Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with former FEAR FACTORY and current DIVINE HERESY guitarist Dino Cazares. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: I gotta ask the question about FEAR FACTORY. Is the relationship with Raymond and the rest of the guys still strained or are there any improvements on that? Dino: ...
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Norwegian thrashers MANIFEST have scheduled a hometown CD-release party for their new album, "Hedonism", on December 1 at UFFA in Trondheim. "Hedonism", will hit the streets in Norway on November 26 via Morningstar Records. A wider European release is planned for early 2008. The follow-up to 2005's "Half Past Violence", "Hedonism" was recorded at Spiren ...
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Soulfly Web conducted an interview with SOULFLY bassist Bobby Burns shortly after the band began tracking its sixth album in early October. Soulfly Web: Right now, SOULFLY is in the middle of work on the sixth album. Can you give us some insight on how you feel the album is turning out? Bobby ...
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Ohio-based black/death metal band ACHERON has welcomed back guitarist Stacey Connolly into its unholy fold for some live performances. Connolly has agreed to fill the second guitarist slot for several shows and appear on the upcoming ACHERON live DVD. According to the bandmembers, Stacey "is working out very well and it is great working with ...
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KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has been updated with photos from the launch of the much-anticipated Paul Stanley Electric Guitar and accessories, held on November 3 at the Zellers and Home Outfitters store in Georgetown, Ontario. Canada-based KISS tribute band FRIED ALIVE appeared at the store to greet fans who came out for ...
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INCITE, the Phoenix, Arizona-based band fronted by SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera's stepson Richie Cavalera, has posted its entire new three-song EP, "Divided We Fail", on the group's MySpace page. According to drummer Zak Sofaly, "the songs were all composed in a matter of hours over a three-day period, and on the fourth day ...
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Video footage of former SEPULTURA drummer Igor "Iggor" Cavalera laying down drum beats along to a track by MIXHELL — the DJ/hip hop/electro project featuring Igor and his wife Laima Leyton — at the Skol Beats 2007 electronic music festival, which took place May 4-5, 2007 in São Paulo, Brazil, can be viewed below. Igor ...
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Hall of Fame drummer Marky Ramone (RAMONES) paid a recent visit to the set of "The Most Ferocious Drummers Ever" — a featured television special currently in production which chronicles the lives and careers of over 50 legendary drummers in jazz, funk, rock, metal, and alternative music. Other drummers that appear in the special include ...
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Former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen has scheduled the following dates: Nov. 25 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Club Nov. 27 - Budapest, Hungary @ Petöfi Hall Dec. 02 - Moscow, Russia @ Club B1 Dec. 08 - Kuusankoski, Finland @ Sami Hyypiä Areena Dec. 10 - Köln, Germany @ Live Music Hall Dec. 11 - ...
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Erikson Consumer, the consumer electronics division of Jam Industries located in Baie D'Urfé, Quebec, and the Hudson Bay Corporation have announced the launch of the much anticipated Paul Stanley Electric Guitar and accessories. Paul Stanley is a legendary American hard rock guitarist and vocalist for the classic rock band KISS. Paul's persona in KISS is ...
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Two releases from early ragga metal pioneers DUB WAR will be released together in an exclusive double CD pack on Monday, October 29. Featuring Benji Webbe from SKINDRED, this fan-friendly CD pack, which includes the albums "Pain" and "Wrong Side Of Beautiful", is a fitting release to mark DUB WAR's success and influence in the ...
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SOULFLY members Max Cavalera (guitar/vocals), Joe Nunez (drums), Marc Rizzo (guitar), and Bobby Burns (bass) entered Porch Studio in Florida on September 12 to begin recording the band's sixth studio album for an early summer 2008 release via Roadrunner Records. After recording up until the end of September, the band was able to complete nearly ...
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SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo has dropped off the "Metal Crusade" tour with PRIMER 55 and LOVE SAID NO. No further details are currently available. SOULFLY members Max Cavalera (guitar/vocals), Joe Nunez (drums), Marc Rizzo (guitar), and Bobby Burns (bass) entered the studio last month to begin recording the band's sixth studio album. The CD will ...
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NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury has issued the following update: "Halfway through our Latin American tour and things have been going great! "We have been meeting some amazing people on this tour. All the people who have made the shows as good and smooth as can be. Max, our promoter down here in Latin America, ...
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New Jersey metal act ASHES OF YOUR ENEMY has released the video for its song "Surrender", directed by Frankie Nasso (MUDVAYNE, HATEBREED, ALL THAT REMAINS, BURY YOUR DEAD). Watch it below. The track comes off the group's new album, "The Undying", due on October 23 via Crash Music Inc. According to a press release, "The ...
