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POSSESSED: 1984 'Death Metal' Demo Available For Download

POSSESSED's classic 1984 "Death Metal" demo has been made available for download at MetalKult.com. Months before POSSESSED's debut LP, "Seven Churches" hit the stores, cassettes of "Death Metal" had been spreading throughout the extreme metal community. While the tape typically traded contained four...

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What's He Building...

A name taken from the super cool TOM WAITS' tune, "Waterloo", Ontario's WHAT'S HE BUILDING IN THERE? (WHBIT) offers one of those albums that combines strong musicianship with unconventional song structures that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. In keeping with an anti-formula made very popular...

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World Series Of Video Games To Host Guitar Hero 2 Competitions

The World Series of Video Games presented by Intel (WSVG),the first international video game competition circuit for multiple game platforms, will be host to several Guitar Hero 2 competitions over the course of the year. Guitar Hero 2 lets users play their favorite songs by their favorite bands in...

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MOTÖRHEAD, WHITE ZOMBIE, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Featured On 'The Bigs' In-Game Soundtrack

According to IGN Music, MOTÖRHEAD, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and WHITE ZOMBIE are amng the artists who will be featured on the in-game soundtrack to 2K Sports' new over-the-top Major League Baseball game, The Bigs. "In The Bigs, everything is to the extreme, from the colossal baseball players to the surre...

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Xenosapien

You listen to your favorite grindcore artists, soaking in the pure speed and aggression, the rebellious, unhinged nature of the music and thank your lucky stars that you've been exposed to such mayhem. Then you listen to Denver's CEPHALIC CARNAGE and your world is turned upside down, wondering, "How...

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TOOL Singer Offers Update On PUSCIFER Project

TOOL singer Maynard James Keenan has posted the following message on the MySpace of his side project PUSCIFER: "I assume many of you have seen the Cuntry Boner footage. If you haven't, visit wildlotus.org to check it out. This was filmed quite awhile ago and I'm just now getting around to kicking it...

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TOOL: More European Dates Announced

TOOL has lined up the following European dates this summer: Aug. 7-11 - Oslo, Norway - Øyafestivalen Aug. 8-15 – Budapest, Hungary - Sziget Festival Aug. 11 - Hildesheim, Germany - M'era Luna Festival Aug. 12 - Poland - Metal Hammer Festival Aug. 15 - Austria - Frequency Festival Aug. 16 - Switzerla...

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TOOL Confirmed For Norway's ØYAFESTIVALEN

TOOL has been confirmed for the Øyafestivalen, set to take place August 7-11 in Middelalderparken (the Medieval Park ) in Gamlebyen, the oldest part of Oslo, Norway. TOOL will perform on Thursday, August 9. Also scheduled to appear are NINE INCH NAILS, SHINING and JAZKAMER, among many others. For mo...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Not Returning Any Time Soon

Launch Radio Networks reports: SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer Serj Tankian plans to release his first solo album this fall, while the rest of his bandmates are also working on individual projects. But as for when SYSTEM itself will get back together, Tankian says it's not really on anyone's radar. "I don't...

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TOOL Schedules London Dates

According to LiveNation.co.uk, TOOL will play two shows in London, England at the end of August. The band is scheduled to perform at the Carling Academy Brixton on August 21-22. The band, last witnessed in the U.K. in May 2006 when they played two sold-out nights at London's Apollo Theatre, are rumo...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Discusses Upcoming Solo Album

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports that SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian is planning a fall release for his first solo album, "Elect the Dead", telling Billboard.com it's "a rock record, but it's pretty progressive. It's very wide sounding — lots of different sounding instruments. The excitem...

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PRIMUS' LES CLAYPOOL To Release 'Fancy' Concert DVD

On May 29, renowned bassist and legendary PRIMUS frontman Les Claypool will release "Fancy" (Prawn Song),his first solo live concert DVD from his 2006 summer tour with his latest group of accomplished players. A major market tour commences May 23 in Minneapolis and wraps July 14 at the All Good Mus...

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THE FAMILY VALUES TOUR 2007 Dates Announced

The much-anticipated return of The Family Values Tour, co-headlined by KORN and EVANESCENCE, will commence on July 20 in St. Louis and close out the summer on September 2 in sunny California. With a line-up including ATREYU, FLYLEAF, HELLYEAH, and TRIVIUM, the tour is poised to be the biggest and be...

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TOOL: More Rescheduled Tour Dates Announced

TOOL has announced more rescheduled dates for its spring U.S. tour, which was postponed from its original mid-March start after drummer Danny Carey tore a bicep while picking up his dog at home. The trek will now commence on April 27 in las Vegas, Nevada. Nearly 40 shows have been confirmed so far,...

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GWYNBLEIDD: New Album To Be Mixed By DAN SWANÖ

GWYNBLEIDD, a diverse death/black/folk metal project from Brooklyn, NY will once again enter DMD studios (Brooklyn) at the beginning of May 2007 to start recording its first full-length album. The band will record all drums and main guitar parts at DMD with assistance from engineer Thomas Gajewski,...