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BRAVE Builds Beautiful Music With 'Monuments'

Four years might seem like a lifetime for most bands to have between recordings, but Washington, D.C.'s progressive/rock band BRAVE used that time (which included nine months in the studio) to assemble its most adventurous and ambitious release to date, the passionately sculpted "Monuments". The sex...

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SEVENTH CALLING: New Tour Dates Announced

Minneapolis, Minnesota-based metallers SEVENTH CALLING have lined up the following dates: Sep. 24 - Backstage Lounge - Gainesville, FL Sep. 25 - Club Underground - Jacksonville, FL Sep. 26 - State Theatre - Tampa, FL Nov. 06 - Dingbatz - Clifton, NJ Nov. 07 - The Haunt - Yonkers, NY Nov. 08 - Sterli...

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METALLICA: Still Heavy After All These Years

David Fricke of RollingStone.com reports: This is the advice producer Rick Rubin gave METALLICA over two years ago, as the band knuckled down to write its next album: "I said, 'Imagine you're not METALLICA,'" Rubin recalls. "'You don't have any hits to play, and you have to come up with material to...

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SEVENTH CALLING: New Single Posted Online

Minneapolis, Minnesota metal act SEVENTH CALLING is currently recording its sophomore effort entitled "Deliverance" for a tentative late fall release. The follow-up to 2007's "Monuments" (Melissa Records) is once again being produced by Steve Handel and Jamie Strobach. The group's new single, "Soul...

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THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE Signs With LIFEFORCE RECORDS

Lifeforce Records has announced the signing of Lancaster, Pennsylvania's THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE. THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE encompasses a sound that melds the fine Pennsylvania traditions that have brought us the likes of AUGUST BURNS RED, A LIFE ONCE LOST and THIS DAY FORWARD while taking their musical...

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CAGE, SEVENTH CALLING Confirmed For CORNERSTONE FESTIVAL

San Diego, California heavy metal band CAGE and Minneapolis, Minnesota prog-power metallers SEVENTH CALLING have been confirmed for the Sanctuary Stage at the 2008 Cornerstone Festival on Friday, July 4, 2008 in Bushnell, Illinois. CAGE's latest CD, "Hell Destroyer", was released on May 18, 2007 in...

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SEVENTH CALLING: Dates Announced

Minneapolis, Minnesota metal act SEVENTH CALLING has scheduled the following dates: Mar. 30 - Station 4 - Minneapolis, Minnesota (supporting DORO) Jul. 24 - Headbangers Open Air Festival - Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany SEVENTH CALLING's debut album, "Monuments", was released on June 29, 2007 through...

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Fans Trying To Get DIMEBAG Statue Erected In Dallas

According to Revolver magazine, two PANTERA fans — Houston's Joey Riordan and Toronto's Mangra — are trying to get a commemorative "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott statue erected in his hometown in Dallas. As inspiration, they cite existing monuments to Jimi Hendrix (in Seattle),Elvis Presley (in Memphis),...

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SEPULTURA Frontman Issues Another Update From India

SEPULTURA frontman Derrick Green has posted the third entry in an ongoing tour diary covering the band's first-ever appearance in India. It reads as follows: "Day 3 - October 28, 2007 New Delhi: It's show day and there is some time before soundcheck to see another landmark in New Delhi history. We d...

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SEVENTH CALLING To Guest On 'Raise The Horns'

Minneapolis, Minnesota metal act SEVENTH CALLING will guest on Dementia Radio's "Raise the Horns" tomorrow (Saturday, June 16). Host Progmetal Angel will play tracks from the band's upcoming debut album, "Monuments", scheduled to be released on June 29 through Melissa Records. "Raise the Horns" airs...

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SEVENTH CALLING To Release 'Monuments' This Spring

A&R Select/Melissa Records artist SEVENTH CALLING has announced the late April/early May release of its new album "Monuments", a towering metal release that is "sure to redefine the standards of the genre," according to a press release. "This is a highly anticipated release and one we expect to...

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Bulgaria's DEMENZIA Releases Full-Length Debut

Bulgarian doom/death metal band DEMENZIA has just released its debut album, "Different Seasons", via IMSB/Nox Studio. "Different Seasons" follows two self-released demos — "A.D. 542" and "Demenzia" — and continues the band's penchant for "combining extreme death metal riffs with slower atmospheric p...

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Kalas

A bruising slab of ponderous metal riffing from this San Franciscan supergroup, helmed by Matt Pike (HIGH ON FIRE, SLEEP) on vocals. The band's aesthetic is uniformly slow, plodding, dirty and dirge-y, Pike yowling quasi-tunefully over pork-fisted riffs and thudding rhythms. The effect is somewhere...

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SEVENTH CALLING Featuring IMPALER Drummer: Audio Samples Available

The Minneapolis-based heavy metal band SEVENTH CALLING, featuring Tom Croxton of the shock rock group IMPALER on drums, have posted new audio samples at their official web site, www.seventhcalling.com. The group are currently seeking a label to call home for their debut album, "Monuments", which is...

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KALAS Sign To TEE PEE RECORDS

Oakland, California-based hard music quintet KALAS have signed to New York City's Tee Pee Records. The group, whose roster reads like a directory of seminal San Francisco Bay Area bands that have made their distinct mark over the past decade, will unveil their self titled full length debut on April...