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JOE LYNN TURNER Talks 'American Idol'

Dave McGurgan of phillyBurbs.com recently conducted an interview with legendary hard rock rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: phillyBurbs.com: What is your take on "American Idol"? Is it anything at all like the "real" mu...

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MARILYN MANSON Talks About New Album, Upcoming Tour

MansonUSA.com recently conducted an interview with Marilyn Manson. A few excerpts from the chat follow: MansonUSA.com: In 2005, you mentioned Tim [Skold] writing around 20 songs. Was earlier material scrapped altogether as by-products of false-starts, or has much of it survived from the initial 20-o...

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Assassins in the House of God

Four years of silence from the ALL OUT WAR camp, as frontman Mike Score focused on his day job as a high school history teacher, has done little to diminish the fire of anger and bitterness at this New York crossover band's core. While the metal/hardcore scene they helped found has spawned countless...

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SCORPIONS: New CD To Feature Guest Appearance By BILLY CORGAN

According to a posting at ScorpsNews.com, SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker revealed in the latest issue of the French magazine Rock Hard that SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan makes an appearance on vocals in the new SCORPIONS song "The Cross", which is included on the band's new CD, "Human...

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SODOM Confirmed For Switzerland's BACK TO ROCK Festival

Long-running German thrashers SODOM have been confirmed for the Back To Rock festival, set to take place September 7-8 at Industrie in Reiden, Switzerland. The final billing is as follows: Friday, September 7: DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER 667 (IRON MAIDEN TRIBUTE) JUST PRIEST (JUDAS PRIEST TRIBUTE) CH...

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Victim's Father Angry Charges Dropped Against Teens In METALLICA-Related Death

Canadian Press reports that four young men hugged weeping friends and family after prosecutors dismissed manslaughter charges against them in the death of a man on an Edmonton, Alberta, Canada transit bus after a fight over heavy metal music. The victim's father said the decision means he will now n...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Explains Why He Refuses To Share Stage With His 'Confessed Enemy'

J. Bennett of Decibel magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Decibel: How directly is your born-again status connected to your sobriety? Mustaine: My sobriety… well, if you mean do I do drugs, I don't. [But]...

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PARAGON Announces New Bassist

German power metallers PARAGON have announced the addition of bassist Dirk Seifert to the group's ranks. According to a press release, Dirk is "a longtime acquaintance of the band; [he] was in a band with Martin [Christian, guitar] back in the early '90s and has worked on the pre-production of 'Law...

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SLAYER And MARILYN MANSON Co-Headline Summer Tour Dates Announced

Tour dates for this summer's match made in Heaven...or Hell...are announced today. MARILYN MANSON and SLAYER's 25-city co-headline North American tour will kick off on July 25 in West Palm Beach, FL, pillaging its way cross-country to wrap up in San Antonio, TX on September 1. Confirmed dates are be...

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Black Metal Spoof Comedy's Internet Success

BBC News reports that a film first made as a podcast by three "bored" friends is about to be released on DVD for UK-wide distribution. "Legalize Murder" (trailer) — a comedy about a "black metal" band — was made for £1,000 by Joseph Salerno, Nick Warden and Phillip Adams, from Pembrokeshire. ...

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Treatise on the Abyss

Billed as the "Satanic elite of Louisiana," Baton Rouge's CATHOLICON have been leaving paths of scorched earth since 1994. "Treatise on the Abyss" is the band's third full-length album and follow up to the whirlwind of lost souls that is "The Death Throes of Christianity". Those yet to discover CATH...

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CEREMONIAL CASTINGS Working On Concept Album Based On Salem Witch Trials

American "deathphonic black metal" warriors CEREMONIAL CASTINGS have issued the following update: "As some may already know, CEREMONIAL CASTINGS has been talking for some time about releasing a concept album based of the Salem Witch Trials. Especially being that two of the three members are direct d...

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GOJIRA Interviewed By LAMB OF GOD Frontman, Video Available

Singer/guitarist Joe Duplantier and drummer Mario Duplantier of French metal titans GOJIRA were recently interviewed by LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe for a special segment on Metal Injection during the two bands' time on tour along with TRIVIUM and MACHINE HEAD. Metal Injection has posted the in...

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It's Official: HEAVEN AND HELL 'Live From Radio City Music Hall' DVD/CD Due In August

According to a posting on Ronnie James Dio's web site, Rhino has officially set August 28 as the release date for the HEAVEN AND HELL "Live from Radio City Music Hall" DVD and two-CD set. As the title implies, both the DVD and CD packages will include HEAVEN AND HELL's (the band featuring BLACK SABB...

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LIFE OF AGONY Guitarist Admits 'Broken Valley' Was Heavily Influenced By VELVET REVOLVER

Metal Israel recently conducted an interview with LIFE OF AGONY guitarist Joey Z. An excerpt from the chat follows: Metal Israel: Let me ask you. "River Runs Red" is an album that got me through school, got me through a lot. But…well… it's negative as hell, brother! I understand what you're saying,...