Italian female-fronted quartet EXILIA will release a limited-edition single, "Your Rain", in Germany on October 27. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Your Rain 02. Never Again 03. Remind Me 04. Snakes 05. Kill Me EXILIA was recently forced to cancel its European tour due to "a fracture of [singer] Masha's ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: A new book featuring 180 previously unreleased photos of PEARL JAM is now available through the band's web site, according to Billboard.com. The book, called "5x1: Pearl Jam Through the Eye of Lance Mercer", features photos by longtime band friend Lance Mercer, mostly focusing on the first half of the group's ...
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BEHEMOTH mainman Negal is auctioning his seven-string Flame "axe" on eBay. The custom-made model was produced by Flame/Mayones in Poland and was originally used during the recordings of BEHEMOTH's last album "Demigod". Commented Nergal: "Since I moved to ESP guitars a while ago, I decided to sell some of the items I'm not using anymore. ...
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Jack Frost's talents are undisputed. His tenure in SEVEN WITCHES and his all-too-brief time in SAVATAGE were proof enough of the man's guitar prowess, and his last solo record, the raucous 2004 outing "Raise Your Fist To Metal", was a fun smorgasbord of different styles and vocalists held together by Frost's tasteful songwriting and skilled ...
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IRON MAIDEN's manager Rod Smallwood has checked in with the Iron Maiden Online Club (the band's official fan club) with another on-the-road update from MAIDEN's current world tour: "Another blazing gig [in Boston, MA]. Audience were fantastic, it was almost like playing at home. l love this show and think it's the best we have ...
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AMORPHIS members Tomi Koivusaari and Esa Holopainen have joined the growing ranks of ESP artists. The two guitarists recently received their brand-new Eclipse guitars straight from ESP's custom shop, where the instruments had been built according to their own design and specifications. The endorsement had been initiated by Musamaailma, importer and distributor for ESP in ...
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It's hard to really fault DIECAST for anything on their enjoyable new long-player. After all, it's flawlessly executed, tight as all hell, without an ounce of superfluous fat or unnecessary diversions. It's a textbook case of studio perfection, diverse in sound, yet so focused on its target that it's scary. But the target, apparently, is ...
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Finnish gothic rock sensation ENTWINE has posted the video for its song "Surrender" at this location. The clip was shot with director Markus Nieminen of Routafilmi AB. "Surrender" comes off ENTWINE's fifth studio album, "Fatal Design", which was just released in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Benelux via Century Media Records through a licensing ...
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Finnish gothic rock sensation ENTWINE will team up with ZERAPHINE for a German tour in October/November. ENTWINE's current itinerary is shaping up as follows: Sep. 23 - Jyväskylä, FIN @ Lutakko Sep. 29 - Helsinki, FIN @ On The Rocks Oct. 06 - Kalajoki, FIN @ Kultakala Oct. 20 - Kouvola, FIN @ Virtanen Oct. ...
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FEAR FACTORY heads out on its Australian tour Friday, September 15 starting in Brisbane. With two of the four Australian shows already sold out, FEAR FACTORY guitarist Christian Olde Wolbers will be appearing for clinics and autograph sessions at the following locations: Friday, September 15 Billy Hyde Music Brisbane 07 32524299 174 Barry Parade Fortitude ...
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PEARL JAM will be performing at the 20th annual Bridge School benefit concerts October 21-22, 2006, at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. Other artists scheduled to perform include TRENT REZNOR, FOO FIGHTERS, NEIL YOUNG, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, BRIAN WILSON, and DEVENDRA BANHART. Tickets go on sale September 17 at 10:00 ...
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AFTERLIFE, SHREDDED, SYNCARDION, VIOLENT ASSAULT and CEREMONY OF OPPOSITES have been confirmed for the second edition of the Metal Against Cancer festival, which will take place on Saturday, October 7 in Hilvarenbeek, the Netherlands. To generate extra money during this festival, a lottery will be organized. All revenue from the lottery will go to KWF ...
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DOWN/CROWBAR guitarist Kirk Windstein has put one of his guitars up for auction. "I used this guitar on every DOWN show in 2002 (including Ozzfest) as my main axe," Kirk writes on the eBay auction page. "I also recorded the entire CROWBAR 'Lifesblood for the Downtrodden' CD and the soon-to-be-released KINGDOM OF SORROW ...
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Seven out of the ten very long, largely interminable tunes on IRON MAIDEN's 14th studio offering start out with either a gentle, low bass line or a softly strummed guitar. There's nothing wrong with either type of intro, but hearing it over and over again starts to make the listener feel like he's hearing the ...
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THE DISTANCE has been confirmed for the European Persistence Tour, which is scheduled to kick off on November 30. The final lineup is as follows: SICK OF IT ALL MADBALL WALLS OF JERICHO TERROR COMEBACK KID DESTINY THE DISTANCE Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Nov. 30 - Wiesbaden - Schlachthof (Germany) Dec. 01 ...
