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HELION Parts Ways With Singer, Seeks Replacement

Finnish melodic metallers HELION have issued the following update: We are sorry to announce the following: A little while ago, Jukka [Salo, vocals] told us that he no longer has neither the time nor the required interest to stick with HELION. These are what we call personal reasons, which we underst...

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Pain is the Game

ALLHELLUJA is a band that you need to know about. The late 2006 follow-up to 2005's "Inferno Museum" debut is an explosion of dirty, rock 'n' roll infused metal and hot-shit grooves called "Pain is the Game". Vocalist Jacob Bredahl (HATESPHERE),bassist Roberto Gelli, drummer/co-founder Stefano Long...

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Enraptured

Not only did Swedish legends GRAVE make a comeback with 2002's "Back from the Grave", but they've also continued to demonstrate that they belong as part of the death metal elite. Following up with 2004's "Fiendish Regression" and 2006's outstanding "As Rapture Comes", the quartet is arguably as rele...

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DIRTY RIG: Tour Dates Announced

Long Island/New York City rockers DIRTY RIG, featuring former WARRIOR SOUL frontman Kory Clarke, have lined up the following dates during April/May: Apr. 13 - Dingbatz - Clifton, New Jersey Apr. 27 - Whiskey Dix - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Apr. 28 - Carms Sports Zone - Exeter, Pennsylvania May 03 -...

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STIKKI FYKK Confirmed For Germany's SWORDBROTHERS V Festival

STIKKI FYKK, the long-running "nasty dirty glam thrash rock" from Germany featuring Dr. Vinnie Stikk (a.k.a. Andreas Preisig, owner of Battle Cry Records),Baron Carloz (a.k.a. Eren Eraslan, former guitar player of STORMRIDER),Sergeant Ryan Vixxen (a.k.a. Mathias Czop, former guitar player for STOR...

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AEON SPOKE Featuring CYNIC Members: Single Available For Free Download

AEON SPOKE, the progressive, ethereal-rock project featuring CYNIC members Paul Masvidal (vocals, guitar) and Sean Reinert (drums),will release its self-titled debut album in Germany on March 2 via SPV Records. A free MP3 of the album's first single, "Emmanuel", is available for download at this lo...

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IMPALED NAZARENE: 'Nihil' Album Officially 'Banned' In Germany

Finnish extreme metallers IMPALED NAZARENE have issued the following update: "Our album 'Nihil' has officially entered Germany's Index list A on 17th of January. This means that 'Nihil' is officially BANNED in Germany. "Looking back on 2006 and 2005, being unable to play concerts in Italy, Austria,...

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ACCEPT, DOKKEN, POISON, QUEENSRŸCHE Featured On 'Metal Mania Stripped Volume 3' CD

Metal fans have spoken, so get ready to turn the volume up to "11" as Sidewinder Music and VH1 Classic Records will be releasing "VH1 Classic Metal Mania Stripped Volume 3" on Tuesday, March 6. The new CD release will once again feature rare and never-before-heard acoustic versions of some of metal'...

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THE WILDHEARTS Schedules U.S. Dates

English rockers THE WILDHEARTS have scheduled the following dates: Mar. 10 - New York, NY @ The Rebel Mar. 11 - Farmingdale, NY @ The Crazy Donkey (supporting BUCKCHERRY) Mar. 17 - Austin, TX @ South By Southwest (The Dirty Dog Bar) THE WILDHEARTS began mixing the new album, which will be self-title...

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Jack Knife Rendezvous

Dunderheaded German metal with a clunky punk attack, like a more low-rent version of the first MAIDEN record, complete with endearingly off-key vocals, rudimentary twin leads and titles like "Bleed For My Strings" and "Witch of Death" to ensure maximum metal cliché goofiness. The end result is somew...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, Ex-NIGHTWISH Singers Added To 20th Anniversary NUCLEAR BLAST Compilation

RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski is working on a compilation CD to celebrate Nuclear Blast Records' 20th anniversary, entitled "Into the Light". Smolski composed, recorded and produced about 10 songs for various metal artists that are part of the Nuclear Blast history, including a track that is being r...

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NAGLFAR, UNEARTH, LAMB OF GOD Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival

NAGLFAR, UNEARTH, KNORKATOR and LAMB OF GOD have been confirmed for this year's With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMON AMARTH BAD MANNERS BARCODE...

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OZZFEST 2007...FOR FREE

"This will change everybody's impression of the way touring in the summer in America should be." -- Sharon Osbourne Imagine a day of wall-to-wall hard rock. Imagine the world's greatest headliner sharing a bill with cutting edge new artists. Imagine if this brass-knuckled beast was hellbent on comin...

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ENTHRALLMENT To Headline Austria's RANCID ASSAULT FESTIVAL

Bulgarian brutal death metal act ENTHRALLMENT will headline Austria's Rancid Assault Festival 2007 on March 24 at Spinnerei in Traun. Also scheduled to appear are INHUMATE, APOCRYPHAL, GORED, DICKLESS TRACY, SATAN'S REVENGE ON MANKIND and MORBID BREED. As previously reported, ENTHRALLMENT has upload...

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Frozen Summer

This one grew on me, which basically means that after the first couple of spins it seemed nothing more than mediocre, radio-friendly rock pablum and turned into something more palatable. Maybe it had something to do with beginning the listening sessions only hours away from the SLAYER show. Who know...