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DUFF MCKAGAN's LOADED has returned after a lengthy hiatus with their much anticipated, new full-length release, which was recorded by Martin Feveyear (Presidents of the USA, Kings of Leon) and will be released in March 2009. The quartet has signed a worldwide deal with Century Media Records and a five-song EP (limited to 7.000 copies worldwide) entitled "Wasted Heart EP".

"Wasted Heart EP" release date September 27th:

Be sure to visit Loaded Myspace to check out the new track, "No More," (from the "Wasted Heart EP") and a new video clip for the track will be posted in the coming weeks. Duff also has a column in the Seattle Weekly, so click below to view his latest installment where he states his utter contempt for the much over-used term "rock star."

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DUFF MCKAGAN's LOADED was formed in 1999 and has morphed several times, releasing two albums: 1999's "Live Episode" and 2001's "Dark Days". The current line-up features drummer Geoff Reading (New American Shame, Green Apple Quickstep), bassist Jeff Rouse and guitarist Mike Squires (both formerly of Alien Crime Syndicate). This tight-knit group of rock n' roll brothers bring their high-energy to every stage, from Seattle's Sunset Tavern to Tokyo's NK Hall.

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EARTH CRISIS have crafted their most angst ridden and unrelenting offering of their career and this effort is going to serve as a much needed wake up call to the masses. The group will self produce the album and are set to begin tracking next month. The acclaimed Tue Madsen (Sick Of It All, Dark Tranquillity, The Haunted) will handle mixing and mastering duties.

Scott Crouse (guitar) further comments:

"We are very excited to begin tracking our new record and even more excited that it will be released by Century Media. We have been working hard over the last year preparing new material and are scheduled to enter the studio in October. We will be producing this one ourselves and are extremely excited to have Tue Madsen mixing! The new songs are brutal and Century Media is the perfect label to handle them."

EARTH CRISIS' chugging riffs and barked declarations served as the mouthpiece of the militant vegan, straight-edge movement throughout the '90s, detailing the ideas of animal and human liberation, drug-free living, and personal empowerment through hardcore song. This movement spawned activists who took the law into their own hands, burning down fur farms and freeing animals directly. Their vicious debut EP, "Firestorm", was a landmark release for the hardcore scene that combined staccato, solo-free metal with barking, political, and militant vocals. The lyrics centered around the dangers of drug abuse and bringing "violence against violence" to drug dealers and those who would abuse animals: "a firestorm to purify".

Major media outlets such as CNN, CBS and MTV soon started covering EARTH CRISIS and vegan, straight-edge in general. In 1996, the band released their second full-length album, "Gomorrah's Season Ends", a polished and decidedly more metallic affair that produced even more anthems that became singalong worthy staples of their live performances. This exposed the band to a whole new mainstream audience.

In 2009, EARTH CRISIS prepares to unleash a firestorm of epic proportions proving that their message is more viable than ever.

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George Lynch's inspiring career dates back 30 years and as a founding member of Dokken, he was a key creative force during the band's peak period. He formed Lynch Mob in 1989 when Dokken disbanded as his guitar-driven project. His highly influential guitar work can be heard on Lynch Mob's critically acclaimed albums, including debut Wicked Sensation (1990) and recent release Revolution (2003) and on Dokken classics Tooth and Nail (1984) and Under Lock and Key (1985). 20 years on, Lynch Mob continue to thrill audiences and guitar enthusiasts worldwide, and recently embarked on a US tour with fellow 80s hard rock icons Cinderella and Warrant.

Faster Pussycat were one of the original bands to emerge from LA's glam metal scene with big hair, pouting lips and sleaze… with a touch of humour to match. Their landmark 1989 album, Wake Me When It's Over delivered the hits House of Pain and Poison Ivy, and the band, to the rest of the world. As the brainchild of original and charismatic vocalist Taime Downe, Faster Pussycat often performed at Downe's iconic Cathouse Club in LA, an institution for metal bands in the day, and strongly featured in the metal rockumentary Decline of the Western Civilization Part 2: The Metal Years. They established themselves on the live scene with tours alongside Kiss, Aerosmith and Motley Crue. They reunited in 2001 after a nine year split, and emerged with a revamped line up (Downe on vocals, guitarists Michael Thomas and Xristian Simon, bassist Danny Nordahl and Chad Stewart on drums) and a darker image. Their 2006 comeback album, The Power and The Glory Hole, is a glam-industrial production with an unashamedly heavy SandM influence.

The mega-star line up of Lynch Mob – ex-Dokken guitar slinger George Lynch, Oni Logan, Marco Mendoza and Scott Coogan – and one of sleaze rock's most exciting and evolving bands, Faster Pussycat, star in The Hard Rock Party Tour. A night to let your hair down, leave your worries at home and rock out like the past 18 years never happened!!!

Tickets are on sale in Sydney right now and will be on sale for the rest of Australia by mid next week.

