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29 май 2011
GRIEF OF EMERALD Preparing To Release \'The Devils Deep\'
 Swedish death/black metal band GRIEF OF EMERALD will release its fourth album, "The Devils Deep", on June 3 through Non Serviam Records. The first CD to feature the group's current lineup sees GRIEF OF EMERALD "increase[ing] the power by adding some new intricate songs, boosting harmonies with haunting keyboards, tight double-bass drumming, backed by a massive guitar sound and haunting vocals, plus superb packaging," according to a press release.
Commented drummer Carl Karlsson: "After our last tour [Christ Crushing Tour with SKYFORGER, SEAR BLISS, BESTIAL MOCKERY and OBTEST], GRIEF OF EMERALD was confronted with lineup problems once again when the bass player and the guitarist left the band. The band fell into a slumber as we tried to find competent musicians to work with, some local shows were done to try out new members but not until 2008 the lineup was complete again and the plans of a new record was spawned. A demo called 'Holocaust' was made as well as some live shows around Sweden to attract record companies and after careful consideration a deal was made with Non Serviam Records."  | 0 |  |
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29 май 2011
RUSH To Release New Concert DVD In September
 According to Musictap.net, Concord Records will release a RUSH DVD with an undetermined title on September 27, most likely referring to a live DVD of RUSH's April 15 performance at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
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29 май 2011
ASTRAL DOORS: New Album To Be Mixed By DANIEL BERGSTRAND
 Jerusalem", the new album from Swedish melodic metallers ASTRAL DOORS, will be mixed by Daniel Bergstrand, who has previously worked with BEHEMOTH, MESHUGGAH, DIMMU BORGIR, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and SOILWORK, among others.
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29 май 2011
THE HUMAN ABSTRACT: \'Holographic Sight\' Video Released
 "Holographic Sight", the new video from California metallers THE HUMAN ABSTRACT, can be viewed below. The song comes off THE HUMAN ABSTRACT's third full-length album, "Digital Veil", which sold around 3,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 177 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at position No. 5 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
THE HUMAN ABSTRACT recently parted ways with guitarist Andrew Tapley. He wrote in a post on his Facebook page, "This wasn't decided by me; however, there are no hard feelings."
Tapley joined THE HUMAN ABSTRACT in 2007 and played on the band's sophomore full-length album, "Midheaven", which came out in August 2008 via Hopeless Records. He is also featured on "Digital Veil".
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29 май 2011
HATESPHERE Announces New Bassist
 nish thrashers HATESPHERE have announced the addition of bassist Jimmy Nedergaard (GOB SQUAD) to the group's ranks.
Commented Nedergaard: "I've been a fan of HATESPHERE for a long time, so, of course, I had to audition. Both their music and the energy they put in their work appeals to me, and our future plans for HATESPHERE are the same, so it seems obvious to me, to work and play with these guys."
Added HATESPHERE in a statement: "Finding a new bass player showed not to be as easy, as we had hoped but our patience luckily paid off. Being a metalhead but coming from a punk rock background, Jimmy fits our profile perfectly. He knows what he is going into, he shares our visions with the band, he has tried something different than metal but still has it deep in his heart, and last but not least he's a great guy. Fitting in personally means a lot to us, so Jimmy's age and experience has made him the perfect choice. We have already played our first live show with him, partied with him and involved him in the writing process of the new songs, so he has had a busy start — just as we want it."
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29 май 2011
JOB FOR A COWBOY - komplette EP \'Gloom\' im Stream!
 Die komplette neue EP 'Gloom' von JOB FOR A COWBOY kann hier angehört werden.
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28 май 2011
SYSTEM OF A DOWN: Inglewood Footage Available
 Fan-filmed video footage of SYSTEM OF A DOWN's May 24, 2011 concert at Forum in Inglewood, California can be viewed below.
The band's setlist was as follows:
01. Prison Song
02. B.Y.O.B.
03. Know
04. Needles
05. Deer Dance
06. Attack
07. Radio/Video
08. Hypnotize
09. Question!
10. Suggestions
11. Psycho
12. Chop Suey!
13. Lonely Day
14. Soldier Side - Intro
15. Soldier Side
16. Bounce
17. Kill Rock 'n Roll
18. Lost in Hollywood
19. Forest
20. Science
21. Holy Mountains
22. Aerials
23. Tentative
24. Cigaro
25. Suite-Pee
26. War?
27. Toxicity
28. P.L.U.C.K.
29. Sartarabad
30. Sugar
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28 май 2011
JANE\'S ADDICTION: \'End To The Lies\' Video Released
 "End To The Lies", the new video from JANE'S ADDICTION, can be viewed below.
