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JON OLIVA'S PAIN Begins Mixing New Album

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, will release its fourth album, "Festival", on February 19, 2010 via AFM Records. A March/April European tour will be confirmed soon, culminating with the filming of a live DVD consisting of music from the four JON OLIVA'S PAIN CDs and...

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OBITUARY: Guitar-Lesson Videos Available

Music lesson web site PlayThisRiff.com is now featuring lesson videos with guitarists Ralph Santolla and Trevor Peres of OBITUARY. At PlayThisRiff.com you will find the following lesson videos by OBITUARY: * "Evil Ways" * "Evil Ways" Solo (Part 1) * "Evil Ways" Solo (Part 2) * "Blood To Give" * Ralp...

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OBITUARY Bassist: We've Never Tried To Sound Like METALLICA Or SLIPKNOT

Simon Milburn of The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with bassist Frank Watkins of Florida death metallers OBITUARY. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On whether he thought OBITUARY would still be going hard at it at more than 20 years since the band's inception: "That's a...

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METALLICA, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SLAYER Memorabilia Part Of CHI CHENG Auction

A charity auction for DEFTONES bassist Chi Cheng has just been launched at this location. Chi has been in a semi-conscious state since being involved in a horrific accident in November 2008, and his family has accumulated an overwhelming amount of medical bills that insurance does not entirely cover...

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Former KORN Guitarist BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH Hard At Work On New Album

It was announced today that William Morris Endeavor Entertainment has inked an international representation agreement with ex-KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch. The initial term of the agreement is for three years. Ember Rigsby Tanksley of WMEE will be principally responsible for spearheading repres...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN To Mix New Album At The End Of November

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, will release its fourth album, "Festival", on February 19, 2010 via AFM Records. A March/April European tour will be confirmed soon, culminating with the filming of a live DVD consisting of music from the four JON OLIVA'S PAIN CDs and...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: New Album Title, Release Date Announced

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, has set "Festival" as the title of its fourth album, due on February 19, 2010 via AFM Records. A March/April European tour will be confirmed soon, culminating with the filming of a live DVD consisting of music from the four JON OLIVA'S...

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DEFTONES To Play Benefit Concert For Bassist CHI CHENG

Sacramento's DEFTONES has issued the following update: "On November 2nd, 2008 our bass player and brother Chi Ling Cheng was involved in a horrific car accident which has left him in a semi-conscious state. In his journey to recovery, the Cheng family has accumulated an overwhelming amount of medica...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: Studio Update

JON OLIVA'S PAIN recently entered the studio to begin recording its fourth album for an early 2010 release via AFM Records. Drummer Christopher Kinder states, "Jon Oliva [JON OLIVA'S PAIN mastermind; also of SAVATAGE and TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA] has completed vocal tracking on a few songs, with man...

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Former FAITH NO MORE Singer CHUCK MOSLEY Interviewed On 'Talking Metal'

The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features interviews hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with former FAITH NO MORE vocalist Chuck Mosley and Michael Seifert of Mosley's band VANDALS AGAINST ILLITERACY (V.U.A.) as well as guitarist Erik Kluiber of WHITE WIZZARD. Photos as well as the...

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'Led Zeppelin: Good Times, Bad Times' Co-Author Announces Huntington Beach Book Signing

Ralph Hulett, author and photographer whose work has appeared in Relix, Goldmine and Vintage Guitar magazines and on the television programs VH1 "Behind the Music" and ABC News "Downtown", will sign copies of his new book, "Led Zeppelin: Good Times, Bad Times; A Visual Biography of the Ultimate Band...

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STEEL PANTHER Schedules VINTAGE VINYL Signing Session, Acoustic Performance

Californian rockers STEEL PANTHER will take part in an in-store acoustic performance and signing session on Wednesday, October 7 at Vintage Vinyl in Fords, New Jersey beginning at 7:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.vvinyl.com. STEEL PANTHER is the '80s metal/hard rock tribute act formerly kno...

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JELLO BIAFRA AND THE GUANTANAMO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Debut Due Next Month

JELLO BIAFRA AND THE GUANTANAMO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, the new band led by former DEAD KENNEDYS frontman Jello Biafra, will release its debut album, "The Audacity of Hype", on October 20 via Alternative Tentacles Records. The CD was produced by Biafra and engineered by hip hop producer and longtime Jel...

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MEKONG DELTA Hard At Work On New Album

Legendary German progressive thrash outfit MEKONG DELTA will take time off from recording its new album to perform at the Hard Rocker Festival II, set to take place September 26, 2009 at Mega Club in Katowice, Poland. According to bassist Ralph Hubert, MEKONG DELTA's forthcoming CD, entitled "Wander...

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STEEL PANTHER Interviewed In Glasgow; Video Available

Powerful Peanuts TV conducted an interview with Californian rockers STEEL PANTHER before the band's September 15, 2009 performance at the Garage in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Watch the chat in two parts below. STEEL PANTHER is the '80s metal/hard rock tribute act formerly known as METAL SKOOL. The gro...