Volbeat Announces Release Date of New Album

Denmark metallers, Volbeat, issue the following update regarding their new album, "Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood" (cover):

"On September 1st 2008, Danish Metal & Rollers VOLBEAT will release their third studio album 'Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood' on Mascot Records. This new record is the follow up to the highly successful 'Rock The Rebel / Metal The Devil,' which achieved platinum status in Denmark, as well as the single "The Garden’s Tale." Outside their home country it was album of the month in German magazines Rock Hard, Guitar and Heavy, the Dutch Aardschok and the French edition of Rock Hard. At the beginning of 2008 Rock The Rebel/Metal The Devil was voted album of the year in Metal Hammer Germany and Italy." More...

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Vomitory Announces European Tour Dates

Swedish death metallers, Vomitory, have announced the following European tour dates:

09/6 - DE, Stavenhagen - Arscholio Open Air
09/7 - DEN - T.B.A.
09/8 - DEN/SWE - T.B.A.
09/9 - DEN - T.B.A.
09/10 - DE, Hamburg - Marx
09/11 - DE, Berlin - K17
09/12 - DE, Bischofswerda - Morbide Festspiele
09/13 - DE, Festung Bitterfeld
09/14 - NL, Zaandam - Kade
09/15 - GER/NL - T.B.A.
09/16 - UK - T.B.A.
09/17 - UK - T.B.A.
09/18 - UK - T.B.A.
09/19 - BE, Vosselaar - Biebob
09/20 - FR, Paris - T.B.A.
09/21 - FR, Toulouse - T.B.A.
09/22 - FR, Marseille - T.B.A.
09/23 - FR, Strasbourg/Nancy - T.B.A.
09/24 -T.B.A
09/25 - NL, Rotterdam - Baroeg
09/26 - NL, Leeuwarden - Romein
09/27 - DE, Essen – Essen Death Feast 7/Turock
10/24 - Club Destroyer - Sundsvall/Sweden (support: Dead Awaken)
10/25 - Hårdrocksklubben/G:a Tingshuset - Östersund/Sweden (support: Dead Awaken)
11/08 - Trauma Fest 2008 - Madrid/Spain

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Send Out Scuds To Play Sonshine Festival

Due to a last minute opening, SEND OUT SCUDS will now be playing the Sonshine Festival in Willmar, Minnesota. They've been scheduled to play the HM Stage at 5:45pm just before A Plea For Purging.

For more information, visit the Sonshine Festival website.

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Austrian Death Machine To Post New Songs Next Week

Austrian Death Machine's Tim Lambesis (As I Lay Dying) has promised two new songs to be posted on their MySpace page next Tuesday. Here's his post:

"Thanks for waiting. Two new songs going up on Tuesday!

"I've received a lot of messages demanding that I put up another song. Thanks to everyone for waiting, and because of your patience, I'm going to put up TWO new songs on Tuesday. July 22nd is the release date, so that makes this Tuesday exactly one week before the CD is released."

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At The Gates Posts US Tour Update

At The Gates has posted the first of their US tour diary entries from their US tour with Darkest Hour, Municipal Waste and Toxic Holocaust:

"We arrived this Tuesday in New York. I (Anders) got in to JFK and took the bus across town to meet the other guys @ Newark airport.

"Our sound engineer Bo missed his connecting flight out of Amsterdam, and on top of that his bag was a.w.o.l upon arrival in JFK. And if that wasn't enough, he got an ear infection resulting in high fever, massive pain & distorted mono hearing. He seemed slightly better today. Got his bag from the airport and everything, but he's still feeling pretty shit.

"The first two gigs at Irving plaza were amazing. It was great to see the other bands on the bill enjoying some great crowd response, It was my (Tomas) impression that all bands have had really good gigs so far. The first gig was without AC, so it was like 120 degrees on stage :/

"We are enjoying this tour a lot so far, and it's amazing to see the crowd response after 12 years of silence. Thanks to all the people coming out and making this a special event."

You can check out some photos from the tour on At The Gates' MySpace blog as well.

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Firewind Announces European Tour With Brainstorm

FIREWIND have announced a European headlining tour entitled "The Premonition". Special guest for the Spanish and French dates will be Germany's BRAINSTORM and Finland’s KIUAS (for the whole European tour).