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28 май 2011
TIM \'RIPPER\' OWENS. FABIO LIONE Featured On INFINITA SYMPHONIA Debut
 Symphonic power prog metallers INFINITA SYMPHONIA have inked a deal with Scarlet Records. The band's debut album, "A Mind's Chronicle", will be released in June. A representation of the human mind that emphasizes the role of personal decisions in our own journey of life, the CD features special guest appearances by Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and Fabio Lione (RHAPSODY OF FIRE, VISION DIVINE). It was recorded and mixed at Outer Sound Studios in Rome, Italy, by Giuseppe Orlando (NOVEMBRE) and mastered at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland, by Mika Jussila (NIGHTWISH, SONATA ARCTICA, STRATOVARIUS, EDGUY). The beautiful cover artwork was handled by Nerve Design (NILE, THRESHOLD, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, VISION DIVINE, EXILIA).
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28 май 2011
SLASH: Next Solo Album To Arrive In March/April
 In a recent interview with Planet Rock, legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES revealed that his new solo album will be released next spring.
Another record has been mooted for some time but this is the first time that Slash has talked about the schedule for its release.
Although ALTER BRIDGE vocalist Myles Kennedy sang just two tracks on Slash's self-titled solo debut, Slash recently confirmed that Myles will sing everything on the guitarist's next solo effort.
Speaking to Nicky Horne, he revealed, "Myles and I have been writing all throughout the tour so we've got a lot of material, and at this point we're probably gonna start a little bit of pre-production in June and then do the tour in July. In September we're going to [do more] pre-production and the album is slated to come out in March or April."
In a recent interview with The Pulse Of Radio, Kennedy said about the fact that Slash would like him to handle the lead vocals on the guitarist's next CD, "It's very flattering. I think there's kind of a cool thing we got going. We really enjoy working with each other. I know they're auditioning singers now for VELVET REVOLVER, so I don't know if they find the right guy if that'll affect things timing-wise. I'm not really sure. But the plan right now is that yeah, we'll do a record together down the road."
Slash's debut disc came out last year and featured a different singer on each track, including Chris Cornell, Ozzy Osbourne, M. Shadows and others.
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28 май 2011
CHIMAIRA Debuts New Lineup In Flint; Video Available
 The new lineup of the Cleveland, Ohio metal band CHIMAIRA made its live debut this past Wednesday, May 25 at The Machine Shop in Flint, Michigan.
Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be viewed below.
CHIMAIRA 2011 is:
Mark Hunter - Vocals
Rob Arnold - Guitar
Matt DeVries - Guitar
Emil Werstler (DAATH) - Bass
Sean Zatorsky (DAATH) - Keyboards/Samples
Austin D'Amond (BLEED THE SKY, THE ELITE) – Drums
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28 май 2011
MEGADETH: Recording Sessions For New Album \'Halted\' After Producer Falls Ill
 According to a Twitter post from MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine, the recording sessions for the band's new studio album were "halted" yesterday after producer Johnny K (full name: John Karkazis; DISTURBED, SEVENDUST, MACHINE HEAD, STAIND) was "suddenly struck ill."
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28 май 2011
SEBASTIAN BACH \'Done Mixing\' New Album
 Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach recently entered a Los Angeles studio with his new, young, virtuosic guitarist Nick Sterling, drummer Bobby Jarzombek and producer Bob Marlette (BLACK SABBATH, SHINEDOWN, ATREYU, FILTER) to record Bach's next CD, tentatively due this fall via the Italian label Frontiers Records.
"We are DONE mixing the new CD," Bach writes on his Facebook page. "The last song we just completed was 'Awake', which a lot of you know. The melody from Nick Sterling in the chorus is so incredible; tender, heart-wrenching, builds into an emotional crescendo that is so beautiful and heavy to me.
"After much attention to detail from producer Bob Marlette, Nick, and myself, we now have the 'magic mix' of this track that literally makes me want to rip the skin off my chest it sounds so good.
"Next up we master the CD and vinyl versions of the record at Precision Sound in L.A.
"Like my last CD, Tom Baker will master the record, because he did such a perfect job mastering 'Angel Down'.
"Get ready to rock, mothertruckers! In stores this September!"
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28 май 2011
BLAZE BAYLEY: Footage From Belgian \'Warm-Up\' Concert Available
 Former IRON MAIDEN and current WOLFSBANE frontman Blaze Bayley and his solo band played a "secret" warm-up show on May 12, 2011 at De Verlichte Geest in Roeselare, Belgium to prepare for their upcoming festival appearances. Check out video footage of the performance below.
