CARPATHIAN FOREST and BLOOD RED THRONE have cancelled their previously announced participation in the Castle Festival — set to take place July 1-5 in Smederevo Fortress, Serbia — due to "privatereasons." Replacement acts have not yet been announced. The festival billing is now as follows: ADAGIO AGONIZE ALISTER AT THE GATES AVANTASIA BOMBARDER BONEYARD BRUTAL ...
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"Until Death Takes Us All", the debut release from teenage melodic death thrash sensation UNDER THE GRAVE is available in stores on Tuesday, February 19 across Canada. The album was produced, engineered and mastered by Jef Fortin from ANONYMUS, and the result is a very solid and modern sounding opus strongly rooted in classics such ...
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Austrian symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE will release its sixth studio album, "MyEarthDream", on April 25 via Napalm Records. The cover art was created by Anthony Clarkson, who has previously worked with BLIND GUARDIAN, among other artists. "MyEarthDream" track listing: 01. The Force Within 02. Shadowplay 03. Remember Me 04. Adamantine 05. Paramount 06. ...
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Rick Massimo of The Providence Journal reports: The organizers of next week's massive benefit concert for the Station Family Fund say the goals of the concert are to raise money for the survivors of the fire and to keep the people and the problems left in the wake of the blaze in the ...
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CAVALERA CONSPIRACY — the new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) alongside vocalist Joe Duplantier (bass) of the French progressive death metallers GOJIRA and SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo — will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Friday, March 14 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, ...
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SOULFLY/ex-SEPULTURA frontman Max Cavalera recently offered a track-by-track breakdown of the debut album ("Inflikted") from CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, Max's collaboration with his brother and fellow SEPULTURA founding member Igor Cavalera (drums). Read it on the web site of the German edition of Metal Hammer magazine. A short interview clip featuring Max and Igor can ...
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VH1 Classic and VH1 will air "VH1 Classic Presents: Aftermath: The Station Fire Five Years Later" a one-hour special of concert highlights on Sunday, March 23, 2008 10:00 p.m. from the upcoming Phoenix Rising! Musicians United to Benefit the Victims of the Station Nightclub Fire. John Rich (BIG & RICH), ALABAMA's Randy Owen, Dierks Bentley, ...
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Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE will be the featured band on this Sunday's (February 17) "Rebel Access" TV, which airs at 10:00 p.m. on Channel 19 all over the Chicagoland area. The program will include an interview with bassist Mike D'Antonio and guitarist Joel Stretzel along with performance footage. "Rebel Access" features a band one week ...
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SOULFLY has been confirmed as the headliner of the closing day of the three-day Viña Rock festival, set to take place May 1-3 at Auditorio Municipal in Villarrobledo (Albacete), Spain. SOULFLY members Max Cavalera (guitar/vocals), Joe Nunez (drums), Marc Rizzo (guitar), and Bobby Burns (bass) entered Porch Studio in Florida on September 12, 2007 to ...
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BandRescue.com has posted video footage of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE performing the song "My Curse" live at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia on January 16, 2008. Watch the clip below. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE — whose live performance was recently described by SOULFLY/ex-SEPULTURA frontman Max Cavalera as "the gayest show I've ever seen" — has ...
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Swedish metallers OPETH have been confirmed for this year's Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals, set to take place June 6-7 in the German towns of Nürburgring and Nürnberg, respectively. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALTER BRIDGE BABYSHAMBLES BAD RELIGION BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE CAVALERA CONSPIRACY ...
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Tune in to Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack in late March to hear a week-long party celebrating Max and Igor Cavalera's mighty metallic return with their new "apocalyptic" project CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, also featuring Marc Rizzo from SOULFLY and Joe Duplantier from GOJIRA. Every hour for seven days straight, you'll hear something from a Cavalera... whether ...
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Brazilian death metallers KRISIUN have been confirmed for the With Full Force festival, set to take place July 4-6, 2008 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 7 SECONDS A.O.K. AGNOSTIC FRONT BELPHEGOR BORN FROM PAIN BROILERS BRUTAL TRUTH CATARACT CAVALERA CONSPIRACY CONVERGE DARK FUNERAL DEATH BEFORE ...
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A short interview clip featuring SEPULTURA founding members and current CAVALERA CONSPIRACY collaborators Max Cavalera (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) can be viewed at www.cavalera-conspiracy.de. Scuzz TV conducted an interview last month with Max and Igor during the Cavaleras' European promotional trip for the CAVALERA CONSPIRACY project. Watch the five-minute chat below. ...
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SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo has scheduled the following solo dates: Feb. 13 - Roxbury - Omaha, NE Feb. 14 - Iliff Park Saloon - Aurora, CO Feb. 15 - Wok Star - Scottsdale, AZ Feb. 16 - The Aardvark - Dallas, TX Feb. 17 - Harlequin Alley - Shreveport, LA Feb. 19 - Vino's - ...
