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WATCHTOWER Guitarist: I Regret Not Auditioning For MEGADETH

San Antonio Rocks recently conducted an interview with guitar shredder Ron Jarzombek (SPASTIC INK, WATCHTOWER). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: San Antonio Rocks: Ron, you have been in many bands and projects in the last 20 years. If you had to do it all over again what would you change?...

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LEAVES' EYES To Release New Mini-CD In Early 2006

LEAVES' EYES male vocalist/programmer Alex Krull revealed to Germany's www.sounds2move.de magazine that the group are planning on releasing a new mini-CD in early 2006. No further information is currently available. In addition to Krull, LEAVES' EYES features Alex's wife Liv Kristine (ex-THEATRE OF...

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RUSH Salutes Earliest Fans On New DVD

Launch Radio Networks reports: When RUSH launched their 30th anniversary world tour last year, they made sure to do something special for the fans who've been with them all along. The band went back to their early material to come up with an overture to start the shows, and the performance runs abou...

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SINISTER To Enter Studio Next Week

Reunited Dutch death metallers SINISTER will enter Stage One studio in Germany on December 5 to begin recording their new album, "Afterburner", for an early 2006 release through Nuclear Blast Records. The recording sessions are expected to last two weeks. SINISTER's current lineup consists of Aad Kl...

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RUSH: New ALEX LIFESON Audio Interview Posted Online

A 10-minute audio interview with RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson, conducted late last month by Mike Staff of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM, has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). As previously reported, RUSH will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" airin...

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DEFINE DIVINE: We Never Claimed Our Singer Was In CANNIBAL CORPSE

DEFINE DIVINE, the San Francisco-based metal band featuring former NEUROTICA/BALD DAISY guitarist Shawn Bowen and ex-NEUROTICA drummer G.J. Gosman, have issued the following statement regarding a previously published press release claiming that the group's singer, Angst, was once a member of "an ear...

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ENTOMBED: Studio Report Available

ENTOMBED have entered Studioland studio in Upplands Väsby, Sweden to begin recording their new album, "Serpent Saints", due on June 6, 2006 via Threeman Recordings. The upcoming CD will be the group's first without the contributions of guitarist Uffe Cederlund, who left the band in September. ENTOMB...

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DISILLUSION: Live Video Available Online

DISILLUSION, the prog-death band from Leipzig, Germany, have posted a live video for the song "Alone I Stand In Fires" at this location. "[The clip] was shot on October 21st, 2004 when we were on European tour with AMON AMARTH and IMPIOUS," the band write on their web site. "The video shows DISILLUS...

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GOD AMONG INSECTS, THE PROJECT HATE Split With THREEMAN RECORDINGS

Swedish extreme metal bands GOD AMONG INSECTS and THE PROJECT HATE, both of which feature guitarist Lord K (a.k.a. Kenth Philipson),have announced their split with the Threeman Recordings label. In virtually identical statements posted on the bands' respective web sites, they wrote, "Last week we t...

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Fallen VADER Drummer's Family Launches Tribute Site

The family of Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski — the legendary VADER/DIES IRAE drummer who passed away last summer — has launched a tribute site for Doc on MySpace. "This site is a tribute to our beloved husband and father," reads a posting on the site. "One of the greatest and most wonderful people. One...

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PANDEMIA Part Ways With Guitarist

Czech Republic-based death metallers PANDEMIA have parted ways with guitarist and founding member Alex Marek. The guitarist's official statement on his departure reads as follows: "Well, nothing strange I guess, there has been many other musicians leaving bands and it just happened that I am one of...

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SAMAEL: 'Ceremony Of Opposites', 'Worship Him' Reissues Detailed

Century Media Records will re-release SAMAEL's "Ceremony of Opposites" (originally issued in 1994) and "Worship Him" (1991) this fall, both as "deluxe editions," featuring bonus material. The details are as follows: "Ceremony of Opposites/Rebellion" (release date: November 21, 2005): 01. Black Trip...

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SCENES Part Ways With Bassist, Announce Replacement

German prog-metallers SCENES, who feature in their ranks Alex Koch (ex-SPIRAL TOWER, POWERGOD) on vocals, have parted ways with longtime bassist Jan Ebert. "During the [recent] months it became clear that Jan's musical wishes and plans [took a different turn] from the plans of the other SCENES membe...

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RUSH's NEIL PEART: 'Our Music Has Always Been A Mirror Of Ourselves'

RUSH's Neil Peart, one of the most proficient drummers and articulate lyricists in rock history, generally prefers to let his bandmates — and more significantly, his music — do all the talking. For the release of the historic, double DVD/CD "R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour" which is already slated...

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RUSH Drummer Talks About 'R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour' DVD

ChartAttack.com is reporting that next Tuesday's debut of RUSH's "R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour" multi-CD and DVD package has notoriously quiet drummer Neil Peart so pumped that he's actually talking about it. "R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour" is due November 22 via Rounder in the United States...