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DESECRATION, ESOTERIC, THE PROPHECY Confirmed For U.K.'s DUNGEONFEST 555

DESECRATION, ESOTERIC, THE PROPHECY and MISTRESS are among the bands confirmed for the Dungeonfest 555 festival, set to take place July 8-10 at The Royal Park Cellars in Leeds, England. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, July 8: GORE THE PROPHECY WINTERHEART Saturday, July 9: DES...

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MEGADETH: 'Greatest Hits: Back To The Start' To Be Released In Two Configurations

As MEGADETH frontman and guitarist Dave Mustaine prepares to take his Gigantour festival line- up to major North American cities this summer, Capitol/EMI Music Catalog Marketing is gearing up to unleash MEGADETH's "Greatest Hits: Back to the Start" in two configurations. The 17-track CD and deluxe,...

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EYEHATEGOD Are In No Rush To Sign New Record Deal

Schwegweb.com recently conducted an interview with EYEHATEGOD frontman Michael D. Williams. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Schwegweb.com: First off, what the hell has EYEHATEGOD been doing during their lengthy absence? Michael D. Williams: "Just doing a lot of different stuff. Jim's bee...

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THE AGONY SCENE To Tour With HIMSA On The DIRTY BLACK SUMMER Tour

To coincide with the May 24 release of their album "The Darkest Red", Tulsa OK's THE AGONY SCENE will embark on a month-long tour supporting HIMSA along with THE ESOTERIC and SCARS OF TOMORROW. Dubbed the Dirty Black Summer tour, the cross-country trek will start in Orangevale, CA on June 13 and end...

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Sleep in your Grave

And the metalcore waves keep crashing down upon us all. Luckily, MANNTIS' "Sleep in your Grave" makes two quality metalcore releases in a row for me, the other being LIFE IN PICTURES' "By the Sign of the Spyglass". Rather than being a boundary-pusher of sorts (like the latter release),"Sleep in you...

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WITCHCRAFT To Release New Album In July

Candlelight Records with Rise Above Records are gearing up for a hot summer with the release of the new album from WITCHCRAFT. Titled "Firewood", the album will hit stores nationwide on July 26. The band is expected to premiere material from the album at this weekend's Emissions of the Monolith fest...

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ALICE COOPER: 'Dirty Diamonds' Gets An Official Release Date

According to a post at SickthingsUK, New West Records has set an August 2 release date for the new ALICE COOPER album, entitled "Dirty Diamonds". The following press release has been issued by the label; After 30 albums and some of the most famous rock songs ever recorded, you'd think Alice Cooper's...

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DEEP PURPLE Singer Auctioning Watch For Charity

According to a post on the DEEP PURPLE fan site The Highway Star, PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan is selling his watch on eBay, with all proceeds from the auction going to charity. Gillan said, "I have donated it to raise money for a good cause, a local charity. I mentioned to Steve Cross ...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Essential' Collection Due In July

According to MusicTap.net, a new IRON MAIDEN "greatest hits" album, "Essential Iron Maiden", is scheduled for release on July 5. This best-of album will apparently only be released in North America by Columbia/Legacy in conjunction with the band's appearance at this year's Ozzfest. 30-second commerc...

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CLUTCH: New Album Samples Posted Online

A new CLUTCH e-card, containing samples of the new tracks "Burning Beard", "Mice & Gods" and "10,0011,10101", can be accessed at this location. The songs come off CLUTCH's upcoming studio album, "Robot Hive / Exodus", due June 21 via DRT Entertainment. "Robot Hive / Exodus" was produced by J. Ro...

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Mezmerize

SYSTEM OF A DOWN has done it again. With its third record (not including the "Steal This Album!" collection of leftovers from 2002),the band has created another work of thoroughly eccentric, tuneful, and heavy metallic rock that mixes a wide range of influences, adds a dash of loopy, surreal humor,...

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VELVET REVOLVER DVD To Feature Live, Backstage Footage

VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum recently spoke to Launch Radio Networks about the group's upcoming DVD, which is tentatively due late summer. "We're working on it right now," he said. "We're cutting it up. Shot that down in Houston early on, and we did a lot of footage backstage and stuff, so it...

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STEEL PROPHET Guitarist Comments On DAVID WAYNE's Passing

STEEL PROPHET guitarist Steve Kachinsky has issued the following statement regarding the recent passing of original METAL CHURCH singer David Wayne: "As many of you have probably heard David Wayne passed away [Tuesday, May 10] from complications arising from a car accident he was involved in not lon...

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MESHUGGAH Guitarist: 'We Never Write Technical Music For The Sake Of Being Weird'

MESHUGGAH guitarist Mårten Hagström recently spoke to the Live 4 Metal webzine about the group's latest release, "Catch 33", and their unconventional songwriting approach. An excerpt from the interview follows: Live 4 Metal: While MESHUGGAH has taken its cross-rhythmic style to incredible extremes,...

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ZAKK WYLDE Chopper Giveaway Announced

357 Choppers and Zakk Wylde have announced the Zakk Wylde BLACK LABEL SOCIETY sawblade chopper giveaway. One lucky fan will win the Zakk Wylde Sawblade Chopper, manufactured by 357 Customs and valued at over $70,000. This custom-made hardcore iron chopper features the "Halloween Nightmare Buzzsaw" p...