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HEAVENS BASEMENT To Release Self-Titled EP

British rockers HEAVENS BASEMENT will release a self-titled EP on April 20 to coincide with their mammoth tour of the U.K. Produced by Bob Marlette (BLACK STONE CHERRY, AIRBOURNE, SHINEDOWN, SALIVA),the four-song EP was laid down in five days. Commented guitarist Jonny Rocker: "We can't wait to get...

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ABSCESS To Team Up With POPULATION REDUCTION For Split CD/LP

Tankcrimes will release a ABSCESS / POPULATION REDUCTION split LP/CD in the spring 2009. The split, brought on by a fan-based cover song years ago, features cover art by Chris Reifert. In 2005, POPULATION REDUCTION contacted Chris Reifert of ABSCESS with a demo tape including a cover of ABSCESS' "I...

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ZOROASTER: New Song Featuring MASTODON's HINDS Available For Download

Avant-garde psych-metal trio ZOROASTER has completed work on its new album, "Voice of Saturn". The follow up to "Dog Magic" is scheduled for release on March 10 via Terminal Doom Records. The track "White Dwarf", taken from the upcoming CD, premiered online today via Brooklyn Vegan. Check out the so...

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BLACK MATH HORSEMAN Signs With TEE PEE RECORDS

Los Angeles, California-based experimental/religious metal band BLACK MATH HORSEMAN has inked a deal with Tee Pee Records. The band's new album, "Wyllt", is scheduled for release on April 21. According to a press release, the LP contains "five songs of epic, heavy, esoteric, and apocalyptic doom roc...

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Former ATOMKRAFT Guitarist Working On Animated Movie

Former ATOMKRAFT guitarist Rob Matthew is currently working on an animated feature about the group's early days. He says, "In total, the project covers the very beginning of the band up until the end of the first tour in 1985. it is called 'Atomkraft: The Movie' [and is] a humorous look at a young m...

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Former/Current Members Of GUNS N' ROSES, MEGADETH, TESTAMENT Featured On Instrumental CD

Magna Carta Records has set a February 10 release date for "Guitars That Ate My Brain", a collection of a dozen mind-altering instrumentals from today's most accomplished metal axe grinders. According to a press release, the CD is "a twelve-headed hydra of monster guitar riffage that slashes, shreds...

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GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist's SEXTAPES Offering Free Music

SEXTAPES, the Hollywood, California-based band featuring GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Chris Pitman on vocals and guitar synth, has issued the following update: "My favorite Christmas gifts were the records I received when I was young, I remember the year, the songs, and most importantly, when I hear th...

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ZOROASTER's New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By MASTODON's BRENT HINDS

Avant-garde psych-metal trio ZOROASTER has completed work on its new album, "Voice of Saturn". The follow up to "Dog Magic" is scheduled for release on March 10, 2009 via Terminal Doom Records. Recorded at The Living Room (THE BLACK LIPS, MASTODON) in Atlanta with engineer Ed Rawls, "Voice of Saturn...

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GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist's SEXTAPES Schedules Hollywood Gig

SEXTAPES, the Hollywood, California-based band featuring GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Chris Pitman on vocals and guitar synth, will perform with PIGMY LOVE CIRCUS and STURGEON at the Key Club in Hollywood, California on February 5, 2009. According to Pitman, "There is talk of a future major tour with a...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist On 'Nostradamus', Upcoming European Tour

Ian Harvey of UK's Shropshire Star recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On where the name of the upcoming European tour, "Priest Feast", came from: "We just thought it had got a nice ring to it. We'd just done the Metal...

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GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist CHRIS PITMAN Releases SEXTAPES

SEXTAPES, the Hollywood, California-based band featuring GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Chris Pitman on vocals and guitar synth, released its self-titled debut album on November 11, 2008 via ToneRiot Records. The CD was made available through iTunes (worldwide),Best Buy stores, FYE, Borders Books, Where...

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AC/DC Ropes In Formula One Fitness Crew Ahead Of Tour

NME.com reports that Australian hard rock legends AC/DC have roped in Formula One fitness coaches to prepare them for their forthcoming mammoth world tour. Speaking to Absolute Radio DJ Ben Jones, singer Brian Johnson admitted: "Both me and Angus (Young, guitarist) have got a fitness regime. I'm get...

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MACHINE HEAD: Sydney In-Store Appearance Announced

MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel and drummer Dave McClain will make an in-store appearance in Sydney, Australia at Billy Hydes Music Camperdown on Sunday, October 26 at 1 p.m., before their mammoth show at Acer Arena with SLIPKNOT. The guys will be signing autographs and unveiling the brand new Ja...

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THE ANSWER To Open For AC/DC On North American Tour

THE ANSWER, an emergent and award-winning rock band from Northern Ireland, has been selected as the opening act for the imminent North American leg of AC/DC's Black Ice World Tour. The itinerary kicks off October 28 at the Wachovia Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA and concludes on January 31 at Nashville...

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Stick with What You Know: Live in Europe

PAT TRAVERS is a guitar hero that doesn't get mentioned enough in conversations about the great axe-swingers who came of age in the 1970s. The Toronto-born TRAVERS made some sizzling hard rock with albums like 1978's "Heat in the Street", 1979's smash hit "Live! Go for what you Know" (hence, the new...