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SOULFLY Mainman Discusses Upcoming Album

For the past month, SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera has been holed up inside his home in Arizona writing songs for the band's next album, recording demos, and letting his creativity flow. The following question-and-answer session with Max was posted on the group's official web site, SoulflyWeb.com: Q:...

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Report: Hard Rockers Struggle To Find Mainstream Success

Todd Martens of Billbord magazine reports: SHADOWS FALL may be the latest hard rock band to jump from the indie world into the major label system, but breaking out of the metal genre and winning a mainstream fan base won't be easy. Bands like MASTODON on Reprise and LAMB OF GOD on Columbia may have...

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Report: Discord In BOSTON After DELP Suicide

The Associated Press reports: The band BOSTON spoke to people's souls during the 1970s with smash hits like "More Than a Feeling" and "Peace of Mind". But two weeks after lead singer Brad Delp's suicide at his New Hampshire home, bad feelings abound. Current members of the band, including the chief...

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NEVERMORE Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

NEVERMORE has been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH BLACK MESSIAH BOLT THROWER CALIBAN COMMUN...

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PAPA ROACH Frontman To Host MTV Series 'Scarred'

PAPA ROACH started off 2007 with a bang by debuting their new single, "Forever", on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". Now, within a matter of weeks the band has their seventh Top 10 hit, with "Forever" reaching #8 this week on the Active Rock chart. "We're really pumped about the success 'Forever' i...

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PORTNOY, CHERONE, SHEEHAN, GILBERT Pay Tribute To THE WHO; DVD, CD Available

AMAZING JOURNEY — a tribute to THE WHO, featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER),guitarist Paul Gilbert (MR. BIG, RACER X),bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH, TALAS) and vocalist Gary Cherone (VAN HALEN, EXTREME),has just released a DVD and CD of its May 31, 2006 concert at the...

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VOLBEAT, MAROON, IMPIOUS Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

VOLBEAT, MAROON and IMPIOUS have been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH BLACK MESSIAH BOLT THR...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'Where Is The Dignity In Living Life Through Fear?'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "Spend so much time trying to be something. Someone. But there is nothing in the clothes you wear. Nothing in the things we carry. "Identity is the result of experience, needs, love and desire. That's all. That'...

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GENE SIMMONS And IDW PUBLISHING Announce Joint Publishing Venture

IDW Publishing has announced that it has partnered with rock legend Gene Simmons of KISS fame to create the Simmons Comics Group, an imprint within IDW's stable of comics. Simmons himself will be writing some of the comics, and has fully created and fleshed out a number of new titles that will be ap...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO: OZZY Has Always Hated Me When I Was In BLACK SABBATH

Heath McCoy of the Calgary Herald recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN AND HELL, DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW). A few excerpts from the chat follow: On fans' speculation that Ozzy's wife, manager and reputed control freak, Sharon Osbourne, is to...

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Sleepwell Deconstructor

"Sleepwell Deconstructor" by New Hampshire's TRAP THEM is an album for those of you with a thirst for old school rooted grindcore crossed with crust punk fury. Forget about studio-polished acts passing themselves off as grind or the mix-and-match noisiness of the failed imitators, TRAP THEM grabs on...

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Usurper

Relatively slow, angular, sludgy hardcore from Arkansas, influenced by MESHUGGAH and dipped into the black tar phlegm of prime EYEHATEGOD for that rancid touch of Southern malevolence gone bad. Listening to "Usurper" is like a slow-motion car crash — plenty of jagged bits and shards of glass, seethi...

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HASTE THE DAY: New Single Posted Online

Indianapolis' HASTE THE DAY has posted its new single, "Stitches", on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the group's third album, "Pressure the Hinges", due on March 20 via Solid State Records. The group's vocalist, Stephen Keech, said about the track, "Everyone knows at least one person in...

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EXCITER: Live Video Of New Song Posted Online

Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER have posted a live clip of their new song "In Mortal Fear", recorded during the group's 2005 appearance at the Bang Your Head!!! festival in Balingen, Germany. The track is expected to appear on the band's upcoming CD, entitled "Thrash Speed Burn". Watch the vi...

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TNT: New Album Title Announced

Norwegian/British hard rockers TNT have set "The New Territory" as the title of their new album, due in May in Japan via Marquee Avalon and June in Europe via MTM Music. The CD, which is currently being mixed in Bergen, Norway, is described by TNT singer Tony Mills (ex-SHY) as "very diverse, with ra...