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DOPE STARS INC. Parts Ways With GRACE KHOLD

Italy's DOPE STARS INC. has parted ways with Grace Khold (synths, samples, programming) due to "personal reasons." In addition, the band has announced the addition of guitarist La Nuit. According to a posting on the group's web site, DOPE STARS INC. will continue as a quartet, with Victor Love conti...

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MORTIIS: Advance Tracks From 'Some Kind Of Heroin' Available

MORTIIS has made a selection of advance tracks from the upcoming remix album, "Some Kind of Heroin", available via the project's dedicated MySpace page. The album, which features tracks from "The Grudge" reconstructed by a number of artists, including THE KOVENANT, PIG, FUNKER VOGT, IN THE NURSERY,...

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Korea's VASSLINE: New Album Samples Available

Seoul, Korea-based metal band VASSLINE has posted two tracks from its new album, "Permanence". The CD, which will be released next week in Korea via GMC/Dope, was recorded, mixed and mastered at Tone Studio in Seoul. Commented guitarist Chainsaw: "Every member of the band actually took eight months...

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Ex-VINNIE VINCENT INVASION Singer: 'VINNIE Has Never Done Any Dope'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisted recently conducted an interview with former JOURNEY/VINNIE VINCENT INVASION singer Robert Fleischman. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisted: I remember hearing you on the VINNIE VINCENT INVASION album. I thought you could not do metal bu...

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MORTIIS To Release Remix Album 'Some Kind Of Heroin'

Industrial goth enigma MORTIIS is set to release a remix album, titled "Some Kind of Heroin", reworking material from "The Grudge", on April 16 via Earache Records. For much of MORTIIS' career, the striking visual aspect combined with his rapid musical evolution has become a subject of much urban le...

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DOPE Announces New Drummer

Chicago/New York City rockers DOPE have issued the following update: "We are very excited to announce that we have found our new DOPE drummer in Angel. He's a great technical player and he's got a ton of the visual eye candy that has always been a part of DOPE's live show. "It has been more ...

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Original LOVE/HATE To Reunite For Hollywood Gig

The original LOVE/HATE lineup — vocalist Jizzy Pearl, guitarist Jon E. Love, bassist Skid Rose and drummer Joey Gold — will reunite for the first time in ten years. On February 24 at Club Vodka in Hollywood, California, they will perform their classic record "Black out in the Red Room" in its entire...

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Gran Poder

In a glaring departure from Southern Lord's usual….oh wait…forget it, this is definitive Southern Lord style doom 'n' drone. "Gran Poder" by Spain's ORTHODOX is the kind of buzzing, droning, and mind expanding doom that The Lord continues to seek out and unleash upon the pockets of star gazer and ca...

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BLEED THE SKY Announces New Second Guitarist

As the final addition to their new lineup, BLEED THE SKY has brought in Rob Thornton to take the place of Wayne Miller on guitar. Thornton played alongside current second BLEED THE SKY guitarist Dave Culbert in the metal band BROTHERHOOD based out of San Antonio, Texas. Thornton and Culbert make a l...

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VASSLINE Frontman Guests On New HOLLOW JAN Track; Audio Available

A brand new HOLLOW JAN track, entitled "Agnosticism", has been made available for download at this location. The song — which features a guest appearance by VASSLINE frontman Woosuk (a.k.a Double Axe) — comes off the Seoul, Korea-based five-piece screamo emotive hardcore band's full-length debut, "R...

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MORTIIS Completes Work On 'Thrall' Ambient/Atmos Piece

Norwegian eccentric artist MORTIIS has issued the following update: "[I] just finished another ambient/atmos piece. It was the last piece that didn't make the deadline for the 'Broken' film [Adam Mason's ultra-violent horror film whose soundtrack Mortiis contributed to], so it's in that vein sonical...

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DOOK Completes Work On New EP

Montreal-based metalcore act DOOK has just finished recording six new songs with producer Kevin Jardine (SLAVES ON DOPE) from Uplift Productions. Samples of four songs ("The Sunset", "Between", "United" and "Anxiety") have been added to the band's web site. A full-length version of "Anxiety" can be...

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MORTIIS On New Material: 'The Music So Far Is Pretty Varied'

MORTIIS has been busy writing and recording new material for a new album, to be released 2007 through an as-yet-undetermined label (the band is no longer signed to Earache Records). "The music so far is pretty varied," said frontman and band namesake Mortiis. "There's a bunch of really heavy stuff i...

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DOPE STARS INC.: New Songs Posted Online

Three songs from the upcoming DOPE STARS INC. album, "Gigahearts", have been posted online at the band's MySpace page. Check out the tracks "Play 'N' Kill", "Can You Imagine" and "Technologic Age" at this location. "Gigahearts" is scheduled for release on December 1. According to a posting on the ba...

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NOCTURNE Schedules First Show In Over A Year

Industrial-metal rockers NOCTURNE have just confirmed their first show in over a year, scheduled for November 11 at the Whisky in Hollywood. Joining NOCTURNE's Lacey Conner (vocalist) and Chris Telkes (guitar) for this exclusive performance is Sin from REVOLTING COCKS on bass and Adrian from POWERMA...