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THREAT SIGNAL Launches Guitarist Search

Canadian metallers THREAT SIGNAL are seeking a replacement guitarist for Marco Bressette who left the band to focus on studio work. Commented the group: "[We are looking for] a solid six-string guitar god who will drop whatever life he currently has to tour, write, and record with us. Being in THREA...

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RAZORBACK: 'Deadringer' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

RAZORBACK, the band consisting of Rolf Munkes (guitar, MAJESTY, ex-VANIZE),Stefan Berggren (vocals, ex-COMPANY OF SNAKES),Marcus Bielenberg (bass, ex-VANIZE),Chris Heun (guitar, ex-SHYLOCK) and Andre Hilgers (drums, ex-AXXIS, SILENT FORCE),has set "Deadringer" as the title of its third album, du...

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RAZORBACK To Support CORNERSTONE On European Tour

RAZORBACK, the band consisting of Rolf Munkes (guitar, MAJESTY, ex-VANIZE),Stefan Berggren (vocals, ex-COMPANY OF SNAKES),Marcus Bielenberg (bass, ex-VANIZE),Chris Heun (guitar, ex-SHYLOCK) and Andre Hilgers (drums, ex-AXXIS, SILENT FORCE),will support CORNERSTONE (the Danish/British melodic met...

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Report: Bitterness Marks GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire Observance

Tom Mooney of The Providence Journal reports: The Rev. John Codega stood apart from the crowd gathering in the parking lot of the former Station nightclub yesterday, a new priest in town and a newcomer to the annual memorial service held here. "In my one year in West Warwick, I've realized that I .....

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Memorial Held For GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire Victims

Eric Tucker of The Associated Press reports; Much has changed since the last anniversary of The Station nightclub fire — a 2003 blaze sparked by pyrotechnics for the '80s rock band GREAT WHITE that killed 100 people. Criminal prosecutions have been resolved. Relatives of those killed spoke of their...

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CRIMINAL Seeks New Bassist

Anglo-Chilean thrashers CRIMINAL are looking for a new bass player. Frontman Anton Reisenegger recently posted the following message on the band's MySpace page: "It's unfortunately looking like Staff won't be able to continue in CRIMINAL. We're quite bummed out because he's really grown to be a part...

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DIMEBAG Book Author: 'I Place The Blame Squarely On The Shoulders Of The Killer'

Morley Seaver from antiMUSIC recently conducted an interview with Chris A., author of the upcoming book about the murder of PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, "A Vulgar Display Of Power: Courage And Carnage At The Alrosa Villa". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: antiMUSI...

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GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire: Videos, Testimony Offer Detailed Look At Tragedy

Paul Edward Parker and Mark Arsenault of The Providence Journal report: Nearly four years after a rock band's fireworks ignited the Station nightclub, the public yesterday got its most detailed look to date at the investigation into the fire that killed 100 people and injured more than 200 others. A...

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CRIMINAL To Support BRUJERIA In London

Anglo-Chilean metal terrorists CRIMINAL have been confirmed as main support for BRUJERIA's first-ever London show. This night of Latin outlaw death metal will take place at the Underworld club in Camden on February 21. In other news, the Chilean edition of Rolling Stone magazine recently ran a four-...

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NAILWOUNDS Singer Charged For Sex With Girl He Met On MySpace.com

Eric Litke of The Sheboygan Press reports: The 20-year-old lead singer of a Milwaukee-area metal band was charged Friday (Jan. 19) with felony sexual assault for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old Kewaskum girl after arranging the encounter on MySpace.com. The girl had snuck out of her parents'...

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RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER Announces New Lineup

Philadelphia's self-proclaimed "criminal thrash band" RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER has restructured its lineup following the departure of vocalist Eli Shaika. The vocalist slot will be shared by current RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER guitarist Matt Moore and bassist Shawn Riley. Rounding out the quartet are gui...

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MASTERPLAN/Ex-RAGE Drummer Lays Down Tracks For New RAZORBACK CD

German guitarist Rolf Munkes (RAZORBACK, ex-MAJESTY, VANIZE) has tapped drummer Mike Terrana (MASTERPLAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, AXEL RUDI PELL, METALIUM, RAGE) to play on the third RAZORBACK album, tentatively due in April via the Munich, Germany-based label Metal Heaven. "I just came back from the drum...

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Report: Argument Over METALLICA Ended In Death

Florence Loyie of the Edmonton Journal reports: Stefan Conley (photo) died after he got into a heated discussion with four teenagers on an Edmonton [Alberta, Canada] city transit bus about the rock band METALLICA, telling them they had no taste in heavy metal music, court was told today. A witness t...

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Judge OKs Release Of Grand Jury Testimony In GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire Case

The Associated Press reports: A judge on Thursday approved the release of grand jury testimony in The Station nightclub fire case, granting the attorney general's request to provide the public with information about the investigation into the deadly blaze. Though grand jury testimony is normally sec...

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GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire: Attorney General Seeks Release Of Grand Jury Testimony

The Associated Press has issued the following report: Public confidence in the criminal justice system, shaken after three men charged in a deadly nightclub fire reached plea deals rather than stand trial, could be improved by the full disclosure of secret grand jury testimony in the case, lawyers s...