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MASTODON Drummer Says British Journalist Is Responsible For New Album Leak

MASTODON's drummer, Bränn Dailor, has told MTV.com that a certain English journalist is the one behind the online leak of the Atlanta metallers' forthcoming album, "Blood Mountain", last week. "Hopefully one day, he'll introduce himself," Dailor joked about the journalist, who claimed he was one of...

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LOUDNESS: New Live DVD Track Listing, Artwork Revealed

Japanese metallers LOUDNESS will release new live DVD, entitled "Loudness in America 06: Live Shocks World Circuit 2006 Chapter 1", on August 23. The disc will feature footage from the band's North American tour, which took place earlier in the year. "Loudness in America 06: Live Shocks World Circui...

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LOUDNESS Guitarist To Release New Solo Album Next Month: Sample Available

LOUDNESS guitarist Akira Takasaki will release his new solo album, "Nenriki", on September 20 via Tricycle Entertainment. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Surf Trip 02. Mars 03. I Want To Take You Higher 04. Neighborhood 05. Mindphase 06. Chicago Drive 07. The Sun Goes Down 08. No...

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GUNS N' ROSES Singer Visits Cancer Charity

NME.com reports that GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose made a surprise visit to the Teenage Cancer Trust Ward at the University College Hospital in London (photo). The singer had just completed GUNS N' ROSES' controversial European tour, culminating with a final date at Wembley Arena on July 30. Simon D...

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Is ROSE TATTOO Too Rock 'N' Roll For Australian Music Industry?

Patrick Donovan of The Age's "Sticky Carpet" (web site) has issued the following report: Are ROSE TATTOO too rock'n'roll for the Australian music industry? Seven members of the band — Angry Anderson, Geordie Leach, Ian Rilen, Rob Riley, Mick Cocks and the late Pete Wells and Dallas "Digger" Royal —...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX: 'To Me, Fashion And Music Go Hand In Hand'

Leslie Earnest of the Los Angeles Times reports that former St. John Knits International Inc. executive Kelly Gray and MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx have joined forces to launch a line of men's clothing. Apparel from Newport Beach-based Royal Underground, whose clothing includes $100 T-shirts, $900...

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MASTODON: More Live Video Clips Available

Two more MASTODON live clips, shot on July 13, 2006 at the GM Place in Vancouver, B.C., Canada during the Unholy Alliance tour, have been posted online at the Warner Bros. web site. Check them out: "Blood and Thunder": Windows Media: 220K, 450K, 700K Quicktime: 220K,

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX To Launch 'Royal Underground' Clothing Line

Women's Wear Daily reports that MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx is partnering with Kelly Gray, formerly the co-president and house model of St. John, to launch a label called Royal Underground that will comprise contemporary sportswear. "I don't think anyone else could have convinced me to get back i...

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ONE 90 GRAIN's Debut Album To Be Co-Produced By BLACKFOOT Singer

ONE 90 GRAIN, the Spartanburg, South Carolina-based "Southern progressive metal" band featuring former SHAITAN MAZAR drummer Brett Goode, will trek to Muscle Shoals, Alabama in October to begin tracking its debut album with Jay Johnson, the current lead singer and guitarist for the legendary souther...

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SACRED STEEL Sets Tentative Track Listing For 'Hammer Of Destruction'

German metallers SACRED STEEL have set the tentative track listing for their sixth album, "Hammer of Destruction", due on November 10 via Massacre Records. The CD was recorded at the Spiderhouse studio in Lütte (near Berlin) with legendary producer Harris Johns (VOIVOD, HELLOWEEN, ST. VITUS, DEPRESS...

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DEATH BREATH Signs North American Deal With RELAPSE RECORDS

DEATH BREATH, the new Swedish old-school death metal project featuring former ENTOMBED drummer and main songwriter Nicke Andersson (currently the frontman of his rock 'n' roll band THE HELLACOPTERS),has inked a North American deal with Relapse Records. The group's debut record, "Stinking Up The Nig...

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Christ Illusion

Everyone's known it for years: while SLAYER is widely considered one of the greatest live metal acts of all time, the band has not made an equally great album since 1990's "Seasons in the Abyss". That record brought together the speed and fury of "Reign in Blood" (1986) with the experimental nature...

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Under Reprisal

One moment you're a demo-band making big waves on Garageband.com, the next you're signed to Nuclear Blast and FEAR FACTORY's Christian Olde Wolbers is producing your debut album. Such is the life of Toronto's THREAT SIGNAL, five determined musicians whose "Under Reprisal" album may not make anyone f...

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The Locust Years

Following up the work of insane genius that was "The August Engine", a fixture on many Top Ten lists in 2003, San Francisco's cult avant-metal weirdoes HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE confound the listener still further here. "The Locust Years" is a grandiose, ambitious and sprawling work, a bit less immediat...

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KISS Performs 'Kissin' Time' Live In California: Video Available

A low-quality video clip of KISS performing the song "Kissin' Time" on Wednesday, July 26 at the Chumash Casino in Santa Barbara County, California has been posted online at YouTube.com. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Detroit Rock City 02. Makin' Love 03. Watchin' You 04. King of the Night...