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Transplants/Jay-Z Mash

punkbands reports: Jeremy Weinstein has just released a mashed cut of the Transplants "Killafornia" from "Haunted Cities" with Jay-Z's "Dirt Off Your Shoulders". [see full story for a link to the mash]- Click Here for the Full Story

Meshuggah Funeral

siN's metal news reports: DARK FUNERAL guitarist Lord Ahriman has posted the following message in the band's official message forum:

"... On Tuesday (july 6) we'll begin laying down the bass and vocals. Since our new songs require something extra from the bass, we decided to bring in a a highly skilled and professional guest player to record it. And i'm proud to say that it'll be no other then Gustaf Hielm (ex-MESHUGGAH). [see full story for the full update]- Click Here for the Full Story

Floyd Charity

siN's metal news reports: PINK FLOYD guitarist David Gilmour has urged artists and record companies to make a charitable donation off the back of Saturday's landmark global concerts.

"Though the main objective has been to raise consciousness and put pressure on the G8 leaders, I will not profit from the concert," he said in a statement. "This is money that should be used to save lives."

"If other artists feel like donating their extra royalties to charity, perhaps then the record companies could be persuaded to make a similar gesture and that would be a bonus." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

In Flames Delay

siN's metal news reports: The new IN FLAMES album, "Come Clarity", has been pushed back by Nuclear Blast Records until February 6th.[see full story for more metal news]- Click Here for the Full Story

Extol Destruction

Century Media reports: Century Media Records are pleased to be able to confirm that Norwegian metallers EXTOL are set to headline this years Destruction Festival on Saturday 23rd July at the Camden Underworld. This one-off appearance will be the band’s first return to the UK since their blistering tour with God Forbid in March of this year, when they performed new material from their critically acclaimed ‘The Blueprint Dives’ album.

The Destruction Fest, run by the Glorious Undead Christian Church originally began life as a Hardcore Christian Festival but now in it’s fourth year, it’s main purpose is to bring together the cream of local and international bands, regardless of their personal religious beliefs to Camden Town - the heart of London's alternative culture, for a two day hardcore and metal festival and this year promises to be bigger, better and give you more punch for your pound with more bands than ever before and an all-dayer on Saturday, with any profits being donated to North London Action for the Homeless.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Sevendust Records

Chipster reports: Sevendust is teaming up with innovative record label WineDark Records which is distributed in the U.S. by Fontana Distribution, a division of Universal Music and Video Distribution (UMVD), for the upcoming release of their latest record, Next. Sevendust is the Atlanta, GA-based rock group who clawed their way through the late 1990s and early 2000s with a string of hit albums, forming the backbone of a sound and attitude that defies genre classification. Beginning with their 1997 self-titled debut and continuing through to their most recent record, Seasons, Sevendust, despite a self described “roller coaster ride,” has sold nearly four million units in the US alone and is poised to expand it’s domain to the rest of the world.

Sevendust’s fifth record, Next, will be available on October 11th, 2005.
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Jamiroquai Dynamite

Epic reports: Four years after the release of multi-platinum seller A Funk Odyssey, space cowboys Jamiroquai have returned armed with DYNAMITE , their highly anticipated sixth studio album. Co-produced by frontman Jay Kay and Mike Spencer, the big, bouncy and high octane album hits stores on September 20th.

Epic Records will release the album in the DualDisc format, complete with DVD footage featuring the eye-popping "Feels Just Like It Should" video, directed by Joseph Kahn (U2, Black Eyed Peas, Eminem), along with a "making-of-the-video" documentary and a collection of various eye and ear candy. - Click Here for the Full Story

Bono Challange

Reader Submission reports: A Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter who donates ten cents each time her group's music is downloaded has challenged Bono to give one dime from each U2 download to Africa.

"In November of 2001 you came here to Los Angeles on tour, and from the stage you challenged us in Hollywood to come up with innovative ways to begin solving some of the enormous problems our world faces. You reminded us that our ideas are spun out to the entire world through the mass media we so dominate. And although I know you were talking to the audience in general that night, I took what you said to heart and have thought about it a great deal. I know that you’re not the 'King of the Music Business,' though you might enjoy thinking yourself so from time to time. But you are one of the industry’s most iconic and influential figures. And that Bono, is precisely why I’ve decided to make this appeal to you. You, with your celebrity friends, acquaintances and associates, have the power to make benevolence, compassion and generosity part of the transaction when music is legally downloaded. You and I share a deep love and respect for the late John Lennon, who asked us to 'Imagine.' I’m much more practical and pragmatic. It’s 2005 and while 'imagining' is a great start, we need to take things to the next level." See full story for the entire "letter" to Bono. - Click Here for the Full Story

Solo Firefall

press release reports: inger/songwriter and founding member of 70’s pop/rock band FIREFALL crawls out from under his rock. At 23 years old in 1974, as a singer/songwriter and an original/founding member of FIREFALL, Larry Burnett wrote some 25 songs for the 5 albums that FIREFALL released from 1976-1981. Apparently it ain’t over. After taking some time off (25 years?) and failing miserably at various “normal” pursuits, Larry has released a new, limited edition, 6-song CD titled CONFIDENCE GAME, which includes an updated, solo acoustic version of his top ten hit “Cinderella”.[see full story for more] - Click Here for the Full Story

Municipal Waste Release

Earache reports: Richmond thrash-core kings Municipal Waste have finished work on their debut album for Earache. Entitled 'Hazardous Mutation', The Waste's new album was recorded in the band's hometown of Richmond, Virginia, by Corey Smoot (aka Flattus of Gwar). 'We are very excited about this record and we feel its by far our best material to date,' states frontman Tony Foresta.

'Hazardous Mutation' hits US stores Sept 20 (Aug 29 in the UK/Europe). full story for an MP3 of the first single- Click Here for the Full Story

Simple Minds Sanctuary

Noble PR reports: Sanctuary Records are pleased to announce the worldwide signing of Simple Minds. The band will release their first album on the Sanctuary Records label in the UK and rest of Europe on Monday September 12 (US release date - September 13). Entitled "Black & White 050505", the album is being hailed as a return to form to their classic atmospheric albums - 1982's "New Gold Dream" and 1984's "Sparkle In The Rain". Recorded in Italy and Holland, the album was mixed in Los Angeles by the legendary Bob Clearmountain (Roxy Music, Rolling Stones, INXS). [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Candlelight Releases

Candlelight Records reports: Candlelight Records today unveils its US priority releases for the fall. set to include releases from an impressive array of artists including 1349, Dark Funeral, Ram-Zet, Lord Belial, Masterplan, Rob Rock plus debuts from Audrey Horne, Scum and more, the label continues its biggest year since its US launch in 2001.

Intra, the new album from Ram-zet, will see US release on September 6. * No Hay Banda, the debut from Norway's Audrey Horne, will also see a September 6 release. * Masterplan's Aeronautics is the first release through the newly penned cooperation with AFM Records. Set for release September 20 * The Roy Z-produced Holy Hell from Florida-based veteran vocalist Rob Rock will also see release on September 20. * October 4 will see the release of Hellfire, the highly anticipated third album from Norwegian black metallers 1349. * Gospels for the Sick, the debut from Scum, will conclude Candlelight's October 4 releases. * Candlelight also plans key catalog reissues from Dismember, Marduk, Primordial, The Exploited, a special dvd from Windir and in November the highly anticipated new album from Sweden's Dark Funeral, the new album from Khold and more. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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