As Blood Runs Black Drops Off Tour

As Blood Runs Black has dropped off their current tour. Here's a statment from the band:

"Due to a situation out of our control we are forced to drop off the tour. We were left empty promises and the 'party' booking this tour was full of B.S. and handled things in the most unprofessional way possible. It is in our best interest to step off the tour and focus on booking something small on our own. Dont worry.. we are in talks with some pretty rad booking agents and we will book a tour that runs near your area soon. We will make it up to you guys."

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Prejudice Part w/ Bassist, Seeking Replacement

Belgian technical death metal combo PREJUDICE have issued the following update:

"Greco and Prejudice have decided to part ways. This was no slap in our face because we saw this coming since a couple of months! The reason for his departure was that his heart was not in extreme death metal anymore or better said metal in general. He will not stop playing the bass. He will focus on jazzy stuff but not full time in a band anymore. We wish him luck in his further musical career, whatever he’ll be doing."

"We can only thank him for the enormous amount of effort and enthusiasm he's always put in the band the past 2 years. He'll always remain a part of the team, and it sure will be hard to find a replacement. But that will not hold us down for our future plans with the band!"

"Knowing this, the band chose to initially go on as a 4 piece until we have found a suitable replacement for this vacant spot. And as from today, interested bass players can drop us a line at prejudice@pandora.be"

Important requirements are:
- have own gear
- be willing to tour
- permanent motivation
- have a good stage presence, professional attitude

PREJUDICE can offer you:
- Recordings at Excess Studio, Rotterdam for upcoming full length (January 2007)
- band is currently signed to Greek label Sleaszy Rider Records
- tours, mini-tours and single gigs are always being scheduled

You can hear some of Prejudice's material at their MySpace page.

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Mucopus Set To Release Split CD, Tour Europe

Mucopus recently recorded new pre-production material for their upcoming full-length for 2007, which will appear on a split with Czech grinders Mincing Fury and Guttural Clamour of Queer Decay on UK-based label Grindethic Records. The split will tentatively consist of the new pre-production tracks, some live tracks from Mucopus' 2005 Tokyo Deathfest appearance, plus some extra surprises and bonus live and demo material from M.F.A.G.C.O.Q.D. To preview some of the new material, check out the group's Myspace page. Meanwhile, the band will embark upon a European tour this fall. The following dates have been announced:

9/23 Decin, CZ @ Dolni Habartice w/ Fleshless
9/29 Linz, AT @ Club Kuba w/ Inferia
9/30 Vienna, AT @ Escape Metalcorner w/ Inferia
10/01 Prague, CZ @ TBA w/ Inferia
10/06 Torino, IT @ The Soundfactory w/ Inferia
10/07 Sursee, CH @ Kultuwerk 118 w/ Inferia
10/11 Rostock, DE @ Pablo Neruda w/ Inferia
10/13 Zittau, DE @ Zittau Deathfest
10/14 Ludwigshafen, DE @ Ludwigshafen Deathfest w/ Inveracity, Human Mincer
10/17 Wermelsrkirchen, DE @ AJZ Bahndham w/ Rottenness
10/21 Zilina, SK @ Slovak Deathfest w/ Fleshless
10/22 Brno, CZ @ Brooklyn w/ Rottenness, Mincing Fury

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Sick Of It All, The Warriors Tour Dates

Sick Of It All will headline a tour with support from The Warriors, The Autumn Offering, and Dead Hearts beginning in mid-September. The following dates have been announced thus far:

9/16 Buffalo, NY @ The Icon
9/17 New York, NY @ BB Kings (20th Anniversary show) w/ Kill Your Idols
9/18 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
9/20 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
9/21 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theater
9/23 Orlando, FL @ The Social
9/24 Jacksonville, FL @ Fuel
9/26 Cincinnati, OH @ Top Cat's
9/27 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom

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Moshpit Tragedy Sign Creative Waste, No Souls Lost

Canadian label MOSHPIT TRAGEDY RECORDS has announced that it will release upcoming albums from Saudi Arabian Grind band CREATIVE WASTE and Texas Death/Metal band NO SOULS LOST. Another recent addition are Montreal grind/punk band SURVIVORS WILL BE SHOT AGAIN who will be added to the already to the budding roster of Canadian Death Metal band CORPROPHEMIA, Hungarian Thrash band STEP ON IT, and many more.

