Body of Scars Post Another Song Online

BODY OF SCARS, the new Phoenix, Arizona-based band featuring JAG PANZER drummer Rikard Stjernquist and former 40 GRIT vocalist/guitarist James Santiago, has posted another full-length track on its MySpace page. Check out the song "Obscene" at this location. Both cuts come off the group's self-titled debut album, which was released on October 2.

"Body of Scars track listing:

01. Nothing Without Nothing
02. Bounced
03. Body Of Scars
04. Obscene
05. Numbered
06. Throwing My Life Away
07. Blood Drain
08. Fractured
09. Let's Get High
10. Set Ablaze

Check out the cover artwork at this location.

Formed in August 2006, BODY OF SCARS' current lineup is completed by lead guitarist Randy Davis (MOTIVE).

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These Arms Are Snakes Tour Dates

These Arms Are Snakes will tour the West Coast in November. Here are the tour dates:

11/4 Reno, NV @ Club Underground w/ Promises Promises, Black Year
11/5 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's w/ Jesu
11/6 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall w/ Jesu, Oxbow
11/7 Los Angeles, CA @ Crash Mansion (free show)
11/8 Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse w/ Moonrats, Crystal Antlers, more
11/9 Los Angeles, CA @ Echo Plex w/ Jesu, Oxbow
11/10 La Jolla, CA @ Che Cafe w/ Colossus of Rhodes, Lanterns
11/12 Nevada City, CA @ TBD
11/14 Seattle, WA @ Neumo's Crystal Ball w/ Isis, 27
11/15 Vancouver, BC @ Richards on Richards w/ Isis, 27

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Stream The New Exodus Album In Its Entirety

You can now stream Exodus' latest album, "The Atrocity Exhibition - Exhibit A," in its entirety on the band's MySpace page through October 22nd.

Nuclear Blast will release "The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A" on October 28th in Europe. The album was produced at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA by Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, MACHINE HEAD, NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY).

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The End Part Ways With Guitarist

Canadian metallers THE END have issued the following update:

"Unfortunately we have some sad news for you. Andrew Hercules [guitar] has decided to leave the band. We all wish him the best in his future endeavors. Due to this development we will need to immediately cancel the rest of the dates with BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME. We'll head home after the Seattle show and sort out how we will bring out the rock on our tours with GWAR and CHIMAIRA.

"We apologize to anyone that had planned on attending our shows, we appreciate your support, and we will be back as soon as possible. We would also like to apologize and thank BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, HORSE THE BAND, and ANIMOSITY. Everyone on the tour has been great. We wish you all the best of luck through the rest of the tour. Another great band, GIANT, will be taking our place. Please make sure you get to the show in time to check them out, you will not regret it."

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"Kissology 3" Details Announced

KISSOnline.com reports:

"KISSology Vol. 3: 1992-2000 in stores December 18th!

This is the biggest... the baddest... the most incredible of them all...

The third installment of the multi-platinum, hugely successful KISSolog Series. KISS is back with their biggest statement to date - nearly TEN hours of KISS live on stage.

KISSology Vol. 3 also features - MTV's Unplugged performance, including songs that didn't make it into the broadcast or CD version! Plus, a behind the scenes documentary shot during rehearsals and back stage - never before seen!

And we teased this on KISSology Vol. 1 - the much heralded Queens, NY Coventry Show from December, 1973 - the band's first ever concert filmed in make up in its entirety!

KISSology Vol. 3: 1992-2000 has been super-expanded to four DVD's - nearly TEN HOURS of KISS live and on stage! Includes over 100 live performances, commentary from Paul, Gene, Bruce Kulick & Tommy Thayer as well as a 20 page full color booklet!

Five concerts included: Detroit - 1992, Detroit - 1996, Los Angeles - 1998, New Jersey - 2000 and Queens, NY - 1973.

One version of the release will feature a FIFTH BONUS DISC of KISS' performance at the KROQ Weenie Roadt on June 15th, 1996. Tracks include: 'Deuce', 'Love Gun', 'Calling Dr. Love', 'Firehouse', 'Shock Me', '100,000 Years', 'Detroit Rock City', 'Black Diamond' and 'Rock and Roll All Nite'."

