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Travesty of Heavenly Essence

After a sidestep into industrialized post-black-metal a couple years ago, Finnish rippers THYRANE return to what they do best on "Travesty of Heavenly Essence" — intense, riff-hungry black metal with plenty of dynamic changes, just the right amount of keyboards, and enough thrashed-out fury to make...

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GAIA EPICUS Confirmed For MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 3 Festival

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS have been confirmed for the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: JAG PANZER STEEL ATTACK DIVISION RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER USURPER AVENGER OF BL...

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SPEED\KILL/HATE Seek Bassist For Tour

Bassist Derek Tailer will be unable to join SPEED\KILL/HATE on their upcoming Metal Crusaders North American tour due to "personal reasons." As a result, the band are currently auditioning bass players to fill in for Derek on this trek. Backing vocals are "a MUST!!!" Interested parties can contact t...

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VADER: New Album Title, Release Date Announced

Veteran Polish death metallers VADER will enter Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland on April 22 with producers Slawek and Wojtek Wieslawscy to begin recording their new album, "Impressions in Red", for a September 4 release via Regain Records. The recording sessions for the new CD — which, in contrast...

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GENE SIMMONS: 'My Life Is An Open Book'

Rod Harmon of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune recently conducted an interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. The question-and-answer session follows: Q: Why are you coming to [the Sarasota Film Festival], and what are you going to be doing once you get here? Gene: Well, first of all, "Funny Mo...

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EVERGREY Frontman Produces SHOT INJECTION Demo: Audio Available

Swedish band SHOT INJECTION, whose current recording lineup includes former HAMMERFALL bassist and founding member Fredrik "Loppan" Larsson, have uploaded their newly recorded "Fear Comes Full Circle" demo/CD to their MySpace.com page. Check out the songs "Picturing Our Downfall", "Fragile White" an...

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H.I.M. Frontman: 'I Was Sleeping An Hour A Night For Eight Weeks'

Kerrang! magazine (web site) recently spoke to H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo about some of the dark rumors that have surrounded him of late. In February he spent a night in a Helsinki jail after allegedly threatening to kill his neighbor. Prior to that he was drugged and robbed in a Minneapolis bar, ra...

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JAG PANZER, STEEL ATTACK Confirmed For MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 3 Festival

JAG PANZER, STEEL ATTACK and RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER are among the confirmed bands for the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival, set to take place August 25-26 at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: JAG PANZER STEEL ATTACK DIVISION RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRIN...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE: 'Kill' Enters German Chart At No. 59

CANNIBAL CORPSE's new album, "Kill", has entered the German national chart at position No. 59. As previously reported, "Kill" debuted at No. 170 on The Billboard 200 with first-week sales in the United States of just a little over 6,000 copies. In 1994, CANNIBAL CORPSE's "Vile" entered the Billboard...

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NIGHTWISH Guitarist To Release BROTHER FIRETRIBE Debut

BROTHER FIRETRIBE, the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, have inked a deal with Spinefarm Records. Unashamedly taking a bow to their influences from the '80s — VAN HALEN, JOURNEY and other chartbusters of old — BROTHER FIRETRIBE's sound features "killer vocal h...

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NORTHWEST ROYALE: Album Samples Available

Eugene, Oregon quintet NORTHWEST ROYALE have posted two songs from their upcoming album, "Home Is Where The Hate Is", on their MySpace.com page. Check out the tracks "Kill All the Haters" and "16 Chokes" at this location. "Home Is Where The Hate Is" is scheduled for release on May 9 via Rock Ridge ....

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EVERGREY Enter Swedish Album Chart At No. 6

Sweden's EVERGREY have entered the national album chart in their home country at position No. 6 with their latest CD, "Monday Morning Apocalypse". View the entire chart at this location. In other news, EVERGREY will be undertaking a short Swedish tour in April. Confirmed dates are as follows: Apr. 1...

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RESURRECTED Part Ways With Drummer

Drummer Michael Scholz has left long-running German death metallers RESURRECTED for "personal reasons," according to a posting on the band's web site. "He feels powered out and thinks that he's not powerful enough any more especially to play in the drum recordings for our upcoming album, 'Endless Se...

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SOUNDSCAN Report: CANNIBAL CORPSE, MEGADETH, EDGUY, AMORPHIS

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending March 26, 2006, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all figures are rounded to the nearest thousand, except numbers under 1,000, which are rounded to the nearest hundred; The Billboard 200 chart position included, wh...

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Producer KEVIN SHIRLEY: ROSE TATTOO Guitarist PETE WELLS Was 'The Gentlest Soul'

Producer Kevin Shirley, who is currently in the studio in England working on the new IRON MAIDEN album, has issued a statement regarding the passing of ROSE TATTOO guitarist Pete Wells. As previously reported, Wells passed away in Sydney, Australia on Monday (March 27) after a long battle with prost...