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SHADOWS FALL Singer Teams Up With PETA2 To Leave Fans A Message
SHADOWS FALL lead vocalist Brian Fair might belt out hardcore with a vengeance, but he refuses to take part in the war on farmed animals. That's why Brian recorded a greeting for peta2 — PETA's youth-focused division — that urges people to help animals by going vegetarian, and fans can download it i...June 7, 2005
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HELIX Frontman Is Ready To Kick Ass At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL
HELIX frontman Brian Vollmer recently spoke to the The London Free Press about the group's appearance at this weekend's Sweden Rock Festival, a three-day sonic barrage of some of the world's hardest and most renowned metal bands. Speaking of the upcoming Swedish gig, Vollmer expressed total confiden...June 7, 2005
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NICODEMUS Set To Release Third Album
Portland-based progressive metallers NICODEMUS will release their third album, entitled "Vanity Is A Virtue", through the Greek label Sonic Age Records on June 17. The album reportedly owes more to the progressive sound than previous NICODEMUS releases, 2000's "Tales of the Lovelorn and Necromantic"...June 6, 2005
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Echoes of Decimation
In order to properly record a band playing at the kind of velocity ORIGIN favors, certain compromises must be made. Low end just muddies things up, real drums are hard to hit consistently with enough force to sound good, and vocals and guitar riffs have to stay in a tight, compressed little sonic bo...June 5, 2005
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Lions in this Game
Christ, this is one tough ass hardcore CD! With all the teeth spittin' and rib-crackin' hardcore going on here, how appropriate that this Los Angeles band is named DONNYBROOK and the Michael Bukowski cover art depicts an all-out hockey brawl. The skull and bloody hockey sticks that serve as cross bo...June 5, 2005
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Winter Enclosure
In the current global market, a Norwegian band comprised entirely of good-looking women seems destined to have A&R executives tripping over their erections in a race to get their checkbooks out. OCTAVIA SPERATI has entered the scene in a low-key fashion so far, making noise at home for several y...June 5, 2005
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LOST SOUL Comment On U.K. Tour With VADER
Polish death metallers LOST SOUL will head out on the road again this month with VADER for a number of dates, which will include the group's debut U.K. appearances. Commented LOST SOUL drummer Adam Sierzega: "We are all very excited about [the tour]. It seems to be a killer tour. VADER is a great ba...June 4, 2005
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DRAGONFORCE Announce U.K. Headlining Tour
London-based "extreme power metal" band DRAGONFORCE have announced the details of their headlining U.K. tour, set to take place in September 2005. In contrast to their summer schedule, which sees the band playing several of mainland Europe's largest festivals, as well as a batch of stadium shows as...June 3, 2005
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GREEN CARNATION Schedule Hometown Gigs
GREEN CARNATION, the Norwegian band featuring Tchort (a.k.a. Terje Vik Schei; BLOOD RED THRONE, ex-EMPEROR, SATYRICON, EINHERJER),will peform two shows for the under-18 crowd in their hometown of Kristiansand over the course of the next two weekends. The first concert will take place on Saturday, J...June 3, 2005
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MINISTRY: Anthology To Include Remixes, Brand-New Song
MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen is currently working on remixes for an upcoming MINISTRY anthology, tentatively dubbed "Rantology", due before the end of the year. In addition, the collection will feature a brand-new MINISTRY track called "The Great Satan", Jourgensen revealed during an online chat o...May 31, 2005
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AMORPHIS To Record New Album In July
AMORPHIS guitarist Esa Holopainen has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We've been rehearsing intensively past two months now and the songs start to get their final shape. There's still couple tracks which need to be rehearsed but basically the songs are ready and the ba...May 31, 2005
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MINISTRY Mainman To Take Part In Online Chat
MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen will take part in an online chat Monday evening (May 30) at 6:00 p.m. More information is available at MinistryMusic.org. As previously reported, MINISTRY and its offshoot project the REVOLTING COCKS will be teaming up for a summer 2006 U.S. tour. More information will...May 30, 2005
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SONIC X Select Producer For Sophomore CD
Toronto-based hard rockers SONIC X have hired Warren Cooper to co produce and engineer the follow-up to their critically acclaimed self-titled debut CD. Warren co-engineered the SONIC X debut CD and this time will have a bigger role in the overall recording and production of the new record, which is...May 28, 2005
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Professor Says 'Real Obscenity' Of Shock Music Isn't In The Lyrics
Penn State Live has issued the following report: The best-selling and award-winning music lyrics and styles of controversial performers from EMINEM and MARILYN MANSON, to LIMP BIZKIT and SLIPKNOT have been called vile, disgusting, uncivilized and even dangerous, particularly in recent Congressional...May 27, 2005
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SUBZERO: New Song Posted Online
A brand-new SUBZERO track, entitled "Forced to Bleed", has been posted online on the band's MySpace.com page. "Forced to Bleed" comes off New York hardcore veterans' upcoming album, "Suffering of Man", due July 12 via Stillborn Records. SUBZERO began back in 1989 with former members of late '80s str...May 25, 2005
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