Scarlet Complete New Album, 'Cult Classic'

Scarlet has completed work on their debut full-length for Ferret Music. Artwork has been completed by Asterik Studios and the effort is currently at the pressing plant. The album, entitled "Cult Classic," will feature sixteen tracks and should be available on March 9th. Here's the track listing: More...

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Drowning Pool Recording New Album

DROWNING POOL are currently in the studio with vocalist Jason Jones at the helm. Johnny K. has started producing the band's upcoming new album which at the moment has no set release date.

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Soilwork Tap Scarve Drummer For Euro Tour

Sweden's SOILWORK have announced that recently departed drummer Richard Evensand (now with Chimaira) has been temporarily replaced him with Dirk Verbeuren from SCARVE, who will be filling in as a session drummer for Soilwork's upcoming headlining tour in Europe.

Here's a quote from their website:

"Richard is an amazing drummer and we are very happy that we have had the privilege to play with him for the period of time that we did. Richard and SOILWORK have decided not to continue playing together and we have parted as good friends. We wish him all the best of luck with his future projects."

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The Red Chord Work On New Album, Line-up Changes

Things have been relatively quiet in The Red Chord camp lately as the band is now focused on completing their next full-length. The album is tentatively entitled "Clients" and is likely to hit stores later this year. The group has been in negotiations with several record labels during the past year and are now nearing a decision following extended negotiations. Meanwhile, The Red Chord has undergone some recent lineup changes as bassist Adam Wentworth recently left the group to join Premonitions Of War, while drummer Mike Justain is now playing with Unearth. Consequently, the band has added bassist Gregory Weeks (Beyond The Sixth Seal) and drummer Jon Down (Dead Water Drowning) to their lineup. Dow will remain in Dead Water Drowning as well, in case you were wondering.

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Breakpoint Finish Recording Second Album

BREAKPOINT, the French power heavy band, has just finished their second album at P'n'F studios with Fred Rochette. The next release will be more melodic and catchy than the first one. The mix process is planned in February / March. Many labels are shown interested and the band is looking for the best deal. The website has changed and the new adress is http://www.breakpointmusic.net.

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Magellan Korean Release Bonus Tracks Online

MAGELLAN's effort 'Impossible Figures' is now available in Korea (through Sail Music - http://www.sailmusic.co.kr ) in a limited, rare, edition with 5 bonus tracks. The bonus tracks (Hallucination, Jab for Jab, Mozambique, A Drummer's Prayer, Football Soul) are unfinished demos recorded in the studio session of Impossible Figures, and can also be downloaded at http://www.magellanweb.com/magrarities3.htm.

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Evanescence Looks To The Future, Next Album

Christie Eliezer of Australia's Beat magazine spoke with Evanescence singer Amy Lee about the band's next album, which will see the group trying to bounce back from the surprise departure of guitarist Ben Moody, who has since been replaced, for now anyways, with Cold guitarist Terry Balsamo. Former Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland who worked with Lee on the soundtrack to 'Underworld' is keen to produce some tracks. "I'm open to all kinds of ideas at the moment," she said. "I listen back to 'Fallen' and realize we could have done so much more. Let's see what happens as the songs emerge. Wes and I talked recently. He's a good writer." Asked about the lyrical direction she's headed in, Lee said, "Everything. I've had so much building up - I've grown up so much in the last year - that all these things are flowing out. A lot of what's happened starts to make sense when you put it into context of a song. Right now, I avoid reading magazines because the media's really slamming me. You learn not to feel guilty and just be yourself."

Read the full article at Beat Magazine.

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Linkin Park's New Top Secret Animated Video

MTV News reports Linkin Park were fitted for costumes in late December and plan to finish their new video this month. The band refused to reveal any more details about the clip, including what song it will be for. In fact, the fourth 'Meteora' single is being kept so tightly under wraps that not even the band's management or publicist knew the title as of Wednesday.

"It's heavy on the animation," rapper Mike Shinoda revealed recently. "And when we say animation, we're not meaning CGI [computer-generated imagery]. This is the real deal, hand-drawn animation. So it's gonna be pretty cool. I mean, that could mean anything from, like, Thomas the Choo Choo Train to 'Akira.' So you can imagine Linkin Park rolling around with some Care Bears. It'd be pretty hot."

Update: It is said that the single and video is 'Breaking the Habit'

Read the full article at MTV.com.

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Iraqi Metal Band Acrassicauda Play Baghdad

Members of the Iraqi rock band Acrassicauda play heavy metal music on Monday (January 5) in Baghdad, Iraq. The band, comprised of young Iraqis and heavily influenced by American heavy metal bands, played at a Baghdad social hall and attracted around 100 young Iraqis to an afternoon of loud amplified rock music. Check out pictures from GettyImages.

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