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RAVEN To Headline THE MONSTERS BALL In Pennsylvania, New Jersey

Legendary British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN has been confirmed for The Monsters Ball, set to take place Friday, October 12 at The Rock Room of the Sterling hotel in Allentown, Pennsylvania and Saturday, October 13 at Dingbatz in Clifton, New Jersey. Also scheduled to appear are HALLOWS EVE, SE...

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GODSMACK, SEVENDUST Confirmed For Little Rock's EDGE FEST

GODSMACK, SEVENDUST, BREAKING BENJAMIN, THREE DAYS GRACE and PUDDLE OF MUDD have been confirmed for the Edge Fest 2007, set to take place Friday, June 8 at the North Shore River Walk Park in North Little Rock, Arkansas. More bands will be announced soon. For more information, visit www.edgelittleroc...

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FIREWIND Announces U.S. Tour

This fall, FIREWIND pledges their allegiance to their U.S. fans by scheduling their first ever trip stateside. This Greek metal powerhouse is set to kick things off on September 19 by performing alongside EPICA and VISIONS OF ATLANTIS, which will be immediately followed by a week-long headlining run...

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Report: Hard Rockers Struggle To Find Mainstream Success

Todd Martens of Billbord magazine reports: SHADOWS FALL may be the latest hard rock band to jump from the indie world into the major label system, but breaking out of the metal genre and winning a mainstream fan base won't be easy. Bands like MASTODON on Reprise and LAMB OF GOD on Columbia may have...

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PAMELA MOORE: New Song Available For Download

Singer Pamela Moore — best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE's 1988 epic concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" and last year's epic sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II" — has posted a fifth song titled "Shotdown" on her MySpace page. The song is taken from her recent CD, titled "Sto...

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MIKE TRAMP Says He Has No Desire To Pursue A More Modern Sound With WHITE LION

WHITE LION vocalist Mike Tramp recently answered several fan questions via his official web site. Read on: Q: We have been blessed with the box set "Songs I Left Behind" and the WHITE LION and FREAK OF NATURE DVDs, but was interested to know if in the near future you have any intention to release .....

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In Blood We Rock

This is the kind of review that makes a writer feel like a real asshole. Texas retro-rockers BLOOD OF THE SUN have an amazingly good thing going on here — instrumentally, they can't be touched. Big warm analog riffs, a keyboard player that throws in just the right amount of piano and Hammond B-3 org...

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THE CRIMSON SYNDICATE Breaking Down Barriers Between Hip-Hop And Hardcore/Metal

THE CRIMSON SYNDICATE, the Montreal-based project featuring Gab.357, a.k.a. Strychnine (ex-ION DISSONANCE),Alex Icon a.k.a. TheAftermath (DESPISED ICON),and Apokryph, a.k.a. Sean OIC (THEPLASMARIFLE),rounded by original tracks from Ontario's young, up-and-coming producer Vokab (Full Effect Produc...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY: 'Focus Shift' Video Posted Online

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have posted their video for the song "Focus Shift" on YouTube.com. The clip was directed by Roger Johansson, who previously worked with the group on the "Lost to Apathy" and "The New Build" videos from the 2005 release "Character" [2005]. The "Focus...

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PYRO Announces New Drummer

Paris-based hard rock band PYRO has announced the addition of drummer Anthony Hayet (ex-GLADBOOBY, SISYPHUS, KASHMIR) to the group's ranks. The band — Stephane Collin (vocals),Bruno Pyro (guitar),Joel Pyro (guitar),Alexander Demetriou (bass) and Hayet — is currently rehearsing for tour dates in s...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Says Music Inspires Him To Stay Sober

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "Last weekend we played in a city called Malmö in Sweden. It kicked ass. Big time. Facing 500 people in a packed club, blood pumping, a sense of spiritual clarity, everything is simple, clean and as the music ki...

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THE CURSED Featuring OVERKILL, Ex-HADES Members: Debut CD Due In May

In the 1980s, many New Jersey-based metalheads witnessed the emergence of two bands that rocketed out of the metal underground — OVERKILL and HADES. Come 2007, the leaders of each band — OVERKILL singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and HADES guitarist Dan Lorenzo — have joined forces in a new band, THE C...

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OTEP Frontwoman Says Band Has Not Been 'Officially' Dropped

OTEP frontwoman Otep Shamaya has issued another statement in response to the persistent rumors that the band has been dropped by Capitol Records as a result of the recently announced merger of Capitol and Virgin Records into the Capitol Music Group. OTEP's third full-length album, "The_ Ascension",...

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IRON MAIDEN: Dubai Setlist Revealed

IRON MAIDEN performed a headlining set earlier tonight (Friday, March 9) at the Desert Rock 2007 festival in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Support at the show came from THE PRODIGY, STONE SOUR, IN FLAMES, MASTODON, LAUREN HARRIS and JUNKYARD GROOVE. MAIDEN's setlist for the Dubai gig was as follows:...

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Botswana's WRUST To Release Debut Album In April

Botswana's WRUST, the only known all-black extreme/death metal band in Africa, will release its debut album, "Soulless Machine", in April via Witchdoctor Records. The CD was recorded over a four-day period at Bizac Studio in Midrand (JHB). It was later taken to WDR studio in Durban for further remix...