Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have cancelled their appearances at the Hellraiser Open Air festival (May 25-27 at Mark Schönstädt in Wurzen, Germany) and Rock Hard Festival (May 25-27 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany) due to scheduling conflicts related to the group's North American tour plans. KATAKLYSM recently decided to "immortalize" the character that was featured on the ...
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RollingStone.com has uploaded the first official photo of the new VAN HALEN lineup, featuring the group's new bassist Wolfgang Van Halen (son of VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen). Check it out at this location. In an exclusive interview with RollingStone.com, VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth stated about his first post-reunion jam ...
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WHITE LION guitarist Vito Bratta was the in-studio guest on Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM last night (Friday, February 16). In what was being billed as his first interview in over 15 years, Bratta discussed what he has been doing since the band's breakup and spoke about the ...
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"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, will have its North American premiere on Sunday, March 11 at 8:00 p.m. as part of the 2007 Texas Rock Fest. This will be a free rooftop screening at ...
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RollingStone.com has posted a couple of short excerpts from an exclusive interview it conducted with VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth about burying the ax with Eddie Van Halen, playing the old favorites with a different attitude and the possibility of a permanent VH reunion. The interview will appear in its fully-realized form ...
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BLABBERMOUTH.NET can reveal that Rhino Records has once again pushed back the projected release date of VAN HALEN's "Best Of (1978-1984)", the first single-disc compilation exclusively spotlighting 1978-1984, the group's original David Lee Roth era — this time to April 3. The album, which coincides with VAN HALEN's March 2007 induction into the Rock and ...
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The third VAN HALEN frontman, Gary Cherone, who took over when Sammy Hagar left the band (or was fired, depending on whom you ask) in 1996, has commented on the band's upcoming induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Despite the fact that the former EXTREME singer fronted VAN HALEN for nearly three ...
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Following their phenomenally successful new album and sold-out tour late last year of arenas around the world, IRON MAIDEN are announcing a series of headline stadium and festival appearances in March and June of this year. Always keen to take metal to new places, MAIDEN will for the first time ever play in India, on ...
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Eddie Trunk of the "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM announced on his program Friday night (February 9) that a BLUE MURDER comeback consisting of all original bandmembers is being planned and that he is personally involved in putting a reunion concert together. Although Trunk was sure to point out that ...
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MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil is working on the pilot for a new A&E reality-TV show. According to Vince, the program will follow the singer and his family after his parents have moved in with him. Neil told Eddie Trunk of the "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM last night (February ...
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Aaron Beck of The Columbus Dispatch recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. The question-and-answer session follows: The Columbus Dispatch: How went the recording of the first album, "Christ Illusion", in five years? Kerry King: We'd played together for a few years before we had to record — which made a ...
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ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian spoke to Eddie Trunk of the "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM last night (February 9) about the group's recent split with singer Joey Belladonna and their future plans. A BLABBERMOUTH.NET transcript of the chat follows: Q: What's going on in the ANTHRAX world? Scott Ian: We ...
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WHITE LION guitarist Vito Bratta will be the in-studio guest on Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM next Friday night (February 16) beginning at 11:00 p.m. EST. "I have had so many e-mails and calls about this great guitarist over the years and Vito has not spoken to anyone ...
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TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 127 of its "Talking Metal" podcast. In part two of their BLACK SABBATH coverage, hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy are joined in the studio by guest host C.C. Banana. The episode features a new 20-minute interview "Talking Metal" conducted with legendary drummer Vinny Appice. Interview topics include HEAVEN AND HELL, ...
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The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a video clip of METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett about the San Francisco Bay Area club scene and the first time he met Lars Ulrich ...
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Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have decided to "immortalize" the character that was featured on the cover of their most recent album, "In the Arms of Devastation", and have him re-appear as the main character — dubbed "The Heartbeast" — on their next offering. Commented KATAKLYSM vocalist Maurizio Iacono: "We had so [much] killer ...
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BLABBERMOUTH.NET can reveal that Rhino Records has pushed back the projected release date of VAN HALEN's "Best Of (1978-1984)", the first single-disc compilation exclusively spotlighting 1978-1984, the group's original David Lee Roth era, to March 27 from the previously announced March 13. The album, which coincides with VAN HALEN's March 2007 induction into the Rock ...
