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Excess of Evil Tour

SMN reports: MARDUK, ENSLAVED, KEEP OF KALESSIN, MELECHESH, GOATWHORE and PANTHEON I will be hitting the road in Europe for the “Excess of Evil” tour:

May 10 - Germany @ 17 - Berlin
May 11 - Germany @ Haus - Jena
May 12 - Germany @ Eastclub - Bischofswerda
May 13 - Czech Republic @ Fleda - Brno
May 14 - Germany @ Backstage - München
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All That Remains Find Drummer

SMN reports: ALL THAT REMAINS have announced their new drummer to be...:

"YO! Jason Costa formerly of DIECAST is the new drummer for ATR. You can hear some of Jason's stuff on Tearing Down Your Blue Skies. Check it out. And for all the people worried if he can do it or thinkin we may be weaker. HA wait, just come out to a show.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Busta 100K Judgment

BBC reports: Rapper Busta Rhymes has been ordered to pay $100,000 (£52,000) to a fan who claimed the star beat him up.

Melvin Smith said the 34-year-old rapper - real name Trevor Smith - and bodyguard Troy Green attacked him in New York in 2005. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Jock Bartley & Friends

PR reports: Rock 'n' Roll is alive and well as rock music legends convene in the Colorado Mountains to record on a hot new CD! Jock Bartley, lead guitarist, songwriter and leader of '70s U.S. rock sensations Firefall, has just completed his debut solo CD entitled Blindside. Bartley is best known for his inspired work on such classic Firefall hits as "You Are The Woman", "Just Remember I Love You", "Strange Way", "Cinderella" and "Mexico". Recorded between January and August 2006, Blindside features guest appearances by such rock luminaries as:
*Richie Furay, former Poco member and Rock &Roll Hall Of Fame inductee with the Buffalo Springfield,
*Rusty Young from Poco,
*John McEuen and Jimmie Fadden of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band,
*Mark Andes from Spirit, Heart and Firefall,
*John Magne from The Subdudes,
*Brian Nevin from Big Head Todd And The Monsters,
*Michael Travis of The String Cheese Incident,
*Bob Harris from Warren Zevon, Frank Zappa and Axe, along with many other notable musicians and singers.
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Nightrage to Infect Fans in April

PR reports: Swedish/ greek death metal outfit NIGHTRAGE have finished the recordings to their upcoming Lifeforce Records debut and 3rd album "A New Disease Is Born", the album contain 11 tracks plus an instrumental and is set to be released on April 17th in the U.S. and Canada.

Guitarist Marios Iliopoulos about the new album - "We are ready with the recordings of our new album entitled 'A New Disease Is Born' and without a doubt this is the best NIGHTRAGE album so far, we worked really hard to make this as perfect as possible, I´m so glad and satisfied with the new songs because we kept the NIGHTRAGE signature metal sound and have combined with the new ideas that Henric and Jimmie brought into the band, you will be amazed of how great the songs and production turned out, JACOB HANSEN RULES, he did an amazing job on the recordings and production of 'A New Disease Is Born'. Metal on!"- Click Here for the Full Story

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Pizza Punks

PR reports: Autumn Black founding members Ruben and Albert Platt have taken the concept of the "music community" a step further. They have purchased a pizza parlor in Paramount, CA and it is run by their own band as well as other local musicians who need to earn some extra money. The twins, who in addition to their partnership in their hardcore punk metal band, are also both college graduates with degrees in biochemistry. The pizza idea was born out of the need for up and coming musicians to have jobs that understand their sporadic availabilities.

For now you can find Albert and guitarist Jonathan Koch in the kitchen making pizzas while Ruben and drummer Chris Daigle are either waiting on you or behind the cash register. But look for them to be gone on the road soon before they come back in the summer to start work on their second album for Throwdown Records. Piggy's Rock 'N' Roll Pizza is located at 15337 Paramount Blvd. in Paramount, CA.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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AFI Tour Dates

PR reports: AFI will be tour started at the end of January with Sick of It All and The Dear and Departed. Here is a list of confirmed dates so far:

1/31 - Tampa, FL - Jannus Landing
2/1 - Tampa, FL - Jannus Landing
2/3 - Boca Raton, FL - Mizner Park Amp
2/5 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
2/6 - Nashville, TN - War Memorial
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Buy KISS Kondoms with your KISS Visa

antiMusic reports: When you think of money, what is the first rock group that pops into your head? Of course it's KISS. The most over merchandised band in the universe has found another clever way to separate their fans from their money…. Introducing the KISS Visa Card from Chase. Unheard of by KISS standards, you get something free with the card… no annual fee (pretty standard these days) but also you get Chase Flexible Rewards so spend thousands and earn hundreds in points! No word if you get double points for purchasing pricey KISS merch like a KISS Kasket.

We could make a "priceless" joke but this isn't a MasterCard. And it isn't priceless, you get 0% APR for the first year but then it jumps as high as 23.24%.