Blaze's band at the show consisted of the following musicians:
Blaze Bayley: Vocals
Steve Deleu (GWYLLION, DOUBLE DIAMOND, FIREFORCE): Guitar
Nick Meganck (NATIVE INSTINCT): Bass
Dave Andrews: Guitar
Claudio Tirincanti: Drums
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27 май 2011
OZZY OSBOURNE: If BLACK SABBATH Reunion Doesn\'t Happen, \'I Ain\'t Gonna Cry My Eyes Out\'
 Darryl Sterdan of the QMI Agency recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
QMI Agency: What would you go back and change about the albums [1980's "Blizzard Of Ozz" and 1981's "Diary Of A Madman"] if you could?
Ozzy: Nothing! I wouldn't change anything. Why would I want to change them? They were perfectly good the way they were.
QMI Agency: But you did replace the original bass and drum tracks in 2002 during a royalty dispute with the musicians. These versions restore the original performances. Do you regret changing them?
Ozzy: My wife's my manager. I don't handle any of the business. I wasn't a fan of replacing the original things, but that was purely a business decision to get people off our backs. I didn't want to do it, but they forced my hand, you know. But really, that's a question you should ask my wife. I'm just happy we could go back and use the original parts.
QMI Agency: It seems every time one member of BLACK SABBATH mentions a reunion, another one shoots it down. Do you think it will ever happen?
Ozzy: I haven't got a clue. If they want to call me, they can call me. I never say never. If it works, fine. If it don't, I'll move on. It ain't the end of the world. I ain't gonna get a box of Kleenex and cry my eyes out for the rest of my life.
QMI Agency: Why is it so hard for you four to agree?
Ozzy: Well, we're not kids anymore. I don't wanna bullshit them and I don't want them to bullshit me. Why should I go back to that and be unhappy when I'm happy right now? I mean, I would love to do a great album with BLACK SABBATH. I would love to get the credit we so roundly deserve. At the same time, the pressure would be really intense. I could go tomorrow and make an album with them, but it wouldn't necessarily be something I would be proud of.
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27 май 2011
ALICE COOPER Cancels First Show In 30 Years
 For the first time in 30 years, legendary rocker Alice Cooper was forced to cancel a show tonight (Thursday, May 26) due to illness. He was too ill to even leave the hotel in Santiago, Chile and is very sorry to disappoint the many fans who have waited so long for this concert. The doctor is optimistic that Alice will be well enough for Saturday's show in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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27 май 2011
PAUL STANLEY Performs On \'Lopez Tonight\'
 KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley was a featured guest on lsat night's (Thursday, May 26) edition of "Lopez Tonight", comedian George Lopez's talk show on TBS.
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27 май 2011
GUS G. Joins MARTY FRIEDMAN On Stage In Thessaloniki
 FIREWIND/OZZY OSBOURNE axeman Gus G. (real name: Kostas Karamitroudis) joined Marty Friedman on stage for a live jam at the ex-MEGADETH axeman's concert last night (Thursday, May 26) at Eightball Club in Thessaloniki, Greece. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below.
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27 май 2011
BLACK STONE CHERRY: Entire New Album Available For Streaming
 "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea", the third album from Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY, is available for streaming in its entirety at iheartradio.com. The CD is scheduled for release on May 31 via Roadrunner Records.
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27 май 2011
JOE PERRY: \'I Am Looking Forward To The New AEROSMITH CD\'
 Steve Baltin of the newly launched online version of Creem magazine recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
Creem: What are your hopes for AEROSMITH musically?
Perry: We always did our songs as vehicles to play live. I think you can hear bits and pieces of it from my last solo record, the way we used to. I hope on the next AEROSMITH record I hope we can try some of that the way it used to be a long time ago. Part of it is also just sticking to the roots, the basic roots, which is rock 'n' roll, that's how we started.
Creem: Have you been writing for this record?
Perry: I don't really look at things like, "Oh, it's record time." I'm always writing and stuff. And I was talking to Rick Rubin, who said, "Make a cassette of all the bands you first heard who turned you on, who when you first heard made you go, 'This is it, this is the path, this is where I want to go.' Fill it up with all those songs and listen to them." Sure enough it puts you back in that head space and you start forgetting about Eddie Van Halen's lighting speed, unbelievable guitar playing, Sid Vicious' bleeding nose, disco, alternative music, or what's all the hubbub about.
