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MNEMIC: More European Tour Dates Announced

Danish modern metallers MNEMIC will embark on two headlining tours, covering mainly the United Kingdom and Portugal, later this summer. Commented the band: "We are more than happy to announce that we will finally be playing Portugal for the first time in our career. Prepare yourself for some 'Blade...

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Inside Extremities: Mixes, Rehearsals and Live

The early 1990s were a triumphant and chaotic period for KILLING JOKE. The influential band, fathers to a hundred punk, metal, alternative, new wave and goth bastard children, had disintegrated amid usurious record deals and nervous breakdowns. PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. drummer Martin Atkins arrived to see...

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Former BUSH Frontman To Record Solo Album With Producer BOB ROCK

According to a posting on the unofficial Gavin Rossdale blog, the former BUSH/INSTITUTE frontman has sent out an e-mail to fan mailing list confirming that he is about to begin recording his first solo album with former BON JOVI and METALLICA producer Bob Rock. Gavin also revealed that former HELMET...

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MARILYN MANSON: 'My Greatest Fear Has Always Been Not Being Able To Create'

Marilyn Manson was the featured guest on the season premiere of "The Henry Rollins Show" on the Independent Film Channel (IFC) on Friday, April 13. The following is a trasnscript of the interview, courtesy of MansonUSA.com: Henry Rollins: Were you off music for awhile? Marilyn Manson: It was a stran...

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ZAKK WYLDE On New OZZY OSBOURNE CD: 'It's Different, But The Body Shape Is Still The Same'

Eden Munro of Vue Weekly recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). A few excerpts follow: On OZZY OSBOURNE's upcoming album, Black Rain": "It sounds like an Ozzy record. It's not gonna sound like NINE INCH NAILS and it ain't gonna sound like MINISTRY. That...

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Hellyeah

The march of "supergroup" collaborations continues, with this new amalgamation featuring MUDVAYNE singer Chad Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett, NOTHINGFACE guitarist Tom Maxwell and bassist Jerry Montano, and former PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul. The project's self-titled disc is a soli...

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LACUNA COIL To Perform Acoustic Set On 'Fox 25 Morning News'

LACUNA COIL is set to perform a special acoustic set tomorrow morning (Wednesday, April 4) on the "Fox 25 Morning News" show, which airs on WFXT-TV in Boston, MA. The band is scheduled to go live at 8:45 a.m. EST, to be immediately followed by a short interview segment. Previous guests have included...

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CRUSHED Issues MIKE CLINK-Produced Debut

Specializing in a sound that manages to merge goth with metal — while not sacrificing melody — the five-man band CRUSHED should easily garner heaps of crossover interest with their just-released debut, "My Machine". Hailing from the arid locale of Phoenix, Arizona, the group (which consists of singe...

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MANOWAR Frontman Talks About 'Gods Of War' Concept

Roy Kristensen of Imhotep webzine recently conducted an interview with MANOWAR frontman Eric Adams. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On his performance on the new MANOWAR album, "Gods of War": "I put 110 % into each and every track. I have to do that. I mean, I wouldn't like Karl, Scott ...

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ICED EARTH Parts Ways With Guitarist TIM MILLS

ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "I regret to inform you that Tim Mills [guitar] will not be able to continue working with the band. As you may know, Tim is the founder of Bare Knuckle Pickups and that is his main business. He's had recent employee p...

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As Our Army Grows

Those wishing for a return to the Matt Barlow days of ICED EARTH will find a measure of it in "As our Army Grows" from England's INTENSE. The band's sophomore full-length, and first for Napalm Records, is a competent batch of catchy power metal songs. Though the sound mix could stand to bring the gu...

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Journalist Dismisses SAXON Documentary As 'Coffee-Table Television At Best'

Damien of Decibel magazine has submitted the following report to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "Just got back from taking part in the soon-to-be-aired [British] Channel 4 SAXON documentary, 'Get Your Act Together'. The programme will be in two parts; the first showing impresario Harvey Goldsmith as he attempts...

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War of Attrition

This is going to be a short review. If you know American death metal, and you're not retarded, you know DYING FETUS. If you know them, you know they were arguably the hardest-working band in American death metal for years, culminating in a deal with Relapse and 2000's "Destroy the Opposition" — an a...

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Western Xterminator

Welcome to one of the first truly forgettable releases of 2007. RTX's "Western Xterminator" plays a kind of sleazy hard rock with melodies that go nowhere and riffs that are beyond recycled. It is the type of album that brings to mind one of the very few negatives about this reviewing gig: having to...

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Italian GUNS N' ROSES Fan Site Shuts Down In Response To 'Chinese Democracy' 'Saga'

Italian GUNS N' ROSES fan site/community GNRonline.it has officially shut down as a result of the lack of official information regarding the band and the group's long-awaited new album "Chinese Democracy". The GNRonline.it administrators have issued the following statement regarding the matter: "We...