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SWALLOW THE SUN: New Album Release Date, Track Listing Announced
Firebox Records has set an August 24 European release date for as-yet-untitled second album from Finnish melodic death/doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN. A single, "Forgive Her", will be released on April 13 exclusively in Finland. In addition to the nine-minute title track, the single features a cover...March 31, 2005
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METALLICA: 'When Metallica Ruled The World' Clip Posted Online
METALLICA's official web site has uploaded an exclusive clip from the VH1 special entitled "When Metallica Ruled The World", which is scheduled to premiere on Thursday, March 31 at 10:00 p.m. Check it out at this location. "When Metallica Ruled the World" tells the tale of the world's most dangerous...March 30, 2005
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JUDAS PRIEST And QUEENSRŸCHE: First Tour Dates Officially Announced
JUDAS PRIEST have announced the first dates for their North American tour with QUEENSRŸCHE. So far the following dates have been confirmed for the trek: Jun. 01 - Xcel Energy Center - Minneapolis, MN Jun. 03 - Tweeter Center - Chicago, IL Jun. 04 - DTE Energy Music Theatre - Detroit, MI Jun. 07 - .....March 29, 2005
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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist Rocks The Cure
According to Underecover News, BLACK SABBATH's Tony Iommi is the latest big-name musician to get involved with Rock The Cure, a fund and awareness-raising charity that aims to help collect money through the online auctioning of personalized celebrity-designed Gibson guitars. The cause? To raise mone...March 20, 2005
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SWALLOW THE SUN Complete Work On New Album
Finnish melodic death/doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN have finished recording their second album at Sam's Workshop studios in Lutakko, Finland with producer Sami Kokko. "We just visited Finnvox studios, where our new album was mastered by Minerva Pappi," the band write on their web site, "She did an...March 16, 2005
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EYEHATEGOD: U.S. Tour Dates Announced
EYEHATEGOD have lined up the following dates during May/June: May 15 - Lake Charles, LA - Millennium Teen Club May 16 - Monroe, LA - The Paraground May 17 - Little Rock, AR - Downtown Music May 18 - Memphis, TN - The Hi Tone Cafe May 21 - Chicago, IL - The Note May ...March 14, 2005
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DEEPSEND RECORDS Signs Distribution Deal With CENTURY MEDIA
Deepsend Records have announced that they signed an exclusive distribution deal with metal giant Century Media. The deal covers North and South America, as well as Canada. The label will be re-issuing back catalog titles as well as all future releases through this agreement. All future releases will...March 12, 2005
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VH1's 'When METALLICA Ruled The World' To Premiere This Month
A brand new VH1 special, entitled "When Metallica Ruled The World", is scheduled to premiere on Thursday, March 31 at 10:00 p.m. "When Metallica Ruled the World" tells the tale of the world's most dangerous band through the people who lived it. It brings you inside the nearly three decades of dramat...March 10, 2005
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BLACK SABBATH Drummer Remembers TRAFFIC's JIM CAPALDI
TRAFFIC's drummer Jim Capaldi is remembered and highlighted on the next "Rock 50" show, which is scheduled to air March 12 on WPMD (a college radio station at Cerritos College in California). Bill Ward, BLACK SABBATH drummer and host of the program, will play a special segment of Jim's work with TRA...March 9, 2005
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GWAR's 'Gross' Concert Fluids Clean Up 'Real Easy'
Hearne Christopher Jr. of The Kansas City Star reports: Just how messy was that recent GWAR concert at the Beaumont Club in Westport? You know the band that dresses up like over-the-top sci-fi movie monsters and spews simulated blood and other variously gross fluids on its heavy metal music-loving f...March 7, 2005
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MAX CAVALERA Says New SOULFLY CD Is 'A Very Heavy, Brutal Album'
SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera spoke to the SOULFLY fan site SoulflyWeb.com last Saturday (Feb. 19) about the group's upcoming DVD release, "The Song Remains Insane", their forthcoming studio album and their future touring plans, among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview follow: SoulflyW...February 23, 2005
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KORN Sign Partnership Agreement With Orlando-based SPEEDQUEST RACING
Eric Burch of WhoWon.com has issued the following report: In the spirit of the longstanding association between fast cars and rock 'n' roll, Orlando-based SpeedQuest Racing has reached an exclusive partnership agreement with the multi-platinum recording giant KORN. "We play fast, live fast and...dri...February 18, 2005
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Former AT VANCE Singer To Release Solo Album
Former AT VANCE singer Oliver Hartmann (AVANTASIA, AINA, GENIUS) will release his solo debut, "Out in the Cold", on April 25 via Frontiers Records. "For me, it's a kind of permanent step to compose and produce for my solo releases," stated the German singer and guitar player. "Although the material...February 18, 2005
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KISS Frontman PAUL STANLEY Attends Pre-GRAMMY Party: Report, Photos Posted Online
According to a posting on the KISS fan site KissNews.de, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley was among the attendees at the annual Clive Davis pre-Grammy party at the Beverly Hills hotel last Saturday (Feb. 12) in Beverly Hills, California — one day prior to the 47th Grammy Awards. Stanley attended...February 15, 2005
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Alien
"Well, aren't you just a traveling shitstorm?" A more appropriate quote couldn't be found for Devin Townsend, nor STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's new one, "Alien". This release has untouchable frenetic speed, fuming and frenzied honesty at its purest, a radical shift in what we've come to know as "extreme" me...February 10, 2005
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