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WYKKED WYTCH Parts Ways With SIXSIXSIX RECORDS, Seeks New Label Home

Florida's WYKKED WYTCH has issued the following update: "Here is an update on the current status of the release of our new album 'Memories of a Dying Whore'. The album was completed in December and we are currently seeking a new label to release the album. After parting ways with our label SixSixSix...

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DREAM THEATER's MIKE PORTNOY Explains 'Systematic Chaos'

Morley Seaver of CausticTruths.com recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the group's songwriting: "I don't know if we've ever had one song that could really sum up what DREAM THEATER is about because there are so many sides t...

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DIMEBAG DARRELL To Be Posthumously Inducted Into HOLLYWOOD'S ROCKWALK

At noon on Thursday, May 17, 2007, guitarist extraordinaire "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, will be posthumously inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk, the only sidewalk gallery dedicated to honoring those artists who have made a significant impact and lasting contribution to the growth and evolution of rock...

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ALICE COOPER: Audio Version Of 'Golf Monster' Biography Due Next Month

An audio version of the forthcoming ALICE COOPER biography, "Alice Cooper, Golf Monster" (cover) — read by Alice himself — will be made available on May 1 (the same day that the book's regular version will be released). You can hear a clip of the recording here. The book can be ...

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DECREPIT BIRTH To Enter Studio Next Month

Santa Cruz, California-based death metallers DECREPIT BIRTH will enter Castle Ultimate studios on May 8 with engineer/producer Zack Ohren to begin recording their second album, "Diminishing between Worlds". The CD will be released later this year on Unique Leader Records. "This album will be a step...

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DUBLIN DEATH PATROL Featuring TESTAMENT, Ex-EXODUS Members: Debut CD Available

DUBLIN DEATH PATROL (DDP),the new band featuring TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy and former EXODUS vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza, is making its long-awaited debut CD available via its official web site. Billy originally teamed up with fellow Dublin, California ragers Willy Lange (RAMPAGE, LAAZ ROCKIT),...

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WITCHERY Guitarist Says Obligations To Other Bands Make Touring Difficult

WITCHERY guitarist Rille (a.k.a. Richard Corpse) recently updated Metal Asylum on the band's current status and shed some light on the circumstances leading to their lack of touring in support of their latest release, "Don't Fear the Reaper", from 2006. An excerpt from the interview follows: Metal A...

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The Dio Years

Few debates make me as nauseated as the one concerning the worthiness of the Ozzy Osbourne versus Ronnie Jame Dio BLACK SABBATH lineups. While it is true (in my mind) that the Ozzy-era lineup cannot be touched from the standpoint of musical trailblazing and the writing of legendary tunes, to say tha...

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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer: I Thought The Band Would Never Make The Big Time

Dark Starr from Wormwood Chronicles webzine recently conducted an interview with original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins. An excerpt follows: Wormwood Chronicles: Many people may not know that you were the founding member and original lead singer for JUDAS PRIEST. Can you catch the readers up a bit o...

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Former SCORPIONS Drummer: 'After I Left The Band, They Didn't Have Any More Hits'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with former SCORPIONS drummer Herman Rarebell. A couple of excerpts follow: On touring extensively in the States on the strength of "Animal Magnetism": "We were special guests for TED NUGENT, AC/DC and AEROSMITH. Our opening act wa...

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ARMORED SAINT Schedules California Concert

Legendary California metallers ARMORED SAINT will play at Viper Room in Hollywood on May 19. This will be a warm-up gig for the band's appearance at this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, which will be held May 25-27 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Other bands scheduled to perform at the Rock Har...

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BLACK SABBATH, ALICE COOPER, SLIPKNOT Featured In Book About READING FESTIVAL

BBC News reports that BLACK SABBATH, ALICE COOPER and SLIPKNOT are among the artists whose memories will be shared in a special book about the legendary U.K. festival Reading. The author is Ian Carroll, a 41-year-old father-of-one who's enjoyed virtually every Reading Festival since 1983. "I thought...

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JOEY VERA Offers Update On ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING

ARMORED SAINT/FATES WARNING bass player Joey Vera recently spoke with Metal Asylum about his new solo effort, titled "A Chinese Firedrill", as well as the current status of ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING, and the new SEVEN WITCHES album. A couple of excerpts follow: Metal Asylum: So tell us about why...

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Live In Sao Paulo

Or, if you prefer the full pedigree, "Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 Live In Sao Paulo" — a title as large and awkward as the horsepill of a live album it adorns. Is there a nice way to say something is a "horsepill?" Because while this sucker is huge and ...

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The Arockalypse

They won the Eurovision Song Contest, they're coming up with enough merchandising ideas (LORDI Cola?) to make Gene Simmons get a non-Viagra-induced boner, they wear monster suits, and they single-handedly prove wrong anyone who touts Europe as more sophisticated and highbrow than the United States....