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TESTAMENT Schedule Tacoma Date

TESTAMENT's original lineup — Chuck Billy (vocals),Eric Peterson (guitar),Alex Skolnick (guitar),Greg Christian (bass),and Louie Clemente (drums) — have confirmed a show at the Shipwreck in Tacoma, Washington on July 8. The original TESTAMENT lineup will also headline the Thrash Against Cancer b...

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REQUIEM AETERNAM Seek New Drummer

Melodic black metal band REQUIEM AETERNAM, originally from Uruguay but currently based in New York, are currently seeking a new drummer. All applicants must live in, or close to, New York City, and must be willing to travel and perform live. For more information, contact the band at info@requiem-aet...

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RUSH Guitarist Talks About Florida Incident: 'People Cannot And Should Not Be Treated This Way'

A week after slapping three Florida sheriff's deputies with a lawsuit for allegedly using excessive force when arresting him during a 2003 New Year's Eve altercation, RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson is speaking out about the incident yet again. Lifeson's statement, released on Thursday (June 10),reads...

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RUSH Guitarist Breaks Silence On Legal Trouble

Embattled RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson sat down exclusively with MuchMoreMusic's Bill Welychka in Toronto recently to set the record straight, and speak for the first time about his alleged 2003 New Year's altercation in Florida — and the lawsuit he has now filed in response to the ordeal. Lifeson, a...

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RUSH Guitarist Pays Homage To NEIL YOUNG At Toronto's WHITE RIBBON CONCERT

According to ChartAttack.com, RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson joined Jim Cuddy of BLUE RODEO and ex-DOUGHBOY John Kastner for an homage to Neil Young during Tuesday night's (June 7) 8th Annual White Ribbon Concert at The Phoenix in Toronto. "Alex suggested that we play this acoustic, but I said no way,"...

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SIEGES EVEN Finish Recording New Album

Reunited German progressive metallers SIEGES EVEN have finished recording their new album, "The Art of Navigating by the Stars", at the Black Solaris Studio in Frankfurt with producer Uwe Lulis. The mixing and mastering will be completed by the end of the month. "The Art of Navigating by the Stars"...

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RUSH Guitarist, Family Sue Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Three Florida Deputies

Chris W. Colby and John Henderson of the Naples Daily News have issued the following report: A founder of the band RUSH, his son and daughter-in-law filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Ritz-Carlton, its security director and three sheriff's deputies stemming from a New Year's Eve 2003 altercation a...

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HORTUS ANIMAE Sign With SLEASZY RIDER RECORDS

HORTUS ANIMAE, the extreme experimental metal project of ANCIENT drummer Diego "GroM" Meraviglia, have inked a deal with Greece's Sleaszy Rider Records for the release of their recently completed sophomore album, "The Blow of Furious Winds". The follow-up to the group's acclaimed 2003 debut, "Waltzi...

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CRISIS Singer Launches Women's T-Shirt Line

CRISIS frontwoman Karyn Crisis has launched her own women's t-shirt line, dubbed Exorsister. Music journalist Alex Johnson tagged Karyn as "the Exorsister" in a review he wrote of a live CRISIS show in an effort to describe her angelic/demonic vocal style and stage performance. The moniker stuck in...

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Former TESTAMENT Guitarist To Embark On 'Guitar Therapy' Tour

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the experimental band led by former TESTAMENT/SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, will be opening for THE MIKE KENEALLY BAND on the "Guitar Therapy" U.S. tour beginning in mid-June. A list of confirmed tour dates can be found at AlexSkolnick.com. In other news, Skolnick will be tak...

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To Walk a Middle Course

Much ballyhooed for their ability to mix crust, hardcore and metal, and for having three vocalists, KYLESA are all about throwing murky riffs, bottom-of-a-well screams, and lugubrious rhythms into a dour punk stew that name-checks everyone from old NEUROSIS to AMEBIX to EYEHATEGOD to UNSANE as it bu...

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VISION DIVINE Frontman To Release Solo Album

VISION DIVINE frontman Michele Luppi will release the debut album from his solo project, MICHELE LUPPI'S HEAVEN, in mid-July via Scarlet Records. Entitled "Strive", the CD was produced and arranged by Michele Luppi and is said to be "a must for all AOR/melodic hard rock lovers into bands like MR. BI...

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QUIET RIOT Prepare For Summer Tour; Are Featured On 'The Simpsons'

Having just returned from two weeks in the Republic of Korea performing concerts for U.S. armed forces personnel, QUIET RIOT is preparing for their participation in this year's Rock Never Stops tour along with CINDERELLA, RATT and FIREHOUSE. "QUIET RIOT has been very busy this year with internationa...

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AFTER FOREVER Members To Guest On New NIGHTMARE CD

AFTER FOREVER singer Floor Jansen and vocalist/guitarist Sanders Gommans have recorded guest appearances on the new album from the French power metallers NIGHTMARE, entitled "The Dominion Gate". The CD is tentatively due in October via Regain Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Silent Room", "The Domi...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Comments On San Francisco Benefit Concert

TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy has issued the following update: "The [San Francisco] Bay Area is our hometown and people have been asking us to play a hometown show so here it is. We are going back to Europe in July. So we decided to do a warm-up show the weekend before we left. We were ...