If you're any kind of death metal fan, you recognize some of those song titles above as classic ENTOMBED cuts. NIHILIST was the band that spawned not only ENTOMBED, but UNLEASHED (formed by Johnny Hedlund upon NIHILIST's breakup in 1989). In the span of a short two years, before morphing into ENTOMBED, this band laid ...
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Veteran Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Lipservice", due in Europe on June 6 via G.Records/Nuclear Blast. It is as follows: 01. All We Are 02. Dream On 03. Lift 'U' Up 04. Everything I Want 05. Cupid's Arrow 06. I Wonder 07. I'm Alive 08. I've Seen ...
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MEGADETH bassist James MacDonough has posted the following message to the "Forums" sections of the band's official web site: "Greetings all!!! Sorry it's been a while, isn't that the way a lot of these posts start? I had to gather all my thoughts for the proper synopsis of my experience in the wonderful land Down ...
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German black metallers DARK FORTRESS have posted the following message on their official web site: "The vinyl version of the band's 'Stab Wound' release is finally available! Again you will get what you deserve! The LP comes in 180 g heavy vinyl, strictly limited to 500 copies including 4 bonus tracks. Due to the fact ...
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SOLEFALD drummer Lars Nedland (a.k.a. Lazare) has issued the following update on the recording/mixing process for the group's fifth album: "We're well into the process of mixing the album, and the result sounds killer. We've never had a more dynamic and heavy production, and I can't wait to let you guys hear it. But there's ...
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GOADED (formerly DRIVEN), the California-based band featuring former DIO/WWIII guitarist Tracy G and DAVID LEE ROTH drummer Ray Luzier, have lined up the following dates during April/May: Apr. 27 – West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues May 06 - Newport Beach, CA @ Club Rain GOADED recently released their new, self-titled CD via Tracy's ...
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Launch Radio Networks is reporting that Ted Nugent plans to appeal last week's court victory in Michigan. A jury ruled that the Muskegon Summer Celebration must pay Nugent $100,000 for breaching a contract in June of 2003, with $80,000 for the contracted fee and $20,000 for missed merchandise sales. However, Nugent's camp, which sought $1 ...
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John S. Hausman of The Muskegon Chronicle is reporting that Ted Nugent's testimony Tuesday (March 29) at the Muskegon trial of his lawsuit against Muskegon Summer Celebration over the festival's cancellation of his scheduled June 2003 concert focused on only one of his on-air uses of racial words, the one that drew the ...
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John S. Hausman of The Muskegon Chronicle has issued the following report: Muskegon Summer Celebration scored a huge win Thursday in its defense against rocker Ted Nugent's breach-of-contract lawsuit. Circuit Judge Timothy G. Hicks unexpectedly reversed himself and barred Nugent from claiming more than $1 million in damages for "future lost income" that ...
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John S. Hausman of The Muskegon Chronicle has issued the following report: The breach-of-contract lawsuit by flamboyant '70s rock star and Michigan-native-turned-Texan Ted Nugent against Muskegon Summer Celebration was set to go to trial today in the courtroom of 14th Circuit Judge Timothy G. Hicks. Muskegon County court officials — unused to celebrity ...
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If you can set aside your AT THE GATES worship for just a moment, you'll be able to recognize NIGHTRAGE's "Descent into Chaos" for what it really is: Dependable Swedish melodic death metal. Don't get starry-eyed over the fact that it's Gus G who is laying down the meaty guitar parts and solos or that ...
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Randy Rogoski of The Muskegon Chronicle has issued the following report: Ted Nugent came to town Friday to consider settling his lawsuit against the Muskegon Summer Celebration committee for canceling his June 2003 concert. He'll be back. Muskegon will have its first celebrity trial beginning 9:30 a.m. Tuesday (March 22) in the courtroom ...
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John S. Hausman of The Muskegon Chronicle is reporting that Ted Nugent is scheduled to appear at the courthouse Friday (March 18) in connection with his breach-of-contract lawsuit against Muskegon Summer Celebration. On the Friday docket of 14th Circuit Judge Timothy G. Hicks is a pretrial settlement conference for Nugent's lawsuit, and the ...
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The March issue of U.K.'s Total Guitar magazine features a glowing review of the Epiphone Tony Iommi G-400 guitar, complete with a five-star rating. The magazine describes it as "probably the best Epiphone electric we’ve ever tried. The quality of finish is top class and the guitar has all the classic elements that we’ve come ...
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Swedish power metallers THE STORYTELLER will enter Studio Underground in Västerås, Sweden in early May with producer Pelle Saether to begin recording their fourth full-length album. The follow-up to 2003's "Tales of a Holy Quest" will be recorded over a four-week period and will be "a bit harder then our previous albums," according to vocalist ...