Creem: How has the break helped you?
Perry: The recent break from AEROSMITH has been good because I was able to get away from the daily grind. The last five years I have had three knee surgeries, two of which were replacement, all on my right knee. During the time the band was on break from canceled or postponed shows it allowed me time to work on and put out two solo CDs. I finished a solo CD, got the JOE PERRY PROJECT back on the road, and toured with MÖTLEY CRÜE and BAD COMPANY in the U.K. Plus I did my own headline tour. So this break comes at a perfect time for me to recharge and get some perspective on things. I am looking forward to the new AEROSMITH CD and touring after its release so all of our fans can hear our new music.
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27 май 2011
OPETH: \'Heritage\' Album Details Revealed
 Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will release their tenth album, "Heritage", on September 20 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was produced by OPETH vocalist/guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt and was recorded earlier this year at Atlantis studios (formerly Metronome studios) in Stockholm. Mixing duties were handled by Steven Wilson (PORCUPINE TREE) and Åkerfeldt. Longtime collaborator Travis Smith also worked with Åkerfeldt to create, design and execute the album's artwork.
"Heritage" will be released in several configurations that will certainly incite the interest of OPETH's legion of fans, known for their passion for collecting and collectibles. The album will be released as a standard version; as a special edition loaded with extras; as a box set exclusive to the Roadrunner and the band's own official Omerch webstore; and as a double LP. There is something for every OPETH fan, thanks to this variety of options.
Commented Åkerfeldt, "It will be our 10th album/observation. I dig it; we all do. In fact, it feels like I've been building up to write for and participate on an album like this since I was 19."
Åkerfeldt went a little deeper and described the music contained within "Heritage", saying, "It's quite intense at times in some 'old' murky way, and quite beautiful and stark at times, if I may say so myself.
"It's obvious I'm going to say nice things about it since I wrote, basically, the whole piece, but I guess it will raise a few eyebrows and it certainly is an acquired taste.
"I think you'll need a slightly deeper understanding of our music as a whole to be able to appreciate this record.
"I've realized my influences for this album are so diverse that I can't really say what it sounds like.
"If I can compare it to any other band, it would have to be OPETH, but it's different from the stuff we've done before.
"I've listened a lot to ALICE COOPER for the last year, yet I can't say it sounds like 'No More Mr. Nice Guy'.
"I hope you'll like it once you hear it."
"Heritage" track listing:
01. Heritage
02. The Devil's Orchard
03. I Feel The Dark
04. Slither
05. Nepenthe
06. Haxprocess
07. Famine
08. The Lines In My Hand
09. Folklore
10. Marrow Of The Earth
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27 май 2011
ZZ TOP Live In Germany 1980 CD Due This Month
 For the first time on CD, on May 31, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release ZZ TOP Live in Germany 1980. This 16-song Texas manifesto features guitarist Billy F Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist Dusty Hill, in an onstage explosion of barrelhouse jump blues and boogie.
The Grugahalle in Essen was rockin’ on that night in 1980. ZZ Top, touring in support of 1979’s Deguello, is totally energized on nine of Deguello’s tracks, complemented by fan favorites from Tres Hombres (1973) and Fandango (1975), as well as righteous roots-reverent covers of ELMORE JAMES and ELVIS PRESLEY. (The concert was filmed for German television’s popular Rockpalast program and released on DVD as Double Down Live in 2009.)
Live in Germany 1980 tracklisting:
'El Deguello'
'I Thank You'
'Waitin’ For the Bus'
'Jesus Just Left Chicago'
'Precious And Grace'
'Manic Mechanic'
'Lowdown In The Street'
'Heard It On The X'
'Fool For Your Stockings'
'Cheap Sunglasses'
'Arrested For Driving While Blind'
'Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers'
'La Grange / Sloppy Drunk / Bar-B-Q'
'Dust My Broom'
'Jailhouse Rock'
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27 май 2011
DISMA Complete Work On Debut Album; Audio Preview Available
 New Jersey death metal band DISMA have completed work on their debut album, entitled Towards The Megalith.
Featuring legendary death metal vocalist Craig Pillard (ex-INCANTATION, DISCIPLES OF MOCKERY), guitarists Darl Kahan (FUNEBRARUM, CITIZEN'S ARREST) and Bill Venner (ex-Incantation), bassist Randi Stokes, and drummer Shawn Eldridge (Funebrarum), with their debut album (which follows the band's much lauded and now out of print The Vault Of Membros demo), Disma have created a doomy and twisted atmospheric death metal monolith that will forge new ground in the death metal underground, while at the same time upholding the old-school death metal spirit.
