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BLOODCLOT!: New Tour Dates Announced
BLOODCLOT!, the new band featuring former BIOHAZARD drummer Danny Schuler, ex-CRO-MAGS frontman John Joseph, former SPUDMONSTERS/BIOHAZARD guitarist Scott Roberts, ex-PRO-PAIN guitarist Eric Klinger, and former MERAUDER bassist Rick Lopez, is currently seeking a record deal with its self-produced de...September 19, 2007
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HANOI ROCKS: Tour With L.A. GUNS Was Never Officially Confirmed
Finnish rock 'n' roll legends HANOI ROCKS have issued the following statement: "As far as the prematurely advertised tour with the L.A GUNS [and VIXEN] is concerned, it was never officially approved by HANOI ROCKS. It was only at a negotiation stage and no contracts were ever issued. Otherwise HANOI...September 17, 2007
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GENE HOGLAN To Tour With MELDRUM
Legendary drummer Gene Hoglan (DARK ANGEL, DEATH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, TESTAMENT) will sit behind the kit for MELDRUM — the Swedish/American band led by former PHANTOM BLUE guitarist Michelle Meldrum (wife of EUROPE axeman John Norum) — for the following European shows (except where otherwise indica...September 15, 2007
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ANTHRAX Guitarist Hopes To Release New Album By Next Summer
Gus Griesinger of Glam-Metal.com recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Glam-Metal.com: How did you get involved in Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp? Scott: They called my management or my management called them. I did the last one in L...September 14, 2007
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ANCIENT RITES: North American Tour Cancelled
ANCIENT RITES mainman Gunther Theys has issued the following update: "ANCIENT RITES were approached to tour the USA/Canada during winter. We agreed on the terms. Many dates were booked. The word was spread. The band kept the dates free and prepared for the tour. "One day we received a mail from the...September 11, 2007
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MONDO GENERATOR Mainman Says OZZFEST 2007 'Wasn't Our Scene'
Mark Carras of Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with MONDO GENERATOR frontman Nick Oliveri (also ex-KYUSS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: Why did you drop off Ozzfest? Was it a money issue? Nick Oliveri: You know, it was just many ....September 4, 2007
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NIGHTWISH Mainman Answers Fans' Questions
Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have posted a new "Nightmail" session featuring fan questions answered by the group's keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen. A couple of excerpts follow: Q: Why did you choose a singer like Anette [Olzon] to replace Tarja [Turunen]? Don't you think that...September 4, 2007
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Prominence and Demise
It has been around three years since Norway's WINDS released its third album, "The Imaginary Direction of Time". That may seem like a long duration between albums, but if you've immersed yourself in the act's lush, classically infused compositions, then you understand that this is a band for which t...September 2, 2007
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Hex
"…life is nasty, brutish, and short", wrote 17th Century philosopher Thomas Hobbes in his book Leviathan, this abbreviated statement also aptly describing the music of underground legends NUNSLAUGHTER. After about a thousand (well, more like 110) releases of various shapes and sizes since forming in...September 2, 2007
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BLOTTED SCIENCE: 'The Machinations Of Dementia' Release Date Announced
BLOTTED SCIENCE, the instrumental extreme metal triumvirate featuring guitarist Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK, MARTY FRIEDMAN),bassist Alex Webster (CANNIBAL CORPSE, HATE ETERNAL),and drummer Charlie Zeleny (BEHOLD...THE ARCTOPUS, JORDAN RUDESS),has set a September 18 release date for it...August 30, 2007
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In Life & In Death/Verden og Fanden
Split discs sometimes work, sometimes don't, and always provide more exposure to a band's music than it may get otherwise. Here is a case of a split on which the music of the two acts, CURSE and SYKDOM, flow seamlessly and almost seem like it was written during a coordinated session, which is, of co...August 27, 2007
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THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT Announces Dutch Tour Dates With GOREFEST
Dutch death metallers THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT have lined up the following Dutch dates with GOREFEST (except where otherwise noted): Oct. 06 - Canix - Lottum, NETH Oct. 12 - Waterfront - Rotterdam, NETH Oct. 14 - Tivoli Oude Gracht - Utrecht, NETH Nov. 11 - Podium Hardenberg - Hardenberg, NETH Dec. 07...August 26, 2007
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MINISTRY Guitarist On New CD: 'We Would Still Be Recording If We Didn't Have A Deadline'
Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with MINISTRY guitarist Sin Quirin. An excerpt from the chat follows: Metalshrine: Since [the new MINISTRY CD "The Last Sucker"] is a very political album, do you all share the same political views or is anyone of you a die-hard Republican? Sin: (...August 25, 2007
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NIGHTWISH Singer: 'Dark Passion Play' Is Heaviest Album Band Has Ever Done
Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tangra Mega Rock: Well, it's good to have you live with us today, so let's start. Even before you joined NIGHTWISH, it was an extremely succes...August 24, 2007
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SUN DESCENDS: New Song Posted Online
New York City thrashers SUN DESCENDS, who feature in their ranks former EXUMER vocalist Mem von Stein, have posted the first song from their new CD, titled "The Entropy Formula", on their MySpace page. The six-minute track "3 Corners of Hell" is the group's first new material to surface in the one a...August 20, 2007