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DECREPIT BIRTH Welcomes Back Bassist RISHA ERYAVEC

Santa Cruz, California-based death metallers DECREPIT BIRTH have posted the following message on their official web site: "DECREPIT BIRTH is very happy to announce that bassist Risha Eryavec is officially returning to the band! Due to recent situations, Risha feels that his place is with us, as our...

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Former DECREPIT BIRTH Guitarist Pleads Not Guilty To Sex Crimes

KTVU.com reports that former DECREPIT BIRTH guitarist Michael Jay Turner has pleaded not guilty to sex crimes charges. The District Attorney's office has filed 14 charges involving five girls and one woman against Turner, 27, who entered his plea to Judge Samuel Stevens on Wednesday (Nov. 22). Turne...

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DEVILDRIVER Launches YouTube Channel

DEVILDRIVER, the Santa Barbara, California-based band featuring former COAL CHAMBER frontman Dez Fafara, has launched its own exclusive channel on YouTube. Go to this location to see videos, updates from the recording sessions and more. DEVILDRIVER recently entered Sonic Ranch studios in El Paso, Te...

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PAPA ROACH Enjoys Taking Old Friends On Tour

Launch Radio Networks reports: PAPA ROACH has added a few dates with Zippo Hot Tour partners (HED) P.E. to the end of the Zippo trek, extending the PAPA ROACH road itinerary into the last week before the Christmas holidays. Singer Jacoby Shaddix told Launch that PAPA ROACH is only too happy to trave...

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DEVILDRIVER Completes Drum Tracks For New CD

DEVILDRIVER, the Santa Barbara, California-based band featuring former COAL CHAMBER frontman Dez Fafara, has entered Sonic Ranch studios in El Paso, Texas to begin recording its third album, tentatively due next summer via Roadrunner Records. "We got to Sonic Ranch three days ago, loaded in and bega...

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WINTERTHRALL To Release Debut Album Next Month

Drummer Rob Alaniz (NOCTUARY, RISE, EVILDEAD) of the the Orange County, California-based doom/death metal band WINTERTHRALL has posted the following message on the group's web site: "Firstly, our friend Jeremy Peto has unfortunately decided to leave the band in order to concentrate on his music full...

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ABYSMAL DAWN Added To DISMEMBER/GRAVE West Coast Tour

ABYSMAL DAWN, the Los Angeles-based extreme metal band featuring former members of RISE and INHUMAN VISION, has been added to the DISMEMBER/GRAVE West Coast tour. "It is a pleasure to be touring with two legends of the genre, especially when they have provided such a great source of inspiration to u...

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BREED 77 Sets Its Sights On The U.S.

BREED 77, who originate from Gibraltar (an overseas territory of the United Kingdom),follow their recent triumphant No. 1 German rock club chart position with another No. 1 radio coup in the USA. The Latino rock pile driver "Alive" has become the most requested on air track on KMBY-X 103.9 Revoluti...

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HIRAX Added To Select Dates On DESTRUCTION Tour

Underground metal champions HIRAX have been added to the following dates on the DESTRUCTION/SADUS North American tour: Jan. 21 - Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theater Jan. 23 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's Jan. 24 - San Marcos, CA @ Jumping Turtle Feb. 13 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit Feb. 14 - ...

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Former DECREPIT BIRTH Guitarist Arrested On Child Molestation Charge

Santa Cruz, California-based death metallers DECREPIT BIRTH have posted the following message on their official web site: "We feel that now is the time to come out publicly and let everyone know what happened in the situation of our ex-guitarist Mike Turner. Here is a bulletin from our local TV news...

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DECREPIT BIRTH Parts Ways With Guitarist MIKE TURNER

Santa Cruz, California-based death metallers DECREPIT BIRTH have parted ways with guitarist Mike Turner. According to a posting on the band's web site, "This will in NO way interfere with the new album. We will move on as a band, and all plans for recording the new album in early 2007 are still set....

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DEICIDE's Backstage Room Vandalized By Opening Band In California

Floridian death metallers DEICIDE have been diligently blazing though the U.S. in full support of their latest album, "The Stench of Redemption", and are preparing to release their second live DVD, due in February 2007. In an unexplained act of vandalism on November 8 at The Galaxy Theater in Santa...

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SNOT Members Reunite For First Time Since LYNN STRAIT's Tragic Passing

Three out of five members of the legendary Santa Barbara metal/punk rock hybrid SNOT — guitarists Mikey Doling (ex-SOULFLY),Sonny Mayo (SEVENDUST) and bassist John Fahnestock (KCUF, AMEN) — reunited for the first time since the passing of SNOT frontman Lynn Strait. Mayo and Fahnestock joined Doling...

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IT DIES TODAY, HASTE THE DAY Featured On 'A Santa Cause II' Compilation

Immortal Records announces the release of "A Santa Cause II". Due out November 21, this innovative digital-only compilation will be sold exclusively through MySpace. Log onto www.myspace.com/asantacause for more information. A portion of the proceeds will go directly to Cure Autism Now, an organizat...

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MELIAH RAGE To Support METAL CHURCH On North American Tour

Massachusetts-based thrash metallers MELIAH RAGE will support METAL CHURCH on their North American tour beginning early January. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 08 - Fatcat - Modesto, CA Jan. 09 - The Galaxy Theater - Santa Ana, CA Jan. 10 - Cheyenne Saloon - Las Vegas, NV Jan. 11 - Kamakazis -...