THE PREMONITION EUROPEAN TOUR DATES:

11/12 - FR Lyon @ Marche Gare
11/13 - FR Toulouse @ Havanna
11/14 - ES Bilbao @ Santana 27
11/15 - ES Vigo @ A
11/16 - ES Madrid @ Ritmo & Compas
11/17 - ES Hospitalet/Barcelona @ Salamandra
11/19 - FR Paris @ La Locomotive
11/20 - FR Colmar @ Grillen
11/21 - IT Milan @ Zoe (special guest: Kiuas)

More dates and ticket information to be announced.

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Prototype Welcomes New Drummer

California progressive thrashers, Prototype, issue the following message welcoming their new drummer:

"Everyone please welcome Nic Ritter to the Prototype fold as our new drummer! Nic has been working with us for the last 6-8 months or so and is responsible for the drum tracks on our new 4 song pre-production demo as we begin preparing for the next album." More...

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Unjust Signs to Swell Creek Records

San Francisco Bay Area's UNJUST have inked a European deal with German label Swell Creek Records for their fourth album, entitled "To Lose a Name", due out July 25th. The CD was recorded with producer/engineer Mark Keaton (MACHINE HEAD, ONE MAN ARMY, MR. T EXPERIENCE, KGB) and mixed by Ryan Massey at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California. UNJUST have been on a break focusing on family, animating Oscar winning films, mixed martial arts and relaxing. The band have also gone back to the two guitar format with the departure of Thom Tucker.

Commented the band: "With such flattering reviews in the German and European press by major magazines and fanzines of an unsigned band like us we knew it was only a matter of time before our music was recognized by a label. Swell Creek Records have great distribution and we couldn't be happier to work with them. We will be playing soon with Mendoza back on guitar, and fun guest jams." More...

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Black Stone Cherry Shoots "Blind Man" Video

BLACK STONE CHERRY has posted the following blog:

"What's up everyone! It's been a while since we've been able to blog about a bunch of different things! Our schedule right now is very busy, but we love it!

"Let's see, our European tour was incredible! All of the festivals from Sweden, Germany, Belgium, and England were awesome and some of the biggest crowds we've seen at a festival! The DEF LEPPARD/WHITESNAKE tour was something we will never forget! All the guys in those bands have become friends and they treated us so great! We made a lot of new fans and it was a great oppurtunity for us to play in front of that many people every night... we still did our meet n greets, too! We always will! So again, a huge amount of respect goes out to those two bands and their crews! More...

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Nightwish Vocalist To Appear On New Pain Album

Nightwish singer Anette Olzon has recorded a guest appearance on two tracks on the forthcoming album from Pain, the Swedish band led by Hypocrisy mainman Peter Tägtgren. Due in October via Nuclear Blast Records, the as-yet-untitled CD is the follow-up to "Psalms of Extinction," which was released in 2007 via Roadrunner.

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Two Bodies Discovered At Norway Rock Festival

According to BBC News, police say two people have been found dead at a music festival in southern Norway headlined by Alice Cooper. The victims were found in or near a bus at the Norway Rock Festival in Kvinesdal, 270 miles southwest of Oslo.

"We do not know exactly how they died, but we assume they suffocated on fumes while they were on the bus," said police spokesperson Asbjorn Enoksen.

Read the full article at BBC News.

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New Lordi Single Announced

Finland's Sony BMG will release the new single from Lordi, "Bite It like a Bulldog", on August 13. The song comes off the Finnish hard rock monsters' new album, which is scheduled for release in North America on October 28 via The End Records. The as-yet-untitled CD "will showcase the band's trademark melodic hard rock sound, something the band has amplified from the debut, 'Get Heavy', onto the mega-successful 'The Arockalypse'," according to a press release.

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Kataklysm Re-signs to Nuclear Blast

Canada's very own extreme metal titans, Kataklysm, have re-signed with Nuclear Blast Records. This isn't the first time the band has re-signed to the label either but actually the fourth time; a first in the history of the label.

The band is currently touring with The Black Dahlia Murder as part of the annual Summer Slaughter tour, supporting their soon to be classic new album "Prevail."

Lead singer Maurizio Iacono took a quick break from the madness of the road to comment on their renewed partnership: More...

