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KULT OV AZAZEL To Utilize Session Musicians For AUTUMN EQUINOX 5 Festival Performance

Floridian black metallers KULT OV AZAZEL have issued the following update: "KULT OV AZAZEL's performance for this Saturday's Autumn Equinox 5 Festival will be a unique one. Hammer and Xul will not attend due to working schedules. Instead of canceling, Xaphan has aligned a group of individuals to ass...

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Alienigma

AGENT STEEL formed in 1984 and is one of those quality heavy metal acts that always seemed to get lost in the shuffle. After a dozen year absence, the band returned with a vengeance in 1999, releasing the excellent "The Omega Conspiracy" and following it up in 2003 with the equally powerful "Order o...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Frontman To Perform At 'Motorpsycho Open House Party' In Las Vegas

MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil will perform at licensed motorcycle and hot rod dealer Count's Kustoms' second annual "Motorpsycho Open House Party". The party will take place during Las Vegas Bike Fest on Saturday, September 29, 2007. Immediately following the Poker Run at the shop, festivities wil...

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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman Checks In From MACHINE HEAD Tour

ARCH ENEMY vocalist Angela Gossow has issued the following update from the Black Tyranny Tour, also featuring MACHINE HEAD, THROWDOWN and SANCTITY: "This tour rocks! "The last couple of shows have been a blast! We finally got all our crew together and the chemistry in the band is great. It's pure jo...

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Recognize No Authority [reissue]

After spending years on many metal collectors' must-have lists, with original CD copies going for ludicrous prices on eBay, there now seems to be an abundance of DÉTENTE — not only was their lone album, "Recognize No Authority", reissued by bassist Steve Hochheiser under the Cognitive Records name a...

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USURPER Founder Explains Decision To Call It Quits

Guitarist/founder Rick Scythe of Chicago's USURPER has issued the following statement regarding the band's decision to split up: "As some of you may have heard, the band I formed over 13 years ago is now over. I wrote nearly all the music and most of the lyrics. I came up with the lyrical and artwor...

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Japanese All-Girl Trio GALLHAMMER To Release 'Ill Innocence' This Month

Japanese all-girl trio GALLHAMMER will release its new album, "Ill Innocence", on September 24 via Peaceville Records. Following the introduction (for many people) in early 2007 to this extra-special band, with the release of "The Dawn of…" (a CD/DVD of demo/rehearsal material with a ton of live foo...

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OVERTHROW: Classic Material To Be Reissued

NHR Records has announced the re-release of classic material from the Canadian thrash/death masters OVERTHROW. This release will contain the long-out-of-print 1990 debut CD "Within Suffering" (recorded by Tom Morris [MORBID ANGEL] and Scott Burns [SEPULTURA, OBITUARY, DEATH], and mixed by Scott Burn...

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LYNAM: New Album Title Announced

Birmingham, Alabama-based hard rockers LYNAM have set "Tragic City Symphony" as the title of their new album. "We've been working again with producer Jason Elgin (MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER, COLLECTIVE SOUL),who we consider the fourth member of LYNAM," guitarist/vocalist Jacob Bunton says. "H...

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MEGADETH: Kicking Off U.S. Tour Tonight

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "Well, it's almost 7 PM PST and I am getting ready to go to dinner with my family for sushi before I head to Alaska. Hell, I watched the 'Deadliest Catch' and 'Man vs. Wild' and ....

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Hex

"…life is nasty, brutish, and short", wrote 17th Century philosopher Thomas Hobbes in his book Leviathan, this abbreviated statement also aptly describing the music of underground legends NUNSLAUGHTER. After about a thousand (well, more like 110) releases of various shapes and sizes since forming in...

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LYNAM Added To VINCE NEIL'S MOTLEY CRUISE

Birmingham, Alabama-based hard rockers LYNAM have joined the musical lineup of Vince Neil's Motley Cruise. Vince himself will perform, as will the reunited RATT, SKID ROW and SLAUGHTER. Departing from Miami on January 24, 2008, Vince Neil's Motley Cruise will set sail for the Mayan Riviera, stopping...

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ARSIS Parts Ways With Vocalist MIKE PARKS

Virginia's ARSIS has announced the departure of vocalist Mike Parks, who had been filling in for guitarist/singer James Malone on vocals. Commented ARSIS bassist Noah Martin: "When James' voice went out a couple tours ago, Mike did us the biggest favor by filling in for as long as he did. I know I s...

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AT THE GATES: 'Slaughter Of The Soul' Featured In TONY HAWK's 'Proving Ground' Video Game

The title track to one of the most influential metal albums of all time, AT THE GATES' "Slaughter of the Soul", will be one of the songs featured on Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, the newest title in Activision's popular Tony Hawk video game franchise. "Slaughter of the Soul" is a standout among the 50...

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USURPER Parts Ways With Drummer, Cancels European Tour

Chicago's USURPER has issued the following update: "USURPER European tour for this fall has been canceled. Unfortunately, between a lineup change and taking care of securing a new record deal the band will be focusing on getting a new album done before they play live. Usurper plans on hitting the ro...