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Room Full of Sinners

If New Jersey was ever gonna be used as an adjective, for anything besides bricks of dried toxic swamp gunk, it'd have to be busted out for THE CURSED. The prime movers in this side project are former HADES and NON-FICTION axeman Dan Lorenzo and inimitable OVERKILL vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth,...

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Ex-GIRLSCHOOL Guitarist KELLY JOHNSON Dead At 49

Veteran British female hard rockers GIRLSCHOOL have posted the following message on their official web site: "It is with extreme sadness to tell you that Kelly Johnson [photo], original member of GIRLSCHOOL, passed away on Sunday the 15th of July after fighting a six-year battle with cancer of the s...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION Replaces DEICIDE At Germany's PARTY.SAN OPEN AIR Festival

MALEVOLENT CREATION has replaced DEICIDE on the billing of Germany's Party.San Open Air festival, set to take place August 9-11, 2007 in Bad Berka, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ASPHYX BELPHEGOR BEWITCHED THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER CLITEATER DIE APOKALY...

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TESTAMENT Frontman: 'Music Is Important, But It Is Not No. 1 In My Life Anymore'

Scott McLennan of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports: The classic lineup of TESTAMENT, a band that blossomed during a heavy-metal renaissance in the 1980s around the San Francisco Bay Area, is back and doing great business. It is a second chance welcomed by TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy. Bu...

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Phantom Limb

Is there another act that plays as ferocious brand of grindcore — with only guitar, drums, and vocals for that matter – as the mighty PIG DESTROYER? You've heard it on "Prowler in the Yard", "38 Counts of Battery", and 2004's all-encompassing "Terrifyer". Now get ready for what just may be the act's...

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Devils in Iron

The Northwest U.S. Cult known as SCORCHED EARTH has been kicking around for a good many years now and continue to keep its vicious mix of thrash and black metal (with bits of doom and death) dirty as hell and rotten to the core. I recall reviewing 2003's "Gods, Kings, and Conquerors" and getting qui...

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GOJIRA Frontman Issues Update On MAX/IGOR CAVALERA Project

Guitarist/vocalist Joe Duplantier of the French progressive death metallers GOJIRA will play bass on the debut CD from the new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members Max and Igor Cavalera. Recordings for the album began this past weekend in Los Angeles with producers Dirty Icon (Logan Mader [e...

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THE CULT: 'Born Into This' Pushed Back To October

THE CULT's new album, "Born Into This" (Roadrunner Records),has had its North American release date pushed back to October 2 from the previously announced September 25. As previously reported, a 90-second audio sample of THE CULT's new single, "Dirty Little Rock Star", is available for download at...

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PENTACLE, PRIMORDIAL Added To PARTY.SAN OPEN AIR; OLD, CEPHALIC CARNAGE Pull Out

PENTACLE and PRIMORDIAL have replaced OLD and CEPHALIC CARNAGE on the billing of Germany's Party.San Open Air festival, set to take place August 9-11, 2007 in Bad Berka, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ASPHYX BELPHEGOR BEWITCHED THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER...

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THE CULT: New Single Sample Available For Download

A 90-second audio sample of THE CULT's new single, "Dirty Little Rock Star", is available for download at this location. The song, which is scheduled to go for radio adds on August 13, comes off the group's upcoming album, "Born Into This", tentatively due on September 25 via Roadrunner Records in c...

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JIMMY PAGE Attends METALLICA's Wembley Concert

Legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin has posted the following message on his web site: "Lars [Ulrich, METALLICA drummer] asked me to come to the METALLICA Wembley show [on Sunday, July 8], so off I went late afternoon. "The new Wembley Stadium was impressive. Huge, like an American stadium. "META...

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RATT: More Myrtle Beach Concert Footage Available

More video footage of the reunited RATT's July 3, 2007 performance in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina has been posted at Stephen-Pearcy.com (Windows Media). As previously reported, other video clips from RATT's current U.S. tour with POISON have been posted at YouTube: June 26, 2007 at the Chevrolet Th...

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X-VISION To Team Up With S-CORE, SUPERBUTT For 'IH8U Tour 2K7'

French metallers X-VISION will team up with S-CORE (France),SUPERBUTT (Hungary),HOUSEBOUND (France) and SIKH (France) for Dirty8's "IH8U Tour 2K7" between November 15 and December 1. For a list of upcoming X-VISION tour dates, go to this location. X-VISION recently released its second album, "So C...

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ROTTEN SOUND Prepares To Record New Album

Finland's ROTTEN SOUND will enter the studio later this month to begin recording its new album, tentatively due in early 2008 via Spinefarm Records. The as-yet-untitled effort will contain the following working songtitles (in no particular order): 01. Enigma 02. Brainload 03. Alternews 04. Corponati...

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OPEN GRAVE RECORDS Releases Third Downloadable 'Sounds From The Grave' Compilation

Open Grave Records has announced the release of the third of its popular free downloadable sampler albums, entitled "Sounds from the Grave Vol. 3". "Sounds from the Grave Vol. 3" features 12 artists from the Open Grave Records roster, and includes exclusive tracks from U.K.'s black metal sensation P...