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DEF LEPPARD: All-Covers Album On The Way?

MelodicRock.com is reporting that DEF LEPPARD are recording an all-covers album focusing on the British bands of the '70s, tentatively due this summer. No further information is available at this time. As previously reported, DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott and bassist Rick Savage will perform at a c...
March 2, 2004
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DEF LEPPARD Are Still Rolling In The Dough

According to the Feb. 17 edition of the London Evening Standard, DEF LEPPARD earned $7 million pounds (approximately $13 million) in 2003. The paper placed DEF LEPPARD No. 19 in the Top 20 music earners for the last year. In other news, the Sheffield Today web site is reporting that DEF LEPPARD sing...
February 26, 2004
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THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY In The Studio With RICK RUBIN

THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY, the Swedish band fronted by former REFUSED screamer Dennis Lyxzen, have set "Armed Love" as the title of their much-anticipated follow-up to 2001's "A New Morning, Changing Weather". The band are working in Los Angeles and Sweden with legendary producer Rick Rub...
February 26, 2004
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THE DARKNESS Frontman's 'School Of Rock'

The Sun reports THE DARKNESS frontman Justin Hawkins, who studied for a National Diploma in Music Technology at Huddersfield Technical College, wants to spend around $186,000 of his $3.7 million fortune on creating the Justin Hawkins Studio at the college. "Justin rang a couple of weeks ago to catch...
February 21, 2004
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New SLIPKNOT Song To Appear In 'Mototrax' Videogame

A brand-new SLIPKNOT track, titled "Don't Get Close", will be featured in the upcoming PS2 game "MTX: Mototrax", due on March 3. Also included in the game is an unreleased instrumental version of SLIPKNOT's "The Heretic Anthem" and "Wait And Bleed", along with 21 other vocal tracks and 12 instrument...
February 20, 2004
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NINE INCH NAILS To Play LOLLAPALOOZA?

According to www.theninhotline.com, New York's K-Rock and Seattle's 107.7 The End radio stations announced today (Feb. 19) that NINE INCH NAILS will headline this year's Lollapalooza tour. The recently resurrected alt-rock festival last year boasted sets from JANE'S ADDICTION, QUEENS OF THE STONE AG...
February 19, 2004
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IRON MAIDEN, SLAYER Managers Involved In GRAMMY Brawl

IRON MAIDEN manager Rod Smallwood and SLAYER manager Rick Sales (both of whom work under the Sanctuary umbrella) were involved in a fistfight with record executive Happy Walters at the BMG Grammy party over the weekend. According to a posting at Hits Daily Double, "Big talk of the night was the free...
February 11, 2004
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SLIPKNOT Set Release Date For New Album

SLIPKNOT have set a May 25 release date through Roadrunner Records for their much-anticipated, as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2001's "Iowa". The band are currently preparing to hit the road as part of the fourth installment of the Jägermeister Music Tour, beginning March 30 in Orlando, Florida. FEAR F...
February 10, 2004
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'Get Thrashed': Thrash Metal Documentary Preview Clip Posted Online

The makers of "Get Thrashed", the upcoming documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted the first preview clip via the project's official web site. The first clip features Zetro Souza (vocals),Gary Holt (guitar) and Tom Hunting (d...
February 9, 2004
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Producer: SLIPKNOT To Find New Kind Of Extreme On Upcoming CD

Producer Rick Rubin (SLAYER, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, AUDIOSLAVE, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) recently spoke to Guitar One magazine about SLIPKNOT's decision to relocate to a mansion in the Hollywood Hills for the recording of the follow-up to 2001's "Iowa", due this summer through Roadrunner Records. "By natur...
February 7, 2004
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UPDATED: SLIPKNOT, FEAR FACTORY, CHIMAIRA To Team Up For JÄGERMEISTER MUSIC TOUR

It's official: SLIPKNOT will top the bill for the fourth installment of the Jägermeister Music Tour, beginning March 30 in Orlando, Florida, a Roadrunner Records spokesperson has confirmed to MTV.com. FEAR FACTORY and CHIMAIRA are also onboard for the five-week trek (as first reported here yesterday...
February 6, 2004
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MTV: TRENT REZNOR Working On New NIN Album In L.A.

NINE INCH NAILS mastermind Trent Reznor is in Los Angeles writing songs for his next record, the follow-up to his 1999 double album, "The Fragile", according to MTV.com. Veteran producer Rick Rubin will likely work with Reznor on the record, which was previously rumored to be titled "Bleedthrough"....
February 5, 2004
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FEAR FACTORY Added To SLIPKNOT Tour?

According to Clear Channel Entertainment (web site),FEAR FACTORY has been added to the forthcoming SLIPKNOT-headlined "Jagermeister" tour beginning in late March. It is not presently clear how many of the shows will feature FEAR FACTORY or which additional acts will provide support on the trek. Con...
February 5, 2004
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SLIPKNOT: U.S. Tour Dates Released

Roadrunner Records has released what is believed to be the first batch of dates for SLIPKNOT's spring 2004 Jagermeister-sponsored U.S. tour. The dates are as follows: Mar. 30 - Hard Rock Live - Orlando, FL Mar. 31 - Sound Advice Ampitheater - West Palm Beach, FL Apr. 02 - Sloss Furnace - Birmingham,...
February 5, 2004
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ICED EARTH, Ex-NEUROTICA Members Contribute To Prog-Rock Project

Ralph Santolla (ICED EARTH, formerly of DEATH),Shawn Bowen (BALD DAISY, formerly of NEUROTICA),GJ Gosman (NEW CRASH POSITION, formerly of NEUROTICA) and David Ragsdale (formerly of KANSAS) are among the guest musicians appearing on "Moments of Clarity", an 11-song prog-rock concept album due later...
January 29, 2004