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Korn Setlist For Family Values Tour And More

KORN officially resurrected the Family Values tour last night (Saturday, July 29) in Antioch, Tennessee, with a line-up featuring DEFTONES, 10 YEARS, STONE SOUR, FLYLEAF and others. The group's setlist was as follows:

01. Intro
02. Right Now
03. Politics
04. Twist
05. Love Song
06. A.D.I.D.A.S.
07. Falling Away From Me
08. Ball Tounge
09. Lodi Dodi
10. Coming Undone
11. Got The Life
12. Throw Me Away
13. Shoots & Ladders
14. Wicked
15. Here To Stay
16. Thoughtless
17. Freak On A Leash
18. Hollow Life (Acoustic)
19. Twisted Transistor
20. Y'all Want A Single
21. Blind

According to KornUnleashed.net, highlights of the show included:

* Chino Moreno of the DEFTONES and Jonathan Davis playing "Wicked" for the first time in over six years.
* KORN leaving the stage and coming in the middle of the crowd to perform an acoustic set of "Hollow Life".
* The Family Values 2006 tour drew more people than any other event held at the Starwood Amphitheater.
* STONE SOUR performing "Through Glass" live for the first time ever.

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Interview With Corey Taylor

Mandy Feingold of FMQB recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor. An excerpt from the chat follows:

FMQB: This new STONE SOUR record is even more of a departure from your identity with SLIPKNOT than the first record. Is it important for you to keep those two musical identities separate?

Corey: "It is, but it isn't. The reason the album sounds the way it does is because it's actually closer to old-school STONE SOUR than it is anything else. I think when we did the first STONE SOUR album we were just throwing everything together to see what would happen. With this album, we knew we had an audience, and we knew people had really dug the stuff that we put on the first album. So we were like, 'Let's get back to basics. Let's get back to the thought process of, if we write something and we dig it, no matter how diverse it is, we'll put it out.' That's how the album came together, and that's really what this band is about."

FMQB: What do you get out of doing STONE SOUR that you don't get from SLIPKNOT?

Corey: "Everything else, let's put it that way. SLIPKNOT is still very grounded in the metal genre. It's very dark. And that's one side of my personality and one side of the things I like to do. STONE SOUR kind of allows me to do everything else, and that's what's so great about it. I know it's definitely why we put it back together, and I think it's why we have such a blast doing it."

FMQB: Do you think the bands have two different fan bases?

Corey: "I do. I think there are actually three different groups of people. There are people that love SLIPKNOT and don't really care about STONE SOUR. There are people in the middle that like both. And then there are people who really dig STONE SOUR and really don't care about SLIPKNOT. So I've got the best of everything right now. I'm actually in a really good spot. We've got a lot of fans that have made a decision, and that's the thing you want at the end of the day. You want people to either love it or hate it, but not to dismiss it."

FMQB: When you write a song, how do you know if it's for STONE SOUR or SLIPKNOT?

Corey: "When I write the music it's pretty much a guaranteed STONE SOUR song, because that's more the style that I write in. With SLIPKNOT, everybody in the band is so good technically in that genre that I just kind of sit back and go, 'You know what, I'll handle the lyrics, it's all good.' I think in the 10 years I've been in SLIPKNOT, I've written four riffs. But with STONE SOUR, it's much more of a hard rock deal. Even the heavier stuff — it's more fluid. That's where my musical style fits in. So when I write something with a guitar, I pretty much know it's a STONE SOUR song right out of the gate. Lyrically, it's a little different. I tend to let the music dictate where I'm going lyrically, so if a song is not my music, then it can go either way. When Paul [Gray] and Joey [Jordison] bring me stuff, obviously it's going to be a SLIPKNOT song. When Jim [Root] and Josh [Rand] bring me something, it's pretty much guaranteed to be a STONE SOUR thing. But when I'm just sitting around writing lyrics that I really don't have anything for, you never know. I may hear something that Paul and Joey have written, and I go, 'You know what, I wrote something about a year ago that could fit with that.' So it's really a crapshoot."

Read the entire interview at www.fmqb.com.

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New Metallica Song Posted Online

A high-quality video clip of METALLICA performing an as-yet-untitled new song during their headlining appearance at the Gelredome in Arnhem, Holland on June 8, 2006 as part of their recently completed "Escape From The Studio '06" European tour has been posted online at YouTube.com. More clips of the Arnhem show can be found at this location.

As was the case with all the other concerts on the band's European tour, METALLICA played their entire 1986 album, "Master of Puppets", during the Arnhem concert, including rarely performed tracks such as "Orion" and "Disposable Heroes".

