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VENOM Frontman On New Album: I Wanted To Re-Create What Original Band Was All About

Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector.com recently conducted an interview with VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the subject of the detractors, fans who believe the only "real" VENOM includes Mantas and Abaddon: Cronos: "Look, VENOM has over the years had so m...

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DEEP PURPLE: 'California Jam' DVD To Receive U.S. Release In January

According to Deep-Purple.net, the DEEP PURPLE "California Jam" DVD, which was released in Europe on November 21, will be issued in North America on January 24, 2006 via Eagle. The DVD contains a bonus track, "Lay Down Stay Down", plus alternate versions of two tracks with different camera angles, as...

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ROB ROCK To Film DVD At Germany's OWEN ROCK NIGHT Festival

Powerhouse heavy metal vocalist ROB ROCK (ex-IMPELLITTERI, DRIVER, JOSHUA) has announced that he will record his first live DVD at the Owen Rock Night Festival in Germany in March 2006. Rock is also confirmed for the Elements of Rock festival in Switzerland April 2006. JVC/Victor Entertainment Japan...

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Former EVANESCENCE Manager: AMY LEE Is Creating Version Of Reality That Has No Basis In Fact

Attorney Bert Deixler, who represents Dennis Rider and Rider Management — the former personal manager of EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee — has issued the following response to Lee's lawsuit against his client for breach of fiduciary duty, professional negligence, conversion, sexual assault and battery, a...

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Heavy Metal Musicians Remember DIMEBAG DARRELL

MTV News spoke with members of some 30 hard rock and metal bands about their memories of late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. They told MTV how much he'd meant to them, they shared fond memories and spoke of the impact he made on their lives and their music. A few excerpts fro...

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Mythological Occult Metal 1991-2001

Not a best-of, which North America in particular could really use, but rather a nicely-packaged odds-and-sods collection of rarities from this ever-mutating, currently on hiatus Texas underground horde. You'd have to be a big fan to begin with to shell out cash for a 99-minute excursion into underpr...

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Former MEGADETH Bassist Talks About Performing At LES PAUL Tribute Concert

Mary Ellen Gustafson of Garage Radio recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH and current F5 bassist David Ellefson. A couple of excerpt from the chat follow: Garage Radio: I read that you were invited to be part of the "Les Paul Tribute" during the Music Player Live! event in NYC in Oct...

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MEGADETH Drummer Recovering From Knee Surgery

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover (also in EIDOLON) has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "So it's been 10 days now since my surgery, and I have to say that this has NOT been a fun ride thus far. The day I left the hostpital, I actually felt ...

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ABIGAIL WILLIAMS Featuring Former VEHEMENCE Members: New Song Posted Online

Phoenix, Arizona-based "symphonic melodic death metal" band ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, featuring three ex-members of VEHEMENCE, have posted a new song online at www.myspace.com/abigailwilliams. The track, entitled "Swollen Disgust", will be downloadable only this weekend, so grab it while you can. ABIGAIL WI...

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OZZFEST To Be Featured In Upcoming Episode Of Christian Reality Television Show

According to a press release from the Christian news and media agency WDC Media News, Ozzy Osbourne's "spiritually dark" Ozzfest traveling heavy metal festival is the subject of an upcoming espisode of the reality television program "The Way of the Master", which launched its second season November...

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ANNIHILATOR Mainman Stands By His 'Fastest-Picking Rhythm Guitarist' Claim

Scott Alisoglu of Live 4 Metal recently conducted an interview with ANNIHILATOR mastermind Jeff Waters. An excerpt from the chat follows: Live 4 Metal: I actually had a guy yesterday or the day before make the comment, "Oh, they're still around?" in reference to ANNIHILATOR. Jeff Waters: "Yeah! Ther...

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ENDSTILLE To Support DARK FUNERAL, NAGLFAR On European Tour

German black metallers ENDSTILLE have been confirmed as the support act for DARK FUNERAL and NAGLFAR on their upcoming European tour. The dates so far are as follows: Feb. 24 - Klubben – Stockholm, SWE Feb. 25 - KB - Malmö, SWE Feb. 26 - Kåren - Gothenburg, SWE Feb. 27 - John Dee – ...

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ACCEPT Guitarist Says American Metal Scene Is 'Dead', Sees No Hope Of Revival

MetalEater.com recently conducted an interview with ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann. A few excerpts from the chat follow: MetalEater.com: Unfortunately, the U.S./Canadian Metal scene is not as good as the European scene — not even close. Wolf Hoffmann: "No, man. It's just dead." MetalEater.com: I thi...

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TOMMY LEE's 'College' Reality Show To Receive DVD Release

Image Entertainment will be issuing MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee's reality TV show, "Tommy Lee Goes to College", on a single-disc DVD on April 25, 2006, according to TVShowsOnDVD.com. Video is full screen and audio is English 2.0 Stereo. No information is currently available regarding the pricing a...

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AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE Part Ways With Guitarist KARMA CHEEMA

AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE have apparently fired guitarist Karma Cheema. In a cryptic posting on the band's official message board, Cheema writes in part, "Have you guys ever had a fight with a family member? Gets kinda personal, don't it? Side note... I will never be free of responsibility to my brother...