In a recent sit-down interview with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, PRO-PAIN founder, frontman, singer and bassist Gary Meskil and guitarist Tom Klimchuck explained their advantageous beginning courtesy of Energy Records' founder. "He was worth half a billion dollars … he owns chains of corporate lawyers, and they all specialize in medical malpractice," Meskil said. ...
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Sammy Hagar has confirmed during an appearance on "The Howard Stern Show" Friday morning (March 26) that he has been working with VAN HALEN for a couple of months on new material that will be included on a compilation disc due this summer. The following is a synopsis of this morning's show, as reported by ...
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ADRIFT, the hard rock project featuring Jack Owen of CANNIBAL CORPSE, has finished two grueling days of photography for their video for the song "Empty Dreams". Shot in various locations by Gary Schutt of JEFF SCOTT SOTO fame and Paul Bigotti of Savage Armadillo Productions ("Web of Darkness", "Unearthed"), the clip, shot on professional digital ...
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UNJUST's performance at Imusicast (5429 Telegraph) in Oakland, California Saturday night (March 27) will be broadcast via the Internet at Imusicast.com. Also performing will be BROKEN DOLLS, SOCIETY'S EDGE, KID INNOCENCE and UNBOUND. The webcast is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. PST. The show is all ages and is being produced by ...
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FATES WARNING drummer Mark Zonder will be playing old MONTROSE tunes with Ronnie Montrose, Ricky Phillips (bass) and Johnny Lesveque (vocals) at the Dallas Guitar Show on April 17. "This should be quite exciting as MONTROSE was my favorite band for many many years," Zonder said in an online posting. "Sort of a dream come ...
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Progressive metallers SHADOW GALLERY will enter a San Diego recording studio Thursday, March 18 to begin tracking the drums for their fifth album, tentatively due later in the year. "The recording sessions of drummer Joe Nevolo, along with Gary Wehrkamp was originally slated for February 8th, but due to an unforeseen family emergency they were ...
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The previously published list of songs that was alleged to be the track listing for DEF LEPPARD's upcoming CD of classic British rock covers has been exposed as a hoax. The track listing, which originally appeared on the MelodicRock.com web site on March 12, has been designed to spell out "This Is Bullshit" ...
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Legendary guitarist Gary Moore has recorded a guest appearance for the new TRILOK GURTU album, "Broken Rhythms", due for release in April. Trilok Gurtu is an Indian master musician, composer and serial collaborator and "Broken Rhythms" is his tenth recording. Moore has reportedly contributed a guitar solo to the song "Kabir", named after an Indian ...
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In addition to his brand-new, as-yet-unnamed project with Neal Schon and Deen Castronovo (both of JOURNEY) and Marco Mendoza (WHITESNAKE, BLUE MURDER, THIN LIZZY), singer Jeff Scott Soto has started recording his highly anticipated third solo album, tentatively titled "Lost In The Translation". Jeff has confirmed that Neal Schon will co-write a song and appear ...
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KING'S X singer Doug Pinnick will be joining forces with Kenny Aronoff for the following clinics: Monday, April 12 @ 6pm Daddy's Springfield 935 Riverdale St. Springfield, MA 413-737-4443 Tuesday, April 13 @ 6pm Daddy's Boston 165 Mass Ave. Boston, MA 617-247-0909 Wednesday, April 14 @ 6pm* Daddy's Nashua 293 Daniel Webster Highway Nashua, NH ...
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EXODUS will be the special guests on the San Francisco Bay Area radio station KSAN 107.7 FM The Bone tonight (March 5) beginning at 9:00 p.m. PST / 12:00 a.m. EST. The band will discuss their latest release, "Tempo Of The Damned", and will premier the album in its entirety, according to a posting on ...
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Y&T's collection of previously unreleased material, "UnEarthed Vol. 1", will be released in Europe in April through the U.K.-based label Dream Catcher Records. As previously reported, the disc contains songs that were demoed for various albums over the years (some as far back as 1974) but never made it to the finished product — including ...
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Reunited South Chicago heavy metal band TYRANT'S REIGN have been spotted remixing some of their old recordings at Pumpkin Studios with engineer Gary Loizzo (AMERICAN BREED, STYX) for re-release on CD, according to a posting at NWITimes.com. The members also have been busy writing new songs with plans to enter Pumpkin this summer ...
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Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS will embark on a three-week, major-market U.S. tour in April, according to an online posting by the band's guitarist, Gary Holt. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. As previously reported, Nuclear Blast Records have pushed back the U.S. release date of the new EXODUS ...
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Legendary guitarist Gary Moore is scheduled to release a new studio album in late May through Sanctuary Records. The as-yet-untitled 10-track set will feature some blues standards, together with plenty of blues rock originals, which have been recorded over the past three months. The complete track listing is still undecided at this time, but hopefully ...
