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FERRET MUSIC Forms NEW WEATHERMEN RECORDS Label Imprint

Ferret Music has announced the formation of a new imprint to the label to be known as New Weathermen Records. The imprint is the brainchild of Nick Storch, booking agent to high profile artists such as ATREYU, COHEED AND CAMBRIA, UNEARTH and AS I LAY DYING. Inspired by bands he works with such as FE...

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FEAR FACTORY, SUFFOCATION, HYPOCRISY: Official Tour Dates Announced

FEAR FACTORY defy musical borders, break conventional arrangement, and influence metal bands worldwide. Now FEAR FACTORY are armed with another successful album, equipped to blast the tour doors open with a brutal metal militia in tow. Headling the "Machines At War" North American tour, FEAR FACTORY...

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LIFE OF AGONY Guitarist To Make Guest Appearance At BROOKLYN METALFEST

LIFE OF AGONY guitarist Joey Z will be appearing as a special guest of Hartke Amps and Constricted at the first annual Brooklyn Metalfest this Saturday, June 24, at The Hook, located at 18 Commerce Street, in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Metalfest is an all-day metal festival showc...

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The Parallel Otherworld

By now, most folks are aware of EIDOLON brothers Glen (guitar) and Shawn (drums) Drover's positions as members of MEGADETH, an event that raised their status from respected Canadian creators of melodic power/thrash metal to world stage musicians. Said event is not the only thing that has changed in...

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CRUACHAN: 'The Morrigan's Call' Artwork Posted Online

Irish folk metal band CRUACHAN have posted the cover artwork for their fifth album, "The Morrigan's Call", at this location. "The Morrigan's Call" is tentatively due later in the year via na as-yet-undetermined label (the band were previously signed to Greece's Black Lotus Records, who recently clos...

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DOWN: Hometown Show Will Be 'Only North American Appearance' This Year

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — h...

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SHOCKER TOYS Brings GWAR to SAN DIEGO COMIC CON 2006!

This fall, Shocker Toys will unleash a powerful force onto the sleepy little inhabitants of this plastic buying world. That force is called GWAR!! Like any good army, GWAR will send out some advance scouts to San Diego Comic Con... just to freak out the Cosplay kids. Sculpted by Justice Joseph, Shoc...

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ENGEL To Film 'Calling Out' Video

ENGEL, the new Gothenburg, Sweden-based quintet featuring guitarists Marcus Sunesson (ex-THE CROWN) and Niclas Engelin (PASSENGER, ex-GARDENIAN, IN FLAMES),drummer Mojjo (RELEVANT FEW, DRACENA),and vocalist Mangan Klavborn, have posted the following message on their official web site: "Our gig at...

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SUIDAKRA Replace HEADLESS CROSS At Scotland's RAGNAROK UK METALFEST

HEADLESS CROSS have been replaced by German pagan-influenced melodic death metallars SUIDAKRA on the billing of the inaugural Ragnarok UK Metalfest, set to take to take place November 4, 2006 at the Perth Concert Hall in Perth, Central Scotland. This decision reportedly comes in light of the recent...

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SLAYER 'Fans' Vandalize New York Seminary To Mark 6/6/06

Gary Stern of The Journal News has issued the following report: Word that the date 6/6/06 had nothing to do with any satanic prophesies apparently did not reach the vandal or vandals who spray-painted pentagrams, upside-down crosses and other devilish messages outside St. Joseph's Seminary [in Yonke...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Confirmed For Scotland's RAGNAROK UK METALFEST

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have been confirmed as one of two special guests at the inaugural Ragnarok UK Metalfest, set to take place on November 4, 2006 at Perth Concert Hall in Central Scotland. According to the festival organizers, "the band will take time out of their reco...

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Legendary Baltimore Venue Hammerjacks Closes Its Doors

The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Hammerjacks, once a Baltimore icon of heavy metal and rock, closed Saturday (May 27) after the sale of its building to developers. The club never regained its legendary status after its reincarnation in 2000 in a two-story brick building on Guilford Avenue, where...

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Fresno Restaurant Sued For Playing AC/DC Songs Without Paying Royalty Fees

According to The Associated Press, a music company that owns the rights to the music of the Australian hard rockers AC/DC is named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against a second Fresno restaurant for allegedly playing songs copyrighted by famous musicians without paying royalty fees. Ernesto Vera, owne...

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THE CULT: 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Performance Available Online

A video clip of THE CULT performing song "She Sells Sanctuary" on ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on May 1, 2006 is available for streaming at the show's official web site. Low- and high-quality video files containing the "She Sells Sanctuary" and "The Phoenix" performances from "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" a...

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JORN LANDE, WITCHHAMMER Confirmed For Norway's RAGNAROCK Festival

Former MASTERPLAN/ARK frontman JORN LANDE and Norwegian thrash metallers WITCHHAMMER have been confirmed for the Ragnarock festival, set to take place August 17-19 at the Valle Hovin Sports Arena in Oslo, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ASTRAL DOORS AXE...