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MELECHESH Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

Sumerian thrashing black metal innovators MELECHESH have been confirmed for this year's Hole In The Sky Festival, set to take place August 22-25 in Bergen, Norway. The band is slated to hit the stage on Friday, August 24. Also scheduled to appear are DESTROYER 666, IMMOLATION, NAPALM DEATH, OLD and...

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CHRIS CORNELL: 'The String Quartet Tribute' Due This Month

Vitamin Records has set an April 24 release date for "The String Quartet Tribute to Chris Cornell". A description of the CD reads as follows: "For over 20 years Chris Cornell has reigned supreme as one of the most powerful frontmen in rock history. Whether he was wailing like a banshee for SOUNDGARD...

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CHRIS CORNELL Visits KROQ In L.A.; Audio Interview, Performance Available

Former SOUNDGARDEN/AUDIOSLAVE singer Chris Cornell was in the KROQ studios in Los Angeles recently to talk with Kevin and Bean and to perform acoustically. Listen to the interview and performances of the tracks "Like a Stone" (AUDIOSLAVE),"No Such Thing", and the SOUNDGARDEN hit "Black Hole Sun" at...

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KROKUS Frontman Recalls Danish Bus Crash

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with KROKUS frontman Marc Storace. An excerpt from the chat follows: Classic Rock Revisited: It sounds like outside of the USA there is Krokus fever going on! Marc: After the release of "Hellraiser" we started getting requests to t...

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ZIMMERS HOLE Performs In Vancouver; Photos Available

ZIMMERS HOLE, the Vancouver-based project featuring guitarist Jed Simon and bassist Byron Stroud of STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, made a rare live appearance last night (Thursday, March 29) at the Buffalo Club in Vancouver. A BLABBERMOUTH.NET user by the name of DeadSkin Mask (a.k.a. Cam) has submitted the f...

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VULTURE INDUSTRIES Putting Finishing Touches On Debut Album

Norwegian avantgarde metallers VULTURE INDUSTRIES, who feature in their ranks current and former members of members from SULPHUR, MALICE IN WONDERLAND, BLACK HOLE GENERATOR and ENSLAVED, are putting the finishing touches on their debut album, "The Dystopia Journals". The CD was recorded at Conclave...

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TRIVIUM Frontman Explains Why He Likes Wearing Girls' Jeans

Writer/author Joel McIver recently interviewed TRIVIUM in California for the cover of Total Guitar magazine, Europe's biggest-selling guitar title. Guitarists Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu took the opportunity to clear up some rumors surrounding the band in the magazine (out on March 28). With unpre...

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ZIMMERS HOLE Schedules Vancouver Date

ZIMMERS HOLE, the Vancouver-based project featuring guitarist Jed Simon and bassist Byron Stroud of STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, has scheduled a rare performance on Thursday, March 29 at the Buffalo Club in Vancouver. "Gonna play some new songs, got some new merch, the Heathen will most likely piss booze al...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND's Ziltoid Album Due This Summer

Devin Townsend's (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND) wife Tracy has issued the following newsletter from Devin's record label, HevyDevy Records: "Well, one thing that any Devin fan knows is that ideas change and grow. Last issue we reported: 'Also occupying his time in the past month has been...

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DEFTONES Participate In RE*Generation Program to Help Teens At Risk

DEFTONES are one of the participating artists in Virgin Mobile's RE*Generation program to help teens at risk. DEFTONES have donated an instrumental version of "Hole In the Earth", as an exclusive ringtone available only at this location. 100% of the royalties generated from sales of the ringtone wil...

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TOXIC BONKERS Completes Work On New Album

Polish extreme metallers TOXIC BONKERS have completed work on their fourth album, "Progress", due in May via Selfmadegod Records. Recorded at PJ Reda Studio, the follow-up to 2004's "Seeds of Cruelty" offers "30 minutes of mad, straight-forward grindcore," according to a press release. Formed in 199...

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MARILYN MANSON On Last Year: 'I Was In Such A Black Hole Of Depression'

In the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine, Marilyn Manson talks about his new album "Eat Me, Drink Me", which is tentatively set for a June release. "Halfway though last year I was in such a black hole of depression," he says. "I couldn't make anything, I couldn't do anything. I lost hope." At t...

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TESTAMENT To Enter Studio In June

TESTAMENT's current lineup — drummer Nick Barker (DIMMU BORGIR, CRADLE OF FILTH) alongside original members Alex Skolnick (guitar),Greg Christian (bass),Eric Peterson (guitar) and Chuck Billy (vocals) — is currently working on new material for an upcoming CD release. Guitarist Eric Peterson exclai...

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BLACK HOLE GENERATOR To Support RED HARVEST In Norway

Norwegian black metallers BLACK HOLE GENERATOR will play their first live gig on Thursday, March 8 as the support act for fellow countrymen RED HARVEST at Hulen, in Bergen. BLACK HOLE GENERATOR comprises two full-time members: Bjørnar E. Nilsen (VULTURE INDUSTRIES) and Dreggen (DEATHCON, AETERNUS, t...

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KORN/SLIPKNOT Producer ROSS ROBINSON Launches I AM: WOLFPACK Label

You can't put a cute spin on "wolfpack"; if you stumble across one, prepare to walk away moved and changed, at best. It's only fitting then, that influential producer Ross Robinson claims the intent of his new label I Am: Wolfpack is "to rip and inspire!" Boasting an incomparably diverse resume (IDI...