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PELICAN Announces In-Store Performances

In anticipation of the release of its fourth full-length album, "What We All Come To Need", Chicago's PELICAN will celebrate with an in-store performance at Reckless Records in the band's hometown followed by an album listening party on October 16 at 11:30 pm at Kuma's Corner, a renowned restaurant/...

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NAAM: Another New Song Available For Streaming

Brooklyn, New York metal band NAAM will release its self-titled debut album on October 20, 2009 via Tee Pee Records. The follow-up to the group's three-song mega-EP "Kingdom", "Naam" was recorded on an abandoned dairy farm in New York's Catskill Mountains and delivers "pitch-dark, utterly hypnotic s...

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POWERMAN 5000: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere", the new album from cyber rockers POWERMAN 5000, is available for streaming in its entirety below. Due on October 6 via Mighty Loud!/Fontana, the collection finds the band returning to the hard groove of their earlier work which included hits like "When World...

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Lawsuit Claims TICKETMASTER Sold VAN HALEN, JOURNEY Tickets At Markups To Face Value

Ethan Smith of The Wall Street Journal reports: Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and its current chief executive paid a ticket broker to sell tickets at more than their normal face values to concerts by VAN HALEN, JOURNEY and other acts, according to a lawsuit the broker has filed against the ticketi...

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Former JUDAS PRIEST Sound Engineer Dies

FOHonline.com reports that Gordon "Gungi" Paterson, a highly respected and well-liked FOH (front-of-house) engineer for such acts as JUDAS PRIEST, DEEP PURPLE and RAINBOW, died Monday, September 28 after a three-year battle with lymphoma. As per his wishes, there will be no memorial service in Seatt...

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TAD DOYLE's BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH Teams Up With MICO DE NOCHE For Limited-Edition Vinyl

BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH, led by Seattle music legend Tad Doyle (TAD, HOG MOLLY),has joined with fellow Pacific Northwest heavies MICO DE NOCHE and Violent Hippy Records to bring you a very limited (500 copies) debut vinyl release. It is available for preorder now at www.taddoyle.com; select ind...

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Original CANDIRIA Guitarist Dies

Original CANDIRIA guitarist Chris Puma passed away on September 20, according to a statement released by the band. "The cause is not known to us, as his family did not speak of it," the group says. "He leaves behind two children — 3-year-old Aislinn A'marie and 4-month-old Aidan Todd. "Chris was a g...

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BORKNAGAR: Quality Leeuwarden Concert Footage Posted Online

Quality fan-filmed video footage of BORKNAGAR's September 25, 2009 performance at Romein in Leeuwarden, Holland can be viewed below (courtesy of PaganRoots.net). BORKNAGAR has completed work on its new album, "Universal", for an early 2010 release via Indie Recordings. The CD was recorded and mixed...

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CRYSTALLION: New Song Posted Online

"A Cry In The Night", a brand new song from German "noble power metal" hopefuls CRYSTALLION, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's third album, "Hundred Days", which is scheduled for release on October 23 via Dockyard 1. The CD is said to be "a ...

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WINDS OF PLAGUE Announces 'California Love Tour' Dates

Los Angeles metallers WINDS OF PLAGUE will embark on the "California Love Tour" in November with support from STICK TO YOUR GUNS, SLEEPING GIANT, OCEANO and CIRCLE OF CONTEMPT. Commented WINDS OF PLAGUE vocalist Johnny: "We are extremely pleased to be able to finally bring the complete WINDS OF PLAG...

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POWERMAN 5000 Films 'Super Villain' Video

Futuristic metallists POWERMAN 5000 have just completed filming a video for the band's new single, "Super Villain". The clip was directed by Robert Hall ("Laid to Rest", "Fear Clinic"),and accompanied by award-winning cinematographer and director of photography Brandon Trost ("Halloween II", "Crank...

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KORN Frontman To DJ At INFECTED MUSHROOM's Record-Release Show

KORN frontman Jonathan Davis will DJ prior to INFECTED MUSHROOM's performance at the electronic-rock innovators' record-release party at Terminal 5 in New York City on Saturday, October 3. The record-release party celebrates INFECTED MUSHROOM's new album, "Legend Of The Black Shawarma", which came o...

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POWERMAN 5000: New Album Details Revealed

Futuristic metallists POWERMAN 5000 have been plotting their next move for the past few years, and their latest step towards a global takeover is upon us, in the form of "Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere". The album will drop from the solar system on October 6 (via Mighty Loud!/ Fontana),and...

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GOD SEED: Two Songs From Forthcoming DVD Posted Online

Two songs from the forthcoming GOD SEED concert DVD can be viewed below. The footage was shot at last year's Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany and features session players Nick Barker and Ice Dale alongside former GORGOROTH members King (bass; real name: Tom Cato Visnes) and Gaahl (vocals;...

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OZZY OSBOURNE's SAMSUNG Commercial Pulled Over Allegations Of Chimpanzee Abuse

After examining information supplied by PETA showing that chimpanzees and other great apes used in advertising are removed from their mothers as infants and routinely abused in behind-the-scenes training sessions, telecommunications giant Samsung has withdrawn a television commercial that showed Ozz...