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Ex-PANTERA Bassist REX BROWN: The World's A Far Less Beautiful Place Without DIMEBAG

Patrick Douglas of The Culture Shock recently conducted an interview with Rex Brown (DOWN, ex-PANTERA). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: The Culture Shock: So, how good does it feel to be back on this ride with DOWN? You've got the touring you've already done and the upcoming record releas...

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Classic Swedish Metallers TORCH To Co-Headline Holland's MARIO'S METAL MEETING

Reactivated Swedish metallers TORCH have been confirmed as the co-headliners of the first edition of Mario's Metal Meeting, set to take place November 11, 2007 at 013 in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: RAVEN TORCH DREAMLAND DIVINE RUINS DOUBLE DIAMOND IMPERIO...

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DINO CAZARES Says FEAR FACTORY Is Missing 'Hunger And Passion'

MTV.com reports that former FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares' new band DIVINE HERESY has only played a few live shows together but plans to kick off its first tour this month in Mexico. After that, DIVINE HERESY will head out with STATIC-X and SHADOWS FALL for a tour that runs through much of ...

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SLAYER Frontman Says There Are No Plans For Retirement

Christine Carney of MP3.com recently conducted an interview with SLAYER frontman Tom Araya. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MP3.com: You guys have reissued "Christ Illusion" with some extra stuff on it recently. What was the motivation behind that? Araya: That was basically a record compa...

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MARILYN MANSON Talks About SLAYER Tour, Politics And 'Eat Me, Drink Me'

Aaron Detroit of SuicideGirls.com recently conducted an interview with Marilyn Manson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: SuicideGirls.com: SLAYER fans are kind of notorious for not being super kind to the bands that play with them. How are you going to handle that? Manson: Well, I think tha...

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MASTODON Bassist: 'METALLICA Told Us To Keep Flying The Flag'

Dave Maher of Pitchfork magazine conducted an interview with MASTODON bassist Troy Sanders on July 14, 2007 at the Pitchfork Music Festival 2007 in Chicago, Illinois. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Pitchfork: Just from seeing pictures of you guys, I thought [guitarist] Brent [Hinds] would be t...

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DREAM THEATER's PORTNOY: 'NEIL PEART Introduced Me To Progressive Drumming'

Michael Senft of The Arizona Republic recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: The Arizona Republic: You just moved to Roadrunner Records from Atlantic. Portnoy: We were with Atlantic/Elektra for 15 years, a seven-album deal...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: 'I Get A Lot Of Voice Problems; You Have To Do A Lot Of Shouting'

Ernest A. Jasmin of The News Tribune recently conducted an interview with Ozzy Osbourne. A few excerpts follow: The News Tribune: The first [Ozzfest 2007] gig is at the White River Amphitheatre. And a couple of years ago you had a rough gig there. (Ozzy stormed offstage in 2005 after his voice went...

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GENERAL SURGERY Parts Ways With Vocalist, Announces Replacement

Legendary Swedish grindcore merchants GENERAL SURGERY have issued the following update: "Once again, our resident alcoholic Scottish doctor has decided to take leave of the band. Due to 'administrative problems pertaining to morgue-related issues' (he's too busy getting intoxicated to be of any use)...

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HEARSE: 'In These Veins' To Receive North American Release In September

HEARSE is the Swedish "death 'n' roll" band featuring former ARCH ENEMY singer Johan Liiva and ex-FURBOWL drummer Max Thornell, will release its fourth album, "In These Veins", in North America on September 18, 2007 via Candlelight Records. The follow-up to 2005's "The Last Ordeal", "In These Veins"...

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THE FUNERAL PYRE Frontman: 'Playing Live Is A Sacred Ritual'

Miriam Ramirez of Thev247.com reports: Melodic death metal frontman John Strachan of THE FUNERAL PYRE admits he's pretty darn cynical when it comes to bands. "I'd be lying if I said I was the most open-minded guy when it comes to music," he said in a phone interview. "I hate to admit it ...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Is 'Psyched' About Response To 'Black Rain'

Spinner recently conducted an interview with Ozzy Osbourne. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Spinner: What was different about making the new album? Ozzy: I had a ProTools studio built in my guest house at our house in Beverly Hills. It was always my desire to own my own studio. When you ...

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VINNIE PAUL Carries The Torch With HELLYEAH

Pat Douglas of the Great Falls Tribune recently conducted an interview with HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott (ex-PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN). A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the months that followed brother Dimebag's (ex-PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) murder in December 2004: "For eight months, man, I've...

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THE HAUNTED Singer: 'I Want To F*ck, Kill And Destroy'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "Prague [Czech Republic]. I woke up in a boiling hot bus. No one here. I had a pineapple for dinner. That's all I could find. This is ridiculous. "Right now I am insane. I feel out of control. I ...

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BORN OF OSIRIS Signs With SUMERIAN RECORDS

Sumerian Records has signed Chicago-area-based band BORN OF OSIRIS. Label founder Ash Avildsen states: "In an era of underground heavy music plagued with an overnight saturation of imitation death metal glorifiying unconvincing pig squeels with sloppy blast beats, we proudly present to you something...