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David Lee Roth has officially returned as the singer for VAN HALEN and will join the rest of the band on a North American tour this summer. The 40-date trek will mark the first time since 1984 that original VH frontman Roth will perform with Eddie and Alex Van Halen along with new bassist, Wolfgang ...
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BLABBERMOUTH.NET can reveal that Rhino Records has set a March 13 release date for VAN HALEN's "Best Of (1978-1984)", the first single-disc compilation exclusively spotlighting 1978-1984, the group's original David Lee Roth era. The album, which coincides with VAN HALEN's March 2007 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, contains over an hour ...
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TWISTED SISTER has issued the following update: "We want to wish all of our fans a very happy new year, and we want to thank those who really helped the band out in 2006. "First off, to our tour manager and close friend, Danny Stanton: we truly appreciate everything you have done to keep the ...
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According to Harmony-Central.com, Alfred has expanded the Classic Album Edition series with the new Piano/Vocal/Chords and Authentic Guitar TAB Editions of VAN HALEN's smash hit record "1984". One of VAN HALEN's most famous records, "1984" includes the hit songs "Panama", "Hot for Teacher", "I'll Wait", and "Jump". The Piano/Vocal/Chords edition provides the lyrics ...
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Following the official announcement this evening on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show, IRON MAIDEN has confirmed it will be once again headlining this year's Download festival on Sunday, June 10, making this a record-breaking fourth headline appearance at the world-famous Donington Park (Leicestershire, England) venue. The first time MAIDEN ever played at Donington was ...
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Award-winning director Thomas Mignone, who has helmed videos for SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SEPULTURA, MUDVAYNE, SLIPKNOT and SUPERJOINT RITUAL, has just finished directing the feature film "On the Doll" starring Josh Janowicz ("The Chumscrubber"), Brittany Snow ("John Tucker Must Die"), Clayne Crawford, Eddie Jemison, and Angela Sarafyan. The film's dark and enigmatic soundtrack is now ...
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According to MelodicRock.com, VAN HALEN will likely play two dates in Las Vegas at The Pearl at The Palms Casino on April 27-28 before kicking off a full North American tour sometime late spring. A list of 17 VAN HALEN tour dates was posted online over the weekend, but those are now said ...
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"Chinese Hypocrisy", the latest release by TributeAlbums.com, features a beautifully stripped down acoustic rendition of the GUNS N' ROSES classic "November Rain" performed by current QUIET RIOT/HOOKERS N' BLOW guitarist Alex Grossi, along with vocalist Zoli Teglas of California punk outfit IGNITE, and Finland's Marko Pukkila of ALTARIA. Grossi recently had a chance to sit ...
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Singer Lauren Harris, daughter of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris, will support MAIDEN on three dates in March. Her schedule is now shaping up as follows: Mar. 01 - Oxford, UK @ Zodiac * Mar. 02 - Bristol, UK @ Trinity * Mar. 03 - Machester, UK @ MDH * Mar. 05 - Nottingham, UK ...
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As an epilogue to his 2006 Bananiversary Celebration, rock 'n' roll comic C.C. Banana has interviewed all five members of TWISTED SISTER. In the last of this series of holiday-themed interviews, C.C. Banana speaks with TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider about their current album "A Twisted Christmas", the possible future of the band and a ...
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STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet will serve as one of the judges on "Gifted", the two-hour primetime TBN television special that culminates months of nationwide searching to find and present the brightest new talent in Christian music. The show will air on January 26 at 7:00 p.m. The official program description reads as follows: "16,000 contestants, ...
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Brian Hiatt of RollingStone.com reports: The reunion that VAN HALEN fans have been awaiting for twenty-two years began in December, when David Lee Roth walked into Eddie Van Halen's Hollywood home studio. There he rejoined the band for a rehearsal, singing fourteen VAN HALEN classics. "They totally got along on a personal level," ...
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Ray Waddell of Billboard.com reports that a contract could be signed as soon as today for Live Nation to produce a 40-date amphitheatre tour by VAN HALEN this summer, with original frontman David Lee Roth back in the fold for the first time in more than 20 years. As previously reported, guitarist Eddie ...
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