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Godheads New Album To Include Bonus DVD

GODHEAD frontman Jason C. Miller has posted the following message on the band's MySpace page:

"I'm excited that [the new GODHEAD album] 'The Shadow Line' is going to be released in one month, and I wanted to tell you about what else is coming with the CD. When you buy 'The Shadow Line' (hopefully on the day it comes out, August 29th) you are going to get a BONUS DVD with it. This will not be a DualDisc or an advanced CD but you will actually get a CD and a DVD. On the DVD will be three music videos and a 25-minute documentary on the band, from making the album to making the video and other behind the scenes stuff. This will NOT increase the price of the package AT ALL and you will be getting both discs for the price of one CD. We wanted to do this for a while and now we finally have the means to do so.

"Thanks for supporting us for so many years. With this album and new label I believe we will finally live up to the potential that weve always had and what many of you have hoped for us. There are SO many factors for a record to be successful, from marketing to touring to timing and more, but it all starts with YOU, our supporters. Your letters have really kept us going when we've gone through dark times, as so many of you have told us that our music has done the same for you. I think everyone wants to make a difference in the world, and I'm glad that in some small way our music has made a difference in your world. Please know I try to read every one of your emails and letters and I truly appreciate every single one. We also plan to tour HEAVILY to promote this record for the rest of this year and on into 2007, in North America as well as Europe and beyond. Our agent is currently booking a package tour that includes two COOL bands that well be touring with. I'm not sure I can announce that yet so I'll keep it under wraps for now. Look for tour dates to be posted in the next few weeks. See you on the road soon!"

GODHEAD will release their new album, "The Shadow Line", on August 29 in the U.S. and September 4 in the rest of the world through new label Cement Shoes Records. The band recently parted ways with drummer James O'Connor due to "personal reasons" and have since replaced him with former LOSER skinsman Glendon Crain. Watch the group's video for their new single, "Trapped In Your Lies", at this location.

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Against Nature Post First Song Online

"Ghosting", the fourth release by Baltimore, Maryland-based doom metal band AGAINST NATURE — featuring former members of REVELATION (guitarist/vocalist John Brenner, drummer Steve Branagan and bassist Bert Hall, Jr.) — is now available as an Internet-only, free download at this location.

AGAINST NATURE is scheduled to appear at the Stoner Hands of Doom VII festival in Mesa, AZ on September 2, 2006 and at the Doomed to Fall festival in San Antonio, TX in October 2006.

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Primer 55 Begin Writing New Album

According to a posting by SOULFLY bassist/ex-PRIMER 55 guitarist Bobby Burns on the PRIMER 55 MySpace page, PRIMER 55 has reformed and has begun writing material for a new album, tentatively due next year. "Jason Luttrell [vocals] and I are working on some new tunes we plan to start recording sessions by the end of the year!" Burns writes. "Every PRIMER 55 fan that's been with us from day one knows that every time we work together it's different and this new shit will be another step in a new direction for us both... Jason and I have tried to work together off and on for the past few years but addictions and inner turmoil stopped all attemps cold. But now for the first time in a long time shit seems fresh again. It's been years and you guys and gals are still here so you deserve it!!!! We love you all and we thank you for being here for us and with us through all of the bullshit!!! SO, now we just sit and wait to see what comes next!!!!!!"

PRIMER 55 released three albums before splitting up more in 2003: 1999's "As Seen On TV" (Fat Static), 2000's "Introduction to Mayhem" (Island), and 2001's "The New Release" (Island).

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Details On New Lamb of God Album, "Sacrament"

"Sacrament", the second Epic Records studio release from LAMB OF GOD, will be issued on August 22 individually and as a CD and DVD deluxe edition, which will include over 90 minutes of special behind-the-scenes footage of the making of "Sacrament".

This special deluxe edition of "Sacrament" chronicles the making of the album from the early stages of writing and rehearsing to the actual studio recording. Filmed during the spring of 2006, the footage captures the intensely personal aspects of the album making process as well as taking a sneak peek inside the band's private lives. The DVD contains interviews from each band member as well as director's cut versions of two videos from the upcoming release, including the first single "Redneck".

Currently on the Unholy Alliance tour with SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD will hit the road again late summer in support of "Sacrament". More details will be announced soon.