This isn't the first time the band has licensed it's likeness for a credit card. They have a First USA card you can get at the full story link (also with no annual fee and better APRs). Is this really news? No but then again Visa is Everywhere You Want To Be. - Click Here for the Full Story

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Poisoned Pen? Poison Plots Covers Album

antiMusic reports: What's the latest trend for 80s hard rock bands? You get two guesses and the first two don't count. Give up? They are doing cover albums of classic rock songs. The latest band to jump on the bandwagon is Poison and they are looking to their fans to help pick the songs to cover.

The band posted the following message on their MySpace page: "Post your suggestions in the comments section by January 10th and it just might show up on their new record coming in late Spring. How cool would it be to hear Poison perform the song you suggested LIVE when they play your town this summer?! AC/DC? Skynyrd? ZZ Top? The Stones? The Who? Let's hear it!"

If you feel inclined to make a suggestion or two you can post them at the full story link. - Click Here for the Full Story

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Sevendust Preview Tour

PR reports: Sevendust have announced a headlining tour to preview new tracks from their upcoming album Alpha which hits stores March 6th on 7Bros Records/Asylum. The tour starts February 8th in Ft. Wayne, IN and closes with a hometown show in Atlanta, week of release.

Alpha, their sixth studio album, is vintage Sevendust as the band revisits the ferocious attack that made early albums like Sevendust and Home cult classics among their fans.[see full story for tour dates]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Alabama Thunderpussy Open Fire in March

PR reports: On March 6th Relapse Records Is Set To Release "OPEN FIRE" The New, Highly anticipated Alabama Thunderpussy CD!

Armed with a new singer, Kyle Thomas...the smokin' pipes that once fronted EXHORDER and FLOODGATE; Thomas joined The 'PUSSY during the summer of 2006, right when the band was piecing together riffs and beats for their next record. With the confidence that came from the addition of Thomas, those riffs and beats quickly became ravaging hard-rock songs with a tip-of-the-hat to classic metal songs of yore. Thomas added his vocals with a skill and range not heard in prior metal bands and ATP's sixth full-length record was born, ready and aimed to showcase the band's growth and power. Taking no hostages, it's time for 'Open Fire'. Look out for the band on tour Spring 2007!- Click Here for the Full Story

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Britney & K-Fed Temp Custody

DiR reports: Forget about global conflict or natural disasters, the burning question in some people's minds is who will have custody of Britney and K-Feds kids? Yes, there are those that care about such things, so we have TMZ's report on this matter for you. As always if you just have to know more, click the full story link.

TMZ has learned that Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have mutually agreed to a custody arrangement during the month of January.

Under the terms of the stipulated agreement, just filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Britney and Kevin will have joint legal custody of their two children, one-year-old Sean Preston and four-month-old Jayden James. Britney will have the lion's share of physical custody. Kevin's physical custody is extremely limited. He will be allowed to be with the children from noon to 4:00 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Spears' residence. Under the agreement, Spears can be present, but no one may interfere with Federline's right to be with the children.- Click Here for the Full Story

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New Talent Unearthed?

PR reports: With the New Year comes continuous activity in the Unearth camp. Currently, Unearth just put the finishing touches on their second music video in support of their latest release. Here's what frontman Trevor Phipps has to say about their upcoming video: "We had just begun to schedule the shooting of our second video, "Sanctity of Brothers" with famed director Darren Doane, when he decided to retire to pursue other professional goals. Fortunately, he had written a pretty sick video treatment and told us we could use it if the director was new, talented and had never directed a music video before. So we took to searching the internet for some new talent and came across a guy from Prague named "Soren." "SOREN's images were dark and well thought out, so we got in touch with him. We showed him the treatment Darren had written and he agreed to go with it, but he wanted to put his own flavor and twists into the video. This guy is crazy, he had a 10 day shooting schedule spanning 3 countries; he used a helicopter and some cool animation. It will have the same high energy as our video for "Giles," but will have an in depth story line and will be our first video with special effects. The video will be more like a short film with three parts. The first and third sections will be the intro and ending, while the second chapter will be the actual song. SOREN is on to some groundbreaking s*** here and we are stoked to be part of it."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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The Good, The Bad & the Queen

PR reports: For the first time ever you can hear the brand new album The Good, The Bad and The Queen in its entirety. This coming Monday, January 8th, you will be able to stream the full album from the band's Myspace site prior to the album release (January 23). See the full story for that.

The Good, The Bad & the Queen are: Damon Albarn (Blur/Gorillaz) * Tony Allen (Africa 70/ Fela Kuti) * Paul Simonon (The Clash) * Simon Tong (The Verve)- Click Here for the Full Story

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Oprah Blackmailed

antiMusic reports: It reads a bit like a convoluted plot to a mystery novel touted by her book club, but Oprah was the target of a blackmail scheme. Or was she?

An Atlanta man claimed to have damaging audio tapes and demanded a ransom not to release them to the public. Just what was on the tape and how Oprah was directly involved is not known at this time. TMZ had a bit on the story and here is part of their report:

The man, Keifer Bonvillain, is accused of illegally recording phone conversations he had with a Winfrey employee about her and her business. According to the charges, he then asked for $1.5 million from a second person, described as a Winfrey "business associate," to destroy the tapes and his notes.

The charges go on to say that Bonvillain threatened to sell the information to the tabloids or write a book about them. [you can read more at the full story link]- Click Here for the Full Story

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