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BLITZKRIEG: New Album Now Available

Legendary NWOBHM outfit BLITZKRIEG have announced that their new album, "Sins and Greed", is fully completed and is available to purchase exclusively ahead of its July 4 release date through the group's label, Metal Nation Records. Please visit www.metalnationrecords.co.uk to order your copy. The fo...

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DARKEST HOUR Guitarist's LOCUST FACTOR Project Available For Download

DARKEST HOUR guitarist Kris Norris has uploaded the entire 2002 album from his LOCUST FACTOR project at his official web site, KrisNorris.com. According to a posting on the site, "LOCUS FACTOR started out as a Kris Norris solo project when he was 18. After years of recording on the computer he met u...

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AUDIOSLAVE: 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Exclusive Downloads Now Available

AUDIOSLAVE rocked Hollywood Blvd. and TV viewers across the nation this Wednesday (May 18) with a special outdoor performance broadcast on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live". Los Angeles police, dressed in full riot gear, were on hand to control the crowd of over 10,000 fans. Although authorities wanted to s...

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Report: Egyptian Heavy Metal Is Re-Emerging And Shaking Up The Scene

Sophia al-Maria and Ethan Heitner of Egypt's Cairo Magazine have issued the following report: Cairo has dirt, energy and — most importantly — frustrated youth under pressure: all elements needed to form hard and vital rock. By this rationale, Egypt has no excuse to be conspicuously inept in this int...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION, ORIGIN, DIVINE EMPIRE: U.S. Tour Dates Announced

Floridian death metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION will be teaming up with ORIGIN, DIVINE EMPIRE, and ANIMOSITY for a U.S. tour beginning in early July. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jul. 02 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room Jul. 03 - St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre Jul. 05 - Orlando, FL @ Backboo...

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SEVEN WITCHES: New Singer 'Almost A Done Deal'

SEVEN WITCHES' webmaster has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "I just spoke to Jack [Frost, guitar] yesterday and he wanted me to pass some fresh info onto you. The new solo album, 'Out in the Cold', is almost done and sounding incredible and is still scheduled for its...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE: VH1 '(Inside)Out' Special To Premiere This Month

Fresh off the first leg of their headlining, sold-out "Red, White & Crüe" tour, MÖTLEY CRÜE has just agreed to be the special guest closing act at the KROQ Weenie Roast 2005 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, CA on May 21. The announcement was made on the station's popular "Kevin an...

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DARKEST HOUR To Film 'Convalescence' Video Next Week

DARKEST HOUR will be shooting a video for the song "Convalescence" with director Dale Resteghini (HATEBREED, TRIVIUM, UNEARTH, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN) on May 18 in New York City. "Convalescence" comes off DARKEST HOUR upcoming album, "Undoing Ruin", due on June 28 via Victory Records. A preview o...

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Officer Who Took Out DIMEBAG's Killer Talks About Deadly Nightclub Shootings

Ohio's NBC 4 is reporting that a Columbus police officer talked publicly for the first time about a deadly shooting at an Ohio nightclub which claimed the lives of five people, including PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Officer James Niggemeyer was the first officer to arrive a...

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DARKEST HOUR: 'Undoing Ruin' Preview Available Online

A preview of the new DARKEST HOUR album, "Undoing Ruin", is available online at the Victory Records web site. The follow-up to 2003's "Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation", "Undoing Ruin" was produced by STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind Devin Townsend and features artwork by Chris Taylor of PG. 99. A June...

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THE ETERNAL Complete Work On Sophomore Album, Prepare To Hit The Road

Australian melodic doom metal band THE ETERNAL (formerly CRYPTAL DARKNESS) have finished recording their second album with producer Endel Rivers (BLACK MAJESTY, VANISHING POINT) at Palm Studios in Melbourne. The as-yet-untitled CD will contain 11 tracks, including "Everlasting", "A Dream's End", "Be...

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With OZZY And SHARON At Ringside, JACK OSBOURNE Knocks Out Veteran Kickboxer

The Associated Press is reporting that Jack Osbourne, the chubby, bespectacled son for former shock-rocker Ozzy Osbourne, underwent almost four weeks of training and colonic irrigations before entering the ring against a veteran Thai kickboxer. The result: a second round knockout win to the teenage...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's Help Gives Missing Woman's Case National Attention

Stephen Kiehl of The Baltimore Sun has issued the following report: MÖTLEY CRÜE was about to go onstage in Portland, Maine, on Saturday night when bass player Nikki Sixx checked his e-mail. There was a message telling him about a fan from Baltimore County who was last seen on her way to a ...

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SEVEN WITCHES: 'Big Change' Coming Next Week

SEVEN WITCHES guitarist Jack Frost (ex-SAVATAGE) has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Hey brothers of metal. Well its time to give you a full update on the WITCHES, BRONX CASKET COMPANY, and my next solo CD, 'Out in The Cold'. Well, WITCHES will have a big change in the...

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The Imbuing

OK, I'll admit it. I made some assumptions about this band that put my objectivity at risk before the first spin of "The Imbuing". My initial thoughts were that GIZMACHI's debut album would be nothing more than the next CD with a big name backer (SLIPKNOT's #6, M. Shawn Crahan) to be played endlessl...