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DEATH ANGEL Guitarist Checks In From Studio

Long-running San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL entered a Los Angeles studio on September 16 with producer Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, RUSH, VELVET REVOLVER, SHADOWS FALL, STONE SOUR) to begin recording their new album for an early 2008 release via Nuclear Blast Records. The group's gu...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman Talks Horror Movies

Gore/splatter film fan site OhMyGore.com recently conducted an interview with CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth. An excerpt from the chat follows: OhMyGore.com: Are horror movies, and in particular Italian horror movies, an inspiration sources for CRADLE OF FILTH's imagery, video clip and gigs? Da...

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Flame the Whisper

There's always room for more fun, simple, self-referential hard rock in the world, and that's why a band like MATADORS can get a pass for pretty much regurgitating their favorite QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, URGE OVERKILL and HELLACOPTERS records and swaggering a little in sweaty leather pants while the...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Partners With RANDALL AMPLIFIERS

Randall Amplifiers, a division of U.S. Music Corporation, announced today that they have joined forces with Kirk Hammett of METALLICA. Hammett and Randall will be working together to design an extensive line of signature products that emulates the distinctive tones of METALLICA's legendary guitarist...

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WHITE LION, GRAVE DIGGER, TANKARD Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

WHITE LION, GRAVE DIGGER, TANKARD and AGE OF EVIL are the first confirmed bands for next year's Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take palce June 27-28 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. WHITE LION was removed from the opening slot of the POISON / RATT co-headlining summer tour due to a threat o...

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OF THE FIRST BORN SON Signs With YEAR OF THE SUN RECORDS

Year of The Sun Records has announced the signing of the Kitchener, Ontario, Canada-based band OF THE FIRST BORN SUN. The group will release its debut album in October of 2007 and will shoot a video for the single "You Can't 2-Step in a Wheelchair" shortly. "We are very excited to be a part of ...

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CHTHONIC Frontman To Guest On 'The Governor's Ball'

Vocalist Freddy Lim of Taiwanese metal sensation CHTHONIC will be the featured guest on "The Governor's Ball" this Saturday, September 15 at 3:00 p.m. EST. Tune in at this location to hear the show. CHTHONIC will team up with Finnish "heroic folk metal" warriors ENSIFERUM for a fall European tour. I...

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CHTHONIC's New York Concert To Feature Second Act With Oriental Violin

The New Jersey-based "erhu rock fusion" group HSU-NAMI — who, like Taiwanese extreme metal band CHTHONIC, prominently features the two-stringed Oriental violin called the erhu, also known as the hena — has been added to CHTHONIC's "UNlimited New York" September 16 concert at Manhattan's Highline Bal...

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MONSTER MAGNET: '4 Way Diablo' Artwork Preview Available

A "preview" of the artwork for the new MONSTER MAGNET album, "4 Way Diablo", is available at this location. Due on November 2, 2007 via SPV Records, the CD was produced by Matt Hyde and features a cover version of THE ROLLING STONES' "2,000 Light Years from Home". "4 Way Diablo" track listing: ...

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It's Official: LED ZEPPELIN To Reunite For London Concert

The surviving members of LED ZEPPELIN have confirmed they will reform for a special show at London's 22,000-capacity O2 arena on Monday, November 26 as part of a tribute to Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, who died last December. Tickets cost £125 each (approximately $254) and will be allo...

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CHTHONIC: European Dates With ENSIFERUM Announced

Taiwanese extreme metalists CHTHONIC — fresh from a tour of duty with Ozzfest and currently in the midst of their first-ever North American headline shows, which precede a brief tour with CRADLE OF FILTH — have confirmed their first batch of fall European tour dates. They are as follows: Nov. 09 - H...

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DEATH ANGEL Taps RUSH/SHADOWS FALL Producer For New Album

Long-running San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL will enter a Los Angeles studio on September 16 with producer Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, RUSH, VELVET REVOLVER, SHADOWS FALL, STONE SOUR) to begin recording their new album for an early 2008 release via Nuclear Blast Records. "Nick came...

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Egyptian Artist Explains NILE's Non-Involvement In 'The Faceless' Project

Egyptian artist Nader Sadek — whose multimedia installation "The Faceless" opens tonight (Thursday, September 6) at Michael Steinberg Fine Art in New York's Chelsea district — has released the following statement explaining the non-involvement in the project of legendary death metallers NILE (whose...

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INSOMNIUM: North American Tour Blog Launched

Finland's INSOMNIUM is currently on the road in North America with fellow countrymen SWALLOW THE SUN as well as Sweden's KATATONIA and SCAR SYMMETRY as part of the Live Consternation tour. A tour diary/blog maintained by INSOMNIUM guitarist Ville Friman can be found at this location. INSOMNIUM's vid...

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CHTHONIC Schedules Washington D.C. Press Conference

Fresh from Ozzfest — a tour that had never before featured an Asian performer — Taiwanese extreme metal sensation CHTHONIC will hold a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 13, just hours before they play the nearby Jaxx nightclub in West Springfield, Virginia. At...