Grone Full (MP3) CDs For Download

The band Grone sends word that their full CDs is online for download. In fact, several of their full- and EP-length CDs are online for download, along with cover and traycarads for printing. Visit their site at http://www.gomek.com/ for these downloads. They're definitely worth a listen.

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Newsted Sued Over Echobrain Name

Jason Newsted is being sued by Dallas band Echo Drain, who claim that Echobrain, one of the former Metallica bassist’s current projects, have a name far too close to theirs, and that this causing confusion to the detriment of Echo Drain. Bah! If anything, I bet that Echo Drain will get more sales as a result...

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Headline News

The Great Deceiver, He Is

Vocalist Tomas Lindberg, who recently quit The Crown, has rejoined his former band The Great Deceiver and the revamped line-up are currently working on a new album.

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Summary/Misc

Daily Interviews

Metal Rules! has a bunch of new interviews this month, as well as 80+ new reviews:

• W.A.S.P.'s Blackie Lawless (June 2002)
  
• Distort Entertainment’s Mitch Joel - New Canadian Label Signing Heavy Bands (June 2002)
  
• Now or Never Records - Label Owner Gives a Look into His Growing Label (June 2002)
  
• Peaceville Records Hammy - Interview with the Label's Founder and Director (June 2002)
  
• The Licensing Partnership’s Rick Daniels - Partner Explains the Licensing Business (June 2002)
  
• Incision Records' Jay Branch (June 2002)
  
• Primal Fear vocalist Ralf Scheepers (May 2002)
• Krisiun drummer Max Kolesne (May 2002)

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All That Remains Replace Guitarist

Massachusetts up and coming metal powerhouse All That Remains have recruited guitarist Mike Martin to replace the departed Chris Bartlett. Martin's resume includes guitar duties on tour for hardcore titans Unearth and his own project Flatlined. The band with Martin in tow has confirmed several northeast dates and expects to hit the road in August for a full US tour. The band's debut release Behind Silence and Solitude hit the shelves in late March and last week in Europe on Lifeforce Records to worldwide praise.

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