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BYZANTINE Prepares To Record New Album

West Virginia's forward-thinking metal band BYZANTINE will tentatively enter the studio December 8 to record the follow-up to 2005's "...And They Shall Take Up Serpents". They will then take a break from the recording process to support GOD FORBID for two weeks on a tour package also boasting GOATWH...

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BRUCE KULICK Talks About His Time With KISS

The Pop Culture Addict recently conducted an interview with former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick. A few excerpts from the chat follow: The Pop Culture Addict: You were saying that you're not in KISS anymore but anytime you can get involved that you still do. Now with Ge...

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VIXEN Among Finalists At INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS

Female hard rockers VIXEN have been selected as finalists in two categories at this year's Independent Music Awards. "Best Song: Hard Rock/Metal" for "I Try" and "Best Album: Hard Rock/Metal" for "Live & Learn". Created by Music Resource Group, publisher of the best-selling Musician's Atlas cont...

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UNEARTH Frontman Remembers DIMEBAG

Patrick Douglas of The Culture Shock recently conducted an interview with UNEARTH vocalist Trevor Phipps. A few excerpts from the chat follow: The Culture Shock: I see you guys are hitting the road overseas next month. Do you get excited with that looming on the horizon or is it tedious to have to ....

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POWERMAN 5000 To Headline Korea's BUD ROCK FESTIVAL

POWERMAN 5000 have been invited as the only U.S. guests for a headlining performance at the celebrated Bud Rock Festival, an annual international festival celebrating its 10-year anniversary. The performance will be at Olympic Park in Seoul, Korea on November 25, 2006 just as their latest album "Des...

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MASTODON, CONVERGE, PRIESTESS Tour Dates Announced

MASTODON will team up with CONVERGE and PRIESTESS for a U.S. tour beginning in early February. The schedule is shaping up as follows: Feb. 05 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue Feb. 07 - Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room Feb. 08 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall Feb. 09 - Pittsburgh, PA - ...

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FEAR MY THOUGHTS: 'Vulcanus' Details Revealed

German melodic thrash powerhouse FEAR MY THOUGHTS will release its new album, "Vulcanus", in Europe on January 15, 2007 via Century Media. Helmed by acclaimed Danish producer Jacob Hansen (RAUNCHY, COMMUNIC, MAROON, HATESPHERE, MERCENARY),"Vulcanus" contains 12 new tracks covering a wide variety of...

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Rebounding from a devastating fire last year, THE ESOTERIC come back with a strange and interesting sophomore album. They're one of those bands where, upon first listen, you think "shit, I've already heard this a hundred times." Then you really give it some thought, and realize no one's put it toget...

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Review: Ex-IRON MAIDEN Singer 'Hollered Abuse' At 'Shocked' Indian Crowd

Manosh Das of The Times of India has issued the following report: Shillong heard. Shillong shuddered. For, the "music capital" of the North-East was just not prepared for Paul Di'Anno's version of hard rock. The former IRON MAIDEN vocalist hollered abuses and turned a relaxed Saturday evening [Nov....

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GENITORTURERS To Support MÖTLEY CRÜE In Myrtle Beach

Florida-based "shock-rock" band GENITORTURERS, featuring MORBID ANGEL frontman David "Evil D" Vincent on bass, will support MÖTLEY CRÜE at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, SC on November 21. GENITORTURERS will play five shows in Australia and New Zealand beginning on November 10 in Auckland. GENI...

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GOD FORBID Announces Headlining U.S. Tour; Launches YouTube Page

New Jersey's GOD FORBID will soon return to annihilate the masses with one of the most brutal package tours of the year. This stunning Revolver-sponsored headlining trek, dubbed "The Chains of Humanity" tour, also features extreme metal titans GOATWHORE and MNEMIC, who are two of the most talked abo...

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ROB ZOMBIE Lists Top Five Zombie Movies

Launch Radio Networks reports: Although Rob Zombie has previously touted the original 1931 "Frankenstein" as his all-time favorite horror movie, he's got a different set of favorites on his list of the top five zombie flicks. In a posting on his MySpace page, Zombie revealed his fave movies about th...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN, KERRY KING Jam Together On Japanese TV

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King joined ex-MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman on his Japanese TV show "Rock Fujiyama" (broadcast Oct. 30 on TV Tokyo) where they did all the usual "Fujiyama" games as well as treated the cameras to impromptu jams of rare metal gems from JUDAS PRIEST, VENOM, PANTERA and more...

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ALICE IN CHAINS In Talks To Play OZZFEST 2007

According to Ozzyhead.com, Sharon Osbourne was interviewed yesterday (Oct. 26) by Opie and Anthony on their syndicated radio show. While discussing the annual Ozzfest travelling festival, Sharon confirmed that Ozzy will be performing on the event's second stage again next year. She also said that th...

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CHTHONIC Frontman To Speak At CMJ MUSIC MARATHON

MTV.com reports that Freddy, frontman for the Taiwanese black-metal band CHTHONIC, will make his U.S. public-speaking debut November 3 in New York at the CMJ Music Marathon panel "From Glam to Death: Metal Subgenre Feasts". He'll be plugging the band's first U.S. release, "Seediq Bale", which came o...