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IRON FIRE Recording New Album

Vocalist Martin Steene of the Danish metal band IRON FIRE has issued the following update: "We have been in the studio on and off for a couple of months now, and the new album is coming along great. Vocals are almost done now and guitar solos are being recorded every day at Kirk's [Backarach, guitar...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO: 'Beautiful Mess' Promo Video Message Posted Online

Legendary vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) has posted a short promotional video message for his new solo album, "Beautiful Mess". Watch it below. Due on September 16 via Sewtoe Music through iTunes, "Beautiful Mess" features the following track listing: 01. 21st Century...

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BLEED THE SKY Forced To Cancel West Coast Dates

Due to "financial difficulties" with one of the band's sponsors, Oklahoma City's BLEED THE SKY will not be appearing on the following shows: Sep. 09 - San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick Sep. 10 - Hollywood, CA @ Whisky A Go Go Sep. 11 - Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry's Pizza Sep. 12 - Sacramento, ...

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ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO To Guest On 'Waking Up With The Wolf'

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the experimental band led by TESTAMENT/ex-SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, will take part in an interview and a performance (either Alex solo or with the rest of the group) on the Albany, New York radio station WPYX (PYX 106) on Friday, September 12 at 8:00 a.m. on the "Waking U...

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ATARGATIS Confirmed For Germany's WAVE GOTIK TREFFEN Festival

German dark/symphonic gothic metal band ATARGATIS has been confirmed for next year's Wave Gotik Treffen festival, set to take place May 29 – June 1, 2009 in Leipzig, Germany. ATARGATIS' latest CD, "Nova", features a guest appearance by Matthias Hechler (Matze) from the German gothic metal heroes CRE...

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Ex-TNT Singer TONY HARNELL Releases Solo Demos

Former TNT and current STARBREAKER vocalist Tony Harnell is making high-quality demo versions of six solo tracks available for purchase via his official web site. Entitled "Cinematic" and recorded in Sweden for his upcoming solo album between 2006 and 2007, three of the songs on the CD were previous...

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TRIVIUM: Russian, Irish Dates Announced

Orlando, Florida-based metallers TRIVIUM have added the following dates to their schedule: Nov. 29 - Orlandina Club - St. Pertersburg, RUS Nov. 30 - Tochka Club - Moscow, RUS Dec. 04 - Nerve Centre - Derry, IRE (w/ THE HAUNTED, RISE TO REMAIN) Dec. 05 - Mandela Hall - Belfast, IRE (w/ THE HAUNTED, R...

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GUNS N' ROSES Associate DEL JAMES To Join HOOKERS 'N' BLOW On South American Tour

Longtime GUNS N' ROSES co-writer, video director/author/journalist Del James will join HOOKERS 'N' BLOW on the band's upcoming South American tour. "We are very excited to have Del on board to be a part of what we feel is going to be a very special tour," says guitarist Alex Grossi (ex-QUIET RIOT, B...

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TERROR SYNDROME: Another Song Posted Online

TERROR SYNDROME, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based band featuring THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen, has uploaded the song "My Next Victim" to its MySpace page Commanted Ryan: "'My Next Victim' is a heavy and twisted tune with some melody thrown in for dynamics and goo...

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The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part 2)

To say that ICED EARTH fans were anxiously awaiting the second part of Jon Schaffer's "Something Wicked" saga would be a gross understatement, considering that "The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part 2)" also marks the return of singer Matt Barlow. Reading the debates over whether Tim "Ripper" O...

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Holographic Universe

After witnessing a particularly energetic set, made up mostly of selections from their acclaimed Nuclear Blast debut, "Pitch Black Progress", I ran into SCAR SYMMETRY guitarist Jonas Kjellgren relaxing in the back of the venue. The sweat hadn't even dried from his brow when I approached him to ask w...

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XXV

It is rare that I'm enamored with a re-recording effort, as the results are often stale, the magic of the original recordings — no matter how devoid of modern studio polish — lost in the mix. The re-recordings of classics by the likes of TESTAMENT and DESTRUCTION surely have their moments, but the e...

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Meanderthal

It's almost as interesting to dissect what TORCHE isn't, and why, as it is frustrating to try explain what the band is. They're not "post rock", because they write short and hooky songs, but they're not quite punk or metal either, because they manage to infuse two-and-a-half minute tracks with that...

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Get Dead or Die Trying

It is probably old news by now, but THE ROTTED were previously known as GOREROTTED, the new moniker the result of a style revamping and a greater emphasis on real world horrors rather the splattered-guts fantasies of past efforts. GOREROTTED's sound had been developing over the years anyway from the...

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Centuries of Torment: The First 20 Years

If there is one band defines what death metal is all about, then it is surely CANNIBAL CORPSE, nitpicking and elitist assertions notwithstanding. Since 1987, the Buffalo band — the members themselves don't recognize the unit as a "Tampa band" — is arguably the world's most successful death metal ban...