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BRAIN DRILL Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of Oregon/California death metal band BRAIN DRILL. BRAIN DRILL was formed in the summer of 2005 by Dylan Ruskin (guitars),whose next goal was to find a drummer that could actually play death metal and not just claim they could. Dylan ended up recruiting...

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HATE ETERNAL Adds Second Guitarist

HATE ETERNAL has announced the addition of Shaune Kelley as the band's second guitarist. Commented leader Erik Rutan: "Shaune and I played together in for RIPPING CORPSE for over five years before my involvement in MORBID ANGEL and HATE ETERNAL, and have been friends for over 20 years. "I am totally...

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VAN HALEN Tour Announcement Coming On Monday

Billboard.com reports that VAN HALEN will announce its reunion tour with David Lee Roth on Monday (Aug. 13) at 11:00 a.m. PST during a media event at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. The tour is expected to begin in October and encompass 50 dates in North American arenas. The trek will ...

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OBSCURA Taps DARK FORTRESS Drummer For European Tour

German death metal band OBSCURA has issued the following update: "Jonas [Baumgartl, drums] is forced to sit out our upcoming European tour in September, so Seraph, known as the drummer of German black metallers DARK FORTRESS will join us on our trip." OBSCURA will team up with AGONIZE from Bosnia &a...

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Report: Heavy Metal Mecca Reborn On Staten Island

Amy Zimmer of Metro New York reports: For heavy metal fans [in New York], Mecca wasn't at CBGB. It was out in Bay Ridge at a place called L'Amour. The club ruled the scene in the mid-'80s before closing down in 1995 after a teenager was killed diving into a mosh pit. This ...

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THRESHOLD Drummer's KYRBGRINDER To Perform At This Weekend's BULLDOG BASH

KYRBGRINDER, the London-based three-piece led by THRESHOLD drummer Johanne James, will perform at the U.K.'s legendary Bulldog Bash biker festival this Saturday, August 11. Also appearing on the bill are STATUS QUO, THE DAMNED and THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND. KYRBGRINDER will perform with THRES...

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RUSH Guitarist Guests On New TILES Album

Guitarist Alex Lifeson of RUSH reunited with his old friend/producer Terry Brown for the first time in 25 years to work on a song for the forthcoming TILES CD, "Fly Paper". TILES guitarist Chris Herin provides a few details: "Terry had approached Alex about making a guest appearance — and played him...

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BLACK TIDE To Play OZZFEST's Main Stage Beginning This Friday

Although no official announcement has yet been made, Miami, Florida-based hard rock band BLACK TIDE (formerly RADIO) appears to have been granted a main-stage slot at this year's Ozzfest beginning on August 10 in Tinley Park, Illinois. As you may recall, BLACK TIDE was originally tapped to replace C...

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TESTAMENT: Italian Dates Cancelled

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have cancelled their previously announced dates in Italy due to "scheduling conflicts." The promoter of the Italian gigs, Debbie Bisceglia of Get Smart! Promotion & Booking Agency, has released the following statement from TESTAMENT's management...

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Report: VAN HALEN Tour To Be Announced Next Week

According to Ray Waddell of Billboard.com, sources say a Hollywood press conference in one week will announce a 50-date American arena tour by VAN HALEN to begin in early October. The tour will feature founding VAN HALEN members David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen, with Eddie's son Wo...

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TESTAMENT To Guest On SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO's 'Hard Files'

TESTAMENT members Chuck Billy, Alex Skolnick, Eric Peterson and Greg Christian will guest on the "Hard Files" program on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack this Thursday, August 9 at 7:00 p.m. EST. Rebroadcasts: Fridays at noon ET, Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. ET and Sundays at 6:00 p.m. ET. Hear the me...

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BLACK TIDE Too Young For OZZFEST

Miami, Florida-based hard rock band BLACK TIDE (formerly RADIO) won't be replacing CIRCUS DIABLO on Ozzfest after all. Turns out the band has been removed from the billing of this year's traveling festival because its members are not old enough to drink Jägermeister, which is sponsoring Ozzfest's se...

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PUNISH: 'Dawn Of The Martyr' Now Available

Swiss death metallers PUNISH have just released their second full-length album, "Dawn of the Martyr", on Quam Libet Records. The CD was produced by Alex Krull (ATROCITY, LEAVES' EYES) and features "the lightning speed drum skills of Reto Crola (REQUIEM)," according to a press release. "Their top-not...

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INCANTATION: European Tour Lineup Unveiled

INCANTATION mainman John McEntee has unveiled the lineup for the band's upcoming European tour. It is as follows: John McEntree – Guitar/Vocals Rayash (SUPREME LORD) - Bass Craig Smilowski (GOREAPHOBIA, IMMOLATION) - Drums Commented McEntee: "This will be a devastating lineup. Rayash did an amazing...

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HATE ETERNAL Announces New Drummer

Florida-based band extreme metal act HATE ETERNAL has announced the addition of drummer Jade Simonetto to the group's ranks. Commented guitarist/vocalist Erik Rutan (ex-MORBID ANGEL),"Jade and I have been working together for six months or so, and his incredible skill and dedication to extreme drum...