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Josh Rand Comments On Family Values Tour

The Family Values tour kicked off tonite in Nashville, TN. Josh Rand [Stone Sour] checked in with an update:

"Sup y'all. Josh Rand here, coming to you live from the tour bus in Nashville, TN. Killer first show tonight! Feels great being back on tour in the US for the first time in 3 years. The crowd response was great especially during "Through Glass." It was amazing hearing everyone sing along. Looking forward to seeing everyone out on the road. I'll do my best to update you guys from time to time. See you soon.

Peace,
Josh"

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As I Lay Dying Named Metal Gods By MTV2 Viewers

MTV2 viewers declared everything that rocks their world -- from their
favorite artists, music, video games and gear -- with the first-ever "All That Rocks," a user-generated celebration dictated by the tastes of the MTV2 audience.

Viewers were able to take their 'Do It Yourself' mindset to
allthatrocks.mtv2.com: http://allthatrocks.mtv2.com/, where they
were able to upload "shout outs," videos of themselves endorsing and
supporting their favorite "All That Rocks" nominees, in order to
determine the audience's top choices. Featuring performances by some
of today's hottest artists Lil Wayne, Flyleaf, and 30 Seconds to Mars and hosted by Bam Margera, "All That Rocks"
airs this Sunday, July 30th at 9 PM ET/PT.
"MTV2 has always been driven by
what our audience wants to see and hear on the channel," stated David
Cohn, GM, MTV2. "'All That Rocks' allows us to celebrate everything
that's on their radar and are passionate about at this very moment --
from new music, new games, new gear and so much more. This event lets
us give our viewers a whole new level of influence by giving them an
innovative way to voice their opinions through the web and world of
video upload to personally salute everything they feel rocks."
The first ever MTV2 "All That Rocks" Top Viewer
Choices are:
BEST FESTIVAL: Bamboozle
FRESHEST MC: Lupe Fiasco
MOST CRITICAL HARDWARE: Video iPod
KING OF ROCK: Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance)
ULTIMATE METAL GOD: As I Lay Dying
SUCKER FREE MVP: T.I.
BREAKING NEW BAND: Panic! At the Disco
INSANE NEW GAME: Zelda: Twilight Princess - Nintendo Wii
SICKEST SPORTS MOMENT: Danny Way's Great Wall of China
Skateboard Jump (July 9, 2005, Beijing, China)

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More Dragonforce, All That Remains Dates

More dates have been released for DRAGONFORCE's headlining North American tour with ALL THAT REMAINS and HORSE THE BAND:

September 8 - Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
September 9 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
September 11 - Portalnd, OR @ Roseland Theatre
September 12 - Vancouver, BC @ Croatian Cultural Centre
September 13 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox
September 16 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon
September 23 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
September 24 - Toronto, ON @ Docks Nightclub
September 25 - Montreal, QC @ The Medley
October 5 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
October 6 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

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Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Post New Song Online

You can check out a couple of new tracks from Germany's DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER over at the band's official MySpace page. Their new album, Riders on the Storm, will be released on August 25th through Nuclear Blast.

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More Album Details For Machine Head

MACHINE HEAD will enter Sharkbite studios in Oakland, California the second week of August to begin recording their long-awaited follow-up to 2003's Through the Ashes of Empires, tentatively due in early 2007. Production duties will once again be handled by the band's frontman Robert Flynn with assistance from Mark Keaton. Mixing sessions will be taken care of by Colin Richardson (FEAR FACTORY, NAPALM DEATH). Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Aesthetics of Hate", "Halo", "The Beautiful Mourning" and "Now I Lay Thee Down".

MACHINE HEAD kicked off their participation as part of the Sounds of the Underground tour yesterday in Mountain View, California. Remaining dates include:

July 31 - Denver, CO @ City Lights Pavilion
August 2 - Sauget, IL @ Pop's Outside
August 3 - Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 4 - Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
August 5 - St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium

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The Human Abstract Post Another New Song

THE HUMAN ABSTRACT have just released a third song off of their upcoming debut album “Nocturne” - out August 22.

Mea Culpa is streaming now at http://www.myspace.com/thehumanabstract

You can also the band’s first single Crossing The Rubicon spinning on WSOU, Music Choice, Sirius Hard Attack, and XM’s Liquid Metal.

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Suidakra Reveal 'Caledonia' Artwork

German melodic black/death metallers SUIDAKRA are finalizing the mixing process for their new album, "Caledonia", tentatively due in October via Armageddon Music. The follow-up to 2005's "Command to Charge" was recorded at Gernhart Records studio in Siegburg, Germany and features artwork by Kris Verwimp. The album photography is being handled by Axel Jusseit, who previously worked with the group on 2003's "Signs for the Fallen".