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Avenged Sevenfold Accepting Fans Guitar Solos

The Pulse of Radio reports: AVENGED SEVENFOLD is giving fans a chance to create their own guitar solo for the band's latest single, "Almost Easy". Anyone who pre-orders the group's new self-titled album or buys it after it comes out on October 30 at the iTunes store will receive a bonus "jam-along" version of the track minus guitarist Synyster Gates' solo. Fans can then devise their own solo and upload it at AvengedSevenfold.com. The solo picked by Gates as the best will earn the winner a Synyster Gates signature model guitar from Schecter Guitar Research, autographed by the entire band, along with a pair of tickets to an upcoming show where they will meet AVENGED SEVENFOLD.

Lead vocalist M. Shadows told The Pulse of Radio that the band felt "Almost Easy" would set itself apart from other rock tracks as soon as it got on the radio. "Musically, it's just bad-ass," he said. "Like, we wanted to go with the first single being something that was gonna kick ass on the radio and didn't sound like anything else out there and kind of set us apart. Everything's so formula, and what we like about this song is not formula at all. But it's still somehow under four minutes, we've got two guitar solos in there, a guitar intro, a great bridge, bad-ass chorus and some slamming riffs."

AVENGED SEVENFOLD's new record, its fourth, follows up 2005's "City of Evil". It will arrive as both a standard CD and an interactive MVI disc.

The California-based act will play a free show in Hollywood this Saturday (October 20) before beginning a U.S. tour on October 29th in Los Angeles. An October 30 performance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is also on tap.

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Queensryche To Do Special Setlist For Spanish Fans

RafaBasa.com reports that QUEENSRŸCHE have created a special set list for their upcoming shows in Spain.

The band from Seattle, who played a date in Madrid last August - playing songs covering their entire career, will make the dates on this Spanish tour totally different shows.

Queensrÿche want to give the fans a bit of their last tour based upon Operation Mindcrime I & II, so all the hits will be included (even 'Queen Of The Ryche'), and there will be a more than significant portion from both "Operations"; with the appearance of Pamela Moore as sister Mary, who will travel with the band only for these gigs.

This is the set list the band will be playing on the Spanish dates: 'Revolution Calling', 'Operation: Mindcrime', 'Spreading The Disease', 'Suite: Sister Mary', 'The Needle Lies', 'I Don't Believe In Love', 'I'm American', 'One Foot In Hell', 'Hostage', 'The Hands', 'Signs Say Go', 'Murderer', 'If I Could Change It All', 'An Intentional Confrontation', 'Eyes Of A Stranger', 'Empire', 'Jet City Woman', 'Queen Of The Ryche'.

Dates on the Spanish tour include:

November
15 - La Riviera - Madrid, Spain
16 - Santana 27 - Bilbao, Spain
17 - Sala Razzmatazz - Barcelona, Spain

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Adler's Appetite To Tour Europe

ADLER'S APPETITE, featuring drummer Steven Adler (ex-GUNS N' ROSES), will tour through Europe this fall (November/December). The trek, commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Guns N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction album will include the following dates:

November
21 - Peterborough, England - The Park
22 - Cheltenham, England - The Nite Owl
23 - Gungannon, Ireleand - The Front Bar
25 - Belfast, Ireland - Spring And Airbrake
26 - Barcelona, Spain - De Apolo
28 - Sevilla, Spain - Sala Q
29 - Telde (Las Palmas), Spain - Teatro Juan Ramon Jimenez
30 - Salt (Girona), Spain - La Mirona

December
1 - Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Capital
2 - Leeds, England - Rio's
3 - London, England - C&C Club
4 - Swindon, England - Riffs
5 - Sheffield, England - The Corporation
6 - Milan, Italy - Zoe Club
7 - Ponsacco, Italy - Dress Code

Dates in Norway and Sweden, expected to take place between December 8th - 16th, will be announced soon.

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Wolf Cancel Hard Rock Hell Performance

Sweden's WOLF have issued the following update:

"We're absolutely gutted to announce that we have to cancel our appearance at Hard Rock Hell festival/UK this November.

We've worked our asses of to make it work and we were looking forward to hooking up with our UK friends again, but we have to back out.

The reason(s) for this is beyond our control and we really tried to get everything to work but it just didn't go our way.