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SOULFLY's Marc Rizzo and Bobby Burns will be interviewed by Blake Patton of Madison, Wisconsin's 94.1 WJJO-FM on Friday, October 19 at 12 noon CST. You can listen to the program live on the Internet at www.wjjo.com. Marc Rizzo is currently on tour now with his solo band supporting Burns and his bands ...
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INCITE, the Phoenix, Arizona-based band fronted by SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera's stepson Richie Cavalera, has posted another "very rough new demo" of a song called "Army of Darkness" on the group's MySpace page. The band is in the studio right now putting the finishing touches on a new three-song EP. According to drummer ...
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Tattoo master Paul Booth inked a deal with the MTV's Headbanger's Blog to write a weekly column about his numerous experiences on tour, and interactions over the years with various rockers. An excerpt from his latest column, dubbed "Thrashin' Ink", follows: "About six years ago, SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera invited me down to ...
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Woodstock, NY-based band THREE (3) has released its video for the song "All That Remains", which is the first single off the group's new album, "The End Is Begun", released on July 24. The clip was directed and shot by acclaimed director David Brodsky (GWAR, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, HELMET) and his crew at MyGoodEye. The ...
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Before heading out on tour with AVENGED SEVENFOLD later this month, Miami, Florida-based hard rock band BLACK TIDE (formerly RADIO) will be the featured performers at the second annual Monster Energy Drinks/Coffin Case Halloween bash on October 27 at NRG Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. The party will also include a runway show from the ...
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Guitarist Victor Smolski of the German power metal band RAGE has issued the following update: "On Saturday, October 20, the great TV total Stock Car Crash Challenge will start again. At 8:15 p.m, ProSieben will broadcast that motorsport-event live out of the Gelsenkirchener Veltins-Arena, where Stefan Raab and co. will again risk their necks as ...
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The PHUNK JUNKEEZ? Are you serious? If I make fun of this record, are they gonna round up JIMMIE'S CHICKEN SHACK and SHOOTYZ GROOVE and come give me a funk-o-metal beatdown, 1994 b-boy style? If nothing else, you gotta hand it to these dudes for not only laboring all this time under a name more ...
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Video footage of MIXHELL (photo) — the DJ/hip hop/electro project featuring former SEPULTURA drummer Igor "Iggor" Cavalera and his wife Laima Leyton — performing in Londrina, PR, Brazil on September 15, 2007 can be viewed below. Igor Cavalera left SEPULTURA in June 2006 due to "artistic differences." He has since been replaced by ...
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Woodstock, NY-based band THREE (3) will have its song "Alien Angel" featured in Henry Rollins' new movie "Wrong Turn 2". For more information about the sequel to the acclaimed 2003 horror film, click here. THREE earlier in the year shot a video for the song "All That Remains", which is the first single ...
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During the 11th annual D-Low Memorial Show on August 31 — the first live performance from CAVALERA CONSPIRACY (featuring SEPULTURA founding members Max and Igor Cavalera) — the Soulfly Web team was able to sit down and conduct interviews with all the members of CAVALERA CONSPIRACY about their upcoming debut album. Except for a few ...
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BLACK MARKET HERO, the band featuring members of FLAW and 40 BELOW SUMMER, has issued the following update: "It is with great regret that we wish to inform everyone that Ryan Jurhs [guitar] will no longer be a member of BLACK MARKET HERO. This has come to pass for very respectable and justifiable reasons that ...
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Norwegian thrashers MANIFEST have issued the following update: "MANIFEST are happy to announce that a deal with Morningstar Records has been inked and the new album, 'Hedonism', will hit the streets in Norway on November 26th!!! A European release of the album is planned to early 2008. "We are excited as hell to have signed ...
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Tattoo master Paul Booth, the artist of choice for metal musicians seeking tats, has proven that he's almost as good with a pen as he is with a needle. In August, Booth inked a deal with the MTV2 Headbanger's Blog to write a weekly column about his numerous experiences on tour, and interactions over the ...
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If the new ENTOMBED left you flat, and you're looking for "death and roll" (really, is there a dumber name for a subgenre?) with plenty of speedy punk beats, out-of-left-field melodies, and seemingly boundless energy, then your new favorite band has just delivered your album of the year. HEARSE has been criminally underrated since their ...
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Former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen has been forced to reschedule the Budapest, Hungary and London, UK dates on her upcoming tour due to "new promotional activities in Germany." The Budapest show has been moved from November 29 to November 27, while the London concert has been postponed to December 20 from the previously announced November ...
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