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BROKEN TEETH Announce U.S. Tour

Austin balls-to-the-wall rockers BROKEN TEETH — featuring Jason McMaster of WATCHTOWER/DANGEROUS TOYS fame — are gearing up for a-30 day U.S. tour in support of their new live CD, "Blood on the Radio". "Blood on the Radio" features songs from the band's first two studio albums. During the upcoming t...

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ION DISSONANCE Part Ways With Singer, Seek Replacement

Montreal-based metallers ION DISSONANCE have parted ways with vocalist Gabriel McCaughry. The singer's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "It's over... and it's probably the hardest decision I had to take in my entire life. There are so many reasons... to be totally honest with you,...

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CRUCIFIED BARBARA To Support MOTÖRHEAD On U.K. Tour

The all-female Swedish quartet CRUCIFIED BARBARA (view photo here) will tour alongside rock legends MOTÖRHEAD on an 18-city trek of the United Kingdom this November. The pairing is fitting, for the group's new album, "In Distortion We Trust", was recently released in the United States with a cover o...

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EYES OF SHIVA: 'Kamisama' Video To Be Shown Before World Cup Game Tomorrow

"Kamisama", the first video from Brazilian band EYES OF SHIVA's second album, "Deep", will be seen by more than nine million viewers in Brazil and the U.S. through Globo network (TV Globo in Brazil / TV Globo Internacional in the U.S.) when it is aired this Monday (June 12) before the World Cup game...

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RUSH Frontman In BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE Video: Watch Clip Online

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, RUSH bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee makes a humorous appearance — spoofing an "American Idol" judge — in the video for BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE's song "Fire Eye'd Boy", from their Juno Award-winning self-titled third album, released on Oct. 4, 2005....

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Discordia

Many extreme metal bands talk of combining grindcore and death metal with fragments of (old school) hardcore, but a paltry few do it better than MISERY INDEX. And we are not talking about metalcore by any stretch of the imagination. This is about death metal's technicality, grindcore's blinding brut...

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THE CULT, THE DARKNESS, SOULFLY, H.I.M. Concert Attendance Figures Revealed

The following are a few select recent heavy metal/hard rock concert attendance figures, as reported by Billboard magazine: Artist/Event: GUNS N' ROSES, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Venue: Hammerstein Ballroom City/State: New York, N.Y. Date: May 12, 14-15, 17, 2006 Gross Sales: $739,668 Attendance: 12,87...

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THE AMENTA Seek New Vocalist

Australia's extreme industrial metal collective THE AMENTA are currently seeking a new vocalist. Interested parties should download the instrumental version of "Nihil" — which is available at the band's official web site — and record a demo version of the track before e-mailing it to the group at au...

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Our Darkest Days

The terms "melodic" and "hardcore" tend to go together like oil and water if not done just right. On "Our Darkest Days", Orange County's IGNITE does it just right. Considering the number of bands that combine the two elements and ultimately water down the best parts of both (i.e., WITH HONOR),that...

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THE AMENTA Working On Two New Releases

Australian industrial-tinged extremists THE AMENTA are currently in the studio working on two distinct follow-ups to 2004's acclaimed "Occasus". From the multimedia/propaganda arm of THE AMENTA comes an exercise in churning electronics, searing distortion and factory ambience. To be released as an I...

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Rio Grande Blood

Uncle Al has gotta be pushing 50 at this point, but he's never been more enraged. Following MINISTRY's big comeback in 2004 with "Houses of the Molè", the cranky ringleader has assembled some new players (notably riffmeister Tommy Victor of PRONG and DANZIG fame, and PRONG/KILLING JOKE bassist Paul...

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Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Singer RIPPER OWENS Interviewed For 'Metal, Rock, And Jazz' Book

Former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH/BEYOND FEAR frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens was recently interviewed for the book "Metal, Rock, and Jazz", written by Harris M. Berger. Owens and other performers share their own experiences of the music, thereby challenging traditional notions of harmony and m...

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MANNTIS Prepare For Massive U.S. Tour; New Video Posted Online

Southern California quintet MANNTIS are currently preparing for a massive U.S. tour as direct support to DOPE that kicks off on June 14 and runs through August 7. The trek also features BLEED THE SKY (whom MANNTIS will swap the direct support slot with every other night) and A NEW REVOLUTION. The gr...

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3 Vulgar Videos

Though I had seen the footage on the original release, I looked on with a mix of sadness and disbelief as Dimebag Darrell Abbott smoked, drank, shredded, blew shit up, and lived his short life to the fullest in the infamous PANTERA home videos contained on "3 Vulgar Videos from Hell". Those precious...

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BYZANTINE Record EYEHATEGOD Cover For Upcoming Tribute Album

West Virginia's forward-thinking thrashers BYZANTINE recently entered the studio to record a cover song for an upcoming upcoming EYEHATEGOD tribute album. Lead guitarist Tony Rohrbough offers this update: "While most of you were chowing down on some Easter dinner last Sunday, we were in the studio....