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CRISS ANGEL To Appear At Chicago OZZFEST

Master provocateur Criss Angel, whose A&E series "Criss Angel Mindfreak" debuted last week (airs weekly on Wednesday) at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT, will make an appearance at the July 30 Ozzfest date in Chicago. Angel will have a tented area where he will be available to interact with fans and sign a...

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Issue VI

It's quite simple really; those who enjoy the razor-sharp, precision thrash of bands like THE HAUNTED (such as myself) should at least be able to appreciate the unbridled fury of Germany's DEW-SCENTED (as I can). On album number six ("Issue VI"),DEW-SCENTED churns out another quality modern thrash...

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ORGY To Release 'Trans Global Spectacle' DVD In August

"No one has seen this side of us, the behind-the-scenes reality of ORGY," says Bobby Hewitt, the band's drummer and director of their retrospective DVD, "Trans Global Spectacle", due August 23 on D1 Music/DLC Records. "Most of our fans have only seen us onstage, in videos and in magazines, but this...

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ROSE TATTOO Guitarist Quits Touring Because Of Cancer

Australia's Undercover News is reporting that Pete Wells, founding member and guitarist for ROSE TATTOO, has had to give up touring with the band because of prostate cancer. Wells was diagnosed two years ago and has been undergoing treatment but has had to stand aside from the band until he recovers...

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CEMETARY Mainman Leaves Metal Scene 'For Good'

CEMETARY mainman Mathias Lodmalm has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "I'm leaving CEMETARY and the 'scene' for good (insert applause). "I've had enough of the people I do business with and the relationship with them has basically killed off the little inspiration I had...

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Parallels of Infinite Torture

If you're not already a fan of the bludgeoning death metal of DISGORGE, "Parallels of Infinite Torture" won't make you one. DISGORGE is not about melodious dalliance, groove-based chug, or even semi-decipherable guttural vocals. It's a simple matter of underground death metal extremity, the kind of...

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ALICE COOPER: 'Dirty Diamonds' Gets An Official Release Date

According to a post at SickthingsUK, New West Records has set an August 2 release date for the new ALICE COOPER album, entitled "Dirty Diamonds". The following press release has been issued by the label; After 30 albums and some of the most famous rock songs ever recorded, you'd think Alice Cooper's...

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The Rising Tide of Oblivion

A couple of years ago, "The Rising Tide of Oblivion" would have sounded a lot better to me. The metalcore competition was less intense back then. Germany's NEAERA are in many ways the quintessential metalcore band, in this case a thrashy up-tempo album with sporadic breakdowns, screechy lead vocals...

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40 BELOW SUMMER: New Demo Tracks Available For Download

Two brand new 40 BELOW SUMMER demo tracks, "Hatemail" and "How Long", have been posted in the "Music" section of the FollowTheSun.net web site. 40 BELOW SUMMER's most recent album, "The Mourning After", was released in November 2003 through Razor & Tie Records. The band are currently seeking a n...

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DANKO JONES: More 'Magical World' Sessions Available For Streaming

Canadian rocker Danko Jones has uploaded six more sessions from his Swedish radio show, "The Magical World of Rock with Danko Jones", which was recently syndicated to both German and Canadian radio stations. The shows available for streaming via TheMagicalWorldOfRock.com are as follows: 01. Singers'...

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CENTINEX To Headline U.K.'s INFERNAL DAMNATION FESTIVAL

Arcane Promotions, in association with Zero Tolerance magazine, is presenting the second annual Infernal Damnation Festival, taking place at The Electrowerkz, London on Saturday April 30. Doors open at 2 p.m. Headlining the event are CENTINEX from Sweden who are set to lay waste to the audience with...

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CRISIS Schedule El Paso Gig

According to the CRISIS fan site FiresOfSorrow, CRISIS will be making a pit stop in El Paso, Texas on their way to the South by Southwest Music Festival (SXSW). They will be playing with SPEED RAZOR (PISSING RAZORS side project) on Thursday, March 17 at The Bombadier (109 East Castellano Drive, El P...

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DANKO JONES Announce First U.S. Tour

DANKO JONES, the Toronto-based power rock trio named after their charismatic frontman, have announced their first tour of the United States. The band recently signed to Razor & Tie in the U.S. and will be releasing their first album here, "We Sweat Blood", on April 19. DANKO JONES is already a s...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, CONVERGE Confirmed For Holland's ARNHEM HARDCORE MEETING

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, CONVERGE and EIGHTEEN VISIONS are among the bands confirmed for the Arnhem Hardcore Meeting festival, set to be held Saturday, March 26 at the 19th century music hall Musis Sacrum, right in the center of Arnhem, Holland. The lineup for the festival is shaping up as follows...

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Character

"Character" has been awaited obsessively by the self-appointed defenders of heavy, who've pinned their Swede-metal hopes on DARK TRANQUILLITY after lamenting loud and long the "selling out" of IN FLAMES, SOILWORK, et al. Good news — Mikael Stanne's much-maligned clean vocals are history, his emotive...