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U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK Festival Backed By Mighty WACKEN

The mighty German heavy metal festival, Wacken, has leant its European marketing muscle to the U.K. in a global demonstration of support for the launch of Bloodstock Open Air (B-O-A) — the leading independent U.K. festival that is dedicated to heavy metal music. With Wacken's support, B-O-A will be...

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SWARM OF THE LOTUS Sign With ABACUS RECORDINGS

Baltimore's SWARM OF THE LOTUS have inked a deal with Abacus Recordings. Described as a "devastating mixture of boulder-cracking riffs and subtle musical soundscapes," the band's new album, "The Sirens of Silence", was recorded at Godcity Studios with Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE),and was mastered by Alan...

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SHADOWS FALL, UNEARTH, CONVERGE Featured On 'AMP Magazine' DVD

Music Video Distributors and AMP Magazine have announced the home viewing release of "AMP Magazine: Video Archive for the Ages – Vol 1" for worldwide distribution on DVD. After creating one of the most recognized and respected names in the alternative/punk world over the first couple years of its ex...

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LAMB OF GOD: Controversial 'Now You've Got Something To Die For' Video To Air This Weekend

LAMB OF GOD's controversial video for the track "Now You've Got Something To Die For" will receive its world premiere this Saturday, March 5 on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball". The video will also debut on Fuse's "Uranium" on Monday, March 7. The video, consisting of live performance and backstage footag...

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LAMB OF GOD To Tape 'Headbanger's Ball' Appearance

LAMB OF GOD will reportedly be taping a MTV2 "Headbanger's Ball" appearance on the morning of March 4 in New York City, shortly before heading out for the first date of the group's "Subliminal Verses Tour" with SLIPKNOT and SHADOWS FALL tour in Hartford, Connecticut. They will be discussing the upco...

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LAMB OF GOD: New 'Killadelphia' DVD Release Date Announced

Epic Records has set an April 19 release date for the LAMB OF GOD DVD, "Killadelphia". The disc will consist primarily of footage filmed during the band's two performances at Philadelphia's Trocadero on October 16-17, 2004. Directing the shoot was Doug Spangenberg of High Roller Studios. Extras will...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, CONVERGE Confirmed For Holland's ARNHEM HARDCORE MEETING

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, CONVERGE and EIGHTEEN VISIONS are among the bands confirmed for the Arnhem Hardcore Meeting festival, set to be held Saturday, March 26 at the 19th century music hall Musis Sacrum, right in the center of Arnhem, Holland. The lineup for the festival is shaping up as follows...

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LAMB OF GOD: 'Ashes Of The Wake' DualDisc To Surface In March

Epic Records has set a March 22 release date for the DualDisc edition of LAMB OF GOD's new CD, "Ashes of the Wake". The "Ashes of the Wake" DualDisc features the regular album on one side, and the other side is a DVD featuring the entire album in enhanced LPCM Stereo, plus the following bonus ...

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Chronoclast

What's with Canadians and drum wizardry? First we have KATAKLYSM's marching-band "hyperblast," and now Ottawa youngin's BURIED INSIDE are pulling off some kind of similar rat-a-tat-tat that turns their "blast beat" sections into a friggin' avalanche of sound. Meanwhile, they're shifting from these u...

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MSNBC: DARKTHRONE A Better GRAMMY Choice?

LAMB OF GOD, CONVERGE, SATYRICON and — DARKTHRONE? Those are the unlikely alternate Grammy nominees suggested to MSNBC recently by "Sound of the Beast" author Ian Christe. "Then again," Christe told the Microsoft-backed news network, "DARKTHRONE already refused their nomination for the Norwegian ver...

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LAMB OF GOD: Original BURN THE PRIEST Album To Be Reissued In March

LAMB OF GOD's first album, released under the group's previous moniker BURN THE PRIEST, will be reissued by Epic Records in March. Remixed and remastered by metal guru Colin Richardson (MACHINE HEAD, FEAR FACTORY, NAPALM DEATH),and featuring new liner notes by original producer Steve Austin (CONVER...

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LOSA: Debut Album Delayed

Dallas-based metalcore outfit LOSA have had the release date of their full-length debut, "The Perfect Moment" (Metal Blade Records),pushed back to March 2005 from the previously announced February. The album, which was mixed by Matthew Ellard (CONVERGE, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME) and mastered by Al...

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TED NUGENT To Make Texas His Official Home In 2005

Ted Nugent has told The Jackson Citizen Patriot in a phone interview Wednesday (Dec. 22) that he officially will become a Texas resident in 2005, after moving his family to Crawford, Texas, about a year and a half ago. The rock guitarist is at his Concord residence during the holidays to prepare for...

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MASTODON Confirmed For Japan's EXTREME THE DOJO VOL. 11 Tour

MASTODON are the latest act added to the Extreme The Dojo Vol. 11 Japanese mini-tour featuring CONVERGE and ISIS. According to the official Extreme The Dojo web site, MASTODON confirmed their participation in the festival this past week. The dates are as follows: Feb. 02 – Osaka, JPN @ Club Quattro...

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Swedish Metal Magazine CLOSE-UP Reveals Top Albums Of 2004

MASTODON's "Leviathan" has been named "Album of the Year" by the critics at Sweden's premiere metal/rock publication Close-Up. In the December/January issue, an array of musicians, including cover stars Robert Flynn from MACHINE HEAD and Anders Fridén from IN FLAMES (view cover here),discuss the mu...