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DOWN: More U.S. Dates Announced

DOWN has lined up the following dates in January/February: Jan. 18 - Mobile, AL - Soul Kitchen Jan. 19 - Birmingham, AL - Workplay Theatre Jan. 20 - Lafayette, LA - Grant St. Dance Hall Jan. 22 - Little Rock, AR - The Village Jan. 23 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom Jan. 25 ...

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HEATHEN: New Lineup Announced

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area metallers HEATHEN have issued the following update: "Over the past few years, this page has been an inspiration for the band and has kept us going, knowing we had a huge following out there who want to see a new album in the stores. "After a long hard slog, we ...

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METALLICA Videos Coming To Giant TV Screens In Japan

Computer Business Review reports that G8wave Holdings, a mobile media company, has announced that it is collaborating with AEI and Alchemedia to bring rock band METALLICA to giant TV screens in Japan. G8wave provides interactive entertainment, social networking and mobile marketing services, includi...

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DEVILDRIVER: New Video Interview Available

Buckshot of the newest social networking web site called Woozyfly.com conducted an interview with DEVILDRIVER when the band was in New York City playing at the Hammerstein Ballroom with LAMB OF GOD. Watch the footage at Buckshot's Bonanza. Fan-filmed video footage of DEVILDRIVER performing the song...

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SOIL: Cover Of SOUNDGARDEN's 'Rusty Cage' Posted Online

Chicago-based metal band SOIL has posted a cover of the SOUNDGARDEN classic "Rusty Cage" on the band's MySpace page. Commented the group: "This song is a gift to you [the fans], but in some ways it is also a gift to us. When we recently started playing together we just felt refreshed and ...

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TWISTED SISTER: Irvine Concert Promoter's Statements Are 'Complete Distortion Of Facts'

TWISTED SISTER has released the following statement regarding the cancellation of the band's December 14, 2007 concert at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California: "On October 24, 2007, TWISTED SISTER signed a contract with Danny Peykoff, Niagara Distributing, for a performance scheduled to take...

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MUDVAYNE And HELLYEAH Are Looking For Best New Bands

MUDVAYNE and HELLYEAH have announced that they will be searching music social networking site Amie Street for the best up-and-coming metal bands for them to endorse. Fans of these two bands will be encouraged to create profiles on Amie Street, and message the bands with their suggestions. Any artist...

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DIMEBAG's 'Dime ML War Camo' Now Available From DEAN GUITARS

Dean Guitars has announced the release of the Dime ML War Camo, an American-made production piece of an ML that late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott modded out prior to his death. Most recognizable is the famous Dime 333 symbol. Thirty years ago, Dean rocked the guitar world wi...

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Former ADLER'S APPETITE Singer Opens Recording Studio

Former ADLER'S APPETITE and current TARSHA lead vocalist Sheldon Tarsha has announced the grand opening of his private recording headquarters — The Awe Center. Giving rise to Tarsha's debut album, "Prophecies", and his forthcoming CD, "Divine Universe", The Awe Center is described as "a deluxe recor...

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BARONESS Concert To Be Streamed On Woozyfly.com

Relapse Records and new social networking site Woozyfly.com have teamed up to film the BARONESS show at the Bowery Ballroom on December 1 in New York City. Woozyfly will stream the performance on its site on December 10 for 24 hours. The band will also be interviewed by Buckshot for Woozyfly's most-...

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Three Years After DIMEBAG's Murder: Missed Opportunities Abound

Rock author, writer and photographer Chris Armold — who penned the book "A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa", which is described as the authorized biography of Jeffery "Mayhem" Thompson, former head of security for DAMAGEPLAN, and two other heroes (audience member Nat...

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SCARECROW Frontman Is 'Psyched To Get Out Of Town And Do Some Damage'

San Francisco thrashers SCARECROW are about to launch their first tour, a two-week Western U.S. stint with FUELED BY FIRE (Metal Blade Records). SCARECROW's ripping metal follows in the tradition of the classic Bay Area thrash bands such as TESTAMENT and VIO-LENCE. The band features guitarist/vocali...

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THE FUNERAL PYRE Prepares For West Coast Tour

Los Angeles-based band THE FUNERAL PYRE will hit the road in January for a West Coast Tour alongside Seattle's BOOK OF BLACK EARTH. Starting in Seattle in early January, the package will head down to California before wrapping up. Currently writing new material for a forthcoming new album, THE FUNER...

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Witchcult Today

England's ELECTRIC WIZARD have always stood out from the doom masses because of the way their music reaches beyond mere drone and riff distortion, sending the listener tumbling into the depths of the group's strange, mind altering world. The release of 2004's "We Live" had some questioning the clean...

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SHADOWS FALL Frontman BRIAN FAIR: 'You Don't Have To Kill In Order To Live'

Unmistakable with his trademark knee-length dreadlocks, SHADOWS FALL lead vocalist Brian Fair appears in a brand-new pro-vegetarian ad for peta2 — the world's largest youth animal rights organization. The tagline — a personal testimonial by Fair — reads, "I became a vegetarian many years ago after l...