12 Stones Added To Megadeth Tour

MEGADETH have revealed that they will also be taking out Windup Records artists 12 STONES with them this Fall and Winter. 12 STONES will join a bill which is also comprised of rockers EARSHOT. A listing of dates for the tour can be found here.

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Shadows Fall's 'The War Within' Debuts At #20

SHADOWS FALL new album "The War Within" debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at #20, selling just under 40,000 copies in its first week. Their last album "The Art Of Balance" has sold just under 110,000 copies to date.

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First Five Bands Confirmed For Maryland Death Fest

The first 5 bands have been confirmed for forthcoming MARYLAND DEATH FEST 2005, which will take place May 28 and May 29 of next year. In total, there will be 28 bands confirmed:

REGURGITATE - SWEDEN
BIRDFLESH - SWEDEN
ABSCESS - CALIFORNIA
XXX MANIAK - PENNSYLVANIA
KILL THE CLIENT - TEXAS

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Sinai Beach Finish Recording New Album

Sinai Beach recently finished tracking their new full-length. Entitled "Immersed," the effort was recorded at Trax East studios and is currently being mixed. The album will hit stores on January 5th through Facedown Records.

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Photos From Berlin Slayer & Slipknot Performance

Slayer and Slipknot performed on Sunday (September 26) at the Arena in Berlin, Germany. Check out pictures from Abaca (Slipknot / Slayer) and LFI (Slipknot / Slayer).

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Nightwish Singer To Release Solo CD Single

Tarja went again into Finnvox Studios, but this time to record two songs for her first solo CD single release outside of Nightwish ever: two Christmas traditional Finnish songs with the production of Esa Nieminen:

"En etsi valtaa, loistoa" (Melody: Jean Sibelius / Lyrics: Z. Topelius; translator unknown) and "Kun joulu on" (Melody: Otto Kotilainen / Lyrics: Alpo Noponen )

This single will be released next Christmas 2004 in Finland.

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Jonas Renkse Speaks To Antenna

In an interview with Antenna (antenna.nu), Katatonia and Bloodbath's Jonas Renkse says that he will be working on new Katatonia material: "My plans right now are that we're going to focus on doing the new Katatonia record this winter and hopefully next year play some live shows with Bloodbath which would be awesome but also a lot of touring with Katatonia."

And also talks about the posibility that Bloodbath plays live: "I think now that we've done two full-length album and we heard the recent demands for us playing live. We have been talking about and I think it all comes down to the members different schedules. Every one in the band got other bands but we are definitely going to try our best to play live maybe not a full tour but at least some gigs sometime next year hopefully."

Read the full article at Antenna.

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"Metalcore" Explodes From The Buried

Bands experimenting with or utilizing multiple genres is nothing new in popular music, but the North Carolina ensemble Between The Buried and Me does blend two styles not commonly considered compatible. The five-member group, who play tonight at the Blue Sky Court, call their sound "metalcore," a surging, sonically powerful combination of heavy metal and hardcore.

Vocalist and keyboardist Tommy Rogers acknowledges that this isn't exactly an everyday occurrence on the music front, but said that linking these two approaches hasn't proven that difficult.

"Part of it comes from the fact that everyone in the band has been very influenced by both heavy metal and hardcore groups," Rogers said. "When I sit down to write along with (guitarist) Paul (Waggoner) we don't consciously think OK, we've got to have so much heavy metal in the licks or so much hardcore in the arrangement. We have to make sure that in the songs the transitions make sense, and the songs really flow rather than just becoming extreme. But I think there's more similarity between heavy metal and hardcore and easier to write songs using these than doing a song with a heavy metal foundation and then trying to put a jazz part in the middle."

Read the full article at Nashvilly City Paper.

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