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1349 Tap Ex-NILE Drummer TONY LAUREANO For All Upcoming Tour Dates

Norwegian black metallers 1349 have confirmed that they will be utilizing the services of former NILE drummer Tony Laureano on all upcoming dates as the band's regular skinsman, Frost, is busy with SATYRICON at the moment (as first reported here on March 27). 1349 will be making their first live app...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Tap COMES WITH THE FALL's DUVALL For European Tour

The surviving members of ALICE IN CHAINS have tapped COMES WITH THE FALL vocalist/guitarist — and member of AIC guitarist Jerry Cantrell's touring band — William DuVall to sing lead vocals for the group on their upcoming European tour. ALICE IN CHAINS recently reunited and have announced that they'l...

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VELVET REVOLVER's DUFF MCKAGAN Shoots Down 'Rehab' Rumors

VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) has rejected as false recent rumors that he has entered a rehab center in the Cascade Mountains in the state of Washington near his home to "get clean." The Metal Sludge web site quoted an anonymous source last week as saying that Duff "went to...

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SENATE Tap MARTYR Drummer For Debut CD

Canadian metallers SENATE have tapped MARTYR drummer Patrice Hamelin to play on their upcoming debut album, tentatively due later in the year. The CD will be recorded in June at Silo Studios in Hamilton, Ontario with producer Julius "Juice" Butty (ALEXISONFIRE, PROTEST THE HERO) and will contain the...

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VINNIE PAUL Doesn't Rule Out REBEL MEETS REBEL Tour

Former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul recently spoke to MTV.com about the upcoming debut album from REBEL MEETS REBEL — a collection of a dozen tracks of countrified metal featuring controversial country singer David Allan Coe and the guitar prowess of Paul's late brother, "Dimebag" Darrell...

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HATEBREED To Release 'Supremacy' Via ROADRUNNER

MTV.com is reporting that HATEBREED have been in continuing negotiations with Roadrunner Records and are close to signing a deal with the label. "We ended up doing two records with Universal, and our time at that label was killer," frontman Jamey Jasta explained to MTV.com when asked about the talks...

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THE ACCIDENT EXPERIMENT Featuring Former P.O.D. Guitarist: Tour Dates Announced

Former P.O.D. founder/guitarist Marcos Curiel's band THE ACCIDENT EXPERIMENT will finally release their long-anticipated debut album, "United We Fear", on May 9. The band will begin a coast-to-coast tour along with FIVE.BOLT.MAIN and ELEMENT EIGHTY on May 6 in Longview, TX. So far 25 dates have been...

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TOOL: New Album Artwork Posted Online

TOOL have revealed the cover artwork for their new album, "10,000 Days", due on May 2 via Volcano. Check it out at Toolband.com. The 77-minute, 11-song prog-metal odyssey, which is said to be "packed with plenty of eight minute-plus twisted riff-a-thons, odd-tempo polyrhythms and the band's trademar...

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UGLY Tap Producer RICK PARASHAR For Full-Length Debut

UGLY, the Detroit-based band featuring former members of BRIDGE and OUTSPOKEN, have tapped legendary producer Rick Parashar (PEARL JAM, NICKELBACK, ALICE IN CHAINS, ROB ZOMBIE) to produce their debut album, tentatively due this fall via Rust Records. Pre-production will begin in Cleveland on March 2...

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LAMB OF GOD Drummer: 'No One Ever Expected Us To Get This Far'

ChipRitter.com recently conducted an interview with LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler. A few excerpts from the chat follow: ChipRitter.com: When you are off the road what is your rehearsal schedule like, and do you warm up before rehearsal? Chris Adler: "Right now we rehearse as a band 5 days a week f...

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TOOL: New Album Track Listing Revealed

TOOL have announced the final track listing of their new album, "10,000 Days", due on May 2 via Volcano. The 77-minute, 11-song prog-metal odyssey, which is said to be "packed with plenty of eight minute-plus twisted riff-a-thons, odd-tempo polyrhythms and the band's trademark, eerie interludes" (ac...

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INTO ETERNITY Tap Original Drummer For New Album

Tim Roth of the Regina, Saskatchewan-based progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY has issued the following update on the band's curent and upcoming activities: "The new album is still underway for us. Right now we are looking at 11 songs for the new album. Each song is a bit more compact compared to wh...

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TOOL: North American Release Date For '10,000 Days' Announced

According to Billboard.com, Volcano has set a May 2 North American release date for the new TOOL album, entitled "10,000 Days". The 77-minute, 11-song prog-metal odyssey, which is said to be "packed with plenty of eight minute-plus twisted riff-a-thons, odd-tempo polyrhythms and the band's trademark...

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GENE SIMMONS: ACE FREHLEY Is 'The Laziest, Most Self-Destructive Person I've Ever Met'

Britain's Uncut magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with KISS mainmen Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Simmons: "What was the first sign that we'd made it? Simply, the girls. As soon as we'd started KISS, girls were turning up backstage and wa...

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DISTURBED Tap TODD MCFARLANE To Direct Next Video

According to IGN.com, Spawn comic and movie creator Todd McFarlane revealed at the inaugural New York Comic-Con this past weekend that he has been tapped to direct the next video for DISTURBED. McFarlane, along with longtime Spawn artist Greg Capullo, recently collaborated on the band's "Ten Thousan...