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THE SCOURGER: 'Blind Date With Violence' To Be Re-Released In October

Finnish thrashers THE SCOURGER — who scored a sensational No. 1 single in their home country with "Hatehead" last year — will have their debut album, "Blind Date with Violence", re-released across Europe on October 6 via Germany's Cyclone Records. The bonus material is taken from "To the Slayground"...

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RUFFIANS: New Album Details Revealed

RUFFIANS, the reunited power metal band that at one time featured in its ranks late VICIOUS RUMORS frontman Carl Albert, will release its new album, "Desert of Tears", on October 20 via Metal Heaven Records. The CD was recorded at Trident/Imperial Studios in Northern California. "Desert of Tears" tr...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Frontman Discusses Songwriting Process For New Album

MrRock.net recently conducted an interview with BLIND GUARDIAN vocalist Hansi Kürsch. An excerpt from the chat follows: MrRock.net: How was the songwriting process for the new album, compared to say (the band's previous album) "A Night At The Opera"? Hansi: "A Night At The Opera" was an attempt to g...

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Always the Hard Way

Prior to the recent release of TERROR's "Always the Hard Way", many were surely thinking something along the lines of, "How in the hell are they ever going to match the blind rage, unbelievable intensity, and true hardcore delivery of 2004's 'One with the Underdogs'." That's an easy one, kids. You m...

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DEEP PURPLE's IAN GILLAN: Video Clips From Solo Tour Available

Video clips of DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan performing on August 16 at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo, New York at the opening night of his "Gillan's Inn" solo tour have been posted online at YouTube.com. Check them out: "Smoke on the Water" (video) and "Bluesy Blue Sea" (video). Ian Gillan's ...

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MERCYFUL FATE, BLIND GUARDIAN, DIMMU BORGIR Members To Guest On 'Metal Reigns'

Legendary guitarist Hank Shermann (FORCE OF EVIL, MERCYFUL FATE),vocalist Hansi Kürsch (BLIND GUARDIAN),Shagrath (DIMMU BORGIR, CHROME DIVISION) and guitarist Andre Olbrich (BLIND GUARDIAN) will be the featured guests on this weekend's edition of the "Metal Reigns" Internet-based radio show, airin...

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OCEAN TOMO AUCTIONS to Sell Rights to the Entire JIMI HENDRIX Catalog

Ocean Tomo Auctions, LLC, a division of the Chicago-based intellectual capital merchant banc, Ocean Tomo, today announced it has been retained by the administrator of the estate of Michael Frank Jeffery to sell their rights, title and interest in the entire Jimi Hendrix music catalog. The catalog wi...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Finishes Demoing 10-11 New Songs

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have posted the following message on their official web site: "The songwriting for the new album is progressing nicely. 10-11 songs have now been demoed, and we're busy doing the final adjustments and modifications before it's time to depart for the...

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BLIND MELON: 'Live At The Palace' Reissue Due In October

BLIND MELON's "Live at the Palace" CD will be reissued on October 17 with expanded packaging on Capitol/EMI. Recorded in Los Angeles on October 11, 1995, BLIND MELON's "Live at the Palace" CD captured the band at their creative and dynamic peak: the group was touring in support of their second album...

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Darker Days Ahead

Maybe a second TERRORIZER album wasn't such a great idea. 1989's "World Downfall" is a grindcore classic, influencing scores of bands past and present. On "Darker Days Ahead", original members Pete Sandoval (drums, MORBID ANGEL) and Jesse Pintado (guitar, ex-NAPALM DEATH) join bassist Tony Norman (M...

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Dwelling in Doubt

Erie, Pennsylvania's VILLAGE OF DEAD ROADS sure left a lasting impression on fans and reviewers alike with its marginally tripped out and crushingly heavy brand of doom on the "Human Failures" split with SPIRITU. Those brimming with anticipation for the band's follow-up full-length will not be disap...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, SAXON, STRATOVARIUS Confirmed For Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

BLIND GUARDIAN, SAXON, STRATOVARIUS, GRAVE DIGGER, THERION, SAMAEL and SCHANDMAUL have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to perform at the festival is the reunited Norwegian black metal ba...

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BLIND GUARDIAN To Host Listening Party In New York City

BLIND GUARDIAN members Hansi Kürsch and André Olbrich will host a listening party for their new album, "A Twist In The Myth", at Lit Lounge (93 Second Avenue - between 5th & 6th Streets) in New York City on Monday, August 21. Scheduled for North American release on September 5, "A Twist In The M...

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KORN Kicks Off FAMILY VALUES Tour; Setlist Revealed

KORN officially resurrected the Family Values tour last night (Saturday, July 29) in Antioch, Tennessee, with a line-up featuring DEFTONES, 10 YEARS, STONE SOUR, FLYLEAF and others. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Intro 02. Right Now 03. Politics 04. Twist 05. Love Song 06. A.D.I.D.A.S. 07....

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: 'Shot To Hell' Track Listing Announced

Roadrunner Records has revealed the track listing for BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's new album, "Shot to Hell", due on September 19 through Roadrunner Records. It is as follows: 01. Concrete Jungle 02. Black Mass Reverends 03. Blacked Out World 04. The Last Goodbye 05. Give Yourself To Me 06. Nothing's The S...