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TEXTURES Announce New Singer
Dutch progressive metallers TEXTURES have announced the addition of vocalist Eric Kalsbeek (ex-BRAINSHAKE) to the group's ranks. Kalsbeek replaces Pieter Verpaalen, who left the band earlier this month due to "musical differences." TEXTURES recently inked a deal with France's Listenable Records. The...January 27, 2004
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Unsigned German Death Metallers SINNERS BLEED To Play Norway's INFERNO FESTIVAL
Unsigned German death metal band SINNERS BLEED will perform at Norway's Inferno Festival this year. According to the Inferno Festival promoters, "Every year we book six unsigned / [lesser] known bands. We got 80 demo CDs and SINNERS BLEED was absolutely one of the best". SINNERS BLEED drummer Eric c...January 27, 2004
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TNT: New Song Available For Download
A brand-new TNT track, entitled "Lonely Nights", has posted online in MP3 format at this location. "Lonely Nights" comes off the group's long-awaited new CD, "My Religion", due in Japan on February 23 through Marquee Records. The album will receive a European release on March 8 through MTM Music. Th...January 26, 2004
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WINDS Complete Work On New Album
WINDS, the Norwegian band featuring Carl August Tideman (ARCTURUS, TRITONUS),Jan Axel Blomberg (MAYHEM, ARCTURUS),Lars Eric Si and Andy Winter, have completed work on their new album, "The Imaginary Direction of Time", due in late April through The End Records. Recorded at Toproom and Fagerborg st...January 26, 2004
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ERIC SINGER Confirmed For Japanese KISS EXPO
Former KISS drummer Eric Singer will be the special guest at the Japanese KISS Expo, which has been confirmed for February 14-15 at Club Phase in Tokyo. Eric will also be bringing Eric Dover and Stefan Adika to perform live shows both nights. A limited number of all-day tickets get the ticket-holder...January 24, 2004
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GUITAR WORLD's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists Of All Time
The March 2004 issue of Guitar World magazine includes a list of the 100 greatest heavy metal guitarists as selected by the magazine's staff. "This is not a list that ranks who can play the fastest or with the most taste, feeling or technique (although many players on our list have all of those arro...January 23, 2004
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PROBOT To Perform Live At MTV Studios!
PROBOT, the metal side-project of former NIRVANA drummer/current FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl, will be taping a live performance at the MTV studios in New York City on Wednesday, January 28. Grohl will be joined for the occasion by a one-off band featuring Eric Wagner (TROUBLE),Wino (ex-THE OBS...January 23, 2004
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AYREON Sign With INSIDE OUT RECORDS
AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist Arjen Lucassen (ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE),have inked a new deal with Inside Out Records. Lucassen's first release for Inside Out under the AYREON banner will be the band's much-anticipated new CD, "The Human Equation", tentatively due in May. In other news, URI...January 21, 2004
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JERRY CANTRELL Pens Tune With COMES WITH THE FALL Guitarist
Former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell has reportedly collaborated with COMES WITH THE FALL guitarist William DuVall on one song for Cantrell's upcoming solo album. DuVall, who regularly plays with Cantrell as part of his backing band, is said to have penned the lyrics for the track, which...January 21, 2004
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ERIC KRETZ Denies Being Part Of STP/BLACK CROWES Supergroup
According to a posting at STONE TEMPLE PILOTS fan site Below Empty, former STP drummer Eric Kretz, who attended NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) this year in Anaheim, Ca., has denied being involved in the new project being formed by ex-STP members Robert and Dean DeLeo along with ex-BL...January 19, 2004
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NOVEMBERS DOOM Added To THE GATHERING/AGALLOCH Tour
Chicago doomsters NOVEMBERS DOOM have been added to THE GATHERING/AGALLOCH East Coast tour beginning in mid-February. This will be NOVEMBERS DOOM's first tour of the United States, and plans are in the works for the band to tour the West Coast in 2004 as well. Merchandise will be available from all...January 18, 2004
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Former HELSTAR Vocalist To Perform Special Show
Vocalist James Rivera (HELSTAR, SEVEN WITCHES) will play a special show at the 19th Hole Grill & Bar in The Woodlands, Texas this Saturday, January 17. According to a posting at Metal-Rules.com, "originally expected to perform were Rivera's current main act SEVEN WITCHES, however, a scheduling c...January 15, 2004
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VENOM Singer Comments On PROBOT Project: 'This Was Heavy Shit!'
VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant recently spoke to Germany's Visions magazine about his involvement with the PROBOT project, the one-off metal album put together by ex-NIRVANA drummer/current FOO FIGHTERS guitarist/vocalist Dave Grohl. "It was very, very strange," Cronos recalled about the first...January 14, 2004
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KISS To Tour With LIMP BIZKIT?
According to a posting at www.kisskollector.com, LIMP BIZKIT are strongly rumored to have landed the opening slot on some of the dates currently being finalized for the remainder of KISS' World Domination 2003-04 Tour. "Although management says nothing has been confirmed yet as far as the 'rumored'...January 12, 2004
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DAVE GROHL Explains TOM ARAYA's Absence From PROBOT CD
FOO FIGHTERS frontman/ex-NIRVANA drummer Dave Grohl recently spoke to Metal Edge magazine about his "metal" side-project PROBOT project and the reason SLAYER vocalist Tom Araya ended up not contributing to the final CD. "I tried to get Tom on the record — he was the last piece of the puzzle," Grohl...January 11, 2004
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