We hope we can return to the UK soon and give our best show yet and make some new friends as well as thrashing with the ones we know.

Again; we're sorry to have let some off you down but we just couldn't make it work this time. Please go see GRAND MAGUS and GIRLSCHOOL and get drunk with them.

In Metal Forever..."

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Heaven Shall Burn Completes Work On New Album

German metal outfit Heaven Shall Burn has completed work on their upcoming album, "Iconoclast (Part1: The Final Resistance)." The effort was tracked at Rape Of Harmonies Studios in Germany and mixed by Tue Madsen. Guitarst Maik Weichert comments:

"[The new album] works on two levels: Each song tells a story that is rooted in reality. However, all songs are linked with an overall story about a cast of warriors called 'Iconoclasts' – obviously, we won't give you any details about those warriors just yet."

Century Media Records will release the album in February 2008.

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Baltimore Circle Pit Fest Info

Baltimore Circle Pit Fest IV will take place on November 23rd and 24th at the Velocipede Bike Collective in Baltimore, MD. Here's the line-up:

Friday, November 23rd:
Government Warning
Ruiner
Set to Explode
Frightner
Forefit
Coke Bust
The Ergs
Harsh Truth
Positive Reinforcement
Let Down
Draize
Deathamer

Saturday, November 24th:
Ringworm
Pulling Teeth
Sick Fix
Trash Talk
Lion of Judah
Blank Stare
Magrudergrind
Steel Nation
Surroundings
Triac
The Mongoloids
War Hungry
Braindead

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Nile Announce Initial 2008 U.S. Tour Dates

Nile is planning a 2008 U.S. Tour and confirmed a number of tour dates so far. There will be more shows filled in as the time gets closer, and the official tour support bands are yet to be announced.

Nile 2008 US Tour Dates (Show times vary by venue):

Mar 8 2008 8:00P The State Theatre St. Petersburg, Florida
Mar 9 2008 8:00P The Culture Room Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Mar 11 2008 8:00P The Haven Winter Park, Florida
Mar 14 2008 8:00P Meridian Houston, Texas
Mar 15 2008 8:00P White Rabbit San Antonio, Texas
Mar 16 2008 8:00P Ridglea Theater Ft. Worth, Texas
Mar 18 2008 8:00P Launch Pad Alguquerque, New Mexico
Mar 19 2008 8:00P The Clubhouse Tempe, Arizona
Mar 20 2008 8:00P Key Club Los Angeles, California
Mar 21 2008 8:00P Galaxy Theatre Santa Ana, California
Mar 22 2008 8:00P Slim’s San Francisco, California
Mar 24 2008 8:00P Bluebird Theater Denver, Colorado
Mar 25 2008 8:00P Static Bar Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 26 2008 8:00P Metro / Smart Bar Chicago, Illinois
Mar 27 2008 8:00P Headliner’s Music Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Mar 28 2008 8:00P Peabody’s Cleveland, Ohio
Mar 29 2008 8:00P The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts
Mar 30 2008 8:00P B.B. King’s Blues Club New York City, New York
Apr 1 2008 8:00P The Trocadero Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Apr 2 2008 8:00P Jaxx West Springfield, Virginia
Apr 3 2008 8:00P Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, North Carolina
Apr 4 2008 8:00P Music Farm Charleston, South Carolina

Nile will be touring Europe this fall as well. The confirmed tour dates are as follows: More...

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Bal-Sagoth Replaces Drummer

Britannia´s symphonic War Metal heroes BAL-SAGOTH and drummer Dan Mullins have officially parted ways. Mullins is replaced full time by Paul "Wak" Jackson, who also assumed kit duties for BAL-SAGOTH during their two most recent live shows.

Paul is also the drummer for the bands Extreme Maggot Infestation and Decimation of Truth.

BAL-SAGOTH released their current and highly acclaimed album "The Chthonic Chronicles" in March 2006 through Nuclear Blast Records

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Malevolent Creation Find Replacement Drummer

Veteran Florida-based death metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION have recruited drummer Fabian Aguirre (SYNAPTICIDE, ex-GRINDCRUSHER, MISTY FATE, ANGEL NEGRO) as the replacement for the recently departed Dave Culross. Handling the bass duties for the group on the road will reportedly be Marco Martell, who has already previously toured with the band.

