Soilent Green Release E-card, More Tour Dates

SOILENT GREEN have announced dates for their summer U.S. headlining tour. SOILENT GREEN will be touring in support of their long-awaited new album, Confrontation, which is slated for a July 19th release date via Relapse. An E-Card previewing two songs from Confrontation, "Leaves of Three" and "A Scream Trapped Underwater", as well as tour dates, pre-order and E-mail / AIM to a friend capabilities is availiable online here.

SOILENT GREEN will kick off their 'Confrontation 2005' tour beginning July 15th in Baltimore, MD. The Metal Maniacs sponsored tour is expected to conclude on September 17th in Baton Rouge, LA with additional dates pending. Support on the SOILENT GREEN tour will be provided by A PERFECT MURDER, INTO THE MOAT and WATCH THEM DIE.

On the subject of touring, SOILENT GREEN vocalist Ben Falgoust states: "We are all very eager to get on the road. This is our first full fledged US tour in almost three years, since the accidents. This will be the first time the current line-up has done a complete US tour and we are all very excited for this. We will be touring in support of our new album, Confrontation, and we are highly confident the fans will like the new material as we are very eager to bring the new material to the live setting. We will perform some older songs on this tour, but look forward to a majority of the set list to be from Confrontation. New songs such as "Leaves of Three", "A Scream Trapped Underwater","12 oz. Prophet", "This Glass House Of Broken Words" are no-holds-barred, in-your-face, "bring-the-energy" type songs." On the subject of touring alongside A PERFECT MURDER, INTO THE MOAT and WATCH THEM DIE, Falgoust commented, "These are all new and upcoming bands playing different types of extreme music. It will be good to cross genres."

The upcoming tour dates featuring Soilent Green with A Perfect Murder, Into The Moat, and Watch Them Die are as follows: More...

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Hatebreed, Agnostic Front S. American Tour Dates

Tour dates have been released for Hatebreed and Agnostic Front's "Voice Of Brutality" tour in South America. Here they are:

7/22 Belo Horizonte, MG Lapa Multshow
7/23 Sao Paulo, SP KVA
7/24 Curitiba, PR Espaco Callas
7/27 Sao Jose dos Campos, SP Dama Rock
7/30 Santiago, CHILE Victor Jara
7/31 Bogota, COLOMBIA Downtown

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Zao Replaces Drummer

Zao drummer Stephen Peck recently left the band citing financial difficulties. Longtime friend and PA resident Jeff Gretz has replaced him and will be playing the upcoming STRHESS and Warped Tour dates.

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Priest To Perform Acoustically On VH1 Classic

JUDAS PRIEST's Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford and K.K. Downing performed two songs acoustically for an upcoming VH1 Classic appearance, set to air on Saturday, July 16 at noon and again at midnight EST.

PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton told ABC ePrep that the band's upcoming live DVD, featuring footage from their recent shows at Japan's Budokan, will be released in the fall.

JUDAS PRIEST kicked off their North American with QUEENSRŸCHE on May 30 at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

JUDAS PRIEST are continuing to tour in support of "Angel of Retribution", their first album with singer Rob Halford in 15 years. "Angel of Retribution" was produced by Roy Z, who has previously worked on solo albums from Halford and IRON MAIDEN's Bruce Dickinson.

JUDAS PRIEST's "Angel of Retribution" has sold 146,224 copies in the United States to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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Sonic Syndicate Complete New Album, MP3 Available

The Swedish metal sextet SONIC SYNDICATE have completed their debut album Eden Fire. An mp3 of the song "Jailbreak" has been posted on their website. The album currently has a tentative August 30th release date. Online mailorder will be provided by Century Media Records Mailorder, The End Records Mailorder, and Interpunk among others to be determined at a later date.

