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At The Throne Of Judgement Split

Lambgoat reports: Ohio metal band At The Throne Of Judgement has called it quits. Formed two years ago, the band released an album with Rise Records earlier this year. Here's a statement from the group:

"We have come to a point in our musical journey where we have been forced to make a decision. Several unforeseen events have unfolded that have brought us to our current situation. The five of us began touring as 3 students fresh out of high school and two students withdrawing from college. Each member graduating from high school had a significant scholarship to a college that they were turning down to tour.

"As you may or may not know, you don't make any money touring when you're a brand new thrash/death metal band in the scene. In fact, you lose money (not trying to discourage anyone). We never viewed making money as a priority, but there comes a time where you must realize that it is just not financially possible to continue. - more on this story

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Mars Volta Add No American Dates

Filter reports: In addition to their New Years Eve extravaganza in San Francisco, Mars Volta have announced additional North American dates to warm them up for their 2008 overseas jaunt.

The trip will kick off January 9 in Burlington, VT and will conclude two days before the release of The Bedlam In Goliath, in Boulder, CO.

Mars Volta Tour Dates:
December
31 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

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Cellador Drop Tour

BW&BK reports: Bill Hudson of Nebraska-based power metallers CELLADOR has issued the following update:

"Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had pull off the TRAIL OF TEARS, ECHOES OF ETERNITY, and UNEXPECT tour.

We'd like to apologize to all of our fans who were looking forward to seeing us, all of the promoters (we've worked with some of them before and some are even friends. It's a real bummer), and our booking agent. They did a great job and it's unfortunate that we had to cancel our appearance. - more on this story

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Billy Joel to Play Shea?

Contact Music reports: BILLY JOEL is in secret talks to play a landmark concert at New York's Shea Stadium, but it will be without longtime drummer LIBERTY DeVITO. The rocker and DeVito fell out on tour in 2005 and Joel tells Rolling Stone magazine the duo is still estranged.

He says, I haven't worked with him since the last tour we did, which started in 2005. Let's put it this way... he knows why and I know why, and I'm going to leave it at that.

Meanwhile, Joel can't believe news of his top secret Shea show has been leaked: We're talking with the New York Mets (baseball team) organization. Nothing has been locked in yet. I don't know how the word got out, but nothing has been really confirmed as far as I know. I would love to play there though. - more on this story

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36 Crazyfists Over 36 Dayslate

PR reports: Due to a delay in the recording process 36 Crazyfists have been forced to push back the release of their upcoming Ferret Music debut, The Tide and Its Takers. The album which was originally slated for a March 4th release is now slated to drop on April 29th. The album will still be produced by the band's guitarist Steve Holt and mixed by Andy Sneap.

Because of the setbacks in recording the band are also, regrettably, going to have to cancel their UK and European tour plans. The band was scheduled to play with Bullet For My Valentine overseas and is disappointed to say that they will not be partaking in the tour. - more on this story

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Gone Country Cast Announced

PR reports: John Rich from Big & Rich, schools a motley crew of mainstream celebrities including R&B and reality TV star Bobby Brown, Twisted Sister front man Dee Snider, American Idol finalist and Broadway star Diana DeGarmo, Marsha Brady herself Maureen McCormick and others on the fine art of country crooning and living in the CMT series GONE COUNTRY.

This seven-episode series takes seven established performers from every realm of the entertainment and music industries and immerses them in all things country for a chance to break out as the next big country superstar. GONE COUNTRY premieres with a special one-hour episode on Friday, January 25 at 8:00 p.m. � 9:00 p.m., ET/PT. Respective episodes will be half-hour shows; with the series finale running one-hour on Friday, March 7.

The series features an eclectic cast of performers that includes, Bobby Brown � R&B singer, former member of New Edition; Carnie Wilson � singer/songwriter, author and former member of Wilson Phillips; Dee Snider � radio personality, lead singer Twisted Sister; Diana DeGarmo � recording artist, Broadway actor and American Idol finalist, 2004; Julio Iglesias, Jr. � pop singer; Maureen McCormick � singer/actor, "The Brady Bunch"; and Sisq� � R&B singer, former member of the group Dru Hill. - more on this story

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(Pop) Punk Goes Crunk

PR reports: Fearless Records (Plain White T's, Sugarcult, Mayday Parade) will release Punk Goes Crunk in April 2008. This compilation will feature popular rock, pop, screamo, and punk artists covering popular rap and hip-hop tracks.