The band previously stated about Aguirre, "MALEVOLENT CREATION compare this drummer to a Gene Hoglan-type of style and is a brutally fast hard-hitter."

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Duobetic Homunkulus Make Debut Available For Free

DUOBETIC HOMUNKULUS have made their debut release "Cásti a Mechanismy Stroju" (in English, "Work Parts and Mechanisms") available to download.

"Born from the ashes of Earache/Elitist artist !T.O.O.H.! (The Obliteration Of Humanity), DUOBETIC HOMUNKULUS rise from the darkest corners of the Central European industrial wasteland in the form of two blue collar workers to uncover the crazy secrets from their cold realm of steel bearings, vaseline and the comical stories of their credulous ant-farm co-workers."

"Eschewing the conventional three-chord approach to composition, the dynamic duo craft a novel musical approach of twisted melodies, staccato riffage, eclectic basslines, discordant piano runs and broken rhythms all nicely topped with snarly vocals in the ever accessible Czech language."

Released in 2006, the track listing for "Cásti a Mechanismy Stroju" is as follows (English title translations are included in parentheses):

1. Kolostrojní Úleva (Steel Orgasm)
2. Sverná Spojení (Clamp Joints)
3. Nýtování (Hand Riveting)
4. Machine in Human Flesh
5. Dr. Norden
6. Jarmilky Horizontálního Obrážece Bédi [bonus track] (Old Bumpers of Horizontal Shaping Machine- worker Bedy)

The entire EP including a new bonus track has been made available to download for free at the following locations:

• Download from Megaupload


• Download from RapidShare


• Download from MediaFire

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Download Metal Compilation "Pedal To The Metal"

A free compilation featuring some of the metal bands from Croatia has been made available for download. Entitled "Pedal to the Metal", the collection is split into two archives and contains 40 MP3s of some of the best-known groups in the genre.

The track listing is as follows:

Disc 1:

01. Skepsis+ - Redrum
02. E.N.D. - Pontless Revelation
03. Beyond Redemption - Prison Of Existance
04. The Rite Of Retaliation - Bite The Concrete
05. Usud - Burning Angel
06. Firmament - Bestial She
07. Machine Insufficiency - Conffornation With Reality
08. Downfall – Second
09. Igut – Betrayal
10. Forlorn Legacy - Insanity pt. 1: Rewind
11. Forest Of Vanity - Forging My Own Destiny
12. Moltencore - beyond Your Comprehension
13. Defiant - Everything Ends
14. Amok - So What
15. Gardens Of Hiroshima - New Paths To Freedom
16. Koziak - Your Final Sunset
17. Gregzeye - Inside Out
18. Zyon – Illusions
19. Father – Cynosure
20. Testisment - Unhappy Holidays
21. Theory Of Chaos - Devil In Their Eyes

Disc 2:

01. Machine Insufficiency - Arson
02. Downfall - B.l.e.a.k.
03. Skepsis+ - Blank
04. Igut - End Hope
05. Fornlorn Legacy - Conspiracy
06. Koziak - Fallen Star
07. E.N.D. - Misery Path
08. Usud - Creator's Sorcery
09. Deaf Auditorium - Lanf Of Black Horizont
10. True - Legal Robbery
11. Cydocore – Attention
12. Zeus Faber - Sequence Of Collapse
13. Cold Snap – Worthless
14. Mental Harakiri - Marching To The Beat
15. Mahatma - Let Life
16. Essence – Cypher
17. Inciter – Lifeless
18. Sufosia - Blazing Energy
19. Dislike - Digital God

To download "Pedal to the Metal" for free, use these Rapidshare links:

• Download "Pedal To The Metal" Disc 1


• Download "Pedal To The Metal" Disc 2

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The Secret Completes New Album, "Disintoxication"

The Secret has completed work on their new album, titled "Disintoxication." The effort was produced by Magnus Lindberg (of Cult of Luna) at Tonteknik Recording (Poison the Well, Refused) in Umea, Sweden and the track listing is as follows:

01. Morte
02. Intoxication
03. Inferno
04. Poisoned Blood is Never Enough
05. In Limbo
06. Saul
07. Funeral Monolith
08. Umea
09. Death to Pigs
10. Kill the Dead

The album will hit streets in early-2008 via Goodfellow Records.

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