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METALLICA frontman James Hetfield is one of the contributors to Brett Alexander Savory and M. W. Anderson's West Memphis Three anthology, "Last Pentacle of the Sun: Writings in Support of the West Memphis Three", due in early October through Arsenal Pulp Press. Sales of "Last Pentacle of the Sun: Writings in Support of the West ...
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FATES WARNING drummer Mark Zonder has teamed up with guitarist Gary Wehrkamp (SHADOW GALLERY) and vocalist D.C. Cooper (SILENT FORCE, ex-ROYAL HUNT) in a new project called ALFA-DOG. The group's musical direction is described by Zonder as "song-oriented, commercial-style . . . while still keeping to our progressive roots." ALFA-DOG are currently shopping around for ...
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RAGING SLAB/BACKDRAFT singer Greg Strzempka recently spoke to the Swedish web site Metalshrine.se about a number of different topics, including the time RAGING SLAB toured with GUNS N' ROSES. Asked if he "hung out" with the GNR guys, Greg said, "Yeah! Well, Axl [Rose, GNR lead singer] was in his own world even ...
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Former NOTHINGFACE guitarist Tom Maxwell and drummer Tommy Sickles have announced the formation of COLDWHITECHRIST with bassist Jerry Montano (DEADLIGHTS, DANZIG). Tom Maxwell explains, "After Ozzfest, Tommy and I decided to start a project with our longtime friends Jerry and Chad Gray (MUDVAYNE). We began recording demos with Drew Mazurek (LINKIN PARK, GWAR, NOTHINGFACE), and ...
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NOTHINGFACE have reportedly split up. The group's official statement on the matter is as follows: "We regret to inform that after 10 years and 4 albums, we, as a band, will no longer continue as NOTHINGFACE. We cannot begin to thank all our friends, family and most importantly our fans for their continued support through ...
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The makers of "Get Thrashed", the upcoming documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted the first preview clip via the project's official web site. The first clip features Zetro Souza (vocals), Gary Holt (guitar) and Tom Hunting (drums) from EXODUS talking about the ...
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Californian death-doomsters MORGION have set an April 27 release date through Dark Symphonies Records for their new album, "Cloaked By Ages, Crowned In Earth". The follow-up to 1999's "Solinari" was produced by Mathias Schneeberger at Donner & Blitzen Studios and contains "eight magnificent tracks, clocking in at over an hour, that begin right where 'Solinari' ...
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Brazilian hard rock magazine Whiplash has compiled an **updated** list of more than 140 hard rock/heavy metal stars' favorite albums of 2003 and has posted it online at this location (scroll down the page). Some albums from 2002 were allowed, and the artists were asked to list anywhere from one to ten releases, ...
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PRO-PAIN have finalized the track listing for their eighth studio album, "Fistful of Hate", due on April 6 through Candlelight Records. The CD will arrive in Europe on March 1 on Continental Entertainment/Soulfood Music. "Fistful of Hate" track listing: 01. Can You Feel It? 02. Left For Dead 03. Godspeed (feat. Stephan Weidner of BÖHSE ...
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EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt has posted the following message in regards to the band's upcoming record-release party (scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 11 at DNA Lounge in San Francisco): "Okay, here's the scoop on the record release party. There is NO opening band. First band on is us, EXODUS. We are going to ...
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EXODUS' video for the track "War Is My Shepherd" has been posted online in Real Media format at this location. "War Is My Shepherd" comes off the group's forthcoming CD, "Tempo of the Damned", due out in Europe on February 2 (the two-year anniversary of late EXODUS frontman Paul Baloff's passing) and in ...
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The March 2004 issue of Guitar World magazine includes a list of the 100 greatest heavy metal guitarists as selected by the magazine's staff. "This is not a list that ranks who can play the fastest or with the most taste, feeling or technique (although many players on our list have all of those arrows ...
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Reunited San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS have announced a record-release party on Thursday, March 11 at DNA Lounge in San Francisco. Tickets are priced at $8.00 in advance, $12.00 at the door. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. EXODUS' first studio album since 1992's "Force of Habit", "Tempo of the Damned" is due out in ...
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Reunited San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS will be embarking on a European tour beginning in early June. The first confirmed dates are as follows: Jun. 10-12 – Sölvesborg, SWE @ Sweden Rock Jun. 22 – Glasgow, SCO @ Cathouse Jun. 23 – Swansea, UK @ Escape Jun. 24 – London, UK @ Underworld EXODUS' ...
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PRO-PAIN will release their eighth studio album, entitled "Fistful of Hate", on April 6 through Candlelight Records. Recorded in Florida, "Fistful of Hate" is the heaviest and most aggressive album to date from the long-running metal/hardcore band. " 'Fistful Of Hate' is without question our strongest production and contains some of our best work," says ...
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