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ELYSIA Signs With FERRET MUSIC

Ferret Music has announced the signing of ELYSIA. The California-based deathcore outfit is composed of Zak Vargas (vocals),Mark Underwood (guitar),Steven Sessler (drums),Danny Lemonsqueeze (guitar) and Jeremy Chavez (bass) and formed four years ago. Despite their experience and history, the band...

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DISFEAR Prepares To Record New Album; East Coast Dates Scheduled

DISFEAR, the Swedish "crust rock" outfit featuring former AT THE GATES/THE CROWN vocalist Tomas Lindberg and ex-ENTOMBED guitarist Ulf "Uffe" Cederlund, will fly to Boston next Wednesday, July 25 to record the follow-up to 2003's "Misanthropic Generation" with producer/CONVERGE guitarist Kurt Ballou...

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GENGHIS TRON Debuts New Demo Track

Rock extremists GENGHIS TRON have posted the first demo track, "Colony Collapse", from their forthcoming Relapse debut exclusively via the band's MySpace page. GENGHIS TRON have been hard at work writing the follow-up to their acclaimed "Dead Mountain Mouth" album and are set to meet up with Kurt Ba...

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GENE SIMMONS Talks Trash

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently shared his top 10 Simmons-isms with Spinner.com. The top five nuggets follow: 5. On how Americans don't know how good they have it: "When people come as an immigrant — [as I did] myself — we're shocked at how pampered and spoiled everybody is, which is rea...

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SABBAT Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Reunited British thrashers SABBAT have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The lineup is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS ANIMAL ALPHA BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Names Five Favorite Hard Rock Bands

Launch Radio Networks reports: Ozzy Osbourne has listed his five favorite hard rock bands for Spinner.com. The list includes LED ZEPPELIN, MOTÖRHEAD, NIRVANA, GREEN DAY and, of course, his own group, BLACK SABBATH. Osbourne said about his No. 1 choice, LED ZEPPELIN, "I can remember walking through B...

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BELIEVER Drummer's FOUNTAIN OF TEARS Project Secures Distribution Deal With NIGHTMARE

Drummer Joey Daub of the the much-missed late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metal band BELIEVER recently issued a new album with his FOUNTAIN OF TEARS project, entitled "Fate". He checks in with the following update: "FOUNTAIN OF TEARS has inked a distro deal with Nightmare Records. We are very e...

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KURT COBAIN Image Showing Up On Lunchboxes, Keychains

Launch Radio Networks reports: The posthumous marketing of late NIRVANA frontman and songwriter Kurt Cobain continues. According to Variety, Cobain's image has begun showing up on lunchboxes, an action figure and even a key chain that doubles as a small liquor flask, all manufactured by the National...

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NEIL TURBIN's DEATHRIDERS: Mini Promo Video Available

DEATHRIDERS, the new band fronted by original ANTHRAX vocalist Neil Turbin, has posted a "mini promo video" at YouTube. DEATHRIDERS' current lineup consists of Neil Turbin, Steve McKnight (MIKE INEZ, CRY WOLF) on lead guitar, Chris Moore (ORCUS, VVSI) on drums, Sandy K. Vasquez (BLOODLUST) on bass,...

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COURTNEY LOVE Hires 'KURT COBAIN Lookalike' For New Band

Launch Radio Networks reports: Courtney Love says she has hired several musicians for her new backing band, including one who strongly resembles her late husband, NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain. Love wrote at her blog, "Another (guy) I found out later models on the side...but I'll admit it, I really h...

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HOLY TERROR: Audio Interview With Guitarist MIKE ALVORD Posted Online

A 67-minute audio discussion with HOLY TERROR guitarist Mike Alvord has been posted online at this location (62 MB). The interview was conducted by the HolyTerrorSpeedMetal.com webmaster/archive caretaker Scott L. A HOLY TERROR DualDisc release, "El Revengo", came out last year through the U.K.-base...

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'27 Heaven' Rock Musical/Satirical Play To Begin Open-Ended NYC Run This Week

After a triumphant national tour playing to sold-out audiences and standing ovations, the producers of "27 Heaven", a rock musical/satirical play about the conversations in heaven between four of the world's greatest rock stars who all died at the age of 27 — Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison...

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COURTNEY LOVE, JOEY RAMONE's Brother Angry Over Dead Rockers Shoe Ad

Courtney Love and Mickey Leigh, brother of the late RAMONES legend Joey Ramone, are furious at Dr. Martens for putting former NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain and Ramone in a shoe ad. According to E! Online, the print ads, promoting the manufactuer's AirWair line and only approved for use in the United...

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MAROON Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German powerhouse metalcore quintet MAROON has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The lineup is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS ANIMAL ALPHA BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJES...

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THEATRES DES VAMPIRES Confirmed For Germany's BATTLE OF METAL Festival

Italy's THEATRES DES VAMPIRES has been confirmed for the Battle of Metal open-air festival, set to take place July 5-7, 2007 at Eventzentrum in Geiselwind, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BEHEMOTH BELOVED ENEMY BLACK LABEL SOCIETY DEATHSTARS DISBELIEF...