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MASTERSTROKE Signs With DYNAMIC ARTS RECORDS

Dynamic Arts Records has has announced the signing of Finnish melodic heavy metal band MASTERSTROKE. MASTERSTROKE was formed in 2002. After a few lineup changes and several gigs, the band received a well-earned recording deal. The group's debut album, "Apocalypse", was supposed to receive a worldwid...

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HIM Singer Reveals Rehab Hell

Ville Valo has revealed to Britain's Rock Sound magazine (web site) how he checked himself into rehab recently in order to avoid having heart failure. The HIM vocalist spent a couple of weeks detoxing "behind bars" after his drinking had escalated to a point where he said he had two options — die .....

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SONATA ARCTICA Announces New Guitarist

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have issued the following update: "As many already know, our guitarist Jani Liimatainen has been absent from the lineup this spring and summer. The reason was his messing around with his compulsory military/civil/prison duty, or rather, complete failure to ta...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman Talks About Unreleased 'Under Apollyon's Sun' Demos

CELTIC FROST guitarist/vocalist Tom G. Fischer has posted the following message on his blog: "In my eyes, one of the true pioneers of combining rock music and drum machines is Andrew Eldritch with the SISTERS OF MERCY. And that was some ten years before CELTIC FROST recorded the [unreleased] 'Under...

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ATREYU, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SHADOWS FALL, LORDI Featured On 'The Hills Have Eyes 2'

ATREYU, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SHADOWS FALL and LORDI are among the featured bands on the upcoming soundtrack "The Hills Have Eyes 2: The Album", due on July 31 via Bulletproof Records. The record will be available in stores and online next week to coincide with the release of the "The Hills Hav...

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DRACONIAN To Open For THERION In Israel

Swedish gothic doom metal band DRACONIAN will play its first show in Israel opening for THERION on August 30 at Merkaz Hayeridim in Tel Aviv. DRACONIAN's setlist will include songs from its entire discography and special t-shirts will be designed for the show. DRACONIAN will enter Fascination Street...

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THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD Unveils 'Failure In The Flesh' Video

South Carolina's THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD has posted its video for the song "Failure in the Flesh" exclusively on the band's MySpace page. The video was directed by My Good Eye's David Brodsky (GOATWHORE, GOD FORBID, THE ACACIA STRAIN) earlier this month in New York. The track comes off 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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ANTHRAX Guitarist's Fiancée Is 'Thrilled' To Be Part Of NIKKI SIXX's SIXX; A.M. Project

Pearl Aday, ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian's fiancée and daughter of legendary crooner Meat Loaf, has issued the following update: "So I spent the week in rehearsals with Nikki Sixx, DJ Ashba, and James Michael rehearsing for the press conference announcing the release of Nikki's new book 'The Heroin D...

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THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD Confirms Late Summer Headlining Tour

South Carolina's THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD has confirmed another American headlining tour for August and September, this time featuring support from AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK, Prosthetic Records labelmates BENEATH THE MASSACRE, and ION DISSONANCE. Hitting many places the band hasn't played for a time,...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Frontman: 'Record Companies Are Very Quickly Becoming A Thing Of The Past'

Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisited: The new project, "Mindcrime at the Moore", comprises all the material from "Operation: Mindcrime" as well as "Operation: Mindcrime II", which...

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DRACONIAN To Enter Studio In September

Swedish gothic doom metal band DRACONIAN has issued the following update: "The DRACONIAN quest continues. The band has booked the prominent Fascination Street Studio (KATATONIA, OPETH) in Örebro, Sweden to record their fourth release in September this year. Currently the band is in the last stage of...

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INFECTION CODE: New Song Posted Online

Italian noise-makers INFECTION CODE have posted a rough-mix version of a new track at the MySpace page of Beyond Productions. The song comes off the group's upcoming album, "Intimacy", which was recorded at Nadir Studios by Tommy Talamanca, and was mixed by Billy Anderson at Lowered One Studios in S...

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HELLFEST Organizers Threaten To Sue KORN Over Concert Cancellation

The organizers of France's Hellfest have announced plans to file a lawsuit against KORN and the band's management The Firm today (Monday, July 2) over the group's failure to perform at the festival. In a statement issued by KORN's singer, Jonathan Davis, on June 22 — the day the group was supposed t...

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ROB HALFORD: 'I Still Want To Do Some Extreme Forms Of Metal, Like Black/ Death Metal'

Norway's Imhotep recently conducted an interview JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On when he felt it was the right time to come back to his roots: "I think it was after we released the TWO record. We went on tour, and everything that I get involved ...