Belgian thrashers AFTER ALL have been confirmed as direct support for STONE SOUR in Belgium and Holland. The details are as follows: Feb. 19 - AB - Brussels, Belgium Mar. 07 - Melkweg Max - Amsterdam, Holland AFTER ALL is confirmed to appear at this year's Pestpop festival on April 21 in Wieze, Belgium. Also ...
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SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera made a special guest appearance with the popular Russian hardcore group FAQ on January 11, 2007 in Moscow, Russia at the Shadow Club. Cavalera performed "Molotov", "Jumpdafuckup" and the FAQ original track "The Killing Song", to which he also contributed vocals in the studio for inclusion on FAQ's upcoming album, "Circus ...
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ARCH ENEMY vocalist Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her MySpace page: "Chile, Argentina and Brazil: 12 days in total (60 hours of them just flying — 10 flights altogether, through thunderstorms and one with broken landing gear). Four shows, more than 8,000 fans total attending, one insane signing session with 450 rabid ...
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With the upcoming Demons, Dragons and Warriors Tour, MANOWAR is ready to bring true metal to your town and take you to Valhalla — the place of immortal warriors! Mobilized with seven trucks and six buses, MANOWAR's 100-strong army of warriors and crew will invade Europe with a storm of energy, devotion and power. With ...
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A behind-the-scenes video clip of VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland talking about the photo shoot for clothing designer John Varvatos' spring 2007 ad campaign — featuring VELVET REVOLVER — has been posted online at this location. In other news, Weiland told James Patrick Herman of In Style at Clive Davis's annual ...
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Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA have been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2007 festival, set to take place July 16-21, 2007 in Tolmin, Slovenia. More than 80 bands will perform on two stages over the course of five days of live music. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH ARS MORIENDI BLIND ...
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SOULFLY's official web site has been updated with the following message: "There's many new things to say with this post. First, we'll start off with the best information; SOULFLY shows. In April, SOULFLY plans to undertake a small South American tour to countries such as Mexico, Argentina, and Chile. However, exact dates for ...
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More information has been released about Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA's upcoming European headlining tour, which is scheduled to kick off in March. Tentative dates so far are as follows; Mar. 10 - CZR - Prag - Rock Café Mar. 11 - D - Karlsruhe - Substage Mar. 13 - F - Paris - La Locomotive Mar. ...
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BLACK MARKET HERO, the band featuring members of FLAW and 40 BELOW SUMMER, will embark on a two-week tour this February. The band has been doing some regional touring and more recently has been in the studio working on its new album. The lineup includes vocalist Max Illidge (40 BELOW SUMMER), guitarist Joey D'Amico (40 ...
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SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo has recorded an all-acoustic version of SOULFLY's "Frontlines". Check it out at www.myspace.com/marcrizzo. In other news, Marc has also announced the following solo tour dates: Jan. 27 - Mexicali Blues - Teaneck, NJ Feb. 02 - Thunder Down Under - Baltimore, MD Feb. 03 - Grape St. Pub - ...
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Living metal legends they may be, but from playing their new album in its entirety on tour to insisting they aren't metal, their legacy is hardly set in stone. Metal Hammer magazine's (web site) Geoff Barton rakes them over the coals. Read on: Q: Do you believe your fans want to hear the ...
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Jeffrey Easton of The Metal Exiles recently coinducted an interview with SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: The Metal Exiles: You are currently on tour for "Dante XXI" with a new drummer, what happened? Andreas: Igor [Cavalera] left officially six or seven months ago but he has ...
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SEPULTURA fan site Sepularmy.net recently conducted an interview with the band's new drummer Jean Dolabella (ex-UDORA). A few excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow: Q: How did SEPULTURA gain your attention as a drummer? Jean Dolabella: I met the guys awhile ago when they played a show in L.A. where I used to ...
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40 BELOW SUMMER co-founder/vocalist Max Illidge will be the featured guest on the "All Knowing Force" web-based interview show tonight (Tuesday, January 16) at 10:00 p.m. EST / 7:00 p.m. PST. Listeners are encouraged to call 347-410-9416 to speak with Max or email their questions to [email protected] For more information, visit www.allknowingforce.com. 40 ...
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Do not let it be said that French symphonic metallers FAIRYLAND tricked you into buying "The Fall of an Empire". If you buy an album from a band called FAIRYLAND and you expect anything other than the utterly over-the-top bard-metal you get, you're either illiterate or retarded. Anyone not into Middle Earth, bombast, elves, Renaissance ...
