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Metalunderground.com is once again sponsoring Norway's Hammerslag Vinterblot festival for the second year in a row. The festival, which is to take place on December 15 and 16, 2006, is a two-day showcase of extreme black, death and grind metal bands. Sponsorship of the Hammerslag Vinterblot festival fits with Metalunderground.com's mission of promoting underground heavy metal.

Eric Whitacre is a 36-year old American composer, conductor, and lecturer, making him his generation’s bet. The Los Angeles Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer gave him excellent reviews for his music. His musical masterpieces has been well-received and earned for him critical acclaim as well as numerous awards and citations from prestigious musical competitions and associations.

Convinced that more than 300,000 different color combinations of silicone iPod cases simply weren’t enough, ifrogz™ has infinitely increased that number by launching the beta version of its Custom ifrogz Screen Creator at www.ifrogz.com.

This Saturday, November 25th, the band EleventySeven will be rocking on The Logan Show with their pop-punk debut hit song “More Than A Revolution” which has risen to number five on the Christian rock singles chart. In keeping with The Logan Show’s tradition of offering only the best talent in the Christian music industry, EleventySeven will also perform their new hit single “MySpace,” dedicated to the success and influence from all their fans on their famous website MySpace.com/EleventySeven.

Lynn JULIAN aKa Cookie Cutter Girl, Pop Superhero, was commissioned by the "Trouble With Turkey" coalition to compose the theme song for their latest campaign. Their spokesperson, Tommy, a ten year old turkey, is educating humans about alternatives to their typical holiday feast: which is HIM. The focal point of the awareness campaign: HAM, it's juicier for roasting, turkey is dry. Tommy hopes Julian's theme song, "Ham For The Holidays," will help folks remember this fact. Dr. Demento loves her song so much he brought international attention to the song when he played it on his syndicated radio show. This is a tremendous honor, as Julians' indie label song was played between big label artists Adam Sandler, Arlo Guthrie & Weird Al Yankovic. Julian made Tommy's theme song track #1 on her Holiday, Novelty CD, "Ham for the Holidays." Please give this song, and international issue oppressing all turkeys, the attention that it deserves by listening and sharing it with friends and family this holiday season. It's a catchy little number we just *know* you're going to love. Hear it now at: http://www.CookieCutterGirl.com/hamcd_text_iframe.htm

Just in time for the holidays, ifrogz is pleased to announce it has opened retail kiosks at 15 malls across the western United States and the Midwest. The customizable silicone iPod cases seen November 14, 2006 on NBC's "Today Show" let music lovers customize their iPods more securely and stylishly than ever before. They are now available for hands-on mixing and matching, in addition to being online at www.ifrogz.com.

In a move that will prove to be colossal to the success of his music career, Mr. Grand has collaborated with DJ Smallz, of the infamous Southern Smoke mixtape series, on his finest project ever, “The Grand Opening” set for release November 14, 2006. The first single, “Show U What It Do,” has already garnered major support from DJ’s all over the country and overseas and has been receiving a great amount of radio play. The single is a cross-over hit with commercial success that will appeal to hip hop lovers all over. Two other singles, “Let It Rain” and “Long Time” have been a favorite among DJ’s due to Mr. Grand’s gritty rhyme flow and his ability to capture the true essence of story telling. “Long Time” takes on a personal tone using the Sam Cooke remake, “Change Gonna Come,” to express his journey in life. The mixtape also features a host of other tracks that proves his ability to deliver many different flows and sounds, a style that he’s learned from his all-time influencer, hip hop legend, Nas.

After the recent success of its website launching, WikiWebGuide LLC now picks independent or upcoming artist and music site to be featured on the WikiMusicGuide’s front page every week at http://www.wikimusicguide.com/. User nominations are welcome and votes will be tallied before posting.

Since his days recording with The Sugar Hill Gang, Grandmaster Melle Mel, and the Furious Five and writing and producing for the likes of Bobby Brown and Kool Moe Dee, Clayton Savage has been in full production mode managing his Virginia-based label, Red K Records. Now with the release of his fourth solo album, he's blending his signature fusion of Hip-Hop Soul to introduce the flip side of R&B on his new album, "Rollin".

Featuring Russian indie rockers Umka, The MastanMusic Hour podcast is available at www.mastanmusic.com on Monday, October 23rd. From Portland, Oregon, hosted by Jeremy Wilson and Sam Densmore, the MastanMusic Hour is published every other Monday and features live and pre recorded psychedelic, Americana, and rock n roll music from the underground. Archives of all shows are hosted for FREE download via RSS feed.

Cookie Cutter Girl will go down in radio history in 2006. This modern day Pop Superhero Hits will have finally arrived ... in the Hall of Fame. Engage radio & eaTV's "HALL of FAME" awards are Evolvingartist.com's Grammy style awards show. The first ever of this annual event will be held in Southbride, MA on the 25th. CCG will be accepting an award for her song, "Jenny," which was in the top 10 for the maximum 13 weeks, one of the most requested bands on Engage radio by listener choice. Look for CCG soaring high on her 20th Compilation CD, the cover of the Indie Bible (8th edition), "Guitar World" magazine and an upcoming indie film. This Girl Power Goddess has been reviewed in Rolling Stone, is getting "big in Japan," and will be at the Granite Rock Music Festival in Manchester, NH on 10/28. This Pop Superhero endorses by Sam Ash Music, Minarik guitars and S.I.T. strings. Cookie Cutter Girl recently developed "Power of Pink Promotion" to help Independent artists, like herself, receive recognition by the music industry.

Vampire Love (Eartastic Records) is a new multi-genre Halloween single by Eartastic Records recording artist Kenny Love that has been released for this Halloween season. In the veins of the long popular "Monster Mash" and "Thriller" singles, it fits the radio formats of Gothic, Rap, Dance and Hip Hop. Executed in a combination of interplaying rap and vocals, Vampire Love tells the story of a guy who is both hopelessly and helplessly in love with a vampire while revealing elements of her nightly excursions.

As the first artist under his recently formed independent label, Colossal Entertainment, Omillio Sparks is releasing his debut solo album titled, "The Payback", scheduled for January 30, 2007.

WikiWebGuide LLC built a comprehensive Wiki of mainstream and independent musical artists and their works. The website can be found at http://www.wikimusicguide.com/. The online community gives pages regular updates designed to promote artists and musicians all over the world.

Mick Boogie follows up the Mixunit-ranked #1 mixtape in the country, "Blow," with 2 new joints featuring some of the biggest names in hip hop, TI and Ludacris.