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TOMMY LEE Wowed By Singer STORM LARGE
Singer Storm Large (photo),one of the contestants on the CBS reality-TV hit "Rock Star: Supernova" — featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer (and former NBC reality show star) Tommy Lee, former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted, and former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke — spoke with The New York Daily Ne...July 24, 2006
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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'I Want To Get Back Out On Tour And F*cking Crush'
THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his official blog: "Slowly over the last couple of weeks my crackling psyche has been regaining some of the balance I felt I'd completely lost there for a while. "I'm getting back in shape physically and I've come to understand t...July 20, 2006
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TRIVIUM Drummer: 'METALLICA Could Touch A Pile Of Junk And I'd Go Out And Buy It'
David Glessner of the San Antonio Express-News recently conducted an interview with TRIVIUM drummer Travis Smith. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's influences: "Everyone in the band is into metal, but everyone gets the melody from different influences like QUEEN, THE EAGLES an...July 20, 2006
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DEVIN TOWNSEND: 'I've Made 20 Records In The Past 10 Years And I'm Tired And Old And Unhappy'
Chad Bowar of HeavyMetal.About.com recently conducted an interview with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind Devin Townsend. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: HeavyMetal.About.com: You produced the ["The New Black"] CD, but Mike Fraser mixed it. How come? Devin: "Producing is getting the performa...July 19, 2006
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ARCH ENEMY Singer Sounds Off On Vocal Technique, Early Influences And Being A Vegetarian
ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her official MySpace page: "I get so many wonderful messages every day it is almost overwhelming. I am sorry, but it is impossible to answer them all.. So I have collected the most frequently asked questions and will answer them...July 19, 2006
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Monochrome
Like 2004's comeback album, "Size Matters", the new HELMET offering rises or falls squarely on the shoulders of singer, guitarist and creative wellspring Page Hamilton, who has reshuffled the band lineup once again for this sixth studio outing. But the parade of members through this alt-metal quarte...July 18, 2006
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As Rapture Comes
What we have here is a good old-fashioned career upswing. The 2002 release of "Back from the Grave" marked GRAVE's comeback, while 2004's "Fiendish Regression" proved that the Swedish death metal legends had no plans to hang up the gloves any time soon. On "As Rapture Comes", GRAVE has hit bloody pa...July 17, 2006
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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN Is Latest PETA Celebrity Spokesperson
World Entertainment News Network is reporting that DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen is the latest celebrity spokesperson for animal rights group People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA). Collen hasn't eaten meat for 20 years and several of his band members are vegetarians. Collen tells PE...July 13, 2006
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VINNIE PAUL: TED NUGENT's Anti-PANTERA Comments 'Really Bummed Me Out'
Jesse Capps of RockConfidential.com recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: RockConfidential.com: Fans have been going nuts over [REBEL MEETS REBEL] for years. Was it always intended to be a project that would rel...July 13, 2006
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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING: 'We Won't Change. We'll Always Be Angry'
Angela Yeager of the Statesman Journal recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the war in Iraq servng as the inspiration for a few of the songs on the upcoming CD, "Christ Illusion", which will be released Aug. 8: "Tom [Araya] w...July 13, 2006
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IRON MAIDEN Artist Hopes To Honor DEREK RIGGS With New Album Cover
Acclaimed artist Timothy Bradstreet, who was responsible for the artwork for the new IRON MAIDEN album, "A Matter of Life and Death", has posted the following message on his official blog: "If you'd have told me back in 1985 that I'd one day be doing an album cover for IRON MAIDEN, ...July 11, 2006
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Failure
After releasing a couple of EPs as mere teenagers, Maine hardcore punkers OUTBREAK now offer the world its "full-length" (16 songs, 20 minutes) debut, "Failure", via Bridge Nine Records. In keeping with Bridge Nine's relatively consistent roster of punk and hardcore, "Failure" at least stays true to...July 10, 2006
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SLIPKNOT Frontman Says Fans Will Have To Wait 'At Least' Two Years For New Album
SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has said fans will have to wait at least two years before hearing a new album from the nine-piece Iowa outfit. In an inteview with Kerrang Radio (web site),broadcasting out of Birmingham, U.K., Taylor said he was currently concentrating on his side project STONE SOUR...July 4, 2006
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DAVE GROHL Says CELTIC FROST's 'Monotheist' Is 'Comeback Of The Year'
In the June 29, 2006 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, FOO FIGHTERS frontman/ex-NIRVANA drummer Dave Grohl talks about the latest release from CELTIC FROST, "Monotheist", which he calls the "comeback of the year" as well as "the heaviest, gloomiest, darkest, scariest metal album you're gonna hear for...July 3, 2006
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Rising In the East
No intro, no extra features, no nothin' — just the opening strains of "The Hellion", and there you are, live at Budokan, for this concert film from JUDAS PRIEST's 2005 Japanese tour. Why Japan? Listen to the crowd singing along to the goddamn guitar solo in "Electric Eye", and you won't need to ask...July 2, 2006
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