SOULFLY drummer Joe Nunez has issued the following update: "After our return from the Gigantour with MEGADETH, ARCH ENEMY, and CALIBAN in Australia, I took a deep breath and found myself looking back at a very intense year, 2006. SOULFLY had hit the globe with 'Dark Ages', and the touring was non-stop. More and more ...
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Washington D.C.'s Express recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA frontman Derrick Green. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Express: How's the [U.S.] tour going? Green: Crazy. It's been crazy good [Laughs]. It's been very different to be back in the U.S. — to be here finally. It's taken a little too long, ...
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German veteran hard rock band MAD MAX has been tapped to support AXEL RUDI PELL on the second leg of the Mystica tour. The dates for the trek are as follows: Jan. 30 - Fulda, Germany @ Kreuz Jan. 31 - Augsburg, Germany @ Spektrum Feb. 02 - Madrid, Spain @ Heineken Feb. 03 - ...
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After building a rabid following across America, the critically acclaimed Brooklyn death-rapper NECRO has set his sights on Europe before he knuckles down to work on his new album. NECRO will premier his "Drugs, Gory Death and Sex Tour" at a special one-night-only headline show at The Scala, Kings Cross, London on January 11, 2007. ...
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Apeshit recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY/ex-SEPULTURA frontman Max Cavalera. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Apeshit: "Dark Ages" is such a good album. It's complete, diverse, and it's probably SOULFLY's heaviest, most aggressive album so far. What influenced the sound of the album? Max: The sound I think comes from ...
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SOULFLY/ex-SEPULTURA frontman Max Cavalera will make a special guest appearance with Paul Filipenko of the popular Russian group FAQ on January 11, 2007 in Moscow, Russia. No further details are currently available. SOULFLY recently completed a U.S. tour in support of its latest album, "Dark Ages", available now on Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2004's ...
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E-FORCE, the band featuring former VOIVOD bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest, recently entered the studio in Toulouse, France with producer Patrick Freidrich to begin recording its sophomore album, tentatively due in early 2007 via France's Thundering Records. Forrest has sent the following recording update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "We have been just doing the tracks on the weekend, which ...
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Brazilan thrashers SEPULTURA have issued a statement explaining the cancellation of the first few shows of their North American headlining tour (as BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported yesterday). It reads as follows: "We would like to apologize to everyone for our delay for the upcoming U.S. tour. There were visa problems preventing us from starting ...
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Brazilan thrashers SEPULTURA have cancelled the first few shows on their North American tour, reportedly due to visa/immigration issues. So far the following dates have been called off: Nov. 16 - Phoenix, AZ - The Marquee Theatre Nov. 17 - Long Beach, CA - The Vault Nov. 18 - Sacramento, CA - The Boardwalk The ...
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Thorsten Zahn, chief editor of Germany's Metal Hammer magazine (web site), recently conducted an exclusive interview with SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser about the persistent rumors of a reunion with the band's former frontman, Max Cavalera. What follows is a transcript of the interview in its entirety (English-language translation provided to BLABBERMOUTH.NET by Thorsten ...
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German melodic/epic black metal band SYCRONOMICA will support DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER on the following dates: Dec. 05 - Musikkantine - Augsburg (GER) Dec. 07 - Orpheum - Graz (AUT) Dec. 08 - Bürgersaal - Sand in Taufers (ITA) Dec. 09 - Alte Spinnerei - Glauchau (GER) Also scheduled to appear are NATRON and ROTTING FAITH. ...
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SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo has a four-page interview and flamenco guitar lesson in the current issue of Guitar One magazine (Carlos Santana on the cover). The magazine also comes with an instructional DVD featuring a lesson from Marc himself. As previously reported, Marc has lined up the following solo dates: Nov. 10 - The Wheelie ...
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Three out of five members of the legendary Santa Barbara metal/punk rock hybrid SNOT — guitarists Mikey Doling (ex-SOULFLY), Sonny Mayo (SEVENDUST) and bassist John Fahnestock (KCUF, AMEN) — reunited for the first time since the passing of SNOT frontman Lynn Strait. Mayo and Fahnestock joined Doling and his new band INVITRO for a cover ...
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Clips of SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo shredding it up at the Peavey-sponsored Guitar X and Music Live events in England have been posted on YouTube.com. You can check them out here: Guitar X – London, UK: Video Music Live – Birmingham, UK - Pt. 1: Video Music Live – Birmingham, UK ...
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Norway's MAX MIDSUN recently returned home from a successful mini-tour of Norway with KEEP OF KALESSIN and will now open for SATYRICON on Saturday, November 11 at Studentersamfundet in Trondheim, Norway. MAX MIDSUN's new release "Max The 1st" was released on October 30 through Morningstar Records. The CD was recorded at Godt Selskap studio (KEEP ...
