Jeff's highlight performances on the group's 1987 "So Far, So Good... So What!" album and tours astounded MEGA-fans and guitar af...

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ALTARIA Announce New Album Title

Finnish melodic metallers ALTARIA have set "The Fallen Empire" as the title of their thid album, tentatively due in early 2006. "The Fallen Empire" will be mixed and mastered during October at Black Lounge Studios in Sweden by Jonas Kjellgren (KATATONIA, STEEL ATTACK, SCAR SYMMETRY). The track listi...

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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION, ADEMA: More Tour Dates Announced

More dates have been announced for the upcoming U.S. tour featuring BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION and ADEMA. The trek, dubbed the "Motor-Homey" tour, will include the following stops: Sep. 30 - San Diego, CA @ Canes Oct. 01 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Galaxy Oct. 04 - Denver, CO @ Benders Oct. 09 - St ...

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Heavy Metal Real Estate

CAGE vocalist Sean Peck and master shredder from AGENT STEEL, Juan Garcia, have joined forces to start a full-service real estate company aimed at getting metalheads their first home purchase or home loan refinance. "I have been in real estate for 20 years now and Juan came to me with this idea to m...

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The New Age of Terror

You may recall that HIRAX released two Metal Blade albums — "Raging Violence" (1985) and "Hate, Fear, and Power" (1986) — before finally calling it quits in 1989. Playing a kind of thrash/crossover fast blast style, given a twist by wild man Katon W. De Pena's classic metal vocal style, the group li...

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SKYCLAD's Appearance At DOMINION FESTIVAL Unaffected By European Tour Postponement

According to Power Metal UK, SKYCLAD's gig at the Dominion Festival will NOT be affected by the postponement of the band's European tour. As previously reported, SKYCLAD guitarist and mastermind Steve Ramsey suffed a serious shoulder injury in a recent accident, causing the postponement of their pre...

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PARAGON Part Ways With Drummer, Announce Temporary Replacement

German power metallers PARAGON have parted ways with drummer Marcus "Big M" Corby. According to a posting on teh group's web site, Marcus "had to leave the band because of serious problems with his left arm. He has a trapped nerve similar to a tennis arm syndrome and has not constantly been availabl...

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SKYCLAD To Headline U.K.'s DOMINION Festival

Pagan folk metallers SKYCLAD will headline their only U.K. gig this year at the first Dominion festival, set to take place October 2 at the Piper in Hull. The festival, organised by PMUK promotions, boasts a lineup of 11 bands in 12 hours Tickets are available from Ticket Line (www.ticketline.co.uk)...