Obituary Guitarist Announces Departure

Guitarist Allen West has announced his departure from Obituary. West's exit from the group comes on the eve of Obituary's U.S. tour with Napalm Death and Allen feels that the fans deserve no surprises when they don't see the band that they were expecting. Allen will concentrate fully on Lowbrow, whose revamped lineup consists of founding members West, Curtis Beeson (Nasty Savage) and Richard Hornberger, along with new bassist Jon Fronza. Lowbrow will continue without former members Ben Meyer (Nasty Savage, Acheron) and Richard Bateman (Agent Steel, Nasty Savage).

Lowbrow are currently preparing material for a new recording to follow 2001's "Sex. Violence.Death". More information will be made available soon.

Although Obituary have yet to comment on West's departure, singer John Tardy posted the following message on the band's official message board in response to a fan who complained about West being too "wasted" during the group's appearance at the Hole In The Sky festival in Norway this past weekend (Aug. 28):
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Anthrax "Alive 2 (2005)" Audio Streams Available

Audio streams from Anthrax's upcoming live album, "Alive 2 (2005)", have been posted at MonstersAndCritics.com. Two tracks are available, "I Am The Law" and "Among The Living", and can be found here.

"Alive 2 (2005)" is due to be released on both CD and DVD on September 20th via Sanctuary. The cover can be viewed here.

The tracklisting for the CD is as follows:
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Enter My Silence Negotiating Record Deal

Finnish melodic death metallers ENTER MY SILENCE have posted the following message on their official web site:

"Yeah, we're still alive... The reason it's been a while is that there basically hasn't been much going on to go public with... We finished recording the [second] album [at Studio Watercastle in Jyväskylä, Finland] back in February, sent out promos in March and since then, we've been negotiating with several labels and seeing through our options to find the best possible co-operate to release it. This has been a time-consuming process, but now things look good and if everything goes as planned (knock on wood...), we'll announce the label in a couple of weeks and possibly some details on the release."

ENTER MY SILENCE's debut album, "Remotecontrolled Scythe", was released in 2001 in Europe by Mighty Music and in the U.S. by WW3/Mercenary Musik.

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Roadkill Singer Dies Of Cancer

Singer Marco Hendriks of the Dutch heavy metal band ROADKILL passed away on August 16 at age 36. Hendriks was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year.

ROADKILL's debut album, "Merlin", was released in early 2005. The group had previously contributed to several compilations in addition to issuing an EP, "Pyramid", in 2001.

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Opeth Announce Temporary Replacement On Drums

Sweden's Opeth have announced by Martin Axenrot of Bloodbath fame will be temporarily taking over from regular drummer Martin Lopez. The latter's still undergoing treatment for an undisclosed, but serious, illness.

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Poison Guitarist Arrested Again

Poison guitarist CC DeVille has been arrested for allegedly driving 'under the influence' in Van Nuys, California. He's been released on bail. It's the second time within a matter of days that DeVille has been in trouble with the police, following the guitarist's arrest for allegedly beating up his girlfriend. He's on bail for this charge as well.

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Orange Sky Ready Debut Record

Young Trinidad band Orange Sky are to release their debut album, 'Insight', through Granite Records in the US on September 27. Orange Sky are described as 'Black Sabbath meets Bob Marley'.

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Linkin Park Frontman Altercation w/ Club Security

The New York Daily News reports Linkin Park front man Chester Bennington blasted a Mansion nightclub bodyguard, alleging that the security man had shoved his pregnant girlfriend. "He was forcibly pushing her away with his arm and I had to get in between them," Bennington said. "So I shoved him back." The rocker revealed that he may bring legal action against the club, and said he spit on one of the bouncers as he stormed away from the party.

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Watch CKY's "Familiar Realm" Video Online

CKY are out with the video to their new single 'Familiar Realm', from the album 'An Answer Can Be Found'. You can watch it online at Yahoo! Music.

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Tommy Lee Discusses Nick Carter Collaboration

RollingStone.com caught up with Tommy Lee for a Q&A and asked the Motley Crue drummer how long he debated having Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter on his new album 'Tommyland: The Ride'. "I knew that was coming," Lee laughed. "Nick wanted me to write for him on his solo record. He wanted something edgier, and I was like, 'Hmm, I don't know'. But I took a meeting with him, and much to my surprise he was a huge rock fan. I popped out his CD player in his car and it was filled with Physical Graffiti and AC/DC and Sabbath. It kinda blew my mind. We did these two killer tracks together, so I said, 'Can I use one of those?' Let me tell you something: That motherfu**er came into the studio and out-partied people like Slash. [Nick's] a fu**ing maniac. And that's coming from me. I mean, I'm serious."

Read the full article at Rollingstone.com.

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Motley Crue To Support Rolling Stones On US Tour

Motley Crue are the latest band confirmed to support the Rolling Stones on their US tour. The Crue will be on the bill for the dates in Seattle on October 30 and Portland on November 1.

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Dark Tranquillity Drop Off Arch Enemy Tour

Sweden's DARK TRANQUILLITY have posted the following message on their official website:

"We're sorry to announce that due to several reasons beyond our control, we're not able to do the previously announced ARCH ENEMY/TRIVIUM tour in Sep/Oct. We were looking forward to the trip and examined all possible solutions, but at the end of the day we have no option but to cancel our participation. Apologies to the people that got their hopes up as well as to the ARCH ENEMY camp."

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More Dates For Norma Jean Tour

Additional stops have been announced for Norma Jean's run with Darkest Hour, Still Remains and The Handshake Murders, here's the latest:

October 09th Ft. Smith, AR - Bobbi Sox
October 18th Huntington, WV - Hyamp
October 19th Wilmington, NC - Soapbox Lounge
October 20th Wilmington, SC - Headliner's
October 21st Charlestown, SC - Music Farm

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Madball And Sworn Enemy To Tour Overseas

Madball and Sworn Enemy will be heading overseas together in October/November, here's their schedule:

October 21st Eindhoven, NET - Dynamo Club
October 22nd Antwerpen, BEL - Hof Ter Lo
October 23rd Drachten, NET - Induna Sunday Matinee
October 24th Saint Nazaire, FRA - VIP
October 25th Espania, SPA - TBA
October 26th Lisbon, POR - Ginasio Clube de Corroios
October 27th Madrid, SPA - Paradise Garage
October 28th Barcelona, SPA - Sala Mephisto
October 29th Marseilles, FRA - Jas Rod
October 30th Strasbourg, FRA - La Laiterie
November 01st Weinheim, GER - Cafe Central
November 02nd Leipzig, GER - Conne Island
November 04th Sofia, BUL - TBA
November 05th Belgrad, SER - Dom Omladine
November 06th Graz, AUT - TBA
November 07th Munchen, GER - Backstage
November 08th Munster, GER - Tryptichon
November 09th Flensburg, GER - Roxy
November 10th Gothenburg, SWE - Musikens Hus
November 11th Berlin, GER - SO36
November 12th Essen, GER - Essen
November 13th London, UK - Underworld

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