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David Coverdale Slams Record Companies

Vocalist David Coverdale of rock outfit Whitesnake slammed the big name record companies and expressed his support for American Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama in an interview with the Liverpool Daily Post. In the interview Coverdale stated:

"I welcome change. It’s nature’s way. I can’t help but laugh when I see the major record companies clinging desperately to the old-fashioned way of doing business and are being left behind in the new, technological dust. It’s a new playing field, lads and lasses, and if you want to score goals you have to move with the times and reinvent how you do most things. As Mr Dylan says ‘the times they are a-changin’ and I think to resist will be painful and uncomfortable, so, I’m moving on, boys and girls – you coming?"

He also stated in regards to politics:

"I’m a Barack man – apparently, once you go Barack, there’s no going back. I feel he’s the best hope by far in restoring the ideals of America, the respect it has lost around the world over the past eight years. It’s been hopelessly off course with the current useless ’ayporths. I can’t wait to see the back of them."

Read the full article at Liverpool Daily Post.

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Apocalyptica Announces Chicago Show

Apocalyptica have announced their appearance at the Q101 Blockparty fest on September 14 in Chicago, IL, alongside Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet for My Valentine, Atreyu, Pennywise and Theory of a Deadman. Check out the the event's website for further information.

Go here for more Apocalyptica tour dates.

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Cryptopsy Reveals Canadian Tour Dates

This September, Montreal's Cryptopsy with be touring Canada with special guests Origin and Last Felony for "The Resurgence of an Empire" tour, presented by Unrestrained! Magazine, Sick Drummer and Hails N’ Horns.

The Resurgence of an Empire tour dates are as follows:

Sept. 04 Moncton, NB - Manhattan
Sept. 05 Halifax, NS - The Pavilion
Sept. 06 Quebec City, QC - Dagobert
Sept. 07 Toronto, ON - WreckRoom
Sept. 08 Ottawa, ON - Mavericks
Sept. 11 Thunder Bay, ON - Kilroys
Sept. 12 Winnipeg, MB - The Zoo
Sept. 13 Prince Albert, SK - Prince Albert Exhibition Center
Sept. 15 Edmonton, AB - The Mead Hall
Sept. 16 Prince George, BC - Sound Entertainment Soundstage
Sept. 21 Regina, SK - The Exchange
Sept. 24 Sudbury, ON - The Serbian Centre
Sept. 25 London, ON - The Embassy
Sept. 26 Montreal, QC - Club Soda
Sept. 27 Rouyn-Noranda, QC - Petit Theatre Du Vieux Noranda

Cryptopsy are currently on the Summer Slaughter tour. For more tour dates, visit their MySpace page.

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Blaze Bayley's Band Manager Hospitalized

Ex-Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley issued a news update on his website with the following information:

Our manager is in critical condition in hospital following a dual Brain Hemorrage last week and has not regained consciousness.

As some of you may already know, Debbie is Blaze's Wife, so understandably, Blaze will be staying at bedside for the time being and we as a band are not prepared to put ourselves too far from her under these circumstances.

Due to this serious situation, Blaze cannot appear at the Easy Rider Bike Fest this coming weekend and the Brazilian Tour must be postponed until early next year.

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Ben Weinman To Appear On New Ephel Duath Album

Guitarist Ben Weinman of the band Dillinger Escape Plan will be appearing on the upcoming Ephel Duath album "Through My Dog's Eyes". The band issued the following statement on their MySpace:

Ben Weinman, founding member and guitarist of Dillinger Escape Plan, will be appearing as a special guest musican on Ephel Duath's highly anticipated upcoming new album, "Through My Dog's Eyes".

We are proud to announce that Ben Weinman will be composing the electronic parts of the song "Bark Loud".

Weinman comments on his experience working with Ephel Duath:

"Ephel Duath is one of those bands that truly understands the essence of what experimental and fusion music should be about. Touring with them was an amazing experience and it is great to finally be collaborating in this
way!"

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Gene Simmons Audio Interivew Posted Online

An audio interview with Gene Simmons of legendary rock band Kiss promoting his new book on New York radio station Q 104.3 has been posted online. The book, just released on July 8th, is titled "Ladies of the Night" and details both events in Simmons' life and his views on prostitution.

The interview can be heard here.

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