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Former EVANESCENCE Guitarist Talks THE FALLEN

On June 16, Los Angeles Times spoke with former EVANESCENCE guitarist/songwriter Ben Moody about his new project, THE FALLEN, also featuring "American Idol" runner-up Carly Smithson and Moody's fellow ex-EVANESCENCE bandmates John LeCompt (guitar) and Rocky Gray (drums). A couple of excerpts from th...

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DEMON HUNTER Announces 'Huntour' Dates

Seattle metallers DEMON HUNTER have announced four exclusive performances in the U.S. starting in August, dubbed "Huntour 2009". The band will kick off the tour in their hometown before heading to Pomona, California for two mini-festivals. One of the shows will feature the special reunion performanc...

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BRET MICHAELS: Trauma Caused By TONY AWARDS Incident Continues To Take Its Toll

POISON singer Bret Michaels has been forced to postpone tonight's (Thursday, June 18) solo concert at the Quechan Casino in Winterhaven, California. The new date is Friday, October 16. Bret's representatives said in a statement, "We want everyone to understand that through Bret's 25 year career it h...

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CHICKENFOOT's SATRIANI Talks About Album's Chart Success, Recent Mini-Tour

The I Heart Guitar blog recently conducted an interview with guitarist Joe Satriani of CHICKENFOOT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. I Heart Guitar: The album debuted at No. 4. How cool is that! Satriani: Yeah, I swear, I was thinking we were going to be 100-something. So when someon...

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KRAKOW Putting Finishing Touches On Debut Album

Norwegian stoner metal band KRAKOW has issued the following update: "We are currently in the process of completing our first studio album, 'Monolith', soon mastered and ready for release we want to give you all a taste of what's to come. The two songs — 'Last' and 'Art Of Motion' — are recorded in D...

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BAD COMPANY Goes Digital

The surviving members of the original BAD COMPANY lineup — singer Paul Rodgers, guitarist Mick Ralphs, and drummer Simon Kirke — will reunite this summer for a 10-date U.S. tour that begins June 17 in Hollywood, FL at Hard Rock Live. A day before the tour kicks off, Rhino will celebrate the band's r...

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CONTRIVE To Enter Studio This Week

Australia's CONTRIVE will enter Toyland Studios in Melbourne this week to begin recording the follow-up to its acclaimed 2006 debut, "The Meaning Unseen". Commented drummer Andrew Haug: "Finally, we're hitting the studio to record what has been dubbed by friends and even us as the 'Contrive Democrac...

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LIMP BIZKIT: New Audio Interview Available

A new audio interview with LIMP BIZKIT members DJ Lethal, John Otto and Sam Rivers conducted by Radio Z in Sofia, Bulgaria, can be heard on Metalhead.ro. U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine recently featured a world-exclusive interview with LIMP BIZKIT conducted in late April in Los Angeles, California as the...

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'Brütal Legend' Creator Explains Why RONNIE JAMES DIO Is No Longer Involved With Game

Double Fine studio head and Brütal Legend game creator Tim Schafer has confirmed that the legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO) has been cut out of the game's voice cast and has been replaced with Tim Curry, a movie actor best known for his...

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PRIMAL FEAR Bassist Talks '16.6'

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with bassist Mat Sinner of German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Asylum: The last two PRIMAL FEAR albums, "New Religion" and "Seven Seals", contained a lot of orchestral sounds. How much of that carried...

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THE HAUNTED Guitarist Talks About Upcoming WITCHERY Album

Guitarist Patrik Jensen of THE HAUNTED and WITCHERY was interviewed for this week's edition of "The Governor's Ball". during the chat, Jensen divulges exclusive details on the upcoming WITCHERY album currently in production. You can download the program at this location. WITCHERY's last album, "Don'...

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The Visitor

That UFO composed 35 tracks for new album "The Visitor" attests to the fact that the legendary band has no paucity of ideas. The fire still burns hot and with super axe-man Vinnie Moore on board for three albums straight now the unit — also featuring original members Phil Mogg (vocals),Paul Raymond...

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MEGADETH Mainman Says There Is Talk About More Shows With 'Co-Founders Of American Metal Scene'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update: "I am so excited to know that in less than 48 hours I am going to be jamming with my band and getting ready to start the next world tour. "Even though this bit is really early, we are doing these four shows [in Canada] with ...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO No Longer Part Of 'Brütal Legend' Game

The management for legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO) has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the producers of the upcoming Brütal Legend game have decided to cut Dio's contributions out of the game, and have replaced him with Tim Curry, a...

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LIMP BIZKIT's BORLAND, DURST Interviewed; Video Available

LIMP BIZKIT guitarist Wes Borland and frontman Fred Durst were interviewed by Kerrang! magazine yesterday (Friday, June 12) at the Download festival, which is being held June 12-14 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. Watch the chat below. Kerrang! recently featured a world-exclusive interview with LI...