Punk Goes Crunk will include songs off of the never released Immortal Records compilation, Yo! Indie Rock Raps, such as Say Anything, Kenny from The Starting Line, New Found Glory, The Maine, Hot Rod Circut, My American Heart, and Scary Kids Scaring Kids. This album will also include tracks from All Time Low, The Devil Wears Prada, Set Your Goals, and other artists who will be announced soon. - more on this story

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Reservoir Treats

PR reports: Garage-rock band The Treats, whose serendipitous first big break came in the form of having to watch Katherine Heigl repeatedly take off her clothes in the film "Side Effects", announces the release of their new CD Reservoir Tales.

The national launch of Reservoir Tales coincides with New Line Cinema's January '07 DVD release of the independent and controversial film "Side Effects" starring Katherine Heigl. The film, featuring music from The Treats (during a particularly saucy scene), is a satirical look at the pill pushing tactics of the pharmaceutical industry.

Although landing a spot on the "Side Effects" soundtrack may have been the bands big coup, their latest album Reservoir Tales is what has critics praising this eclectic group from Madison, WI. - more on this story

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Eagles Hit a Triple

PR reports: The Eagles' Long Road Out of Eden has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA, on its first day of eligibility.

Released October 30th, the album debuted at number one on The Billboard 200 Chart, with sales of 711,000 units, and has already become the 5th best selling album of 2007. Additionally, with U.S. sales at two million, it is the biggest selling Country album of the year, according to Nielsen SoundScan. With Long Road Out of Eden, the Eagles are the only artist in music history to score a number one album more than 35 years after releasing their debut record.

Internationally, the album has sold in excess of 1.5 million albums and has topped the music charts in the UK, Australia, Greece, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Norway. Long Road Out of Eden currently is #1 on Billboard's European Top 100 Chart. - more on this story

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Slayer Prepping Next CD

PR reports: Right after the New Year, Slayer plans to start working on new material for their eleventh studio album, intended for a 2008 release, and will tour the world to support it. "I'm excited to see where the new music will go, how it's going to sound, what the total writing and recording experience will be like. I'm sure it will be like the one for 'Christ Illusion' - great!" says Slayer's Tom Araya.

In other news, With at least one foot planted firmly in Hell, N.A.R.A.S. members have nominated SLAYER, the acknowledged kings of extreme speed/thrash/punk-metal, for their third Grammy Award. The Slayer track, "The Final Six," from the band's 2007 Limited Edition "Christ Illusion," was nominated in the category of "Best Metal Performance."

"When I first got the word, I thought someone was playing a joke," mused Araya. "But obviously, we've made an impression on the industry. The people at the upper levels have taken notice of what we've done, and that's awesome." - more on this story

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The Scum Of The Earth Tour

PR reports: Throwdown will headline The Scum Of The Earth Tour which is set to kick off in February and will cross the United States (and some Canadian cities as well) through early April. It is the band's first headlining tour in support of their new album, Venom & Tears, which was released in August.

Joining Throwdown on the bill for the Scum Of The Earth Tour will be Swedish metal madmen Soilwork, whose own Sworn to a Great Divide was recently released to rave reviews from fans and critics. THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD are also onboard, touring in support of a new album of their own, Malice. War Of Ages rounds out what is sure to be a devastating lineup.

"We haven't headlined our own tour in a long time, which is exciting," commented Throwdown frontman Dave Peters. "The most rewarding thing about playing our songs live is interacting and communicating with the audience. And now that our new album has been out for a few months, the songs have had a chance to really sink in, and we're looking forward to seeing people's reactions to songs both new and old." - more on this story

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Lotus Tour

PR reports: In January 2008, Lotus embarks on their "Copy Paste Repeat" tour, which celebrates the release of Copy Paste Repeat: Lotus Remixed, and album the band released this past November.

