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SEX PISTOLS Add More Dates, JOHNNY ROTTEN Slags STING

The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: The SEX PISTOLS have just announced additional dates for their current reunion mini-tour. After their single date at England's Brixton Academy sold out in just 10 minutes, they booked the next two days at the same venue. When asked by Brit...

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MIKE AMOTT: CARCASS Has Rehearsed And May Reunite For Tour

Former CARCASS guitarist Mike Amott (currently in ARCH ENEMY) has revealed that the legendary U.K. death metal band may reunite for a tour. In an exclusive interview with Sweden's Close-Up magazine (web site),Amott said that he and guitarist/vocalist Bill Steer secretly met in Halmstad, Sweden last...

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USURPER Founder Explains Decision To Call It Quits

Guitarist/founder Rick Scythe of Chicago's USURPER has issued the following statement regarding the band's decision to split up: "As some of you may have heard, the band I formed over 13 years ago is now over. I wrote nearly all the music and most of the lyrics. I came up with the lyrical and artwor...

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VENGEFUL Films 'Sentenced' Video

VENGEFUL, the new Montreal-based band featuring current and former members of ATHERETIC and MINDS alongside the session drummer for DESPISED ICON, has just shot a video for the song "Sentenced". Regarding the clip, the group said, "It's violent yet not gory. Artsy yet very death metal. Some of the f...

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USURPER Calls It Quits

Chicago's USURPER has issued the following update: "After 13 and a half years, five studio albums and hundreds of concerts in 17 different countries around the world, USURPER has come to an end. Everyone in USURPER would like to thank their die-hard fans and friends for over a decade of metal insani...

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RIBSPREADER, KNIFE IN CHRIST Members Join Forces In THOSE WHO BRING THE TORTURE

THOSE WHO BRING THE TORTURE, the Swedish death metal/grindcore band featuring members of RIBSPREADER, TAEDEAT, and KNIFE IN CHRIST, has released its self-titled debut album via Germany's No Colours Records. According to a presss release, the CD contains "17 songs of relentless brutal death/grind in...

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PITCHSHIFTER: 'Infotainment?' Album To Be Reissued This Month

The long-out-of-print 1996 breakthrough album from U.K. deviants PITCHSHIFTER, "Infotainment?", will be reissued on September 24 via Earache Records. Marking the band's evolution from underground notables to mainstream success, "Infotainment?" perfected the PITCHSHIFTER sound, merging a caustic indu...

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VENOM: New Album Pushed Back To Next Year

British black metal pioneers VENOM have decided to re-record some of the already completed tracks for their upcoming album and push back the CD's projected release date to early 2008. Drummer Antony "Antton" Lant (brother of VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant) explains: "During the Scandinavian tou...

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MNEMIC: Singer's Illness Forces ELSROCK Cancellation

Danish modern thrashers MNEMIC have cancelled their previously announced August 25 concert at the Elsrock festival in Rijssen, Holland, due to a throat infection suffered by the group's singer Guillaume Bideau (ex-SCARVE). Commented the band: "We apologize to anyone who've bought tickets and wanted...

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Former VENOM Guitarist Launches GOATREIGN

Former VENOM/CARCASS guitarist Mike Hickey has just unleashed his brand new project called GOATREIGN. According to a press release, the group's debut CD is "a pummeling collection of gut-wrenching metal," featuring "crushing rhythms, searing lead guitar, wrapped up with a deadly production." Availab...

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'Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II' Due In September

Earache Records' sequel to this year's "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion" is due to be released next month. With a fresh collection of over 100 blistering Earache tracks spread over six CDs, all for the price of one CD, "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II", housed in a sturdy box, gives value for mon...

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IN FLAMES: New Interview To Air On Tonight's 'Tinitus'

IN FLAMES members Peter Iwers (bass) and Daniel Svensson (drums) will be interviewed on this week's "Tinitus" radio show, airing tonight (Wednesday, August 8) between 20.00 CET (8:00 p.m.) and 22.00 CET (10:00 p.m.) on Norway's P3. Also scheduled to air tonight is a report from this year's Wacken Op...

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RAVEN Drummer Joined By Former VENOM, SPIRIT CARAVAN Members For Upcoming Gigs

According to LivingForMetal.com, drummer Joe Hasselvander (RAVEN, PENTAGRAM) has just released his new solo album, "The Hounds of Hasselvander", via Rock Saviour Records. Joe wrote all the material and played all the instruments on the CD. To promote the release, Joe has assembled a jaw-dropping col...

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OUTBURST To Enter Studio Before End Of Year

Dutch thrashers OUTBURST have issued the following update: "We added a couple more shows for the fall and these will be among the last ones we will play for the 'Fair and Balanced' album. The writing process for the new album is coming along nicely and by the end of September we will start making .....

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Ex-CARCASS Frontman JEFF WALKER: New Video Interview Available

A 25-minute video interview with former CARCASS frontman and current BRUJERIA bassist Jeff Walker conducted by Romania's Metal Act webzine has been posted online. Watch the footage below. Read the text version of the interview at this location. Walker released a solo album, entitled "Welcome to Carc...