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After a decade of releasing albums and numerous European tours, it's nothing short of amazing that the best EKTOMORF can come up with on their seventh release is such a ridiculous ripoff of the Max Cavalera school of simpler-is-better mono-thrash. It's not a passing resemblance, it's not an occasional inflection — it sounds like this ...
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Even though SOULFLY is on break through the start of the new year, the band's mainman Max Cavalera will make a special guest appearance with Paul Filipenko of the popular hardcore Russian group FAQ on January 11, 2007 in Moscow, Russia at the Shadow Club. Paul recently contributed some fire-spitting vocals to the track "Molotov" ...
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New York-based death metallers SKINLESS are taking a few months off in early 2007 to recover from the "Trample the Weak World Tour 2006". "We had a fucking great time across Canada, Eastern USA, Europe, Australia and New Zealand and we'll be combing through the footage for a new SKINLESS DVD," the group says in ...
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Metal Injection has uploaded over 30 hours of archival footage into its "Video Vault". Before becoming the first metal video-on-demand network, "Overdose", Metal Injection would release weekly episodic episodes featuring the best in underground videos as well as interviews with today's big stars and up-and-comers. All of these episodes are now available in the "Video ...
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SOULFLY bassist Bobby Burns has issued the following update: "Wow, what a fuckin' year 2006 has been! One great big rollercoaster ride of happy times as well as sad ones. We've been around the world many times this past year and we live a lifestyle that many people can only dream about but every hour ...
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Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA have been confrmed as the headliners of the "Monsters Metal Rock 2007" festival, set to take place January 13, 2007 at the Racing Club Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The featival billing is shaping up as follows: SEPULTURA IAN RENACER RAZONES BROCKEN BRUTHAL 6 SKIN CULTURE Check out a poster for the ...
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40 BELOW SUMMER has uploaded a new MP3 for the song "Five of a Kind". The band has also posted photos from their recent video shoot for the song "Relapse", the new single off their October 31 release, "The Last Dance", via Crash Music Inc. The "Relapse" video was shot by Frankie Nasso (MUDVAYNE, ALL ...
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SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo will be taking his shredding skills to the West Coast for the first time to let more metalheads thrash to his trademark sound. Newly scheduled Rizzo solo shows are as follows: Jan. 12 - Boston, MA - TBA Jan. 13 - Lowell, MA - Rusty G's Jan. 18 - Anaheim, CA ...
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SEPULTURA's Andreas Kisser and Derrick Green will be interviewed on Sirius Satellite Radio's "Hard Attack" on Sunday, December 24 at 3:00 p.m. ET. Repeat broadcasts are scheduled for Friday, December 29 at 5:00 p.m. ET and Thursday, January 11 at 10:00 p.m. ET. A press release promoting the upcoming interview reads as follows: "As SEPULTURA ...
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Deathrasher magazine recently conducted an interview with former PESTILENCE/ASPHYX/BOLT THROWER and current DEATH BY DAWN frontman Martin van Drunen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Deathrasher: Old metalheads prefer to stay with their classic bands and are not interested in listen to the new hordes. Are you one of them? What ...
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Crash Music has announced the signing of multi-album deals with RIKETS, ASHES OF YOUR ENEMY and BLESS THE FALLEN. RIKETS' latest album, "Anything for the Devil", was released via Corporate Punishment Records. The CD was produced by Ben Schigel (CHIMAIRA, SWITCHED) and mixed by Logan Mader (MACHINE HEAD, SOULFLY, MEDICATION). New Jersey's ASHES OF YOUR ...
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Germany's STURCH has uploaded three new videos on its MySpace page, including a clip for its song "Bless Me with Patience" from the band's new album "Beauty, Anger & Aggression", the ballad "Teamlove" (piano version) and an older video for their song "Bite My Tongue". STURCH has just finished mastering its debut album, ...
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Finland's HardcoreSounds.Net recently conducted an interview with DISTURBED frontman David Draiman. A few excerpts from the chat follow: HardcoreSounds.Net: How did you manage to get a slot on the Ozzfest main stage so soon after your debut? David Draiman: "Our first slot on the main stage was our second Ozzfest, which would've been ...
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An audio sample of VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland's (ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS) new solo track, "The Man I Didn't Know", has been posted online at the Softdrive Records MySpace page. Weiland is the President and principal owner of Softdrive Records, which just signed a deal with Sony/RED Distribution and New West Records. This ...
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