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ALICE COOPER To Receive Honorary Doctorate

Alice Cooper is being awarded an honorary doctorate by a Christian liberal arts college, according to the Associated Press. The 56-year-old will receive the honorary degree at Grand Canyon University's commencement ceremony Saturday. Cooper, whose classic albums include "Killer", and "Welcome to my...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Slams ARCH ENEMY For 'Lying' About U.S. Tour Cancellation

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has slammed ARCH ENEMY for "lying" about the reasons for their cancellation of their participation in the MH-headlined "Weapons of Mass Destruction" U.S. tour. Speaking to Cleveland, Ohio's The Metal Show Sunday night (May 2),Flynn said about the trek, "It's been...

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RAVEN: 1982 Live Performance Out On DVD

RAVEN bassist/vocalist John Gallagher has posted the following message in the "Loonie Board" section of the band's official web site: "Hi!!! While we continue to futz around collecting more cool footage for our DVD (for example, got killer footage from the last show...really powerful stuff…) I just...

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TORTURE KILLER Set Working Title For New Album

Brutal Finnish death metallers TORTURE KILLER have set "Multiple Counts of Murder" as the tentative title of their upcoming CD, due before the end of the year through Holland's Karmageddon Media. "A lot of REALLY strong material is already finished and the rest will be completed during the summer,"...

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FATES WARNING Drummer Jams With MONTROSE

FATES WARNING drummer Mark Zonder played with Ronnie Montrose, Ricky Phillips (bass) and Johnny Lesveque (vocals) at the Dallas Guitar Show on Saturday, April 17. Commented Zonder, "I went up to L.A. to rehearse with Montrose on Thursday before the Dallas show. We only rehearsed for about an hour an...

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SCAR CULTURE Hard At Work On New Material

The Brooklyn-based SCAR CULTURE have been busy writing the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut, "Inscribe". The as-yet-untitled CD will be the group's first to feature new vocalist Roman Garbacik. Guitarist John Conley commented: "Sorry it's been so long since the last update but we've bee...

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MOTÖRHEAD To Release 'Inferno' In June

MOTÖRHEAD have reportedly set "Inferno" as the title of their new album, due in North America on June 22 through the Sanctuary subsidiary Metal-Is Records (the album will arrive in Europe on June 21 via SPV/Steamhammer Records). Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Terminal Show" (featuring a...

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SKINLAB Part Ways With Drummer And Guitarist, Seek Replacements

SKINLAB bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel has issued the following update on the band's activities: "Hey there everyone. Sorry it's been awhile since the last official update. Even though we've been laying low since the completion of the Jagermusic tour with SLAYER, HATEBREED and our labelmates ARCH E...

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HALLOWS EVE: Reunion Update

Steve Cannon, editor-in-chief of the world's oldest and longest running Internet-based music magazine Vibrations of Doom, has sent us the following update on the reunion of classic '80s thrashers HALLOWS EVE: "For all of you who are wondering, the new HALLOWS EVE lineup looks like this: Returning to...

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ANTHRAX Playing Longer Sets On Japanese Tour

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted another installment of his regular online column, dubbed "Alpha Mail". An excerpt: "The Tokyo shows were great. The venue, On Air East was killer and both nights were packed. We changed the set after the first show and played six different songs the second nigh...

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STRATOVARIUS Begin Recording New Album

STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson has posted the following message in the band's official forum: "This is a sort of informal update. "I went to Helsinki, basically to try and help with anything I could. Am here now. "Jörg Michael will play on the next STRATOVARIUS record (as he is very good of...

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DAVID ELLEFSON On Rejoining MEGADETH: 'Never Say Never'

Former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson recently spoke to MaximumMetal.com about how the debut CD from his new band, F5, is coming along and the possibility of his involvement in any future MEGADETH projects. The following are some of the highlights of that interview: MaximumMetal.com: Who is produci...

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DRILLER KILLER Explain French/Swiss Tour Cancellation

Brutal Swedish "crust core" act DRILLER KILLER have issued a statement explaining the reasons for the cancellation of their previously announced French/Swiss tour. It reads as follows: "FIRST: We/DK want to apologize to the people for not getting the chance to see the band play. It's hard to tell wh...

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BEHEMOTH To Begin Recording In Two Weeks

Polish black/death metallers BEHEMOTH are continuing work on their seventh full-length album, "Demigod", tentatively due in the fall through Regain Records (Europe),Century Media (USA and South America) and Mystic (Poland). "Last week we started rehearsing with in full line-up with session guitaris...

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SCORPIONS: Career-Spanning Box Set Due Next Month

Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS will be releasing a three-CD career retrospective, called "Box Of Scorpions", on May 25, according to Launch Radio Networks. The set features 51 tracks from throughout their recording history, which started with 1972's "Lonesome Crow". There aren't any unrelease...