Pioneers of industrial-tinged extreme metal FEAR FACTORY have premiered a new track online. ‘Dielectric’ is taken from the band’s much anticipated metallic masterpiece, Genexus and can be heard here:     The album’s title GENEXUS is a hybrid of two words: GENESIS and NEXUS. This word describes the next transition in human evolution as man ...

_{“Chaos Magic” is the self-titled debut release from Timo Tolkki’s latest project. The album was released through Frontiers Records on 6th July. Tolkki of course is a renowned guitarist, songwriter and producer; probably best known for his time in the band Stratovarius from 1984 to 2008. More recent projects include the bands Symfonia and Avalon and being heavily involved in the Russell Allen / Jorn Lande album “The Great Divide” (http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/back-stage/music-reviews/1691-ni-rocks-recommends-qthe-great-divideq-by-allen--lande.html ). Working with Tolkki in Chaos Magic is Chilean singer Caterina Nix, who had previously been involved on the second Avalon album.}

Evil Scarecrow van appeal

BANDS are always on seeking fans to pledge to release albums...but Evil Scarecrow want fans to pledge so they can get a new van! Maybe it's the sense of guilt they feel for pulling their Belfast date earlier this year when their previous van broke down...


Anyway they're promising pledgers who contribute will get some goodies. Here's what the band said
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