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DISTANT THUNDER: Live Video Posted Online

DISTANT THUNDER, the new band featuring former HELSTAR/DESTINY'S END and current SEVEN WITCHES frontman James Rivera, filmed their May 15 appearance at Houston's F.B.I. Club for an upcoming DVD. In addition, the footage will be shown on Germany's Viva music channel at a later date. A video clip of t...

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DREAM EVIL Drummer: Don't Call Us Power Metal

DREAM EVIL drummer Showy Shaw (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) recently spoke to RevelationZ Magazine about the Swedish group's upcoming third album, "The Book Of Heavy Metal". Asked if he feels they have become more rock-oriented in their sound on the new CD, Snowy replied, "...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Drummer: 'New Songs Are Much Heavier Than Our Last Four Records Combined'

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM drummer Craig Nielsen recently spoke to AllThingsMetal.net about the group's new record deal, upcoming DVD and the supposed "resurgence" of old-school thrash that has taken place over the course of the last couple of years. The following are some excerpts from that interview: On t...

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MEGADETH: New Album Due In September

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the band's official forum: "To the guy who started the 'Jesus and MEGADETH' thread, you were very cool to make the illustration which I though was uplifting. "To the guy that said he is leaving because of it, if you are going to go,...

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CRYSTAL BALL Part Ways With Keyboardist, Seek Replacement

Due to problems with his health, longtime CRYSTAL BALL keyboardist/guitarist Tom Graber has been forced to leave the band. The remaining guys are urgently looking for a replacement. Interested musicians can contact the group at [email protected] or 0041 14 282 13 01 (answering machine). CRYSTAL B...

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METALLICA's ULRICH: Drum Sound On' St. Anger' Sang Back To Me In A Beautiful Way

METALLICA's Lars Ulrich recently spoke to the U.K.'s Rhythm magazine about the origins of the "distinctive" drum sound he achieved on the group's new album, "St. Anger". "The famous drum sound everybody is talking about," he said. "One day I forgot to turn the snare on because I wasn't thinking abou...

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DISTANT THUNDER: Former HELSTAR Frontman To Launch New Band This Summer

DISTANT THUNDER, the new band featuring former HELSTAR/DESTINY'S END and current SEVEN WITCHES frontman James Rivera, have set "Welcome the End" as the title of their debut album, due this summer through Germany's Massacre Records. The CD was recorded at Spyder Studio in Houston, Texas and was produ...

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HIRAX To Release New Album In May

Thrash metal veterans HIRAX's latest studio album, "The New Age of Terror", will be released May 18 on Black Devil Records and Deep Six Records on CD and limited-edition picture-disc formats. Upon hearing the raw tracks, which were recorded at another studio, producer Michael Rozon (MELVINS, ADRENAL...

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MAJESTY Part Ways With Guitarist, Seek Replacement

Germany's MAJESTY have parted ways with rhythm guitarist Udo Keppner and are currently seeking a replacement. Interested parties can contact the group at [email protected]. In other news, MAJESTY recently replaced bassist Martin Hehn with Marcus Bielenberg. "Marcus already mastered his first gig...

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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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ALTARIA: New Music Posted Online

A brand-new ALTARIA track, titled "Will to Live", has been posted online in MP3 format at this location. Also available for download are audio clips of three other tracks: "Unchain the Rain" (mp3),"Darkened Highlight" (mp3) and "Final Warning" (mp3). All four cuts come off the band's ...

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THERAPY? Cancel Turkish Shows

Ireland's THERAPY? have cancelled their previously announced shows in Turkey due to "the Turkish promoter failing to provide us with guarantees and repeatedly lying about what he had and hadn't done," according to a post on the band's web site. "Because of this we lost faith in his ability to put on...

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ALTARIA: HAMMERFALL's CANS Pulls Out Of Guest Appearance, Replacement Announced

Finnish melodic metallers ALTARIA have posted the following message on their official web site: " 'Divinity' is now ready, mixed and mastered. The final touch for the album was mastering at the Finnvox Studios by Mika Jussila (STRATOVARIUS, NIGHTWISH, SONATA ARCTICA, etc). The release date is May 24...

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CHAOSBREED Begin Writing Material For Sophomore Album

CHAOSBREED, the new Finnish death metal supergroup consisting of drummer Nalle Österman (ex-GANDALF),bassist Oppu Laine (ex-AMORPHIS, MANNHAI),guitarist Marko Tarvonen (MOONSORROW),guitarist Esa Holopainen (AMORPHIS),and vocalist Taneli Jarva (ex-SENTENCED, THE BLACK LEAGUE),have posted the fol...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: Studio Report No. 2

CRADLE OF FILTH bassist Dave Pybus has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Hail. Now we are well into week two of the session and I went home this weekend for a two-day break while guitars were started on the tracks me and Adrian had laid down in the first week. ...