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SICK OF IT ALL, MADBALL, TERROR, WALLS OF JERICHO, COMEBACK KID and DESTINY will team up for the European Persistence Tour, which is scheduled to kick off on November 30. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Nov. 30 - Wiesbaden - Schlachthof (Germany) Dec. 01 - London - Forum (United Kingdom) Dec. 02 - ...
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VOIVOD frontman Denis "Snake" Belanger has issued the following update: "Here's my news: Doing well, relaxing, still doing a lot of interviews. A few weeks ago I went to our hometown Jonquiere to see my parents. While I was there I did a full day of promotion covering the whole Morgoth area Saguenay, Lac St-Jean. ...
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Bands could learn a thing or two from ARCH ENEMY about releasing a debut DVD. The Swedish metal giants do pretty much everything right on the double-DVD "Live Apocalypse". Diving right in, Disc 1 contains the DVD's main feature, an outstanding live set recorded at the London Forum on December 17th, 2004. The 18-song performance ...
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LongIslandPress.com recently conducted an interview with ALL THAT REMAINS vocalist Phil LaBonte. An excerpt from the chat follows: Long Island Press: The band's musical background and influences read like a who's who in metal — from SHADOWS FALL, to KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, to LAMB OF GOD — what kind of sway does that have ...
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Dean Guitars redefines the attitude of the V with its USA-made Razorback V (photo), designed by the late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. With its barbed body points, painted beveled edges, and an overall look of a deadly weapon, this V doesn't just fly, it rips through space leaving damage in its wake. ...
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Everyone's known it for years: while SLAYER is widely considered one of the greatest live metal acts of all time, the band has not made an equally great album since 1990's "Seasons in the Abyss". That record brought together the speed and fury of "Reign in Blood" (1986) with the experimental nature of "South of ...
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Yesterday, WWE.com — the official website of World Wrestling Entertainment, and one of the Internet's most popular destinations for young males — posted its first-ever exclusive live music stream, an acoustic performance by the New York-based rock band BRAND NEW SIN. The group recently joined WWE music director Jim Johnston at WWE's music studios in ...
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Gelu Sulugiuc of Reuters recently spoke to the NEW YORK DOLLS about their upcoming third album, "One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This", due on July 25 via Roadrunner. It will be the first DOLLS album since 1974's sophomore effort "Too Much Too Soon". "I got a nice check once ...
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If the greasy-knuckled biker rock of BRAND NEW SIN turns your crank, then these long-running German hessians (wisely debuting a new name, after spending years trying to get somewhere as THE SHITHEADZ) will fill the bill nicely. Throw in a little bit of accented Hetfield yowl, the occasional tough-but-generic mid-'90s ANTHRAX riffery, and the occasional ...
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After releasing a couple of EPs as mere teenagers, Maine hardcore punkers OUTBREAK now offer the world its "full-length" (16 songs, 20 minutes) debut, "Failure", via Bridge Nine Records. In keeping with Bridge Nine's relatively consistent roster of punk and hardcore, "Failure" at least stays true to label form, but falls a bit short as ...
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EXILIA's video for their new single, "Kill Me", has been posted online at this location (Real Media). The clip, which was shot June 22 in Berlin, Germany, "deals with the violation of human rights and about pictures we come across daily on the news and which nearly made us indifferent towards what is ...
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Johnson Cummins of the Montreal Mirror recently conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo. An excerpt from the chat follows: Montreal Mirror: You left the band for almost 10 years. How did you get back in? Lombardo: "There were some problems with Paul [Bostaph, SLAYER's second drummer], and I just found out ...
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A 96-second audio sample of the new EXILIA single, "Kill Me", has been posted online at this location (Real Media). "Kill Me" is the first single off the Italian female-fronted quartet's sophomore full-length album, "Nobody Excluded", due on July 21 via G.U.N./ BMG Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Unleashed", "Nobody Excluded" was produced ...
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Italian female-fronted quartet EXILIA will release their sophomore full-length album, "Nobody Excluded", on July 21 via G.U.N./ BMG Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Unleashed", "Nobody Excluded" was produced by Udo Rinklin and recorded by the infamous Resetti Brothers (Jörg Umbreit and Vincent Sorg), with Jeff Collier helping out with the vocal recordings. According to a ...
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Danish/Swedish prog-metallers BEYOND TWILIGHT have made two very rare songs ("Eyes" and "Carousel of Life") from the band's 1996 demo "Lurking Fantasia" available for download at the band's official web site: Eyes (mp3) Carousel of Life (mp3) The band's leader, Finn Zierler, commented: "The album ['Lurking Fantasia'] will never be released. ...
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