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BRAIN DRILL Completes Work On New Album
Santa Cruz, California's over-the-top technical metal phenoms BRAIN DRILL have completed work on the follow-up to 2008's tech "Apocalyptic Feasting". The band will again take fans on a mind-melting voyage through the boundaries of exactly how incredibly technical death metal can be. "Quantum Catastr...January 19, 2010
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GUNS N' ROSES Kicks Off Canadian Tour; Review, Photos Available
GUNS N' ROSES kicked off its Canadian tour last night (Wednesday, January 13) at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba — the band's first North American date (and fifth show overall) since the release of "Chinese Democracy" in 2008. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Chinese Democracy 02. Welcom...January 14, 2010
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WATCHTOWER: Drum-Cam Footage Of New Song Posted Online
A short video clip of drummer Rick Colaluca practising the song "Projections" off the forthcoming WATCHTOWER album, "Mathematics", can be viewed below. "Mathematics" is the first new WATCHTOWER album since 1990's highly acclaimed "Control and Resistance", which was featured as part of the "Hall of F...January 9, 2010
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OVERKILL Frontman: 'We're A Self-Managed Band, So We Own The Low Points'
Sonic Excess recently conducted an interview with vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Sonic Excess: Why three years in between releases? OVERKILL has had a consistent schedule...tour, release, tour. Seems like you...January 9, 2010
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Former ANTHRAX Guitarist DAN SPITZ In 'The 12' Musical; More Details Revealed
Former ANTHRAX guitarist Dan Spitz is one of 12 Broadway and rock stars featured in the new musical "The 12", written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan, with music, lyrics and story concept by award-winning composer Neil Berg. On January 10, Adam Friedson and Left Field Productio...January 6, 2010
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GUNS N' ROSES: Osaka Concert Footage Posted Online
Video footage of GUNS N' ROSES' December 16, 2009 concert at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan can be viewed below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Chinese Democracy 02. Welcome To The Jungle 03. It's So Easy 04. Mr. Brownstone 05. Shackler's Revenge 06. If The World 07. Richard Fortus Guitar...January 4, 2010
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GUNS N' ROSES: Photos Of Taiwan Concert Posted Online
28 photos of GUNS N' ROSES' December 11, 2009 concert in Taipei, Taiwan — marking the band's first performance in support of "Chinese Democracy" — can be found at HankDPhoto.com. GUNS N' ROSES completed a four-date tour of Asia in December and is slated to launch a Canadian tour later this month. Th...January 3, 2010
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GUNS N' ROSES: Audio Recording Of Tokyo Concert Available For Streaming
An amateur/audience recording of GUNS N' ROSES's December 19, 2009 concert in Tokyo, Japan is available for streaming at the GN'R fan site NewGNR.com. According to a Twitter message by GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, GN'R's Tokyo show was the band's longest performance ever at three h...January 2, 2010
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Black Night
If your first thought in reading the name of the band was BLACK SABBATH, then affix a gold star to your lapel, as your thought was most relevant. Straight out of the fertile Maryland doom community, IRON MAN was formed in 1988 by guitarist Alfred Morris III as a BLACK SABBATH cover band. The group ....December 28, 2009
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The Killing Sun
Rising from the same fertile northern California scene of the early 1980's that spawned everyone from METALLICA to Y&T to the embryonic, pre-Pacific Northwest METAL CHURCH, ANVIL CHORUS packed a lot of livin' into a short life. Though they never signed to a label and called it quits in 1985, the...December 28, 2009
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Report: GUNS N' ROSES To Play In Uruguay For First Time In March
According to Ultimas Noticias, GUNS N' ROSES will perform in Montevideo, Uruguay for the first time ever on March 18, 2010. The concert will be held at the 60,000-capacity Estadio Centenario and tickets — which range in price from 20 to 100 dollars — will go on sale in January. GUNS N' ROSES' ...December 25, 2009
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Report: GUNS N' ROSES To Play Bogotá In March
According to Estereofonica, GUNS N' ROSES will perform at Parque Simón Bolívar in Bogotá, Colombia at the end of March as part of the band's South American tour. The exact date for the Bogotá concert has not yet been confirmed. The Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine reported earlier in the...December 24, 2009
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THE EMPIRE SHALL FALL Posts New Video Diary
A new video diary from Providence, Rhode Island progressive metallic hardcore ragers THE EMPIRE SHALL FALL can be viewed below. The video is the first installment in a series of behind-the-scenes clips created by the band's close friend Kyle Regan that documents THE EMPIRE SHALL FALL's experience re...December 21, 2009
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SPIRALARMS Completes Recording Full-Length Debut
SPIRALARMS, the San Francisco Bay Area-based band featuring Craig Locicero (FORBIDDEN, ex-MANMADEGOD) on guitar, Tim Narducci (ex-SYSTEMATIC) on vocals, Chris "Cornbread" Lombardo on bass, Brad Barth on keyboards, Greg Narducci on rhythm guitar and Ron Redeen on drums, has finished recording its ful...December 20, 2009
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GUNS N' ROSES Plays Longest Concert Ever In Tokyo
According to a Twitter message by GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, tonight's (Saturday, December 19) GN'R concert in Tokyo, Japan was the band's longest performance ever at three hours and 37 minutes. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Chinese Democracy 02. Welcome to the Jungle...December 19, 2009