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DISFEAR Prepares To Record New Album; East Coast Dates Scheduled

DISFEAR, the Swedish "crust rock" outfit featuring former AT THE GATES/THE CROWN vocalist Tomas Lindberg and ex-ENTOMBED guitarist Ulf "Uffe" Cederlund, will fly to Boston next Wednesday, July 25 to record the follow-up to 2003's "Misanthropic Generation" with producer/CONVERGE guitarist Kurt Ballou...

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THE MINOR TIMES: 'Summer Of Wolves' E-Card Available

Pennsylvania's hardcore stalwarts THE MINOR TIMES have uploaded an e-card for their new album, "Summer of Wolves", which is set to hit stores June 26 through Prosthetic Records. The e-card features the album in its entirety and showcases the record's artwork. In other news, THE MINOR TIMES has issue...

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OZZY OSBOURNE, KORN, DARK TRANQUILLITY, HATEBREED: HULTSFRED Festival Photos Available

More than 380 high-quality photos from the Hultsfred 2007 festival, taken by Swedish metal photographer Daniel Falk, have been posted online at MetalNyheter.se. Hultsfred 2007 was held June 14-16 in Hultsfred Sweden, and the following bands (among others) performed at the festival: AIDEN AS I LAY DY...

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TODAY IS THE DAY To Headline SuperNova Records North American Tour

Pioneering metal/noise/rock band TODAY IS THE DAY returns to the road to headline the SuperNova Records North American Tour in September and October. Featuring four SuperNova Records artists — TODAY IS THE DAY, DEFCON 4, CHRISTINE, and TAIPAN — the coast-to-coast tour coincides with the release of "...

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RINGWORM To Play Entire First Album At Tomorrow Night's Concert

D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene reports that the Cleveland-based metal/hardcore band RINGWORM will play its debut album, 1993's "The Promise", in its entirety tomorrow night (Saturday, June 23) at the Jigsaw Saloon & Stage in Parma, Ohio. Invoking comparisons to the CRO-MAGS and SLAYER, the d...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Replaces W.A.S.P. At ROCKLAHOMA Festival

The powerful, dramatic, diverse and electrifying QUEENSRŸCHE has joined Rocklahoma's already historic line-up. QUEENSRŸCHE joined the Rocklahoma's line-up following unforeseen and unfortunate circumstances that prevented W.A.S.P. from appearing on Sunday, July 15 at the four-day festival, explained...

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LIGHT PUPIL DILATE Signs With LIFEFORCE RECORDS

Lifeforce Records has announced the signing of Atlanta, Georgia's LIGHT PUPIL DILATE. The group's new album, "Snake Wine", is scheduled for an October 30 U.S. release and February 2008 European release. Co-produced by the band and Matt Washburn (MASTODON, NORMA JEAN),"Snake Wine" delves further int...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY Guitarist Comments On 'Best Underground Band' Award

Red hot extreme metal unit JOB FOR A COWBOY was named "Best Underground Band" at the 2007 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. JOB FOR A COWBOY joins an esteemed list of metal titans that have laid claim to the award including SATYRICON, MESHUGGAH, MASTODON and IN FLAMES. The band was present at the Jun...

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ROCKLAHOMA: Fourth Day Added; TIGERTAILZ Confirmed

A fourth day has been added to Rocklahoma to kick off the largest '80s rock festival of its kind ever to be organized. The evening of Thursday, July 12 has been added and includes TIGERTAILZ, one of Great Britain's greatest glam rock bands, HOLLYWOOD ROSES, a tribute band to GUNS N' ROSES, KISS ARMY...

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SCRAP METAL To Headline MelodicRockFest

Some of the biggest names in the melodic rock world will converge on South Bend, Indiana on October 6 for a very special one-night-only performance to mark the 10th anniversary of popular rock music web site MelodicRock.com. The MelodicRockFest headliner will be SCRAP METAL, the Nashville-based all-...

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THE MINOR TIMES To Release Split 7" With ROSETTA

Pennsylvania's THE MINOR TIMES has announced plans to release a limited-edition 7" split in addition to the band's forthcoming full-length, "Summer of Wolves", which is due out June 26 through Prosthetic Records. "Relapse Records is going to be releasing a limited-edition 7" with us and our friends...

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Frontman Slams SHARON OSBOURNE Over 'Free' OZZFEST

Dave Pehling of KTVU.com recently conducted an interview with QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE mainman Josh Homme. A few excerpts from the chat follow: KTVU.com: The new [QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE] record sound very much like QUEENS, but on some of the material you use a much different sonic template with a .....

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Report: ROCKLAHOMA Becomes Worldwide Phenomenon

Easier.com reports that ticket sales around the world are making the Rocklahoma music festival one of the most successful events of Oklahoma's Centennial Celebration as '80s rock fans will converge on the state from locations as far away as Japan, Australia and South Africa. "The eyes of the world a...

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KREATOR Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

German thrashers KREATOR have been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-21, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORT...

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SHADOWS FALL Confirmed For Germany's THE ULTIMATE SUMMERBLAST Festival

Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL have been confirmed for The Ultimate Summerblast 2007 festival, set to take place June 15-16 at Exhaus Sommerbühne in Trier, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, June 15 (doors 16.00): HATESPHERE ABORTED SWORN ENEMY LENG TCH'E DEADLOCK...