Faithsedge front man Giancarlo Floridia took stage along with special guest shred master Xander Demos group and guest Jani Schuler on Sat Aug 10th at The Rock Factory in Akron, Ohio. Closing the evening was Cheap Thrill featuring Jeff Labar and Eric Brittingham of Cinderella , Brandon Gibbs (Gibbs Brothers) and Chenney Brannon (Collective Soul). Included are some pictures of the event and a clip of Giancarlo Floridia covering the Warrant classic Blind Faith.

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Lane was found dead at the Comfort Inn hotel in Woodland Hills, CA on August 11th, 2011. The L.A.
Kings Call 2013
German based Melodic Hard Rockers King's Call have revealed the cover artwork and tracklist of their 2nd studio album 'Lion's Den', due September 27 in Europe and October 8 in North America via Mausoleum Records.

Produced, mixed by Chris Tsangarides (Malmsteen, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy) the British Grammy-nominated record producer and mastered by Pink Cream 69 and Unisonic bassist, Dennis Ward.
Tracklisting:
01. Mother Nature – 4:00
02. Riding The Storm – 4:03
03. Dig It – 3.42 min.
04. Shy Love – 4:34
05. Is This The Life – 4:36
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Edens Curse New Album
Multinational Melodic Metallers Eden's Curse return with their highly anticipated brand new fourth studio album "Symphony Of Sin", due October 4th on AFM Records.

Produced by Paul Logue and mixed and mastered by the groups long term engineer, Pink Cream 69 and Unisonic bassist, Dennis Ward, "Symphony Of Sin" is the first release with new Serbian vocalist Nikola Mijic (Alogia/Dreyelands) and former Powerquest mainman and keyboarder Steve Williams.
Tracklisting :
1. Symphony Of Sin
2. Break The Silence
3. Evil & Divine
4. Unbreakable
5. Fallen From Grace
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Kill Riutal Single Tour
"Harder Than Stone" the brand new single from acclaimed San Francisco Bay Area thrashers KILL RITUAL is now available on all digital stores: Amazon, iTunes, etc. and as free download via Rock N Growl Records.



Initially recorded during the basic tracking sessions of the "The Serpentine Ritual" CD "Harder Than Stone" is yet another gem in the catalog of KILL RITUAL.
Houston Making Of
Swedish AOR outfit HOUSTON have posted two behind the scenes video's making of HOUSTON's forthcoming full length-album, "II", the video's "Day 1 - The Photos" and "Day 2 - Drums"can be viewed below:



The new single ‘I’m Coming Home‘ featuring Tommy Denander on guitars, Soufian Ma’Aoui for the bass and is due for digital release on August 5th, and precedes the release of the full-length album, II, on September 2nd.
    
HOUSTON “II” is the follow-up to the highly acclaimed 2010 debut.
Italian hard rockers KEEN EYED to release it's new album “Reflection” on August 30th 2013 worldwide. Their first full-lenght album by now, was recorded and mixed by FULVIO ZAFRET - URBAN RECORDING Studio (TRIESTE - ITALY) between July - August 2012 and mastered by UE NASTASI - STERLING SOUND - NEW YORK.

Track Listing:
01. Dream PT 1 (1:27)
02. She’s the devil (feat. Alex Zarotti) (4:06)
03. The age of reason (5:28)
04. Fishing dreams (5:04)
05. You make me feel, I belong to you (7:27)
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Australian heavy metallers TABERAH headed back to Sydney in October to raise some hell and drink some beers in celebration of 10 years of METAL EVILUTION aswell as launching the soon to be released album NECROMANCER. More show dates to be added soon.

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Big reasons to get your Metallic asses down to The Bald Faced Stag in Sydney on October 19th!
We are celebrating a decade of Metal Evilutions existence.
Toronto-based metallic hard rockers FAMOUS UNDERGROUND feat. Nick Walsh the voice of Slik Toxik to announce live show at the totally prestigious Cherry Colas in Toronto.

"We were not planning a show in Toronto for the summer, but were asked to perform at the totally prestigious Cherry Cola's with our good friend ROBIN BLACK! This will sell out in minutes, as the venue holds only about 100 people."

Famous Underground recently released a new video, for the track ‘Dead Weight‘, featured on their new self-titled debut album out now via Dust On The Tracks Records.
Taberah Album Release
Australian heavy metallers TABERAH have set Friday, September 13th as the worldwide release date for their new album, Necromancer, via Dust On The Tracks Records.

The CD was engineered by Theo B (Scorpion), produced and mixed by Joe Haley (Psycroptic) and mastered by Australian Metal Icon “Stu Marshall” (Death Dealer, Empires Of Eden, Dungeon, Paindivision).
Houston Single Video
Swedish AOR outfit HOUSTON have released the video for the single 'I'm Coming Home' from 'II' the forthcoming full-lenght album. The video can be viewed below:



The single 'I'm Coming Home' featuring Tommy Denander on guitars, Soufian Ma’Aoui for the bass and is due for digital release on August 5th, and precedes the release of the full-length album, II, on September 2nd.



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HOUSTON “II” is the follow-up to the highly acclaimed 2010 debut.
Lord Volture 2013
Dutch heavy metaller LORD VOLTURE have entered the studio to record their third full-length album for a release in 2014.



LORD VOLTURE drummer Frank Wintermans set-up his kit at Split Second Sound studio in Amsterdam and laying down the first tracks for the new album.
Edens Curse Band 2013
Multinational melodic metallers EDEN'S CURSE are delighted to announce their new line up. Ending ten months of speculation after an arduous audition process, the band are proud to announce Serbian vocalist Nikola Mijic as their new front man.



Hailing from Senta, in the North of Serbia, Nikola is a vastly experienced singer despite his tender years. For the past ten years he has been fronting Serbian outfit Alogia and more recently Hungarian Prog Rockers Dreyelands, who released their debut album on Lion Music in 2010.