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ASSASSIN Are Ready To 'Go Fight Kill'

ASSASSIN, the reunited German thrash act that released a couple of promising albums in the late '80s via the SPV label (1987's "The Upcoming Terror" and 1988's "Interstellar Experience"),have posted the following message to their official web site: "First of all the whole band wanna thank all the c...

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A Lethal Dose Of American Hatred

So it's official: Philip Anselmo has effectively left PANTERA, put DOWN on ice, and more or less dialed down activities with all other musical projects except this one, SUPERJOINT RITUAL. Last year's debut album, "Use Once And Destroy", took eight years to come to fruition as the band flickered in a...

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SLIPKNOT Singer Says 'A Lot Has Changed' With The Band Since 'Iowa'

SLIPKNOT have left their hometown of Des Moines, Iowa for Los Angeles, California to begin work on their long-awaited third full-length album, tentatively due in early 2004 through Roadrunner Records. Rick Rubin (SYSTEM OF A DOWN, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, SLAYER) is expected to produce the effort, the...

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JOEY BELLADONNA Says ANTHRAX Treated Him Like He Was Just The Flute Player

Former ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna recently spoke with Glam-Metal.com about his decision in early 2000 to bow out of the ANTHRAX tour that was to feature two frontmen: Belladonna and his replacement, John Bush. The tour, which went ahead without Belldonna's involvement, was to feature Joey on the...

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SKINLAB Postpone Hiatus To Play West Coast Dates

San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB, who recently announced plans to take a lengthy hiatus, have decided to honor their previously announced West Coast touring commitments taking place in late August. Filling in for guitarist Glen Telford at the upcoming shows will be his predecessor, Scott Sar...

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7 HOURS LATER To Open For STRYPER On The West Coast

Cincinnati-based 7 HOURS LATER have been chosen as the opening act for the West Coast leg of the STRYPER 20th Anniversary Reunion Tour in support of their new CD, "7: The Best Of Stryper", on Hollywood Records. Longtime friend of 7 HOURS LATER guitarist Lynn Edward Glezen, STRYPER's own Robert Sweet...

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SKINLAB Announce Plans To Go On Hiatus, Refuse To Call It A Split

Acclaimed San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB have released a statement Tuesday (July 22) saying that they are taking a "hiatus." "Today is a day that I thought would never come," frontman Steev Esquivel writes on the band's web site. "We want to let you all know that SKINLAB will be going on h...

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CRIMINAL Getting Ready To Record

CRIMINAL, the formerly Chile-based act who feature in their ranks ex-PENTAGRAM mainman Anton Reisenegger and former EXTREME NOISE TERROR drummer Zac O'Neil, are continuing work on the material for their new album, "Supersonic Death", tentatively due in early 2004 through Metal Blade Records. The fol...

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FATES WARNING Bassist Checks In From DREAM THEATER Tour

FATES WARNING/ARMORED SAINT bassist Joey Vera has posted the following message to his official web site: "[The FATES WARNING] tour [with DREAM THEATER and QUEENSRŸCHE] is still going great. Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore and Wilmington all killer. Wilmington was poised to being one of our best shows...

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MIWAUKEE METALFEST Founder: 'You Don't Play Metal At Volume 2'

Tom Alesia of the Wisconsin State Journal is reporting that the 17th annual Milwaukee Metalfest — where bands play sledgehammer rock that practically lodges a guitar into one ear and out the other — will present more than 120 acts on Friday and Saturday (July 25-26). " 'You've got thrash metal, spee...

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Former WHITE ZOMBIE Drummer Seeking Musicians For New Project

Former WHITE ZOMBIE drummer Ivan de Prume is forming a new band and is looking for a guitarist, bassist, vocalist and keyboardist/programmer to complete the group's lineup. Says Ivan, "[All applicants] must have similar taste to write and collaborate with from the ground up. I have a particular visi...

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FATES WARNING Bassist Checks In From DREAM THEATER/QUEENSRŸCHE Tour

FATES WARNING bassist Joey Vera has posted the following message to his official web site: "The tour [with DREAM THEATER and QUEENSRŸCHE] is going great! The response for FATES has been overwhelmingly great. Many thanks to those of you who have come out early to see the show. "The QUEENSRŸCHE and DR...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Raves About TWISTED SISTER, Offers Update On New CD, DVD

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has posted the following update to his official web site: "Had an absolute BLAST Saturday night @ Great Adventure in New Jersey jamming with one of my all-time favorite bands TWISTED FUCKING SISTER!! They kicked it in FULL 'Under The Blade'-era makeup & co...

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RING OF FIRE Announce New Keyboardist, Record Label

RING OF FIRE, the new band led by former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Mark Boals, have added keyboardist Steve Weingart to the group's lineup. "[Steve] is very well-known here in Los Angeles and elsewhere as a classically-trained killer genius on piano, synth, and organ with lightning fast fingers and am...

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KELLY OSBOURNE Lands Part In 'Live Freaky! Die Freaky!'

Kelly Osbourne is the latest cast addition to the forthcoming animated/puppetry film "Live Freaky! Die Freaky!", according to the film's official web site (www.livefreakydiefreaky.com). The Hellcat Pictures production was written and directed by independent filmmaker John Roecker and produced by RAN...