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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: 'Doing Some Writing And Jamming The Tunes A Little'

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's official web site has just been updated with the following message from guitarist Woody Weatherman, dated November 14, 2006: "Mike Dean [bass], Jason Paterson [drums] and myself have been back at it just a bit. After a hiatus during the last half of summer, we have been hol...

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VINNIE PAUL To Appear At NAMM

Former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott will take part in signing sessions for several of his endorsers on January 19-20 at the NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. So far he is confirmed to appear at the Pearl Drums booth...

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Guitarist JASON TRUBY Confirms He Is No Longer A Member Of P.O.D.

P.O.D.'s manager, Tim M. Cook of Cook Management, LLC, has released the following letter to the group's fans: "I'm getting ready to get on a plane to New York for New Year's. "As most of you know by now, P.O.D. and MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE are playing on top of the 'Pontiac Garage' in Times Square. ...

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ATOMIZER Mainman Mourns Drummer's Passing

Mainman Jason Healey of the Australian black/death/thrash metallers ATOMIZER has issued the following announcement: "I am saddened to announce that my friend and bandmate, Suds [Aaren 'Suds' Suttil], is no longer of this mortal realm. I knew Suds for the last eight years, during which we played toge...

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NIGHTWISH Guitarist's BROTHER FIRETRIBE To Release New Single In January

BROTHER FIRETRIBE, the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, will release a new single, "I Am Rock" (cover),in Finland on January 10, 2007 via Spinefarm Records. The complete track listing for the single is as follows: 01. I Am Rock 02. Love Goes Down (acoustic) 0...

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Family Of Late SPEAKERS FOR THE DEAD Guitarist Looking For Peace Of Mind

Mike Osegueda of The Fresno Bee reports: Rosanne Garcia sat in her son's bedroom on Wednesday morning, rocking back and forth in his chair, looking at his pictures, his bed and eventually stopping at his Bible. "Why, mom? Why me?" she remembered her son Jason asking a few weeks back. "I don't know,"...

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CAULDRON/KILL CHEERLEADER's Tour Van And Equipment Stolen

Jason Decay (CAULDRON, KILL CHEERLEADER, ex-GOAT HORN) has issued a plea to anyone who has seen a metallic blue late model GMC van after the vehicle — which doubles as the tour van for both CAULDRON and his side project KILL CHEERLEADER — was reportedly stolen last Thursday (Dec. 21) in Toronto alon...

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PITTS VS. PREPS Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces New Album Title

PITTS VS. PREPS — the Louisiana-based band featuring former EXHORDER/FLOODGATE and current ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY frontman Kyle Thomas — has issued the following update: "What's happenin? Crazy shit goin on right now. Wrappin' up pre-production stuff and a lineup change. PITTS have parted ways with dr...

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BLOODY PANDA Signs With LEVEL-PLANE RECORDS

Diverse indie label Level-Plane has announced the signing of New York doom act BLOODY PANDA. Driven by the mournful, melodic vocals of Japanese frontwoman Yoshiko Ohara, BLOODY PANDA's transcendent sound finds its roots in the dirge-like power of SWANS, the amplifier-worshipping textures of EARTH, a...

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MUCOPUS: In Writing Mode

Vocalist Jason Keyser of the New York-based old-school death metallers MUCOPUS has issued the following update: "We are in the process of writing our untitled new full-length record for extreme Czech label Nice To Eat You Records that will be out in the summer of 2007. Our plan is to record the majo...

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13 People Injured During DISTURBED / STONE SOUR Concert In Cedar Rapids

Po Li Loo of Iowa's Gazette Online has issued the following report: At least 13 people were injured during a "Music as a Weapon" concert Thursday night (Dec. 21),according to officials at two Cedar Rapids hospitals. The concert drew a crowd of 7,186 people, almost maxing out the U.S. Cellular Cente...

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BROKEN TEETH To Ring In 2007 On The Road; New Album To Hit Stores In The New Year

Austin rockers BROKEN TEETH will be wasting no time ringing in 2007 in the only way they know — on the road. The band will be taking a break from recording their third album, tentatively titled "Electric", to head out to the West Coast to bring fans a taste of some of the new songs. ...

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SPEAKERS FOR THE DEAD Guitarist Succumbs To Cancer

SPEAKERS FOR THE DEAD, a Fresno, California-based band that combines heavy metal, hard rock and brutal hardcore with alternate singing and shouting, has issued the following statement: "It is with an extremely heavy heart that we write this, but our brother Jason Garcia (guitarist for GRYP and SPEAK...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, DRAGONFORCE, CHIMAIRA To Team Up For U.S. Tour

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, DRAGONFORCE, CHIMAIRA and HE IS LEGEND will team up for the first annual No Fear Music Tour, set to kick off in early 2007. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's new album, "As Daylight Dies", sold just under 60,000 copies in the United States during i...

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CHIMAIRA: First Taste Of New Music To Come New Year's Eve

CHIMAIRA frontman Mark Hunter revealed during an interview with MusicPlusTV earlier in the month that the title track from the band's upcoming CD, "Resurrection", will be released online (presumably on Chimaira.com and MySpace.com/chimaira) on December 31. The group also announced that it is plannin...