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Scotland's ATTICA RAGE Announces New Guitarist

Scottish metal band ATTICA RAGE has announced the addition of Stephen Bell of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire as the group's lead guitarist following the recent departure of Shaun Nelson. Singer Jonny Parr explains: "Shaun has had to take some time out for personal reasons for an indefinite period and we ha...

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EVANESCENCE, DARK TRANQUILLITY, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Confirmed For HULTSFRED FESTIVAL

EVANESCENCE, DARK TRANQUILLITY, MEMFIS, ENTER THE HUNT, MCQUEEN, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and BLOOD BROTHERS have been confirmed for this year's Hultsfred festival, which is scheduled to take place June 14-16 in Hultsfred, Sweden. Also scheduled to appear are BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, CONVERGE, HATEBREED, HAT...

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STATIC-X Recruits Former DANZIG Drummer

STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static has issued the following update from the road: "I want to thank everyone who's been coming out to the shows to support us. Almost every show has been sold out so far and we're having a lot of fun out here as usual. Nick [Oshiro, drums] has stayed on tour with ...

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VELVET REVOLVER Frontman: 'Libertad' Goes Places The First Album Didn't Go

"The feel, the energy of 'Libertad' is about the eternal struggle for freedom — personal and social freedoms." So says VELVET REVOLVER's frontman Scott Weiland in describing the band's forthcoming album "Libertad", scheduled for release July 3 on RCA Records. It will be preceded by the track "She Bu...

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'Club Satan' Featuring DARK FUNERAL: Screenings Announced

The Satanic forces are uniting behind the first-ever Satanic porno movie, "Club Satan: The Witches' Sabbath". This film was overseen by an actual priest in the Church Of Satan, and includes a real Black Mass, the likes of which has not been caught on tape since Anton LaVey's "Satanis" more than 30 y...

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MACHINAE SUPREMACY Goes Classical

Spinefarm Records has announced an exciting and unlikely partnership between Swedish metallers MACHINAE SUPREMACY and The Royal Symphonic Philharmonic Orchestra. "PLAY! A Video Game Symphony" is a ground-breaking world tour extravaganza, which sees classical music, video games and heavy metal collid...

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KITTIE Video Clips To Be Used In 'America's Hot Musician' Opening Theme

"America's Hot Musician", the "American Idol"-like competition for instrumental musicians debuting on the Oxygen network in July, has announced that it will incorporate clips from the KITTIE video "What I Always Wanted" into the show's opening theme. The program, which features ex-KITTIE bassist Tal...

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ROYAL HUNT Completes Songwriting Process For New Album

Danish hard rockers ROYAL HUNT have completed the songwriting process for the band's new album, which will become a sequel to their critically acclaimed concept opus "Paradox" (1997). According to a posting on the group's web site, the "lyrical/musical continuation of the story will be spread over 1...

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STATIC-X Taps DARK NEW DAY/VINCE NEIL Drummer For Current Tour

STATIC-X has tapped drummer Will Hunt (TOMMY LEE, DARK NEW DAY, SKRAPE, STUCK MOJO) to fill in for the group's regular skinsman Nick Oshiro while he is recovering from a broken hand. Hunt's first show with STATIC-X took place Friday night (April 13) in Houston, Texas. In addition to being a member o...

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KING DIAMOND Making Tour Plans

KING DIAMOND manager Ole Bang has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Rumours saying that KING DIAMOND is planning for a tour in support of the new album have been posted on the web. Without going into detail, I can say that this is correct. More info as we firm it ...

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AKERCOCKE Announces The Antichrist Code!

To tie in with the release of its forthcoming album "Antichrist" (due on May 28 via Earache),U.K. death metal band AKERCOCKE has launched a treasure hunt with a twist — The Antichrist Code. This is a unique digital phenomenon that asks fans to take part in a quest that is both challenging and confo...

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THE ACTUAL To Support VELVET REVOLVER On U.S. Dates

Los Angeles power trio THE ACTUAL, which is signed to Softdrive Records, the label headed up by VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland's (ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS),has been confirmed as the support act on VELVET REVOLVER's U.S. tour in May. The dates are as follows: May 03 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon...

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NIKKI SIXX's ROYAL UNDERGROUND Brand Expanding Into Women's Clothing And Men's Jewelry

Hang Nguyen of The Orange County Register reports: Five months after launching a high-end men's clothing line, Kelly Gray and her partner, MÖTLEY CRÜE's Nikki Sixx, said Thursday they're expanding their Royal Underground brand into women's clothing and men's jewelry. Gray, former chief executive and...

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VINCE NEIL Performs In Libertyville; Video Available

A couple of video clips of MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil performing at Austin's in Libertyville, Illinois on March 23, 2007 have been posted at YouTube: Video#1, Video#2. Neil's current solo band features Dana Strum (SLAUGHTER, VINNIE VINCENT INVASION) on bass, Jeff Blando (SLAUGHTER) on guitar an...

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ROYAL ANGUISH Confirmed For Florida's RECLAIMING THE THRONE Festival

ROYAL ANGUISH has been confirmed for the inaugural Reclaiming The Throne festival, set to take place Saturday, April 14 at Thee Imperial in Jacksonville, Florida. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 90 MINUTE REFLEX CRYPTERIA CYSTIC DYSENTERY DIABOLIC INTENT DOMINA...