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NILE's KOLLIAS To Teach 'Extreme Drumming' At Athens' MODERN MUSIC SCHOOL

This year, Athens Modern Music School will include an "Extreme Drumming Class" with NILE drummer George Kollias as an official MMS teacher. This is a great opportunity for all the young drummers to get lessons in a style of drumming that is really missing from today's schools. Commented George: "Me...

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Former FEAR FACTORY Guitarist Unveils New Project At Surprise Hollywood Performance

Former FEAR FACTORY/current ASESINO guitarist Dino Cazares unveiled his new, as-yet-unnamed project Saturday night (September 2) at the Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood, California prior to ASESINO's performance as part of Dino's birthday bash. According to one attendee, the band's musical direction "was...

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1349: Mexican Dates Announced

Norwegian black metallers 1349 have announced the following Mexican dates in early October: Oct. 06 - Rodeo Cafe, Toluca, Mexico Oct. 07 - Herta del Stic, San Luis Potosi, Mexico Oct. 08 - Circo Volador, Mexico City, Mexico 1349 recently confirmed that they will be utilizing the services of former N...

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BLINDED BY FAITH To Enter Studio In November

Quebec-based metallers BLINDED BY FAITH will enter New Rock studios in Québec City on November 3 with producer Yannick St-Amand (DESPISED ICON, BENEATH THE MASSACRE, AUGUR) to begin recording their new album. Mastering duties will be handled by Alan Douches (SHADOWS FALL, UNEARTH, NILE, HATEBREED, G...

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KING DIAMOND Voices Character On 'Death Clock Metalocalypse'

KING DIAMOND is the latest metal musician to lend his voice to the cartoon series "Death Clock Metalocalypse". King Diamond recorded his part on Monday, August 21 and reportedly "kicked ass." Other musicians who have contributed to the series include Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY),Warrel Dane (NEVERMOR...

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BLOTTED SCIENCE Parts Ways With Drummer DEREK RODDY; Replacement Announced

BLOTTED SCIENCE, the instrumental extreme metal project led by guitarist Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK) and bassist Alex Webster (CANNIBAL CORPSE),has parted ways with drummer Derek Roddy (ex-HATE ETERNAL, NILE) who replaced original skinsman Chris Adler (LAMB OF GOD) only months ago. Taki...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION: Drummer TONY LAUREANO Unable To Appear On New CD

Despite a previous announcement to the contrary, drummer Tony Laureano (NILE, DIMMU BORGIR) will NOT be performing on MALEVOLENT CREATION's upcoming tenth studio album, "Doomsday X", >, tentatively due before the end of the year via Nuclear Blast Records. "Due to various schedualing conflicts I a...

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1349 To Be Joined By TONY LAUREANO, Session Guitarist On Upcoming Dates

Norwegian black metallers 1349 have confirmed that they will be utilizing the services of former NILE drummer Tony Laureano on their upcoming dates as regular skinsman Frost is busy with promoting SATYRICON's recently released "Now, Diabolical" CD. In addition, they will be using a session guitarist...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION Added To 'The Domination Tour'

Long-running Florida death metal act MALEVOLENT CREATION has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of "The Domination Tour", set to kick off next February. Also scheduled to take part are Greece's ROTTING CHRIST and Norway's CARPATHIAN FOREST. MALEVOLENT CREATION is currently in pre-production for the...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE: Support Acts For Australia/New Zealand Tour Announced

Soundworks Touring has officially announced the support acts for the upcoming Australia/New Zealand CANNIBAL CORPSE tour. Support within Australia will come from PSYCROPTIC (Tasmania) and PLAGUE (WA). Without a doubt leading the charge in Australian metal, PSYCROPTIC has proven to be not just a brut...

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KING DIAMOND Featured On 'Clerks II' Soundtrack

KING DIAMOND is featured on the soundtrack to the motion picture "Clerks II", the 2006 sequel to Kevin Smith's 1994 movie "Clerks". The "Clerks II" soundtrack contains 11 music tracks (plus one bonus music track) from the movie, including two KING DIAMOND tracks — "Welcome Home" and "The Invisible G...

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1349, ENSLAVED, ZYKLON: More U.K. Tour Dates Announced

1349, the Norwegian black metal band featuring SATYRICON drummer Frost, will be teaming up with ENSLAVED and ZYKLON for a tour of the U.K. and Ireland in September. Confirmed dates are as follows; Sep. 05 - The Village - Dublin, IRE Sep. 07 - Colchester Arts Centre - Colchester, UK Sep. 08 - Corpora...

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BRUJERIA To Embark On Spanish Tour In September

Extreme metallers BRUJERIA will embark on a three-date "Don Quijote Marihuana" Spanish tour in September following their successful appearance at the Viña Rock Festival in Villarobledo (Albacete) this past April. The details are as follows: Sep. 21 - Madrid, ESP @ Heineken Sep. 22 - Bergara, ESP @ G...

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GOREFEST: European Festival Report

Guitarist Frank Harthoorn of the reunited Dutch metallers GOREFEST has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We'd been asked to fill in for DEICIDE on the Nummirock festival in Finland two weeks ago, an invite we gladly accepted since we'd never been there before. Nummirock...

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LED ZEPPELIN's JIMMY PAGE Pulls Out Of MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL Tribute Concert

LED ZEPPELIN legend Jimmy Page has been forced to cancel his participation in the June 30 concert in honor of Atlantic Records at this year's Montreux Jazz Festival due to medical reasons (a "surgery", according to a press release). On June 30 — the opening night of the festival — the Montreux Jazz...