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DOWNTHESUN Set Release Date For Debut CD, Land H82K2 Tour
Kansas City's DOWNTHESUN will release their self-titled debut album through Roadrunner Records on October 1st. In the meantime, the group have secured the opening slot on the forthcoming H82K2 North American tour, also featuring SLAYER, SOULFLY and IN FLAMES. ...July 12, 2002
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RAYMOND HERRERA: Life After FEAR FACTORY
Ex-FEAR FACTORY drummer Raymond Herrera has spoken to Britain's Rock Sound magazine about life after FEAR FACTORY. "I'm very excited about the future," the drummer told the magazine. "There are so many avenues I can go down now that I'm no longer concentrating on FEAR FACTORY." These avenues have re...July 12, 2002
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SEPULTURA Enlist "Nation" Producer For Forthcoming Covers EP
SEPULTURA will enter Trama studios in São Paulo, Brazil on July 25th with producer Steve Evetts (i.e. EARTH CRISIS, SNAPCASE) to record a mini-CD consisting of several cover songs and a couple of new cuts, to be released through an as-yet-undetermined label later in the year. At the moment, the plan...July 9, 2002
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PRONG Kicked Off DANZIG Tour, CHIMAIRA Added
CHIMAIRA have been added to the ongoing DANZIG US tour starting with tomorrow's date at Bogart's in Cincinnati, Ohio. According to an official statement from the group, "the former direct support band [i.e. PRONG] was kicked off the tour, and we were asked to pick up the slot. After this tour ends w...July 8, 2002
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ETHER SEEDS Ink Deal With ROADRUNNER
ETHER SEEDS, featuring vocalist Dustin Lowery (the younger brother of SEVENDUST guitarist Clint Lowery and STEREOMUD bassist Corey Lowery),former LIQUID GANG bassist Eric Nagy, guitarist Stephen Seals, and ex-CHLOROPHYLL drummer Billy Deputato, have inked a deal with Roadrunner Records. Described a...July 7, 2002
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STONE SOUR Debut Gets Pushed Up
STONE SOUR, the side project of SLIPKNOT vocalist Corey Taylor and rhythm guitarist Jim Root, have pushed up the release date of their self-titled debut album to August 27th through Roadrunner Records. In other news, the song "Bother" from the above-mentioned release (which also appears in slightly...July 5, 2002
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AGGRESSION To Reform, Unreleased LP To Finally See Light Of Day
Denis "Sasquatch" Barthe, former guitarist for the classic '80s Quebec-based "speed metal" act AGGRESSION, will reportedly relocate back to Montreal in January 2003 after a several-year stint in Vancouver with a view towards reforming the band with all-new members, according to manager Johnny Hart....July 3, 2002
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SEPULTURA To Record EP Of Cover Songs
SEPULTURA are tentatively set to enter Trama studios in São Paulo, Brazil during August to record a mini-CD consisting of five or six cover songs, to be released later in the year through an as-yet-undetermined label, BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal. At the moment, the plan is for the EP to...July 1, 2002
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SEPULTURA To Issue "Under A Pale Grey Sky" In August
SEPULTURA's forthcoming live album has been re-dubbed Under a Pale Grey Sky, according to Roadrunner Records, who are scheduled to issue the effort on August 27th. A recorded document of the last-ever performance of the classic SEPULTURA line-up of Max Cavalera (guitar/vocals),Igor Cavalera (drums)...June 26, 2002
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NICKELBACK Frontman Launches 604 RECORDS
NICKELBACK frontman Chad Kroeger has joined forces with NICKELBACK's longtime attorney Jonathan Simkin to form his very own record label. Dubbed 604 Records, the imprint's goal will be to "seek out and develop undiscovered talent in the music world not only in North America, but globally," according...June 26, 2002
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SLIPKNOT's JOEY JORDISON, NECROPHAGIA's KILLJOY Join Forces In Black Metal Act HELLPIG
SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has teamed up with NECROPHAGIA frontman Killjoy in a black metal project called HELLPIG. "It's going to be insane!" Jordison told Britain's Rock Sound magazine. "Since I play guitar in MURDERDOLLS and it's more of a rock 'n' roll glammy vibe. People might be thinking,...June 25, 2002
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DOWNTHESUN Officially Sign With ROADRUNNER RECORDS
Roadrunner Records have officially announced the signing of Kansas City's DOWNTHESUN. "Roadrunner has always signed the greatest bands," commented bassist Lance "Kuk" Collier. "Stuff that we grew up on, to some of the more recent bands." It was SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan that first...June 25, 2002
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THE DEFTONES To Contribute Previously-Unreleased Cut To "Road Rules" Soundtrack
THE DEFTONES, UNWRITTEN LAW, and the JULIANA THEORY will contribute previously-unreleased tracks to Roadrunner Records' upcoming soundtrack to Road Rules, MTV Road Rules: Don't Make Me Pull This Thing Over — Volume 1, according to Allstar. THE DEFTONES, currently in the studio working on their fourt...June 21, 2002
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ROBERT FLYNN: "KERRY KING's Eaten So Many Cheeseburgers His Brain's Starting To Clog Up"
MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has slammed SLAYER guitarist Kerry King over the latter's incessant public criticisms of MACHINE HEAD's recent recorded output during various interviews conducted by King over the last several months. In the latest diary entry posted at the group's official web sit...June 20, 2002
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MURDERDOLLS Track Listing Unveiled
MURDERDOLLS, the new band featuring SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison on guitar, singer Wednesday 13 (formerly of North Carolina horror-metal outfit FRANKENSTEIN DRAG QUEENS FROM PLANET 13),ex-DOPE/current STATIC-X guitarist Tripp Eisen, bassist Erik Griffin and drummer Ben Graves, have finalized the...June 19, 2002