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JUDAS PRIEST, DISTURBED, IN FLAMES, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and CAVALERA CONSPIRACY are among the confirmed bans for the Nova Rock festival, set to take place June 13-15 on the Pannonia Fields in Burgenland, the easternmost federal state of Austria (near Nickelsdorf and the Hungarian and Slovak borders). The festival billing is shaping up as ...
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Although they are not currently being listed on the event's official web site, San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD have reportedly been added to the lineup of performers at the With Full Force festival, set to take place July 4-6, 2008 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as ...
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The February 2008 issue of Sweden's Close-Up features an interview with SEPULTURA founding members Max and Igor Cavalera, who are currently collaborating in CAVALERA CONSPIRACY. An excerpt from the chat follows (quotes taken from the interview's original English-language transcript). Igor, when did you lose interest in metal and why? "Actually, by playing," says the drummer. ...
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NUCLEAR ASSAULT and BRUTAL TRUTH been confirmed for the Castle Festival, set to take place July 1-5 in Smederevo Fortress, Serbia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ADAGIO AGONIZE ALISTER AT THE GATES AVANTASIA BLOOD RED THRONE BOMBARDER BONEYARD BRUTAL TRUTH CARPATHIAN FOREST CASKET GARDEN CAVALERA CONSPIRACY CONSECRATION DISMEMBER DOWNSTROY DRACONIC ENSIFERUM EVERGREY ...
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CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, JOB FOR A COWBOY, CONVERGE, SOILWORK and SONIC SYNDICATE are the newly confirmed bands for this year's Metaltown festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2008 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE CAVALERA CONSPIRACY CONVERGE DIMMU BORGIR IN FLAMES JOB FOR A ...
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A one-minute video clip of SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo talking about his Peavey HP special guitar can be viewed below. Marc Rizzo took part in an online chat on February 2 on the Rock House Method web site. Marc talked about his career, projects, guitar technique, and his Rock House DVD, "Modern, Speed ...
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CAVALERA CONSPIRACY — the new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) alongside vocalist Joe Duplantier (bass) of the French progressive death metallers GOJIRA and SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo — has been confirmed for the Castle Festival, set to take place July 1-5 in Smederevo Fortress, Serbia. The festival billing ...
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Scuzz TV conducted an interview last month with SEPULTURA founding members Max Cavalera (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) during the Cavaleras' European promotional trip for the CAVALERA CONSPIRACY project. Watch the five-minute chat below. In addition to Max and Igor, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY features in its ranks Joe Duplantier (bass) of the French progressive death ...
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Gearwire has posted a four-minute clip of WHITESNAKE/ex-DIO guitarist Doug Aldrich playing the new Marshall Randy Rhoads (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT) signature series amplifier at this year's winter NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 17-20 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. A two-minute interview with Marshall's Nick Bowcott ...
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MIXHELL (photo) — the DJ/hip hop/electro project featuring former SEPULTURA drummer Igor "Iggor" Cavalera and his wife Laima Leyton — has scheduled the following U.S. dates: Feb. 09 - Echo Franki Chan and My Gay Husband, Los Angeles, California (w/ Data) Feb. 11 - Franki Chan's Party, Los Angeles, California Feb. 12 - ...
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CAVALERA CONSPIRACY — the new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) alongside vocalist Joe Duplantier (bass) of the French progressive death metallers GOJIRA and SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo — has scheduled the following festival appearances: May 30 - Madrid, Spain @ Electric Weekend Festival Jun. 06 - Nürburgring, Germany ...
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According to Ashladan.be, APOCALYPTICA, TESTAMENT, KORPIKLAANI, NILE, SOILWORK, 36 CRAZYFISTS and SABATON have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 27-29, 2008 at De Boeretand in Dessel, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 36 CRAZYFISTS ALCHEMIST APOCALYPTICA AT THE GATES AVENGED SEVENFOLD BEHEMOTH BULLET ...
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IN FLAMES, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, OPETH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, MORBID ANGEL, DYING FETUS, ROTTING CHRIST, ALCHEMIST and BEHEMOTH have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 27-29, 2008 at De Boeretand in Dessel, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALCHEMIST AT THE GATES AVENGED SEVENFOLD BEHEMOTH BULLET FOR ...
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German melodic rockers MAD MAX have announced the addition of former VANDENBERG drummer Jos Zoomer to the group's ranks. Commented the band: "Due to the fact that MAD MAX original drummer Axel Kruse shares his drum talents with German band JADED HEART, there will be lots of overlapping live dates in the upcoming months. JADED ...
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An in-studio photo gallery of CAVALERA CONSPIRACY — the new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) alongside vocalist Joe Duplantier (bass) of the French progressive death metallers GOJIRA and SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo — can be found at this location. The cover artwork of "Inflikted", the debut ...
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