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John S. Hausman of The Muskegon Chronicle has issued the following report: Rocker Ted Nugent's lawsuit against Muskegon Summer Celebration over the festival's cancellation of his scheduled 2003 performance has survived yet another attempt to have it thrown out of court, this time on a technicality. After a hearing Monday, 14th Circuit Judge ...
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It's tough for me not to consider MYSTIC PROPHECY's "Never-Ending" as a companion piece of sorts to FIREWIND's "Forged by Fire". Both came my way within the last month or two, both are quality melodic metal albums, and both feature the axe wizardry of Gus G. Both albums also happen to be the third release ...
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MYSTIC PROPHECY, the melodic power metal band consisting of VALLEY'S EVE vocalist Roberto Dimitri Liapakis, ex-STORMWITCH bassist Martin Albrecht, and FIREWIND/ex-DREAM EVIL guitarist Gus G., have announced the addition of ex-PRIMAL FEAR drummer Klaus Sperling and SYMPHORCE guitarist Markus Pohl to the group's ranks. "Both members are crazy about playing the upcoming shows in April/May ...
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Greek Guitar God Gus G. (damn, that's a lot of Gs!) never rests. Even after leaving DREAM EVIL to focus more attention on his pride and joy, FIREWIND, he still does time with NIGHTRAGE and MYSTIC PROPHECY. All these bands have benefited greatly from his massive chops; his chunky riffs and ferocious leads are matched ...
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I suppose that we should give California quintet HED P.E. some credit to sticking to their rap-metal (or G-Punk, as they like to call it) guns when everyone else in that relatively short-lived trend has either gone away or thrown that style overboard. But on the other hand, what HED has to say on its ...
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Metal Sludge has posted a detailed review of the opening night's performance on MÖTLEY CRÜE's "Red, White, and Crüe 2005...Better Live Than Dead" trek, which officially kicked off Thursday (Feb. 17) in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The review reads as follows: "The entire stage was set up to look like a circus tent. There ...
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Paul Gazzara (a.k.a. Paulie G.), one of the vocalists for the legendary New York hardcore band known as THE SIX AND VIOLENCE, passed away on Wednesday, February 9. He was 41 years old. "Paulie's official cause of death has not been released, but he had been suffering from myriad of health issues over the last ...
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BORKNAGAR mainman Oystein G. Brun has issued the following statement regarding the group's current status: "Dear fans and associates, 'Having created epic metal for several years now, an idea and a vision has arisen within the BORKNAGAR camp, and we hereby want to inform you about how it will affect our forthcoming release: The next ...
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Joe Siegler of BLACK SABBATH fan site Black-Sabbath.com has posted the following update on the new solo album from SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler, entitled "Ohmwork": "'Ohmwork' has a current release projection of April 2005 (the exact date is not set yet). The album will be released by Sanctuary. There's no cover art available ...
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The Associated Press is reporting LINKIN PARK singer Chester Bennington visited schools and an aid project in southern Thailand, encouraging tourists to return to the area damaged by the Dec. 26 tsunami. [Check out pictures from Yahoo!] Bennington stopped at two elementary schools and helped paint the side of a house with foreign ...
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Billboard.com is reporting that FOUR TET, MATMOS, PAUL NEWMAN, RUINS and RACEBANNON are among the acts contributing tracks to "Everything Comes & Goes: A Tribute to Black Sabbath". Due April 5 via Temporary Residence, the set has been in the works for more than eight years, during which time SABBATH frontman Ozzy Osbourne ...
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Greek melodic power metal band FIREWIND, featuring former DREAM EVIL guitarist Gus G., have been confirmed as the support act for Sweden's HAMMERFALL on their upcoming Icebreaker Festival dates in April. Other bands on the bill are LORDI, THUNDERSTONE and PRETTY MAIDS (in Gothenburg only, instead of THUNDERSTONE). Apr. 21 - Z7 – Pratteln, SWI ...
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ContactMusic.com is reporting that rocker MEAT LOAF reduced a MÖTLEY CRÜE after-show party to silence when he blasted bassist Nikki Sixx in a row over his daughter's raunchy stage attire. The "Bat Out of Hell" veteran allowed his daughter Pearl Aday (currently engaged to ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian) to tour with the raucous ...
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German hard rockers SKEW SISKIN are currently working on new material with famous German rock-star rebel Udo Lindenberg. For the first time in SKEW SISKIN history, the songs are in German language. Commented SKEW SISKIN frontwoman Nina C. Alice: "With Udo I now have a partner for writing German lyrics.....with attitude! Similar to Lemmy [MOTÖRHEAD] ...
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French progressive metallers ADAGIO have announced that they will be performing with ANOREXIA NERVOSA at the Transit Festival in Geneva, Switzerland on March 4. ADAGIO recently finished recording a pre-production demo for their upcoming album. "It features four tracks with awesome vocal performance of [new singer] Gus [Monsanto] and insane guitar chops," according to a ...
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