Australian Tour Dates December 2008

PERTH - Monday 8th December – Capitol, Perth

MELBOURNE - Wednesday 10 December - The Hi Fi Bar

SYDNEY - Thursday 11 December – The Metro Theatre (All Ages)

BRISBANE - Friday 12 December – The Arena

Ceremony recorded the stunning,Still Nothing Moves You with Dan Rathburn at Polymorph studios in the Spring of 2008. The result is an album that takes hardcore and makes it unsafe and noisy. It is by no means a casual listen. Still Nothing Moves You is pure venom and unrestrained anger. It is hard for a band to follow up with a new album after their previous efforts have been thought of as 'masterpieces,' but after two solid years of plotting, planning and writing, Ceremony made a record that will undoubtedly shake things up in an otherwise stale, predictable, and safe music scene. Still, Nothing Moves You is out now through Bridge 9 / Stomp and the band are here to support the album during Sept/Oct (dates below).

Australian Tour Dates

Sept 25 Enigma, Adelaide

Sept 26 Arthouse, Melbourne

Sept 27 Youth Centre, Tuggeranong Canberra AA

Sept 28 Hermanns, Sydney AA (day)

Sept 28 Hermanns, Sydney

Oct 1 Princess Theatre, Brisbane AA w/ Carpathian and Shipwreck AD

Oct 2 J Bar, Noosa AA w/ Carpathian and Shipwreck AD

Oct 3 Expressive Grounds, Gold Coast AA w/ Carpathian and Shipwreck AD

Oct 4 High School, Byron Bay AA w/ Carpathian and Shipwreck AD.

" Everything was done by our management team and ourselves to ensure that this show would go ahead. As an extreme metal band, to say that were majorly excited to be playing in Darwin, not just for the first time but at all, would be a massive understatement, definitely something we never thought would happen. Psycroptic has always been as loyal to its fans as they are to it and we will make this up to our Darwin fans as soon as possible.. thank you for your understanding" – Dave Haley / Psycroptic

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After 3 highly successful albums, many tours and prestigious festivals, the band returns this October with an album awaited by many in suspense. 'The Way of All Flesh' will once and for all confirm the impressive force of Gojira, its innovative sense and last but not least prove that Gojira's music has no boundaries when it comes to fanbase. Backed up with an incredibly punchy and heavy production by Logan Mader and a live show that hasn't been equalled by any act in the current scene, 'The Way of All Flesh' will find its place in the world as an instant classic.

The album speaks of the death of the flesh and the immortality of the soul, also of the fact that we will all leave this world at one point and that we have to accept that finality and the afterlife . Its a requiem for our planet who is dying, the frustration by the behaviour of mankind. It also expresses the certainty that a good conscious change can make a difference, just like their music, we can change things as human beings.

"Think about the heaviest music you've ever heard. Then multiply that heaviness by 10. French metal crew Gojira are even heavier than that." KERRANG !

The Way of All Flesh is released October 11th through Listenable Records / Stomp. Check out the first track 'Vacuity' at Stomp Radio now

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The Way Of All Flesh Track listing :

1) OROBORUS

2) TOXIC GARBAGE ISLAND

3) A SIGHT TO BEHOLD

4) YAMA'S MESSENGERS

5) THE SILVER CORD

6) ALL THE TEARS

7) ADORATION FOR NONE

8) THE ART OF DYING

9) ESOTERIC SURGERY

10) VACUITY

11) WOLF DOWN THE EARTH

12) THE WAY OF ALL FLESH

In the video, the artist and producer speaks out on the truth about Quo Vadis, scheduled shows to be announced soon, line-up changes, and the approaching release of new material.

The fans are assured that Quo Vadis is alive and well and that great things are to come in the near future.

"This is to dispel the rumours circulated on the Internet. First of all Quo Vadis is not finished,[…]there will be line up changes and most importantly new material," says Bart Frydrychowicz.

The departure of Yanic Bercier, the band's original drummer, is also addressed. "Yanic has been an integral part of Quo Vadis since the band's inception. His skill on the kit, his energy on stage will be very difficult to match[...]I wish him great success in all his endeavours."

Bart also extended his gratitude to the staff and crew of BCI and credited Stephan Mellul for his role in making the September 6th show an event to remember. The show also featured Despised Icon, Neuraxis, Blinded by Faith and Plasmarifle and enjoyed a total attendance of over 1400 metalheads.

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The next chapter of this brutal saga arrives with the release of the new studio album, The Fathomless Mastery, released October 4th through Peaceville / Stomp. Hints of what the album may possess were provided by Unblessing The Purity, the mini-album released earlier this year on Peaceville Records. Described by Metal Hammer as 'a near-flawless celebration of Swedish brutality' and by Zero Tolerance as 'a slab of storming, top-quality death metal', the mini-album has set the bar high.

'Unblessing The Purity' also featured the return of Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt on vocal duties and arrival of Per 'Sodomizer' Eriksson (ex-21 Lucifers, ex-Genocrush Ferox) on guitar, joining Katatonia's Anders Nyström and Jonas Renkse and Martin "Axe" Axenrot, also from Opeth. This line-up has once again reunited for The Fathomless Mastery, which they have described as representing 'nothing but hateful brutality.' Promising their 'most crushing production yet' few would dare to argue with the band's claim that... 'Bloodbath is here to slay, Bloodbath is here to stay!

'Bloodbath have been responsible for some of the finest Swedish death metal of the last decade.' Metal Hammer