DEAD MENS DREAMS, the Orlando/West Palm Beach Florida-based hard rock band featuring 5 BILLION DEAD singer Strain, RESPONSE NEGATIVE drummer Jim McCourt, STILLKEPT guitarist Claude “Zilla”, and LO bassist Perry Stern, has uploaded two new tracks from its forthcoming debut album, entitled “The Dead Are Dreaming”.
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TAAKE frontman Hoest ? whose “revealing” performance (photo#1, photo#2, photo#3) at the 2003 Inferno Festival in Norway remains the source of much comedy ? has once again found himself at the center of controversy.
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Extreme metal titans VITAL REMAINS have uploaded a new song, entitled “Hammer down the Nails”, to their MySpace page.
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Members of ANGRA, TORTURE SQUAD, KORZUS, TUATHA DE DANANN, VIPER, DR.
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Finland’s SOULRELIC has issued the following update: “As some of you might have wondered the lack of information considering the band known as SOULRELIC, aka KURAKELLO (inside joke, don’t ask) here’s some: Currently the status of this band is unsigned and unexisting, as we see no continuum for SOULRELIC as a demo band.
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CHILDREN OF BODOM bassist Henkka Seppälä has posted the following message on the band’s official web site: “Alexi [Laiho; guitar/vocals] is back in business [after tripping at a bowling alley and hurting his shoulder, preventing him from playing guitar for six weeks].
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SCORN, the project led by former NAPALM DEATH drummer Mick Harris, has completed work on a new album, entitled “Didn’t Ask to be Here”.
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SPREAD EAGLE vocalist Ray West will embark on another solo tour in May.
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Drummer Dave Kinkade (INSATANITY, ex-DIVINE EMPIRE, MALEVOLENT CREATION, COUNCIL OF THE FALLEN) has issued the following update: “I have decided to release a pre-production demo of one of the new INSATANITY songs since I’ve been getting emails asking ‘What the fuck?’ everyday.
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A number of video clips of HEAVEN AND HELL ? the band featuring BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) ? performing at the Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on March 14, 2007 have been posted online at YouTube.
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Classic Rock magazine reports: When ex-IRON MAIDEN front man Blaze Bayley discovered he was losing his hair he didn’t “Run to the Hills” and step away from the heavy metal music spotlight.
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Video footage of MIXHELL (photo) ? the DJ/hip hop/electro project featuring former SEPULTURA drummer Igor “Iggor” Cavalera and his wife Laima Leyton ? performing at Clube Gloria in São Paulo, Brazil has been posted online at this location.
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Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS performed their new single, entitled “Humanity”, from their upcoming album “Humanity – Hour 1” earlier today (Saturday, March 24) at a special concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of signing the Roman treaty, which became the basis for foundation of the European Union.
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