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COLDWORKER Begins Recording New Album

COLDWORKER — the Örebro, Sweden-based "blasting" death metal band consisting of current and former/current members of such acts as NASUM, RELENTLESS, RUIN and PHOBOS — has entered Soundlab Studios in the group's hometown to begin recording its third album for an early 2011 release. COLDWORKER drumme...

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AIRBOURNE Frontman Interviewed By 'The Metalheadz' (Video)

Peter Bailey of "The Metalheadz" radio show conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Joel O'Keefe of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE at the Hard Rock Hell IV festival, which was held December 3-5, 2010 at Pontins in Prestatyn, North Wales, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. AI...

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INSISION Parts Ways With Guitarist

Swedish death metallers INSISION have parted ways with guitarist Magnus Martinsson due to his "involvement and focus on other bands and projects" and have recruited death metal/jazz-influenced axeman Tobias Alpadie as a session member. Commented Tobias: "Since their release of 'Beneath The Folds Of...

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Former PRONG Bassist TROY GREGORY Discusses Auditioning for METALLICA; Audio Available

On this current episode of the "Glory Is Noise" online radio show, host Joel Gausten welcomes filmmaker and multi-instrumentalist Troy Gregory (PRONG, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, KILLING JOKE, SWANS, THE WITCHES) for a lengthy talk about Troy's eclectic career. Highlights of the nearly two-hour episode incl...

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AIRBOURNE Frontman Interviewed At HARD ROCK FELL IV (Video)

Sonic Shocks conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Joel O'Keefe of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE at the Hard Rock Hell IV festival, which was held December 3-5, 2010 at Pontins in Prestatyn, North Wales, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. AIRBOURNE was among the nominees...

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EFFECTIONHATE Re-Imagines MINISTRY's 'Psalm 69'

EFFECTIONHATE, the experimental music project led by multi-instrumentalist Shannon Gardner-Gausten, has just released its first commercially available song, "Fifteen (Psalm 69 Mix)". A complete re-working of MINISTRY's classic track "Psalm 69", "Fifteen (Psalm 69 Mix)" is available for download at i...

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TOXIC HOLOCAUST Begins Recording New Album

TOXIC HOLOCAUST has entered Dexters Lab in Milford, Connecticut with TOXIC HOLOCAUST/KINGDOM OF SORROW drummer and engineer Nick Bellmore (HATEBREED, PHANTOMS, FULL BLOWN CHAOS) to begin recording its new album for a late spring release via Relapse Records. TOXIC HOLOCAUST frontman Joel Grind recent...

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Today Marks Six-Year Anniversary Of DIMEBAG DARRELL's Death

Today (Wednesday, December 8) marks the six-year anniversary of the death of PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Abbott, one of the most beloved and respected musicians in hard rock, was shot onstage during a DAMAGEPLAN concert at the Alrosa Villa club in Columbus, Ohio by a 2...

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INSISION Signs With SEVARED RECORDS

Swedish death metallers INSISION have inked a deal with the U.S. label Sevared Records. The band's new EP was recorded at Off Beat Studio in Stockholm with engineer Anders Eriksson and is scheduled for release in early 2011. The group states, "It has been brutal and fun working with this new materia...

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SAMMY HAGAR Says His Autobiography Is 'Basically Done'

Legendary rocker Sammy Hagar is putting the finishing touches on his autobiography, tentatively titled "Red", for a 2011 release via It Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. "The book's basically done, but the editors want me to go deeper in a couple of areas," Hagar tells the Marin Indepen...

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ANDRÉ MATOS: New Brazilian Concert Footage Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of Brazilian singer André Matos' (ANGRA, SHAAMAN, VIPER) November 19, 2010 performance at SESC in Santo André, Brazil can be viewed below (courtesy of Joel Oliveira Jr.). "Mentalize", the second solo album from André Matos, was released in Europe on February 1, 2010 via SPV/...

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TOXIC HOLOCAUST's JOEL GRIND Interviewed By METAL ASSAULT (Audio)

On November 20, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with Joel Grind of TOXIC HOLOCAUST at the Grove Of Anaheim in Anaheim, California. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Video footage of TOXIC HOLOCAUST rehearsing a brand new song — which will a...

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BLACK SABBATH Drummer Dedicates Radio Show To Veterans Day/Remembrance Day

This month's edition of BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward's "Rock 50" monthly radio show will air on November 20, "and as usual, we'll be dedicating the show to Veterans Day/Remembrance Day (November 11)," states Bill. "In the first hour of the show, we'll have some great metal bands, including ANTHRA...

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SAMMY HAGAR: 'Go There Once, Be There Twice' Documentary World Premiere Announced

A documentary covering the history of Sammy Hagar's (CHICKENFOOT, VAN HALEN) "Birthday Bash" and Cabo Wabo Cantina, "Go There Once, Be There Twice", will be screened on December 11 at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, California. Hagar says, "As usual, it's going to be a party, complete with...

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ROB ZOMBIE FOH Engineer JOEL LONKY Controls The Chaos With Midas PRO6

With over 20 years of touring experience with such diverse acts as RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, MAROON 5, CYPRESS HILL, COLLECTIVE SOUL and WEIRD AL YANKOVIC, FOH (front-of-house) engineer Joel Lonky has seen and solved a wide range of performance issues, but few are so chaotic as his current gig mixin...