The track listing for the album is as follows:

Helix Reign - Chronicles of a Broken Covenant
I. Jailbreak
II. Enhance My Nightmare
III. History Repeats Itself
Extinction - A Sinwar Quadrilogy
IV. Zion Must Fall
V. Misanthropic Coil
VI. Lament of Innocence
VII. Prelude to Extinction
Black Lotus - The Shadow Flora
VIII. Soulstone Splinter
IX. Crowned in Despair

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Rise to Addiction Sign With Madman Records

RISE TO ADDICTION, the new the new project featuring former BLAZE members John Slater (guitar), Steve Wray (guitar) and Rob Naylor (bass), along with Leigh Oates (vocals) and Aynsley Dickinson (drums), have inked a deal with Madman Records. The group's debut CD is scheduled for release in the U.K. on Monday, July 18. Madman Records are still working on distributing the CD through more major outlets, including HMV.

Here are the upcoming RISE TO ADDICTION tour dates:

Jul. 13 - Camden Underworld - London, UK
Jul. 15 - Snooty Fox - Wakefield, UK
Jul. 30 - Rock 'N' Blues Festival - Derbyshire, UK
Jul. 31 - Clarence Park Outdoor Festival - Wakefield, UK

RISE TO ADDICTION have been confirmed for the 2005 edition of the Bloodstock festival, set to take place on September 2-3, 2005 at The Assembly Rooms in Derby, U.K. Other bands scheduled to appear at the festival include HAMMERFALL, IRON SAVIOR, RAVEN, CATHEDRAL, AFTER FOREVER, STORMWARRIOR and SEASON'S END.

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Velvet Revolver Frontman Sprains Ankle

According to a posting on Duff McKagan's Raw Power official fan club web site, bassist Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) has checked in from Europe with the following update:

"Last night in Denmark [at Roskilde festival] we had one of the best shows of this tour...amazing. Unfortunately, Scott [Weiland, vocals] sprained his ankle VERY bad (we thought it was broken) during the last note of the last song ('Slither'). Scott, being the trooper that he is, will play [Friday night, July 1] in Brussels and Saturday [July 2] at Live 8.

"What a bummer. We've been touring for 14-15 months and we are finally going to get a break and Scott will be bed-ridden for at least a couple of weeks.

"Please send good thoughts Scott's way!"

Check out pictures of VELVET REVOLVER performing at the Roskilde Festival at Wire Image.

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Behemoth's Nergal Reacts To Blackest of the Black

With the recent announcement of the second Blackest of teh Black Tour, including Danzig, Chimaira, Behemoth, Himsa, Mortiis and The Agony Scene, BEHEMOTH mainman Nergal has posted his reaction to the tour and announcement:

"We were honored to be a part of the first edition of 'Blackest of the Black' festivals in 2003. But back then we opened for the whole festival package and this time we will play a 30 minute long set right before Chimaira and Danzig. It's very exciting to be back to US again, I can tell you. But what thrills me the most is the fact that BEHEMOTH is going to share the stage with one of my all time favorite artists, Glenn Danzig. This tour is going to be HUGE, I can assure you!"

Shortly before joining the "Blackest of the Black" in the U.S., BEHEMOTH will start the fall leg of their European Demigod tour. The madness starts on the 2nd of September in Milton Keynes, England and will be spreading through most of Europe. Released in January of 2005, Demigod quickly surpassed what its predecessor did in two years in just two months. Heralded as "metal's best live band" by BW&BK, BEHEMOTH have toured with the likes of heavyweights Suffocation, Nile, King Diamond, Black Dahlia Murder, Halford, Testament, Opeth, Superjoint Ritual and Danzig. The band has been featured on the covers of BW&BK, Pit, Metal Bite, Metal Hammer and Metal Maniacs and has received regular airplay of "Conquer All" on "Headbangers Ball."

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Watch E-Town Concrete's Latest Video Online

E.Town Concrete have a new video out for the track, 'What Can I Do?' off their most recent album, 'Made For War'. The video can be seen at mgenyc.com.

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Seether's Morgan Online Chat and Tour Dates

Shaun Morgan will be doing an online chat with the Milwaukee Journal before the band takes the stage at the Milwaukee Summerfest on Tuesday July 5th. You can submit your questions here. (Remember that we did an interview with Shaun and Pat not too long ago as well) You can follow the online chat in the Milwaukee Journal Summerfest Section on Tuesday at 1pm ET / 12pm CT.

Seether is on the road all summer long, and here are the confirmed dates so far: More...

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