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WHO: Kittie, The Agony Scene, On Broken Wings, Byzantine and Prowler.
WHAT: Heavy metal.
WHEN: 8 p.m. Sunday.
WHERE: The Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St., Manhattan; (212) 219- 3132 or knittingfactory.com.
HOW MUCH: $18, ticketweb.com.
Kittie is back on the road, invigorated and ready to move forward following a draining battle with its former record label.
The all-female Canadian metal band led by sisters Morgan and Mercedes Lander spent the past year at home after Artemis Records released the group from its contract.
"There's so much energy left in this band," singer-guitarist Morgan Lander said by phone from a recent tour stop in Bakersfield, Calif.
Kittie sued Artemis in 2003, claiming that the label owed nearly $1 million in royalties and had not properly marketed or financially supported the band. The suit was settled out of court the following year, but nothing changed in the relationship. Artemis let Kittie out of its contract in March 2005.
"It definitely was not a very happy time,"...