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AC/DC: Scottish Town Prepares To Honor Late Singer BON SCOTT

Tom Shields of the Sunday Herald is reporting that the Scottish town of Kirriemuir celebrates on Saturday (May 6) the fact that it is the birthplace of Bon Scott, the late and great lead singer with AC/DC. An engraved paving stone will be unveiled in the town's Cumberland Close hailing Ronald Belfor...

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MEAT PUPPETS Reunion To Feature PRIMUS Drummer

Greg Prato of Billboard.com is reporting that for the first time in more than a decade, Curt and Cris Kirkwood will work together on a new album by influential rock act MEAT PUPPETS. The sibling duo will soon begin rehearsing new material as a precursor to hitting the studio. "I've got the album ...

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IN FLAMES, SICK OF IT ALL, ATREYU, DEVILDRIVER Confirmed For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

IN FLAMES, SICK OF IT ALL, ATREYU, JOHNNY TRUANT, DEVILDRIVER and MENDEED are among the latest acts confirmed for Download festival, set to take place at Castle Donington, Leicestershire, over the weekend of June 9-11 June. As well as announcing seven new acts, organizers have also revealed details...

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1,000 Join SYSTEM OF A DOWN Rally Urging Turkey To End Armenian Genocide Denial

Yerkir, the online Armenian newspaper, has published the following report: Armenian Americans from across the United States joined [Monday, April 24] with SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Serj Tankian and John Dolmayan at a Washington, D.C. "Rally for Justice", urging the Turkish Government to end its worldwide c...

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EVIL MASQUERADE: New Album Samples Available For Download

Danish symphonic metallers EVIL MASQUERADE have posted audio samples from their upcoming album, "Third Act", on their official web site. "Third Act" will be issued in Japan and Southeast Asia on May 24 via Marqee/Avalon. European/North American release dates have not yet been announced. The CD was r...

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NICODEMUS Announce U.K. Tour

Portland-based progressive metallers NICODEMUS have announced that they will tour the U.K. for the first time in their career this July. Support act for dates will be Manchester, England-based goth metal band LIQUID SKY. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jul. 16 - Stoke-On-Trent @ The Glebe Jul. 18 -...

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Fly

BLIND GUARDIAN's last album, "A Night At the Opera", was the sonic equivalent of a brownie sundae. One the size of a large mixing bowl. A couple bites were awesome, but the whole thing was just too rich, too huge, too filling… just too everything. Stomachaches and the need for a restorative nap ofte...

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Bestial

Let's begin by giving thanks to the fine people at At a Loss Recordings for continuing to dredge up some of the angriest, angular, and utterly mind-fucking sonic trample in the universe. The trend ain't dead either. Now comes a two-man project called BLACK COBRA that fills every nook and cranny with...

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ARCTURUS Bassist Hurt In Accident; Band Secure Temporary Replacement

Acording to a posting on ARCTURUS' web site, the band's bassist Hugh James Mingay recently "had an accident and a vertebrae has been affected. He's going to be well, but has to rest for several weeks. If he can't play the forthcoming three live shows in Norway, the shows will not be cancelled, as so...

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RAMMER: Canadian Tour Dates Announced

Toronto thrash metal quintet RAMMER has confirmed the following select shows in Southern Ontario in support of their recently released debut album "Cancer" (Blue Fog Recordings): May 05 - Guelph, ON @ The Shadow May 06 - London, ON @ Call The Office May 11 - Hamilton, ON @ The Underground Jun. 06 -...

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ENSIFERUM Set Release Date For 10th Anniversary DVD

Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metal band ENSIFERUM have set a June 14 release date for the DVD of their 10th anniversary celebration concert, which took place Dec. 31, 2005 at Nosturi in Helsinki, Finland. The band are planning on entering the studio in November to begin recording their thir...

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MACHINE HEAD's FLYNN: 'Our Goal Is To Write The Greatest No-Bullsh*t Metal Album Of All Time'

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "What's up fuckers! How the hell's it goin'? The mighty MACHINE HEAD are doing fucking splendid these days. Been hanging out at home for a while now. After touring so long, it's pretty nice. Connecti...

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IGGY POP Working On New STOOGES Disc

Billboard.com is reporting that punk icon Iggy Pop has been holed up in "a little cottage in the boonies on a little river" in Florida writing music with his old band the STOOGES. The as-yet-untitled set, the legendary rock act's first since 1973, is due out next year via Virgin and will be ...

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BACKYARD BABIES: 'People Like' North American Release Date Announced

Abacus Recordings has set a May 2 North American release date for the new BACKYARD BABIES album, entitled "People Like People Like People Like Us". Produced by Nicke Andersson (guitarist/vocalist of THE HELLACOPTERS and former ENTOMBED drummer),the Swedish band's CD is said to be "a celebration of...

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Hosannas From the Basements of Hell

Pick a band, any band, and if they incorporate any sort of tribal drone, ethereal wall-of-noise roar, mystical third-eye ravings or percussive punk-driven art house nihilism in their music, you can likely thank KILLING JOKE for the influence. The launching pad for a hundred metal, punk and new wave...