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ROB ZOMBIE, VIVIAN CAMPBELL, JERRY CANTRELL To Jam With CAMP FREDDY Tonight

Rob Zombie, Vivian Campbell (DEF LEPPARD, ex-DIO, WHITESNAKE),Jerry Cantrell (ex-ALICE IN CHAINS),John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, ex-MARILYN MANSON),Billy Duffy (ex-THE CULT) and Steve Jones (ex-SEX PISTOLS) are among the confirmed guests for CAMP FREDDY's appearance at the Key Club in West Hollywood, Califo...

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VELVET REVOLVER Fill-In Drummer Says It Was 'An Honor And A Privilege' To Play With Band

Veteran rock drummer Brian Tichy (OZZY OSBOURNE, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, PRIDE & GLORY, BILLY IDOL),who recently filled in for injured Matt Sorum on several VELVET REVOLVER headlining U.S. tour dates, has posted the following message on his official web site: "Slash, Duff, Dave, Scott and Matt ........

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ROADRUNNER UNITED: KING DIAMOND/MATT HEAFY Collaboration Posted Online

Another track from the upcoming ROADRUNNER UNITED "The All-Star Sessions" CD, entitled "In the Fire", has been made available for streaming at Roadrun.com. This full-length release, in stores on October 11, 2005, is a "master class" in hard rock/metal. Boasting 55 artists from 42 of Roadrunner's pas...

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STEPHEN PEARCY: There Will Be No RATT Reunion

Former RATT frontman Stephen Pearcy has posted the following message on his official web site: "Right now I'm gearing up for RAT BASTARDS Unplugged, the VH1 'Metal Mania Stripped Vol. 2' Tour. The first show of this tour is October 25th in Minneapolis, MN. Were not going to have the same set every n...

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DEVOURMENT, HUMAN ARTIFACTS, PUTRID PILE Confirmed For CENTRAL ILLINOIS METALFEST

LUST OF DECAY (North Carolina),PUTRID PILE (Wisconsin),DOMINATION THROUGH IMPURITY (North Carolina),DEVOURMENT (Texas),DEADEN (Illinois),LAPIDATE (Canada),WACO JESUS (Illinois) and HUMAN ARTIFACTS (Illinois; new band from ex-LIVIDITY frontman Matt Bishop) are the first bands confirmed for next...

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Former LIVIDITY Frontman Announces New Band

Longtime LIVIDITY vocalist/guitarist Matt Bishop has formed a new band called HUMAN ARTIFACTS. The group, whose lineup is completed by Robert Brody (drums) and Aaron Harper (ex-LIVIDITY; guitar/bass),are working on material for their full-length debut. The new band's music is described as "very gro...

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DAYLIGHT DIES To Begin Mixing New Album Next Week

North Carolina-based doom/death metallers DAYLIGHT DIES have posted the following message on their official web site: "Recording sessions for our new album, 'Dismantling Devotion', was completed this weekend. Mixing will begin with Jens Bogren at Fascination Studios in Örebro, Sweden next week. The...

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Former CRADLE OF FILTH, HIMSA Members Join Forces In PREY

Matt Wicklund (guitar; ex-HIMSA),Martin Powell (keyboards; ex-CRADLE OF FILTH, MY DYING BRIDE) and James McIlroy (guitar; ex-CRADLE OF FILTH) have joined forces in a brand-new project called PREY. After leaving all of their former bands, Wicklund, Powell and McIlroy contacted each other and found t...

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ROADRUNNER UNITED: DINO CAZARES/MATT HEAFY Collaboration Posted Online

Another track from the upcoming ROADRUNNER UNITED "The All-Star Sessions" CD, entitled "The End", has been made available for streaming at Roadrun.com. This full-length release, in stores on October 11, 2005, is a "master class" in hard rock/metal. Boasting 55 artists from 42 of Roadrunner's past an...

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STAVESACRE Sign With ABACUS RECORDINGS

Abacus Recordings has announced the signing of Southern California's STAVESACRE. Formed over 10 years ago STAVESACRE have released four distinct full-length albums on both Tooth and Nail and Nitro Records. They have toured the United States countless times over and had several successful jaunts to E...

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VELVET REVOLVER Drummer Offers Update On Hand Injury

VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) has issued the following message to the group's fans: "Just wanted to say to all the fans that came to see VELVET REVOLVER on the last leg of the tour, including Ozzfest, how sorry I am that I couldn't make it. It was very hard for me ...

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Memento Mori

Well goddamn, here's case where the press release comparisons to early Swedish death metal are right on point! Take the motoring riff blasts of DISMEMBER, UNLEASHED, and early ENTOMBED, blend in the grime of a HIGH ON FIRE, add a quart of sludge, and you've got Atlanta's WITHERED. Now that's a damn...

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Win 'On Air' Guitar Lesson With HALFORD Axeman

To help victims of Hurricane Katrina and as a part of the "Metal Mania" anniversary party taking place tonight (Sept. 17) at the Fireside Bar & Grill in Denville, NJ, "Metal Mania" radio show (with host Matt Murray) will be raffling off a rare chance to take a guitar lesson with "Metal" Mike Chl...

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SINGLE BULLET THEORY Frontman To BLABBERMOUTH.NET Detractors: 'I Will Never Go Away!'

Vocalist/guitarist Matt Difabio of the Philadelphia-based metallers SINGLE BULLET THEORY has issued the following update on the band's current activities: "I am sitting here drinking way too much Vox and orange juice on the eve of our recording sessions and stressing out that everything will go well...

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PEARL JAM Dedicate Song To Late VOIVOD Guitarist

PEARL JAM dedicated the song "Porch" at their Montreal gig on Thursday (September 15) to late VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, who died Aug. 26 from complications of colon cancer. The track was introduced by PEARL JAM frontman Eddie Vedder, who pointed out that PEARL JAM drummer Matt Cameron...