Starving For Gravity to Open Rock Against Diabetes

The 3 month search to find the opening band for Rock Against Diabetes in Las Vegas August 23, 2008 has come to an end, with Orange County's alt-rock band Starving For Gravity coming out on top as the winners. The band was pared down from a massive list that originally submitted their bands to take part, to a Top 45 list that was further trimmed to a Top 10. The Top 10 was then opened to a public vote that saw nearly 8,000 votes from fans made, with a final decision being handed down from the judges participating in the decision process.

Although the band placed a close 2nd in fan voting, they garnered a great deal of praise and respect from the judges in their overall sound as well as commitment to working with their fans for support and promotion,

Starving For Gravity will open the Pre Show Bash on August 22nd at the Rox Club in Vegas, with host Evel Dick Donato being in attendance, and performaces by Magnetico featuring Rafael Moreira, Karneval featuring Las Vegas' own Dario Lorina (Jani Lane Band) and Bumblefoot (Guns N Roses guitarist Ron Thal) and his amazing All Star Band with players such as Paul Mirkovich (Cher), Lez Warner (The Cult), Jeff Berlin, Constantine Maroulis and many others. Tickets are still available for this show (here) and at the door if any tickets are remaining. See the website for direction and address as well as full lineup for the Pre Show Bash.

The band will then open the main Rock Against Diabetes event on August 23rd, featuring acts such as Y&T, LA Guns, Leatherwolf, Magnetico, Richie Kotzen and Bumblefoot and his All Star band. The venue for this event has been moved, as the amount of requests for fan to ba able to take part live grew much too large for Deep Rock Drive to handle at their facility. The new venue will be announced this week, with tickets going on sale immediately following the announcement.

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De Profundis Welcomes New Drummer Nick Tingle

Guitarist Roman Subbotin of UK metallers, De Profundis have issued the following welcoming message to their new drummer Nick Tingle:

"We are very pleased to announce that Nick Tingle will be joining us as the new drummer of De Profundis. We were extremely impressed by his professional attitude, superb technical ability and fantastic feel for music. Nick is a trained musician who has also studied with Dan Foord (Sikth) and David Gray (Akercocke). Nick really adds his own touch to our songs, breathing a twisted new life into them." More...

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Ex-Beyond Fallen Members Discuss New Project

Pennsylvania based thrashers, Beyond Fallen, have recently parted ways with all members, except the vocalist. The other members have issued the following update regarding their new project:

"We are pleased to announce Joel Wood formerly of Shadow Wraith will be joining Steve,Mike,Tom, and Chuck, handling vocal duities in their new project."

"After some emails and phone conversations Joel decided this would be the best fit for him.
Joel brings with him great power, range, versitility and stage presence along with a never say die attitude. He has his own sound but reminds me of some of the greats." More...

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Enemy of The Sun To Play Set of Grip Inc. Songs

GRIP INC. has been quiet for a while as their mainman, Waldemar Sorychta, has been busy with his new band ENEMY OF THE SUN, but fans are in for a special treat. ENEMY OF THE SUN will play a set of GRIP INC. songs with GRIP INC. singer Gus Chambers on August 16 at Zeche, Bochum in the Zechen Summer Noise Pt. I – Open Air.

This marks a reunion of two main players of this seminal thrash band, which also featured drummer Dave Lombardo (Slayer) on their four records from 1995 to 2004. Those who have witnessed ENEMY OF THE SUN tearing up the festivals this summer have seen them whip out GRIP INC. classics like "Ostracized" for good measure.

The GRIP INC. set will be the highlight of ENEMY OF THE SUN's headlining show. Support will come from SHOTGUN WEDDING and POSITIVE STRIKE.

The show starts at 6.45pm, doors open at 5pm. Entrance is 6€ until 7pm, 9€ afterwards. In case of bad weather the open air will simply move inside. More...

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Norm Rejection's "Malta Not For Sale" EP For Free

Norm Rejection's "Malta Not For Sale" 5-song EP is now available for free download from anti-record label Death To Music Productions. You can download it from the label's "releases" page (with the usual downloadable artwork included). As always, the free download simply requires signing up for the label's mailing list to gain access to the proper access codes to download any of their dozens of free releases.

