RUSH have confirmed 10 West Coast dates for the second leg of their North American tour. The additional stateside run in support of the forthcoming Anthem/Atlantic album Vapor Trails, will launch on September 14th in George, Washington. As previously reported, the tour will kick off June 28 in Hartford, Connecticut, with the first leg slated ...
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A bunch of dates have been leaked for the forthcoming RUSH North American tour, which will reportedly be billed as “An Evening With RUSH” and will not include any opening acts. The unconfirmed dates are as follows: Jun. 28 - Meadows Music Centre - Hartford, CT April 20 Jun. 29 - Coors Light Amphitheater - ...
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DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy will pen the liner notes for the Japanese version of the upcoming RUSH CD, entitled Vapor Trails. Says Portnoy: “I am honored to have been asked to write the liner notes for the Japanese version of their long-awaited, upcoming CD Vapor Trails, so I have been listening to this since ...
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Check out the cover to RUSH's forthcoming Vapor Trails CD at this location. ...
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RUSH have set up a dedicated web site for their much-anticipated Vapor Trails CD at www.rushvaportrails.com. Currently under construction, the site features a preview of the album's first single "One Little Victory". A full MP3 of the track can be downloaded at this location. ...
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A 90-second CD-quality clip of the new RUSH single "One Little Victory", taken from the group's forthcoming Vapor Trails CD, can be downloaded from this location. Vapor Trails is due to be released on May 14th through Atlantic Records. ...
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STATIC-X have just completed their cover of THE RAMONES' "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" at Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank, California for the upcoming DV8/Columbia Records tribute to THE RAMONES. Also scheduled to appear on the collection are ROB ZOMBIE, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, EDDIE VEDDER, MARILYN MANSON, GREEN DAY, MOTORHEAD, RANCID, BILLY CORGAN, THE OFFSPRING, ...
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Veteran Canadian rockers RUSH will release their much-anticipated new album, entitled Vapor Trails, on May 14th through Atlantic Records. The group's 17th studio recording, Vapor Trails marks the band's first all-new release since 1996, and comes as the follow-up to their RIAA gold-certified Test For Echo. Produced by Paul Northfield (i.e. MARILYN MANSON, HOLE), the ...
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Detroit-based progressive rockers TILES have finalized the track listing for their forthcoming album, entitled Window Dressing, which will be recorded in late spring with former RUSH/VOIVOD producer Terry Brown and released in the fall through Inside Out Records. The songs set to appear on the CD are as follows: 01. All She Knows 02. Window ...
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On May 7th, Elektra Records will be releasing a Family Values live CD, recorded during last year's successful outing. The tentative track listing for the album is as follows: 01. STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - "Vasoline" 02. LINKIN PARK - "Runaway" 03. STAIND - "Fade" 04. STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - "Wonderful" (feat. Chester Bennington of LINKIN ...
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MR. BIG's final live album, which was recorded on the band's recently-completed farewell tour of Japan, is due to receive a Japanese release through WEA Japan on April 24th. As a result of the band's recent split with Atlantic Records, there is no release date yet scheduled for other territories. The album's tentative track listing ...
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Detroit-based progressive rockers TILES have completed work on five songs for their forthcoming studio CD, tentatively titled Window Dressing, and will remain in pre-production mode for the next couple of months before entering the studio to begin tracking the effort. The band are hoping to bring former RUSH/VOIVOD producer Terry Brown into rehearsals this spring ...
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RUSH will issue an as-yet-untitled new album on May 14th through Atlantic/Anthem Records in the US. The trio's first studio album since 1996's Test For Echo, the album will reportedly be followed by a world tour, the group's first live dates since the Test For Echo tour ended on July 4th, 1997, in Ottawa. The ...
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Is conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh a NEVERMORE fan? One would think so, considering that a snippet of the Seattle group's Inside Four Walls track is being used to transition from commercials back to the regular show. No wonder Mr. Limbaugh has lost most of his hearing, one would say. ...
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DEADSY have set May 14th as the tentative release date for their long-awaited debut CD, entitled Commencement, through Elementree/Dreamworks Records. The final track listing for the effort is shaping up as follows: 01. The Key To Gramercy Park (3:12) (feat. KORN's Jonathan Davis) 02. Winners (4:22) 03. Brand New Love (4:34) 04. The Mansion World ...