The recording offers 12 remixes by renowned producers including DFA Records artist Juan Maclean, DJ Harry, and Lotus's own Jesse Miller. Lotus's post/electro/dancerock is deconstructed and reassembled into club ready dance, dub, glitch-hop, and IDM tracks. - more on this story

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Kat in a Box

PR reports: KAT - the godfathers of Black/Thrash Metal music in Poland � is back! Their latest effort to date is the album Mind Cannibals. Today, Metal Mind Productions presents a complete discography of the band: 1985-2005 BOX. The box includes remastered edition of all official albums released between 1985 and 2005 (10 studio and 1 live album) plus 2 live DVDs featuring material filmed at various locations in 2003 (including a fantastic appearance at the Jarocin Festival).

As a special bonus, the box also includes a remastered version of the tribute album Czarne Zastępy � W Hołdzie KAT, which features 15 bands paying homage to the legendary KAT. The songs are performed by such well known bands as VADER, Behemoth, Lux Occulta, Luciferion (with Snowy Show of ex-King Diamond/Mercyful Fate on backing vocals), Damnation and others! The CD contains songs recorded exclusively for the purposes of this tribute release!

Exclusive 11CD+2DVD box is limited to numerated 1000 copies and will be available on the 21st January 2008 in Europe. - more on this story

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Testament Setting the Formation of Damnation

PR reports: Thrash metal titans Testament are currently hard at work on their new album which is not just their first studio album in nine years but the first in over a decade with the original line up of Chuck Billy on vocals, Alex Skolnick and Eric Peterson on guitars, and Greg Christian on bass, plus the band re-recruited Paul Bostaph for drumming duties.

Testament have named the album The Formation of Damnation and it will street April 29th, 2008 on Nuclear Blast. Be sure to mark your calendars because April 29th is the day that thrash makes its return!
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Van Halen Angers Fans With Anthony Snubs - A Top Story of 2007

antiMusic reports: For the rest of the year we are going to be looking back at the most read articles from the past year. Today we feature the biggest story from August that focused on fan anger of the apparent snubbing of Michael Anthony by the reunited Van Halen. Here is the story: Van Halen fans were ecstatic when the band announced that they will be returning to the stage this fall with their original frontman David Lee Roth. Some fans were disappointed that original bassist Michael Anthony will not be a part of the reunion with Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang taking his place. That disappointment turned into anger when Anthony's image was replaced with Wolfgang on album artwork posted on the band's website. Although, the original images were quickly reinstated, now fans are angry that Anthony is being written out of the band's songwriting history.

A fan wrote us on Saturday with the following: "On every single Van Halen song (with exception to the three new songs on the Best of Both Worlds compilation, ) credits have always gone to Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, and the lead singer who is featured on the song (Roth/Hagar/Cherone). However, during the credits of the film 'Superbad', which features the song 'Panama', the song is only credited to the two Van Halens and Roth! Anthony continues to get snubbed by his former band as they attempt to erase him from the history of the band."

We looked a little further into this and discovered that Anthony has been removed from the credits for all of the songs from the band's Diamond Award winning album 1984 in the ASCAP database. The All Music Guide credits for the songs on the album include Anthony, Eddie, Alex, and Roth. However, Michael McDonald is missing from the credits for the track "I'll Wait". A check of other Van Halen releases still list Anthony as a co-writer. - more on this story

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.... Review: She Wants Revenge - This Is Forever

Ironically, the title This Is Forever is like a put down. With so much sameness from song to song, these 13 dragging songs seem to go on for an eternity. But it just goes to show you that, even with all the right elements, it's still possible to fail. And this CD is a resounding dud. (2 stars) - Read the full She Wants Revenge - This Is Forever review

.... Review: Alberta Cross - The Thief & The Heartbreaker

Just when I thought the enjoyment of music like The Black Crowes was as historic as Chris Robinson's Hollywood marriage, Alberta Cross appears with a similar, but less histrionic, soul. (4 stars) - Read the full Alberta Cross - The Thief & The Heartbreaker review

.... Review: Trench Blank

Trench Blank is a band that is capable of affecting moods, whether it be to embrace you with a sensory blanket or to take you places of a most exotic composition. Either way, there are moments in most people's day that would benefit from a dosage of this excellent music. (4 stars) - Read the full Trench Blank review

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