According to the label, "'Malta Not For Sale' is a varied, mature and tasteful take on politicised hardcore metal - bringing to mind many artists in the wide genre of rock / metal (from Black Sabbath and Deep Purple through to Prong and Sepultura)."

You can check out an interview with the band here.

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M.A.N. Bassist Hospitalized

Bassist Rob of M.A.N. - the group formed out of the ashes of Sweden's Transport League (featuring former Mnemic frontman Tony Jelencovich) — was rushed to the hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden on July 16. Rob was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis, a complication of the gallstone surgery that he underwent earlier in the week. Acute pancreatitis is life-threatening, and the rest of the M.A.N members are said to be "shocked and saddened" by the situation. According to the group, "Rob is under good supervision and is under heavy painkilling medication."

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New Megaherz Album Release Date Announced

German industrial metal band Megaherz has announced the release date and album info for their upcoming album "Heuchler." The album will be released on July 25th, and the tracklisting is as follows:

1. Heuchler
2. Das Tier
3. Ebenbild
4. Mann Von Welt
5. Fauler Fauber
6. Mein Gral
7. L'Aventure
8. Schau In Mein Herz
9. Kaltes Grab
10. Alles Nur Lüge
11. Morgenrot

A special edition digipack will also be released the same day with two additional tracks.

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Sister Sin Shooting New Video

Swedish female fronted rock band Sister Sin has announced the recording of a new video for the song "On Parole." The band issued the following statement on their MySpace Page:

Next weekend we're heading for Stockholm to shoot a video for our first single in the U.S. The track is "On Parole" and most of you are probably familiar with it since it has been on our MySpace for quite some time.

The director will be American man Mr. Bill Schacht from Astheticom. He has previously done vids with Dio, Tenacious D, Alice Cooper, King Diamond, and Amon Amarth.

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Static-X Vocalist To Appear On Internet Broadcast

Vocalist and guitarist Wayne Static of industrial metal band Static-X will be making a guest appearance on Morning Show Central's internet radio show "Uncensored Net Noise" on Friday, July 25th at 9:30 PM EST.

The broadcast will be available to hear at Morning Show Central's Website.

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Demon Hunter and Living Sacrifice Rock Philly

I recently had the chance to check out the Demon Hunter tour in Philadelphia, PA. The show was on June 22nd and featured Living Sacrifice, Oh Sleeper, The Famine and The Advent.

Being a huge Demon Hunter fan, I was excited to see who they had touring with them. Since I've only heard Living Sacrifice before, I had no idea what to expect with the other acts that were performing. More...

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Vile Vindiction Finishes Recording Debut Album

Vile Vindiction, a new thrash/death band from Buffalo, NY, has finished recording their first self-titled release, which was recorded at Watchmen Studios. Arpmandude from Psyopus plays the first lead on the song "Puritanical," He stopped by the studios, preparing for their new recordings at Watchmen, and contributed his blazing solo. Vile Vindiction features Jim Nickles, one of the original founding members of Malevolent Creation and former Hellwitch guitarist. You can check out a few tracks on the band's MySpace page.

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Unearth Posts New Studio Video Online

Unearth has posted a second studio update video on their MySpace page.

On the topic of the new album's progress, UNEARTH guitarist Buz McGrath comments, "All I can say is WOW! We are finishing up guitars right now, and if there were such thing as a 'shred meter,' these riffs would've dropped an anvil on it! Combine that with the lyrical lava "T-bone" Phipps is spitting on these tunes and you have the most epic Unearth record ever. I can't remember the last time we were this excited about one of our records. A riff and a dream...get into it!"

Additional looks at the recording of the album, including fly-on-the-wall video footage, riffs and excerpts of new music will be made available in the coming weeks.

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Devildriver Hires Drummer Kevin Talley for Ozzfest

An experienced touring and session drummer in the metal scene, KEVIN TALLEY will be joining Devildriver for OZZFEST in Dallas, TX this year. TALLEY recently finished a new record with his current band DAATH, due out this fall. He has recorded and/or toured with DYING FETUS, CHIMAIRA, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE RED CHORD, HATE ETERNAL, M.O.D., MISERY INDEX, and SUFFOCATION.

There was no mention of why Devildriver would need Talley as a stand-in for Ozzfest in the band's posting.

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