According to the band, "'Caledonia' adopts the lyrical concept of ancient Scottish history, which explains song titles such as 'Highland Hills', 'Forth-Clyde' and 'The IXth Legion'."

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Hate Eternal DVD Details Released

U.S. death metal giants HATE ETERNAL have set "The Perilous Fight" as the title of their upcoming DVD, which was shot at The Garage in London, England on June 4, 2006. Due in October, the set will feature artwork from Paul Romano (TRIVIUM, MASTODON) and will include the following footage:

* The full London set (June 4, 2006)
* An in-depth interview with the band filmed immediately post-gig
* Documentary on the making of "I, Monarch"
* On-tour footage
* All of the band's promo videos, including "Powers That Be" and "I, Monarch"

HATE ETERNAL's current album, "I, Monarch", was the last to feature departed drummer Derek Roddy, who was replaced by Reno Kiilerich for the European tour.

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Avenged Sevenfold Singer Gets Political

Steve Knopper of Newsday.com eports that AVENGED SEVENFOLD wants to warn liberals about something. The metal band's song "Blinded In Chains", which begins with the line "And we're at it again — I turn around another -- war, man," has absolutely nothing to do with the war in Iraq. Or any other war involving guns and bombs. "If I read it, I'd probably get that interpretation, too. I could probably have done a better job," says singer and lyricist M. Shadows, sheepishly. "I've definitely looked at that song and seen where people are coming from."

In fact, "Blinded In Chains" is about the philosophical war between Republicans and Democrats. The former are excessively closed-minded, says Shadows, 24, and the latter are "a bunch of -- idiots where everyone looks at Michael Moore and does what he says." If from that statement you can't glean the band's politics, consider that AVENGED SEVENFOLD sells American-flag T-shirts proclaiming, "Love It Or Die".

"Most people know we're kind of one of the only bands around right now that will admit that we're Republican," says Shadows, who performs at Saturday's Ozzfest on Randall's Island. "When we went on the [punk-rock] Warped Tour last year — all of those bands, they're not only anti-war, they're anti-everything our country stands for. We were like, ' -- this.' We're going to wear our America shirts.

"Kids would eat it up. They loved it," adds Shadows, born Matt Sanders. He acknowledges he's not especially pro-war. "Ninety percent of those bands are talking -- about [President] Bush to 16-year-old kids who can't vote and are just ranting because it's the cool thing to do. It's one of those things where we went out there and did the complete opposite."

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Meshuggah Remix Albums Artwork Online

The cover artwork for MESHUGGAH's upcoming remixed version of its acclaimed 2002 effort, "Nothing" has been posted online at this location. Due on September 15 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD will include a bonus DVD containing live footage from the Swedish experimental extreme metallers' most recent European tour.

MESHUGGAH's latest album, "Catch Thirty Three", was nominated for a Swedish Grammy in the "Best Hard Rock" category. Other nominees were CANDLEMASS ("Candlemass"), HAMMERFALL ("Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken"), HARDCORE SUPERSTAR ("Hardcore Superstar") and OPETH ("Ghost Reveries").

MESHUGGAH last December extended their deal with the publishing company Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia.

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CoF's "Thornography" Tracklisting Revealed

CRADLE OF FILTH's upcoming new album, Thornography, will now be released on October 16th through Roadrunner Records. You can view the cover artwork here, and the tracklisting is as follows:

1. Under Pregnant Skies She Comes Alive Like Miss Leviathan
2. Dirge Inferno
3. Tonight in Flames
4. Libertina Grimm
5. Byronic Man
6. I Am The Thorn
7. Cemetery And Sundown
8. Lovesick For Mina
9. The Foetus Of A New Day Kicking
10. Rise Of The Pentagram
11. Under Huntress Moon
12. Temptation

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Down III Coming Soon

DOWN and former PANTERA bassist Rex Brown checked in to the band's official site, down-nola.com, to let fans know what's going on in the world of Anselmo and co.

In a forum message Brown mentioned that DOWN's next studio effort, "Down III" would be coming "real soon", as well as certain tour plans and other exciting releases. The bulk of his post reads as follows:

"Look for DOWN to tour the Pacific Rim, then South America while writing two records at one time. We got tons of acoustic stuff... So we're gonna do that, re-release the first album with me on bass, re-master Down II.. and we still got the DOWN film to go... so lot's of cool stuff about to happen..."

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