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Original METALLICA Bassist RON MCGOVNEY: 'The Band Was Formed In My Garage'

The original METALLICA bassist, Ron McGovney, recently gave an interview to the METALLICA fan site AllMetallica.com about his time with the group and his current activities. What follows are several excerpts from that interview: AllMetallica.com: Could you explain for everyone exactly what your part...

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FEAR FACTORY Frontman Makes Sacrifices For Revamped Band

FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell spoke to "The Metal Show" this past Sunday (May 9) on Cleveland's 92.3 FM Xtreme Radio. Asked how the band ended breaking up and getting back together without founding guitarist Dino Cazares, Bell said, "Well, a lot of things had happened previous to that, so the...

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FEAR FACTORY Singer: Making The New Album Was Therapeutic

FEAR FACTORY vocalist Burton C. Bell has told Canada's Chart magazine that the group's new album, "Archetype", "basically wrote itself" once they worked through the emotional and financial turmoil that followed the departure of a founding member (Dino Cazares) and split with longtime record label (R...

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WYLDE, CANTRELL, LYNCH To Head Up 'Metal Clinic' At CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL

Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY),Jerry Cantrell (ALICE IN CHAINS) and George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) will be heading up a "Metal Clinic" the Crossroads Guitar Festival, set to take place Friday, June 4 through Sunday, June 6 at Fair Park and the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. In add...

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Bassist RUDY SARZO Joins DIO

Bassist Rudy Sarzo has officially joined DIO as the group's new bassist. Rudy is known for his work in QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE and OZZY OSBOURNE, and most recently, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN. Rudy joins the band in time for DIO's European tour, which begins July 16 in Moscow. "Thanks to Jeff Pilson [ex-DOKKEN...

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FEAR FACTORY Drummer Explains Switch To New Label Home

FEAR FACTORY drummer Raymond Herrera recently spoke to 411Mania.com about the band's decision to sign with Liquid 8 following their split with longtime label home, Roadrunner Records. "We decided to go with Liquid 8, which was originally D3 Entertainment before they were bought out," Herrera said. "...

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ROCKDETECTOR Launches World's First Rock And Metal Global Gig Guide

RockDetector.com, the world's biggest rock and metal database at over 23,700 artists, has launched the world's first rock and metal global gig guide. Traditionally the Internet has had to rely on cut-and-paste touring lists but the Rockdetector global gig guide is a fully integrated database, search...

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FEAR FACTORY Singer Talks About New CD: Video Interview Posted Online

Austrian e-zine Earshot conducted a video interview with FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell on March 9 in Munich, Germany. Watch the 20-minute interview at this location (.avi format, 40 MB). As previously reported, FEAR FACTORY's new CD, "Archetype" is scheduled for release on April 20 through Li...

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FEAR FACTORY: BURTON C. BELL Video Interview Posted Online

HeavyMetalSource.com interviewed Burton Bell of FEAR FACTORY on April 10 during the Jagermeister tour. Five video clips (10 minutes' worth) of Burton talking about the group's upcoming CD, "Archetype", have been posted online at this location. "Archetype" is scheduled for release on April 20 through...

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METALLICA: Fans Join Forces To Erect CLIFF BURTON Memorial Stone

Members of the Swedish METALLICA forum Metallica.nu have joined forces in launching a project that they hope will result in a stone being erected in the memory of former bass player of METALLICA, Cliff Burton, who died in a bus accident just outside Ljungby, Sweden in 1986. "Everyone that we have sp...

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METALLICA: Unauthorized Biography Due Next Month

METALLICA's unauthorized biography, "Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica" (view cover here),will be published by Omnibus Press on April 10. The book, McIver's sixth, is the result of over five years of research and contains unpublished material from around 75 interviews which the author, Joe...

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FEAR FACTORY: 'Cyberwaste' MP3 Available For Download

A brand-new FEAR FACTORY track, "Cyberwaste", has been posted online in MP3 format at this location. "Cyberwaste" comes off the group's upcoming CD, "Archetype", due on April 20 through Liquid 8 Records (parent company of D3 Entertainment). The follow-up to 2001's critically panned "Digimortal" was...

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THE WICKED Hard At Work On Sophomore Album

THE WICKED, the Finnish band consisting of FINNTROLL and MOONSORROW members, are currently recording their second album at Jive Studio in Helsinki. The follow-up to 2002's "…For Theirs Is The Flesh" "takes the listeners to a journey through industrial as well as classical soundscapes, flavouring it...

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SINERGY Frontwoman To Guest On THE WICKED Album

SINERGY frontwoman Kimberly Goss has recorded a guest appearance for the sophomore CD from THE WICKED, a Finnish band consisting of FINNTROLL and MOONSORROW members. "The session was a lot of fun, and I got to use my voice in ways I'm not typically used to doing," Goss said. "The music is pretty muc...

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THEATRES DES VAMPIRES Complete Work On 'Nightbreed of Macabria'

Italian melodic black metal band THEATRES DES VAMPIRES have completed work on their new album, "Nightbreed of Macabria", due in Europe in May through PlasticHead/Blackend Records. A U.S. release through Candlelight is expected in September. According to an official press release, "some songs [on] th...