To be released July 19th via Profound Lore Records, tracklisting for Towards The Megalith is as follows:
'Chaos Apparition'
'Chasm Of Oceanus'
'Spectral Domination'
'Vault Of Membros'
'Purulent Quest'
'Lost In The Burial Fog'
'Of A Past Forlorn'
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27 май 2011
LADY GAGA: \'IRON MAIDEN Changed My Life\'
 A new Rolling Stone magazine audio interview with pop superstar Lady Gaga in which she describes the experience of attending IRON MAIDEN's April 17, 2011 concert in Tampa, Florida can be streamed below.
"I went to see IRON MAIDEN the other night, and I actually watched the show from a box," Lady Gaga can be heard saying in the clip. "And we were laughing as we walked — it was me and my two best friends… as we were walking into the box, we had a bunch of drinks, we were all going, 'This is so not metal, to be in a box.' [laughs] So we watched most of the show from the box and then we were gonna go meet the band. And we went down during 'The Number Of The Beast'. And when we got there, I grabbed Lady Starlight and I said, 'Let's go,' and we just booked it into the center of the crowd. And we were dancing and singing and everyone was just so into it. And it was one of the first times I've been able to just be at a rock concert in a long time . . . People did recognize me, but it was so kind and warm and awesome. I mean, IRON MAIDEN is all about, 'We don't care who our fans are. We love everybody.' . . . I guess what I'm trying to say is the devotion of the fans moving in unison, pumping their fists, watching the show, when I see that, I see the paradigm for my future and the relationship I want to have with my fans. IRON MAIDEN's never had a hit song, and they tour stadiums around the world, and their fans live, breathe and die for MAIDEN, and that is my dream. That is my dream. And not only that, but when we got into the crowd, there was no pretension… I'm a pop singer — I didn't know what it would be like in a crowd of a MAIDEN [fans]; everybody was hugging me, high-fiving, fistpumps in the air… 'Oh, it's so cool you're at MAIDEN.' Jumping and dancing… I mean, it was like absolute no judgment, no prejudice, freedom and love for music. It doesn't matter who you are; you don't need to know anything about music to love it. And it was just so… It was just awesome… MAIDEN changed my life."
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27 май 2011
Gothenburg \'Big Four\' Concert To Be Broadcast On Swedish Television
 SVT2, one of two television channels run by Sweden's public television broadcaster Sveriges Television, will air a five-hour live broadcast of the "Big Four" concert on July 3, 2011 at Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden
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27 май 2011
DIR EN GREY To Release \'Dum Spiro Spero\' In August
 Japanese rockers DIR EN GREY will release their eighth studio album, "Dum Spiro Spero", on August 9. According to a press release, the band's deep, extensive and unique perspective is once again set to break boundaries, with their uncategorizable mix of music which will undoubtedly secure tremendous support from the hardcore fans, as well as gaining recognition from heavy rock fans, guitar enthusiasts and Western-music-obsessed music fans."
DIR EN GREY guitarist Kaoru describes "Dum Spiro Spero" as "more savage, and from a deeper world which is completely different from any of our past works."
"Dum Spiro Spero" features 14 tracks, including "Hageshisa To, Kono Mune No Naka De Karamitsuita Shakunetsu No Yami" (featured on "Saw 3D" soundtrack), "Lotus" and "Different Sense".
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27 май 2011
ONWARD TO OLYMPAS: \'Structures\' Video Released
 "Structures", the new video from North Carolina's Christian hardcore/metal act ONWARD TO OLYMPAS, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's sophomore album, "The War Within Us", which was released on March 15 via Facedown Records. | 0 | |
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26 май 2011
CANNIBAL CORPSE: Music For Eight New Songs Completed
 Bassist Alex Webster of Florida-based death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE has posted the following message on his Twitter profile:
"Writing for the new CANNIBAL album is going great. We've completed music for eight songs and have several more in the works as well."
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26 май 2011
POISON Kicks Off 25th-Anniversary Tour In Front Of Nearly 4,000 Fans
 POISON kicked off its 25th-anniversary tour last night (Wednesday, May 25) in front of nearly 4,000 fans at BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Mississippi. This larger-than-life reunion tour features all four of the band's original members — Bret Michaels, Rikki Rockett, Bobby Dall and C.C. DeVille. Also appearing on the bill were WARRANT and Tupelo's own SPUNK MONKEES.
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Grief of Emerald
