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Annihilator Tracks

KNAC reports: Annihilator's Jeff Waters has posted the tracklisting to the band's upcoming album Schizo Deluxe:

Maximum Satan
Drive
Warbird
Plasma Zombies
Invite It
Like Father, Like Gun
Pride
Too Far Gone
Clare
Something Witchy[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Staind Canada

Audio Aggression reports: Staind will hit the road with Default for a Fall Canadian tour. Current dates are:

October 29th in Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
October 30th in Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus
October 31st in Guelph, ON @ Denim
[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Cokeshambles

Rockdirt reports: Babyshambles rocker Pete Doherty openly took cocaine on stage in Ibiza - hours after shamed girlfriend Kate Moss vowed to kick the drug, The People can reveal. "Pete looked pretty wasted before he even came on stage," an audience member said. "It was obvious he had been taking something. He seemed delirious. Halfway through the set a lad in the front row shouted, 'Oi, Pete. Do you want a line?' He bent over and snorted it off a Euro coin. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Anti Flag / Bad Religion Tour

punkbands reports: Yep, you read that right... this Fall Anti Flag will be hitting the road with none other than Bad Religion!

Here are the confirmed dates so far:
Wed., November 2 - Vancouver, BC @ the Commodore Ballroom
Thurs., November 3 - Calgary, AB @ MacEvan Hall
Fri., November 4 - Edmonton, AB @ Red's
[see full story for more dates]- Click Here for the Full Story

Tour of Agony

siN's metal news reports: BRAND NEW SIN have been tapped as direct support for LIFE OF AGONY when they pop across the pond for a full UK tour:

November 29 - Stockholm, SWE @ Klubben
December 1 - Prague, CZR @ Roxy
December 2 - Munich, GER @ Backstage
[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Arch Enemy Replacement

siN's metal news reports: ARCH ENEMY have now settled on Fredrik Akesson as a replacement for guitarist Chris Amott for the continued "Doomsday Machine" touring campaign. Greek axeman Gus G, formerly of DREAM EVIL, filled in for Chris Amott on the band's recent OZZFEST 2005 outing.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

No More Downtown

siN's metal news reports: The Downtown, located in Farmingdale, NY has announced it has closed. The venue sent out the following message:

"Dear Friends,

As of Monday, September 19, 2005, the Downtown will be closing its doors. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Sharon Quits Ad Job

Blabbermouth reports: According to BrandRepublic.com, Sharon Osbourne, wife and manager of BLACK SABBATH frontman Ozzy Osbourne, has quit as the face of U.K. supermarket giant Asda after completing just seven months of a year-long contract.

According to the Mail on Sunday, the two sides are keen to play down the split with Asda refusing to blame Osbourne for the campaign's demise.

"We signed Sharon up to do a [minimum] of seven ads and a maximum of 11. She's done everything we required of her," a spokesman said.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Poor Gwen

Launch reports: Gwen Stefani was reportedly a bit miffed when model Naomi Campbell closed Fashion Week in New York on Friday night (September 16), a slot originally set aside for the No Doubt singer's L.A.M.B. show. Stefani wanted to focus attention on her clothing line's debut, which kicked off at 8 p.m., but Campbell scheduled her star-studded runway charity show just an hour later and at a different venue. [Isn't that just a sad rock n roll story... wait a second.. rock? Gwen officially no longer rocks. There is No Doubt about that! see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Alien Invasion Warning

Contact Music reports: British pop star ROBBIE WILLIAMS is convinced Earth is on the verge of experiencing an alien invasion.

The MILLENNIUM hitmaker dreams about extra-terrestrials every night - and he wants to help his fans prepare for contact with visitors from another planet.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Got Wood?

Press Release reports: mtvU, MTV’s college network, today announced the nominees for the “mtvU Woodie Awards” – the only show honoring the music voted best by the college audience. Tossing aside gold and platinum records to pay tribute to those artists who have won over hearts, but not necessarily charts, The Arcade Fire grabbed the most nominations with five, including “Woodie of the Year” – Best Artist, “Left Field Woodie” – Most Original Artist, and “Best Showing Woodie” – Best Tour. The Arcade Fire joins Gorillaz, M.I.A., Matisyahu, Death Cab For Cutie and 39 other emerging and influential artists that will be voted on by the college audience. Winners will be announced at the “mtvU Woodie Awards” live ceremony and concert event November 2nd at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City which will premiere on mtvU and mtvU.com November 10th. [see full story for more including full list of noms]- Click Here for the Full Story

Merchant Hits

Press Release reports: Natalie Merchant’s first-ever solo career greatest hits, Natalie Merchant: Retrospective 1990-2005 – in stores September 27th!

Natalie Merchant: Retrospective 1990-2005 will be available in a standard version (one disc) and a Limited Edition Deluxe Version (two discs). Compiled by Merchant, the first disc spotlights her favorite songs remastered from all four of her studio albums -- Tigerlily, Ophelia, Motherland, and The House Carpenter's Daughter including “Carnival,” “Kind & Generous,” and “Wonder.”

The linen bound Deluxe Edition has all the solo singles plus 15 additional rare tracks including unreleased recordings, acoustic versions, album out-takes, soundtrack contributions, B-sides, along with out-of-print tracks recorded for benefit albums. Featuring collaborations with R.E.M., Billy Bragg, The Chieftains, Dr. John with Booker T. & The MG's, and Susan McKeown.[see full story for a listening party]- Click Here for the Full Story

Bril Debut

Fanscape reports: November 1st marks the US debut from sonic rockers, Bril, entitled, Airless Alarm on Kirtland Records. The twelve tracks were produced by the band alongside Justin Gray (Joss Stone) and were mixed by studio veteran Tim Palmer (U2, Pearl Jam).

