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ENTER MY SILENCE Announce Title, Track Listing For New Album
Finnish melodic deathsters ENTER MY SILENCE have set "Coordinate: D1SA5T3R" as the title of their sophomore album, due on February 27, 2006 through JMT-Music via Plastic Head Music Distribution Ltd. and its partners worldwide. ENTER MY SILENCE's debut CD, "Remotecontrolled Scythe", was released in 2...December 6, 2005
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Hypnotize
Double album sets have often been seen as an indulgence by an artist or band overcome with their own confidence in their creativity and abilities. With the rare exception of a concept record like THE WHO's "Tommy" or PINK FLOYD's "The Wall", even acclaimed collections like the SMASHING PUMPKINS' "Me...December 5, 2005
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GEORGE LYNCH: Notes From The Road
Legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) has posted a short update on the first two shows of his band's current tour, including the Nov. 26 concert in Poughkeepsie, New York which also featured YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TWISTED SISTER and SEBASTIAN BACH. Read it at this location. Lynch is joined...December 4, 2005
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THE ACCURSED Part Ways With Guitarist, Seek Replacement
Guitarist Chris "Loki" Ellingsen has announced his departure from the New Bedford, Massachusetts melodic thrash metallers THE ACCURSED. "[Loki] has been with us from the start, helped form and mold THE ACCURSED into the killing metal machine that it is today," the band write on their web site. "It i...December 2, 2005
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Black Wings of Destiny
With TESTAMENT plagued by periods of frustrating dormancy, founding guitarist Eric Peterson resurrects his DRAGONLORD black metal side project, last seen on record racks with a respectable debut ("Rapture") in 2001. It's surprising that "Black Wings of Destiny" has been such a relatively low-profile...November 28, 2005
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Give Me the Fear
Produced by the same guy who brought you THE DARKNESS, and already hyped to the rafters by the ever-fickle U.K. press, London denimboys TOKYO DRAGONS are yet another band pulling the mirrored shades, leather vests, and moustaches so ironic they hurt, all in the name of "real rock and roll". The thin...November 28, 2005
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STARWOOD Begin Recording New Album
Los Angeles-based rock outfit STARWOOD, featuring members of the Eighties heavy metal band LIZZY BORDEN, are scheduled to enter the studio today (November 26) to start recording their sophomore album, tentatively due in early 2006 via Metal Blade Records. "We've worked really hard on trying to make...November 26, 2005
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TWISTED SISTER Manager Offers Help To Troubled Former WARRANT Singer
In the wake of Metal Sludge's continuing coverage (Report#1, Report#2) of former WARRANT frontman Jani Lane's apparent difficulties performing at full capacity on the ongoing VH1 Classic's "Metal Mania: Stripped Across America Tour 2005", TWISTED SISTER manager Daniel Stanton of Coallier Entertainme...November 22, 2005
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The Silencer
The usually reliable Cruz Del Sur label (SLOUGH FEG, ENSOPH, HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE) slips a little here, releasing this overcooked slab of bloated, second-tier Eurometal. This Italian band (fronted by German vocalist Björn Goosses, ex-NIGHT IN GALES — remember any of their songs? Me either) straddle...November 22, 2005
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THRESHOLD To Mix Live Album
U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD have issued the following update on their current activities: "Karl [Groom, guitar] and Rich [West, keyboards] are hoping to find time soon to mix the live album that THRESHOLD recorded on tour last year. Provisionally entitled 'Surface To Stage', it will be the...November 21, 2005
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PHIL VARONE Talks About 'Waking Up Dead' Movie, Playing With SKID ROW
Dave Iozzia of Rock Is Life recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW/SAIGON KICK drummer Phil Varone. A few excerpts from the question-and-session follow: Rock Is Life: Let's start off in 2005, where you are featured in the new documentary film "Waking Up Dead". In your words, give us a...November 20, 2005
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DRAGONFORCE Schedule New York City Listening Party And Meet-And-Greet
Despite the unfortunate cancellation of DRAGONFORCE's New York City show, a listening party of the group's new album, "Inhuman Rampage", and a "meet-and-greet" will be taking place at the CBGB on Tuesday, November 22. DRAGONFORCE's Sam Totman and ZP Theart will be there to meet and drink with the fa...November 20, 2005
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DRAGONFORCE: Two Headline Shows In Holland Announced
London-based "extreme power metal" band DRAGONFORCE have confirmed two headlining shows as part of their "Inhuman Rampage European Tour: The First Strike" in 2006. The dates are as follow: Mar. 05 - W2 - Den Bosch, NETH Mar. 06 - Melkweg - Amsterdam, NETH A complete list of upcoming DRAGONFORCE date...November 19, 2005
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Former KYUSS/THE OBSESSED Bassist SCOTT REEDER To Release Solo Album
Some 18 years in the making, "TunnelVision Brilliance", the debut solo offering from Scott Reeder, will be released by Liquor and Poker Music on January 24, 2006. An MP3 of the track "The Day of Neverending", off "TunnelVision Brilliance", is now available at the label's web site, www.LiquorAndPoker...November 16, 2005
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DRAGONFORCE Forced To Cancel New York Show
Due to "unforeseen circumstances," London-based "extreme power metal" band DRAGONFORCE will not be able to gain entry to the U.S. this time around to play the show at New York City's CBGBs on November 22. "The band are as stunned by this news as their fans who have waited a long time to see them ...November 15, 2005