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Finland's H.I.M. have announced that they will be taking a break from all touring and recording activities for the foreseeable future in order to “escape the hectic rush and pressure it had to cope with during the last [few] years,” according to a statement posted at www.him-music.de. As a result, H.I.M. will not be issuing ...
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Los Angeles' MEDICATION, featuring former MACHINE HEAD / SOULFLY guitarist Logan Mader, ex-UGLY KID JOE / LIFE OF AGONY vocalist Whitfield Crane, ex-ADAYINTHELIFE guitarist Blunt and SOULFLY drummer Roy Mayorga, have refuted the recent reports of Mayorga leaving the band in order to rejoin SOULFLY on a full-time basis. According to an ...
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The official web site of the heavy metal band ANTHRAX at www.anthrax.com has reportedly received 8 million hits in the last two weeks, with 325,000 unique visitors connecting to the site in the wake of the recent anthrax bacteria terrorist scare that has sent fear and panic through the streets of America. ...
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CANDLEMASS bassist/mainman Leif Edling has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the Swedish doomsters' most celebrated line-up—including Edling and vocalist Messiah Marcolin—have been officially approached by the organizers of the Sweden Rock Festival (Michael Ivarsson) to appear at next year's installment of the event, which is scheduled to take place on June 7-8, 2002 ...
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Rumors of an imminent reunion of the most celebrated line-up of Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS were given new life recently when former vocalist Messiah Marcolin took the stage with a CANDLEMASS cover band in Gothenburg, Sweden to perform five songs with the group while dressed in full monk regalia that had been become the singer's ...
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Desperately seeking to make peace to everyone who has previously supported the group in an attempt to rebuild a career that has inarguably seen its best days, MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine is continuing to reach out to former foes through personal postings via the group's official web site at www.megadeth.com. In the wake of ...
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POWERMAN 5000 vocalist/mainman Spider One has confirmed that the group's previously announced headlining tour (which was also set to include SALIVA, MACHINE HEAD, STEREOMUD and HALFCOCKED) has been cancelled and that the release date of their Anyone For Doomsday? CD has been pushed back to early 2002, but has rejected any implication that the ...
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MACHINE HEAD's Supercharger CD has been pushed back to an October release through Roadrunner Records via distribution from Universal. It is believed that the label's recently-completed joint-venture agreement with the Island Def Jam Music Group is largely to blame for this most recent delay, which has resulted in several other releases getting pushed back, ...
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Australia's ALCHEMIST have signed a three-album recording deal with Relapse Records for the whole world except Australia, where they will remain with Chatterbox Records. As part of the deal, Relapse will issue the band's Organasm CD worldwide in October. The band is currently writing new material for a new studio album, which is due ...
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METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield spoke out for the first time about his ongoing battle with alcoholism and “other addictions” via a statement posted on the METALLICA Club web site. James' short message reads as follows: “It took a lot for me to admit to my problems, and it's a great feeling to have the ...
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QUEENSRYCHE have now officially confirmed that they will be performing at the Moore Theatre in Seattle on July 27th and 28th. Both shows will be recorded in audio and video for an upcoming double live album and DVD.
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's upcoming Toxicity effort, which is due for ...
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SEPULTURA bassist Paulo Jr., guitarist Andreas Kisser and drummer Igor Cavalera travelled from their home town of São Paulo, Brazil to Rio De Janeiro yesterday, June 11th, to take part in a songwriting collaboration with the 'carioca band' O RAPPA for the latter band's upcoming live album.
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DEADSY, who feature in their ranks guitarist/vocalist Elijah Blue Allman (the son of actress Cher), will play the House Of Blues in Orange County, California on Thursday, June 28th. HATE DEPT. will be the support act at the show. Currently signed to KORN's Elementree imprint (via Dreamworks Records) after failed stints with Elektra and ...
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According to guitarist Scott Ian, ANTHRAX plan on getting together June 13th to begin working on material for the group's next studio opus, which is tentatively scheduled for release in early 2002 through Nuclear Blast Records in Europe and Beyond/BMG Records in the US. Ian also confirmed that talks are underway for ANTHRAX to possibly ...
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SLAYER have finalized the track listing for their God Hates Us All opus, which is presently scheduled for a July 10th release through American/Sony Recordings. The songs set to appear on the final version are as follows:
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01. Darkness Of Christ
02. Disciple
03. God Send Death
04. New Faith
05. Bloodline
06. Threshold
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