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MEMORIZED DREAMS: New Album Artwork Revealed

Norwegian progressive power metallers MEMORIZED DREAMS will enter Skansen Lydstudio next month to record their sophomore album, "End of Innocence", for an as-yet-undetermined label. Check out the new album cover art (by JP Fournier) at this location. The band's new logo can be viewed here. MEMORIZED...

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Pride of the Wicked

The acts on Christian hardcore/metalcore label Facedown may not be agreeable to every heavy music fan due to its bands' lyrical philosophies, but a good sized chunk of the releases are of decent fare. By the same token, those sick of being constantly clobbered over the head with hardcore and metalco...

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PITCHSHIFTER Guitarist Talks About Band's Return

RockMidgets.com recently conducted an interview with PITCHSHIFTER guitarist Dan Rayner. A few excerpts from the chat follow: RockMidgets.com: Obvious question, but why have PITCHSHIFTER got back together now? Dan: Well, we never really broke up. If you read the small print, it says "indefinite hiatu...

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TO/DIE/FOR: First 'Opening The Wounds Tour' Dates Announced

Finnish goth metallers TO/DIE/FOR will team up with DAS SCHEIT, SINAMORE and INDIGO CHILD for the European "Opening The Wounds Tour" beginning in November. Tentative dates so far are as follows: Nov. 15 - (D) Hamburg - Markthalle Nov. 16 - (D) Berlin - K 17 Nov. 18 - (A) Wien - TBA Nov. 25 ...

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IMMORTAL Frontman's I Project: Final Album Details Revealed; Photos Posted Online

I, the new band featuring Abbath (IMMORTAL),Ice Dale (ENSLAVED, AUDREY HORNE),TC King (SAHG, ex-GORGOROTH) and Armagedda (ex-IMMORTAL),has finalized the track listing for its debut album, "Between Two Worlds", due for release in North America on November 14 via Nuclear Blast Records. Recorded in...

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LEATHERWOLF To Film 'Behind The Gun' Video This Weekend

California metallers LEATHERWOLF will film a video for the track "Behind the Gun" this weekend. "No big budget production or anything, but it should be cool," the band writes on its web site. "Behind the Gun" comes off the group's new album, "World Asylum", which was released in June on the band's N...

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GAIA EPICUS: New Song Posted Online

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS have posted a new song, entitled "New Life", at their MySpace page. The track comes off the group's upcoming third album, "Victory", tentatively due in late 2006/early 2007 via an as-yet-undetermined label. Check out the album cover art at this location. The cov...

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TO/DIE/FOR: New Single Sample Available For Download

An audio sample of the new TO/DIE/FOR single, "Like Never Before", has been posted online at this location. The single, which features the title cut back with a cover of OZZY OSBOURNE's "(I Just) Want You", was delivered to Finnish radio stations last month, and it will be released in Finland on Wed...

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QUIET RIOT: 'Don't Think' Audio Sample Available

An audio sample of a new QUIET RIOT song, entitled "Don't Think", has been posted online at this location. As previously reported, the band's cover of the classic 1969 SPOOKY TOOTH song "Evil Woman", featuring singer Kevin DuBrow's duet with the voice of rock, Glenn Hughes (ex-DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SAB...

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JOE LYNN TURNER Featured On HOWARD LEESE CD

Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) is featured on two songs on the forthcoming solo album from Howard Leese (HEART, PAUL RODGERS). Leese is recording the CD for Stuart Smith and Richie Onori's Black Star Records label. Smith describes "Hot to Cold"...

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A Matter of Life and Death

Seven out of the ten very long, largely interminable tunes on IRON MAIDEN's 14th studio offering start out with either a gentle, low bass line or a softly strummed guitar. There's nothing wrong with either type of intro, but hearing it over and over again starts to make the listener feel like he's h...

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The Politics of Ecstasy

A decade ago Seattle's NEVERMORE released an album that would be the first of several demonstrating its truly unique blend of heavy power/thrash/death metal, gloriously dark melody, and intelligent lyrical content. 1995's self-titled debut and the "In Memory" EP hinted at the massive potential that...

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Former BLACK SABBATH, W.A.S.P., QUIET RIOT Members Featured On New XPELD Album

Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO),Robin McAuley (MSG),Carlos Cavazo (QUIET RIOT) and Chris Holmes (W.A.S.P.) are among the guest musicians who appear on the second album from XPELD, a three-piece band from California that has been performing together since 2002. According to a press release, XPELD...

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DEF LEPPARD: 'Hysteria Deluxe Edition' North American Release Date Announced

British rock band DEF LEPPARD has set an October 24 North American release date for a deluxe reissue of their "Hysteria" album (October 16 in the U.K.). "Hysteria Deluxe Edition" has been expanded to a double-CD, with the first disc having the original album tracks and all the single B-sides, while...

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TO/DIE/FOR To Tour Europe With SINAMORE, DAS SCHEIT, INDIGO CHILD

Finnish goth metallers TO/DIE/FOR will team up with SINAMORE, DAS SCHEIT and INDIGO CHILD for European tour beginning in November. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. As previously reported, TO/DIE/FOR have uploaded a sample of their new single "Like Never Before", at their official MySpa...