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DARK TRANQUILLITY Sets Record Straight About Bootleg Compilation
Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have issued the following update: "The [DARK TRANQUILLITY] compilation album 'A Closer End' that recently started appearing on the P2P networks as well as on eBay and in certain record stores, is NOT an official DARK TRANQUILLITY album but a bootleg....August 17, 2008
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FORGOTTEN TOMB, ISOLE Confirmed For DUTCH DOOM DAYS Festival
Italy's FORGOTTEN TOMB and Sweden's ISOLE have been confirmed for the Dutch Doom Days VII festival, set to take place October 25-26 at Baroeg in Rotterdam, Holland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Saturday, October 25: FORGOTTEN TOMB ISOLE THE LAMP OF THOTH MOURNING DAWN GRIFTEGÅRD SU...August 16, 2008
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EARLY GRAVES: New Song Available For Download
Northern California's EARLY GRAVES (formerly APIARY) has posted a new song called "Safety Net Acrobats" at this location. The track comes off the group's new album, "We: The Guillotine", which is scheduled for release on August 19 via Ironclad Recordings in North America. The CD was recorded in Nash...August 14, 2008
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IRON MAIDEN Performs To 20,000 Fans In Croatia
Javno.com reports that British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN performed in front of 20,000 people Sunday night (August 10) at Poljud Stadium in Split, Croatia. The medical personnel was kept busy after 11:00 p.m. with ten interventions because of excess alcohol consumption. This was not a surprise...August 10, 2008
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SYMPHONY DRACONIS: 'Inside The Horned Pentagram' Now Available
Brazilian black metallers SYMPHONY DRACONIS have released their first CD, a three-song EP titled "Inside The Horned Pentagram". According to a press release, SYMPHONY DRACONIS was formed in 2006 by Herr Amoth (vocals),Thiernox (guitars),Aym (guitars) and Helrier Berzerker (drums),all veterans of...August 7, 2008
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THE BOY WILL DROWN Signs With EARACHE RECORDS
Earache Records has announced the signing of British technical metallers THE BOY WILL DROWN to a multi-album, worldwide recording deal. THE BOY WILL DROWN is a four-piece band based in Norwich/Colchester, UK who formed in late 2006. Currently regarded as one of the most flamboyant and intense bands...July 25, 2008
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POISON Drummer Slams DEF LEPPARD Singer
POISON drummer Rikki Rockett has responded to DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott's assertion that bands like POISON and MÖTLEY CRÜE paid more attention to their image than their songwriting during the '80s as a way to cover up the fact that there was "no substance in their music." In a posting on his...July 15, 2008
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Report: Police On The Trail Of Fake DAVID LEE ROTH
Rebecca Penty of The Hamilton Spectator reports: Police are looking for a Cambridge [Ontario, Canada] man (photo) they believe was the famed local David Lee Roth poseur. And Welland musician Frank Crytes recorded solo music with the man, whom he knew as David — and he wants his tunes back. Crytes .....July 15, 2008
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BRET MICHAELS Vs. JOE ELLIOTT
POISON singer Bret Michaels has responded to DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott's assertion that bands like POISON and MÖTLEY CRÜE paid more attention to their image than their songwriting during the '80s as a way to cover up the fact that there was "no substance in their music." During the June 6 pre...July 14, 2008
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SIX Added To San Bernardino Date On ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM Tour
SIX — the Huntington Beach, California-based band featuring former DROWN frontman Lauren Boquette — has been added to the July 13 San Bernardino, California date of the Rockstar Energy Mayhem festival featuring SLIPKNOT and DISTURBED. The band will open the Jägermeister stage, where they will perfor...July 11, 2008
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Texas Medicine
Drink whiskey, listen to "Texas Medicine", and piss off as many people as possible! It might as well be the slogan for the sophomore effort from Vancouver, British Columbia's CRADLE TO GRAVE. For a band not from the Lone Star State, CRADLE TO GRAVE sure do sound like a group of crazy ass Texans burn...July 7, 2008
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LEAVES' EYES Singer Signs Solo Deal With NAPALM RECORDS
LEAVES' EYES/ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull has issued the following update: "I am very happy and proud to announce that I just signed a contract for my next few solo albums with Napalm Records. My decision to take this step is easily explainable; I am very satisfied with t...June 20, 2008
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APIARY Changes Name, Announces New Album Release
Northern California's APIARY has changed its name to EARLY GRAVES. The group's new album, titled "We: The Guillotine", will be released on August 19 via Ironclad Recordings. Commented guitarist and founding member Chris Brock: "We changed the name from APIARY to EARLY GRAVES for a pretty simple reas...June 19, 2008
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Nostradamus
After the mostly well-received "Angel of Retribution" proved that JUDAS PRIEST could mine their own past for amiable, if hardly classic, for-the-fans renditions of their former glories, the future was both wide open and closing in on the veteran British metal band. They seemed to finally be at home...June 18, 2008
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Another Black Day
Considering the fact that I don't listen to a lot of this brand of radio/MTV-friendly modern metal and hard rock, I was pleasantly surprised with the debut album from Ft. Lauderdale's ANOTHER BLACK DAY. The band seamlessly blends a very heavy delivery that is often thrash-based with hooks that are a...June 9, 2008
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