With over a decade of friendships and musical partnerships among them (and two of them brothers), Bril are a prolific songwriting team who feel the twelve tracks chosen for the album wholly represent the “Bril sound”. From start to finish Airless Alarm contains a stunning blend of blistering, yet thoroughly tuneful sounds that draw upon the best of both the soul-searching found in American alternative music and the ever-expanding sonic landscapes of Brit-rock.

Bril will be seeing plenty more of the road in support of Airless Alarm as they head out for shows in Houston, Austin (supporting Stellastarr) and a performance at the Dallas Music Festival. They will return west for performances in Phoenix, San Diego, hometown gigs in Orange County and carry on north for shows in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and more. [see full story for a preview]- Click Here for the Full Story

Ray Charles Cavett Show DVD

Press release reports: Long regarded as TV’s most intelligent talk show, The Dick Cavett Show was also the late night TV home of the biggest names in music. He so enjoyed talking with Ray Charles that he had him on the show three times, including one where he was Cavett’s only guest. Ray speaks candidly about his life and career and performs many of his hit songs.

This 2-DVD set from Shout! Factory features 14 live performances including:
“Georgia On My Mind”
“Born To Lose”
“I Can’t Stop Loving You”
“Eleanor Rigby”
“America The Beautiful
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My American Heart Tour

Press Release reports: Rising emo/punk sensations My American Heart have confirmed dates for the fall “Surrender Your Heart” tour in conjunction with the release of their debut album The Meaning in Makeup (September 13th WARCON Enterprises). The tour, which will feature support by Just Surrender, kicks off September 21st in St. Louis, MO and runs through October 21st in Seattle, WA.

Wednesday, September 21st St. Louis, MO Hi-Pointe
Thursday, September 22nd Des Moines, IA House of Bricks
Friday, September 23rd Fraser, MI Lions Club[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Surf Incubus

Epic reports: Brandon Boyd and Mike Einziger of rock band Incubus are already members of the tight knit surfing community in California - in fact Brandon and Mike's team won last Sunday's Surfrider Celebrity Surf Jam in Huntington Beach and Brandon was crowned MVP of the event. This week, the band's passion for surfing and music collide with the premiere of the new surfing documentary Flow. Flow is a feature length documentary covering the life and history of legendary surfboard maker Al Merrick and the Channel Islands Surf Team. For the film, Incubus's renowned guitarist Mike Einziger wrote the majority of the score while lead singer Brandon Boyd narrates the film. A number of Incubus songs pepper the film as well. The band will attend premiere tonight, September 19th at the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara, CA.

In other exciting Incubus news, fans will be happy to know that the band has re-entered the recording studio to begin writing and recording their fifth full length album, the follow up to the platinum, Grammy nominated A Crow Left of the Murder.- Click Here for the Full Story

Voice of the Lion

Press release reports: Swedish melodic heavy metal masters LION'S SHARE have announced the addition of singer Patrik Johansson (ASTRAL DOORS) to the group's ranks. Johansson and the rest of the current LION'S SHARE lineup — which includes mainman Lars Chriss (guitar), and recent addition Sampo Axelsson (bass; ex-GLENN HUGHES, CRAWLEY) — are currently writing material for a fifth album to be released sometime during 2006. The songs written so far are being described as "heavier and more straight-ahead with tons of energy and attitude."- Click Here for the Full Story

Chavis Python Deal

Chavis Records reports: Chavis Records and New York metal outfit, PYTHON, have signed a deal to record a brand new full length release beginning in December, 2005.

PYTHON was formed in 2001 by Joe & Kurt Holzapfel and later added Ken Decker and Geoff Allen. PYTHON has been generating massive amounts of noise within the heavy metal community with their self released debut EP Good & Evil. Reminiscent to the Bay Area Thrash scene, PYTHON pulls influences from metal greats such as EXODUS, TESTAMENT, FLOTSAM & JETSOM, ICED EARTH, NEVERMORE, JAG PANZER and ANGEL DUST. Young, talented and full of aggression, PYTHON aid in the resurgence of Thrash Metal.

The new project, titled ‘Demons Within’, will be released in 2006. The band is currently in the final writing and pre production phase and will head to Alpine Sound beginning late December.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Stripped Tracks

Day in Rock reports: Immortal/Sidewinder Records contacted us with the CORRECT tracklisting for VH-1 CLASSIC METAL MANiA: STRIPPED VOL 2 "THE ANTHEMS" which hits stores on Tuesday, October 18, 2005.

1. "Rock You Like A Hurricane" Scorpions
2. "Here I Go Again" Whitesnake
3. "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" Night Ranger
4. "Talk Dirty To Me" Poison ()
5. "Shake Me" Tom Keifer of Cinderella with Fred Coury
6. "Cherry Pie" Jani Lane (Formerly of Warrant)
7. "Heavens Trail (No Way Out)" Tesla
8. "Round And Round" Stephen Pearcy (Formerly of Ratt)
9. "Madelaine" Kip Winger
10."Into The Fire" Dokken
11. "Smooth Up In Ya" Bullet Boys
12. "(Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection" Nelson
13. "Sex Action" LA Guns
14. "Don't Treat Me Bad" Firehouse
15. "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" Great White]- Click Here for the Full Story

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