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German industrial-metalers B.O.S.C.H. have made four new tracks available for download on their MySpace profile. The songs "Mehr", "Irgendwie", "God" and "Zeit" — will appear on the band's full-length debut, tentatively titled "Welt Am Draht". An early 2007 release through an as-yet-undetermined label.is expected. B.O.S.C.H. is: Programming, Drums: Loz Keyboards, Vocals: Kaie Vocals: ...
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SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo has announced the following solo dates: Nov. 10 - The Wheelie Bar - York, PA Nov. 11 - The Fire Station, Gaithersburgh, MD Nov. 17 - Mexicali Blues - Teaneck, NJ Nov. 18 - Fish Head Cantina - Arbutus, MD Nov. 19 - McCoy's - Commack, NY Nov. 24 - The ...
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MANOWAR has announced more dates for its rescheduled European leg of the Demons, Dragons And Warriors World Tour 2007, also featuring RHAPSODY OF FIRE and HOLYHELL. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Mar. 14 - Sportovní Hala Novesta - Zlín, CZR Mar. 15 - CEZ Aréna – Pardubice, CZR Mar. 16 - Hala Lokomotiva ...
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ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her MySpace page: "If you wanna know how to play the blues, get yourself a woman.. "Well, I am both. Woman and 'end-of-tour'-bluesy. Terrible. "My Mac broke down (the battery gave out, a serial defect) and I was offline for about 10 days. Thus ...
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Two songs from HEARSE's brand new fourth album, "In These Veins", have been posted online at the Dental Records web site. Check out the tracks "Corroding Armour" and "Intoxication" in the "Audio Player" located at www.dentalrecords.se. HEARSE is the Swedish "death 'n' roll" band featuring former ARCH ENEMY singer Johan Liiva and ex-FURBOWL ...
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Sweden's AEON has issued the following update: "We are sorry to say that we have to cancel the Höstmörker gig in Sundsvall, Sweden. Tommy [Dahlström, vocals] suffered from an almost broken appendix... and he had to undergo surgery. He is alive and well but he needs to take it easy for two weeks or so." ...
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Escape Music has announced the forthcoming release of a triple-CD digipack which combines the first three PHENOMENA albums. These three classic recordings include an all-star cast of musicians that include Glenn Hughes, Brian May, Ray Gillan, Scott Gorham and Don Airey, plus many others. All three albums are of the highest quality, and the re-mastered ...
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SOULFLY/ex-SEPULTURA mainman Max Cavalera told The West Australian that it was an Indonesian tour in the mid-'90s that the Brazilian-born, U.S.-based singer-songwriter and producer rates as his most surreal moment on stage. "There were 20,000 people at this show and the kids started throwing flip-flops on stage; there was kind of a riot ...
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Cameron Edney recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY/ex-SEPULTURA mainman Max Cavalera. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Q: Max, let's start with news on Bobby Burns [bass]. How is he doing? Max: Ah, he's getting better, it came on so sudden. It happened just before the tour started and we were all surprised by ...
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The cover artwork for MAX MIDSUN's upcoming release "Max The 1st" has been posted online. A brand new track, called "Plaguedoctor's Mask", has also been made available for download. You can find both the artwork and the new song at the group's official MySpace page. Due on October 30 through Morningstar Records, "Max ...
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Having just returned from drilling their technical black metal into the unsuspecting eardrums of metal fans all over Europe as SATYRICON's special guests, KEEP OF KALESSIN are back on the road in their native Norway: Oct. 19 - Hulen, Bergen, NOR Oct. 20 - Tribute, Sandnes, NOR Oct. 21 - Garage, Oslo, NOR IMBALANCE and ...
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SEPULTURA's official web site has been updated with photos from the group's appearance at the Live 'N' Louder festival on Saturday, October 14 in São Paulo, Brazil. Check them out at this location. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Dark Wood of Error 02. Refuse/Resist 03. Convicted in Life 04. False 05. ...
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Several photos of brothers and former SEPULTURA bandmates Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) playing together and hanging out for the first time in 10 years at the 10th annual D-Low Memorial Festival on August 17, 2006 at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, AZ have been posted online at this location (all ...
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On October 31, Metal Blade Records will re-issue one of THE classic albums of its catalogue — FLOTSAM AND JETSAM's mighty "Doomsday for the Deceiver". The album will be re-released as a three-disc-set — two CDs and one DVD. It includes the original version, a remixed version (by the album's original producer, Bill Metoyer), demo ...
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SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera was recently interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Listen to the interview in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: The Max Cavalera interview begins at around the one-hour, 38-minute mark). Check out the ...
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