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Metal Stars Return for Scott Ian's Poker Tournament

PR reports: Get ready to rock the UltimateBet poker tables in the encore performance of Scott Ian's HomeGame , an online poker tournament set to take place August 19th at 9:00PM ET. Swap your guitar chips for poker chips to win one of 11 exclusive seats in Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian's Home game where you could find yourself seated next to rock legends and poker pros, and shooting for the stars in the ultimate Rock 'n Roll Sit-and-Go for a trip to the Aruba Poker Classic.

"UltiimateBet players showed huge support for my first Home game on UB back in March," said UltimateBet pro Scott Ian, who was reached for comment on a break from play during the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. "With an Aruba Poker Classic package up for grabs this time, expect the competition to be fierce."

The star-studded line up in Scott Ian's Home Game is headlined by Ian, Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, Vinnie Paul of Pantera, Metallica's Kirk Hammett and Greg Tribbett of Mudvayne, who are set to put their own unique metal edge on the UB Hold 'em tables, where online poker players will be able to chat with the rock stars through the UltimateBet software's chat feature. - more on this story

Through the Eyes of the Dead Begin New Album

Prosthetic Records reports: Through the Eyes of the Dead have entered Geller Cellar Studios in New York, to begin work on their third, as of yet untitled, full length album.

The band will be self producing the effort with Eliot Geller engineering. The South Carolina based band will then travel to Mana Studios in Florida in late August to mix the album with Erik Rutan (Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under, Goatwhore).

They will be documenting the recording process with several webisodes on their YouTube page. The album is slated for an early 2010 release. The band released "Malice" in 2007 and "Bloodlust" in 2005, both on Prosthetic Records.

The band has also set up some shows after the recording. - dates

Boy Meets Girl: Classic Duets Revisited

conqueroo reports: Stax Records through Concord Music Group will reissue its 1969 compilation Boy Meets Girl, which paired Stax male and female artists for a set of classic duets.

Featured are many of the greatest names in soul music including Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, Pervis Staples, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Mavis Staples and Cleotha Staples.

The reissue adds two rare duets of Bell and Booker T. Jones' "Private Number," by Bell and Judy Clay, and by Dusty Springfield and Spencer Davis. The latter version was previously available only on a long out-of-print mid-'80s Takoma Records release. - more on this story

An Evening With Steve Wynn IV, The Baseball Project and Minus 5

Skye Media reports: Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon, Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck will be hitting the US highways in various musical disguises as the brand new Steve Wynn IV, the Minus 5, and The Baseball Project, with all three bands made up of the same players with a possible costume change or two.

According to Wynn, "I'm fairly certain it won't be a typical three-band bill with separate sets, And I have a feeling we'll be mixing it up and changing from night to night."

This tour will be the first time the four musicians perform live and on tour together, unless you count for the appearance of The Baseball Project on the "Late Show With David Letterman" (in 2008) and at Wynn and Pitmon's wedding (also in 2008). - more on this story

Marionette Go Soph

PR reports: Gothenburg Sweden based metal sextet Marionette has announced the title of its sophomore album: Enemies, to be released in Europe in October via Listenable Records.

Enemies was recorded with a team of up-and-coming as well as established names in Swedish music including Pontus Hjelm (Dead By April) and two-time Swedish Grammis award winning producer and songwriter Åke Parmerud.

MARIONETTE lead guitarist and backing vocalist Aron Parmerud recently described Enemies as a monumental evolutionary step from the debut album Spite. "Unlike the recording process of Spite we recorded Enemies over a period of months, and we have had plenty of time to try new things in the studio to make the album absolutely insane. Every element that you heard on Spite has been taken to the extreme. At the same time, there is a clear evolution from Spite to Enemies. All of the live experience we have had while touring has made us more skillful as individual musicians and tighter as a band. All this will reflect itself on Enemies when it is in your hands this fall!" - more on this story

Landmine Marathon and Book of Black Earth Tour

Prosthetic Records reports: Landmine Marathon and Book of Black Earth will team up for a run of West coast shows in August.

