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VELVET REVOLVER, AEROSMITH Confirmed For Argentina's QUILMES ROCK '07 Festival

According to Ticketek Argentina, VELVET REVOLVER and AEROSMITH have been confirmed for the Quilmes Rock '07 festival, set to take place April 15 at Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina. VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum revealed during a Camp Freddy Radio broadcast on Los Angeles' Indie 1...

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MY RUIN: New Song Posted Online

Los Angeles-based hard rock band MY RUIN has posted an audio sample of a new song, entitled "Ready for Blood", on its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's recently completed new album, due later in the year. On the direction of the new album, MY RUIN guitarist Mick Murphy said, ...

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'World's Fastest Drummer' Competition: Records Are Meant To Be Broken

"World's Fastest Drummer" is a highly charged, interactive phenomenon and has been a feature at NAMM for the past five years. The contest consisted of two categories, Battle of the Hands and Battle of the Feet. The Preliminary Heats were held January 18 through January 20. The top ten Fastest Hands...

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Former EXHUMED Guitarist Re-Launches BEREAVE Project

Former EXHUMED guitarist Mike Beams has launched a one-man project called BEREAVE. According to Beams, "BEREAVE is a project that was started in '93 as a three-piece doom band. We were trying to recreate CATHEDRAL's 'Forest of Equilibrium' and WINTER's 'Into Darkness' pretty much. We never got anyth...

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SOCIETY 1 Back In Recording Studio

2006 proved to be a very interesting year for SOCIETY 1. With television appearances on "FX", "Inside Edition", "Dr. 90210", "The Daily 10" and "The Omen" DVD, they barely had time to record new material or play live. Matt "The Lord" Zane says, "The band was very active this past year...a little too...

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ETERNAL DARKNESS Compilation CD Now Available

Long-defunct Swedish doom death legends ETERNAL DARKNESS, who featured in their ranks members of THE BLACK and CRYPT OF KERBEROS, have just released a compilation CD via Morbid Wrath Records. Entitled "Total Darkness", the album contains 17 "punishingly heavy slow death metal" songs "complete with l...

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HIGH ON FIRE: In-Studio Feature To Run On MP3.com

Starting Tuesday, January 30, HIGH ON FIRE will be featured on MP3.com. The feature will be a video podcast of an in-studio interview with HIGH ON FIRE guitarist Matt Pike. Pike talks about five great metal records that he feels should be staples in any collection as well as HIGH ON FIRE's recent ti...

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VELVET REVOLVER To Play Italy's HEINEKEN JAMMIN' FESTIVAL In June?

According to Last.fm, VELVET REVOLVER will join PEARL JAM and the RACONTEURS at this summer's Heineken Jammin' Festival in Mestre, Italy. The festival will be held at the Parco San Giuliano on June 23-24. It should be noted that this tour date has not been officially confirmed by the band or its man...

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Bassist DAVE STARR Quits VICIOUS RUMORS

Original VICIOUS RUMORS bassist Dave Starr has once again left the band as of January 23, 2007. Dave played bass on the first five VICIOUS RUMORS albums (and was featured in several other VICIOUS RUMORS DVDs, MTV videos, and band compilations). He returned to the band in 2005 to record the new "Warb...

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TRIVIUM: New Audio Interview With MATT HEAFY Available

Guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy of Florida-based metallers TRIVIUM was recently interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Listen to the interview in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: The Matt Heafy interview begins at ar...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Featuring Ex-W.A.S.P., MOTOGRATER Members: Debut CD Due In April

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, the Los Angeles-based band featuring ex-W.A.S.P. guitarist Darrell Roberts, former MOTOGRATER vocalist Ivan Moody (Ghost),ex-U.P.O. guitarist Zoltan Bathory, former DEADSETT bassist Matt Snell, and drummer Jeremy Spencer, will release its debut album, "The Way of the Fist",...

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MATT SORUM Says It Would Be 'Strange' Seeing New GUNS N' ROSES Band Perform; Video Available

Henry Trappler of Celebrities.com caught up with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum, who talked about his current and upcoming activities. Sorum said the new VELVET REVOLVER album should be completed by the end of February. The band will then go on a South American tour with AEROSMI...

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SKINDRED Frontman To Take Part In Fan Question-And-Answer Session

SKINDRED vocalist Benji Webbe will be taking part in a fan question-and-answer session over the next few days. Fans can submit questions by clicking here. Known as "The Hot Seat", the Bieler Bros. Records question-and-answer feature gives fans a chance to ask their favorite artists questions about t...

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DECREPIT BIRTH Seeks Second Guitarist

Santa Cruz, California-based death metallers DECREPIT BIRTH have issued the following update: "DECREPIT BIRTH is officially looking for a second guitarist who is ready for touring and playing shows. We are looking for someone who is a professional-minded musician, who has skill and some experience....

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DECREPIT BIRTH To Enter Studio In March

Santa Cruz, California-based death metallers DECREPIT BIRTH will enter Castle Ultimate studios in March 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...