Seattle's Book of Black Earth released "Horoskopus" in late 2008. Landmine Marathon are supporting the reissue of "Rusted Eyes Awake," due to hit streets on August 18.

Landmine Marathon are currently in the studio recording their Prosthetic Records' debut, due out in early 2010. - dates

Sabian 2009 Vault Tour

Sabian reports: Sabian, the award winning cymbal company known as the modern, innovative cymbal maker with traditional roots, announces its 2009 Vault Tour, which will be held in select cities from September 25 through October 21. Created to bring the magic that happens at the SABIAN factory to local drummers, the Vault Tour offers the opportunity to experience the craftsmanship involved in the art of cymbal making. Consumers will get the chance to have one-of-a-kind cymbals made onsite, witness demonstrations of hand hammering and cymbal lathing and gain access to key SABIAN personnel. Additionally, consumers will be able to purchase from a large array of one-off prototypes and best sellers from the SABIAN Vault.

Enhancing the interaction between SABIAN and consumers, this year's Vault Tour will feature an innovative, online component to engage drummers and percussionists in the experience. A micro site, which will go live in July, will host information on the tour, including all dates, and feature images and commentary on the behind-the-scenes action at the events. Visitors to the Web site will be able to vote on their favorite SABIAN prototypes, read blogs from each stop by SABIAN personnel and share their own content. The Vault Tour will be engaging drummers in major social media channels including Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and MySpace.

"For the first time in Vault Tour history, we are leveraging social media platforms to truly reach a global audience," said SABIAN's VP of Marketing, Stacey Montgomery-Clark. "Photos, videos and blog accounts by our staff will enable drummers throughout the world to experience the events 'firsthand.'" - more on this story

White Wizzard Lineup Confusion

PR reports: The lineup featured on White Wizzard's September 8th debut mini-album, High Speed GTO is much different from that of the current lineup whom will be recording a full length album set for release in 2010.

Recently, several ex-members from the previous lineup have begun making headlines in a newly signed band who's former name shared an eerily similar theme with that of White Wizzard's. White Wizzard bassist, Jon Leon has written a statement to clear up any confusion about the band's lineup changes and to serve notice that there is only one White Wizzard.

"White Wizzard has had a line up change since the recording of the WW mini album in 2007. I wrote some songs and formed the first incarnation of the band rather quickly and went into the studio. The mini album was a quickly thrown together ep of the first songs just to get WW started. It turned out well for how quickly it was done, and the seeds were sewn for the next phase. - more on this story

Ryan Roxie Two Sides to Every Story

PR reports: Ryan Roxie- Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter releases second Roxie 77 album entitled "Two Sides to Every Story". Roxie, who has been recording, writing, and touring with household names such as Alice Cooper, GnR's Slash (Slash's Snakepit), and Gilby Clarke among others has always maintained his "own" band over the years.

Whether it's been called Roxie 77, Happypill, or D.P.M. (Dad's Porno Mag), Ryan has always been able to release albums containing many of the songs that are the closest to him and speak straight from the heart.

"Two Sides to Every Story" is the most personal album coming from Roxie 77 to date, available exclusively at www.roxie77.com The name "Roxie 77" has been resurrected after Roxie's extended "sabbatical" to the country of Sweden. After many years of living in Los Angeles, Roxie made the decision to "finish a chapter, but not close the book" on his life's journey and relocated to Stockholm with his two children and their mother, V. - more on this story

. Tim "Ripper" Owens - Play My Game

Play My Game shows Ripper at his independent helm, writing songs on his own with a number of well-established musicians in his depository. And you know what? It is not complete horsesh*t! However, that does not mean Play My Game lacks reeking moments. - Read the full Tim "Ripper" Owens - Play My Game review

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