TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 119 of its "Talking Metal" podcast. In this CHILDREN OF BODOM special recorded on location in New York City at the Nokia Theatre and the Circus bar, hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy are joined by CHILDREN OF BODOM bassist Henkka Seppälä. Interview topics include the group's new "Chaos Ridden Years ...
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VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) was among the celebrities that showed up at Hyde in Hollywood on Saturday (December 23). Watch footage from X17. VELVET REVOLVER is currently recording its sophomore album, tentatively entitled "Libertad", with producer Brendan O'Brien (INCUBUS, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE) for a spring 2007 release. VELVET REVOLVER ...
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VELVET REVOLVER vocalist Scott Weiland's (ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS) MySpace has been updated with the following message: "I just wanted to give you all a little update from the studio on the new VELVET REVOLVER record. Having spent some time with the guys during pre-production and now most currently in the studio, I have to say ...
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IRON MAIDEN has been confirmed as the first headliner of the Desert Rock 2007 festival, set to take place March 9-10, 2007 at the Dubai Country Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Also newly added to the bill is LAUREN HARRIS, daughter of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris. The festival billing is shaping up as ...
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VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) has issued the following update on the recording sessions for the group's new album, "Libertad" — the follow-up to 2004's "Contraband": "Hey, just wanted to let everybody know we (VELVET REVOLVER) are almost done with basic tracks. Everything is moving along quite nicely. We should be releasing this ...
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Corporate Punishment has announced the signing of Los Angeles-based ONESIDEZERO. The band is currently in the studio working with producer Ulrich Wild (STATIC-X, STABBING WESTWARD, TAPROOT) on their as-yet-untitled sophomore album, due on April 3, 2007. "We are all very eagerly awaiting the release date to get this record out in the hands of our ...
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STONE SOUR and MASTODON have been confirmed for the Desert Rock 2007 festival, set to take place March 9-10, 2007 at the Dubai Country Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: March 9, 2007: CHILDREN OF BODOM IN FLAMES THE PRODIGY STONE SOUR MASTODON March 10, 2007: INCUBUS ...
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The new CHILDREN OF BODOM DVD, "Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live", has been certified gold in Canada. The disc, which debuted at No. 20 on the Canadian chart (the band's highest-ever chart position in Canada), mainly focuses on the February 5, 2006 live concert in Stockholm, Sweden, featuring over 90 minutes of live ...
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VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland recently spoke to MTV.com about the group's new album, "Libertad" — the follow-up to 2004's "Contraband". "I haven't been this excited about a rock record since 1993, when I went into the studio to record [STONE TEMPLE PILOTS'] 'Purple'," which was recorded in just 10 days, with producer ...
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TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 115 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. In this very special episode, hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy join the Metal God, Rob Halford, at a diner in New York City. In a 30-minute interview, Halford discusses such topics as Metal God Entertainment, HalfordMusic.com, JUDAS PRIEST, HALFORD, Tony Iommi, Nostradamus, UFOs, and ...
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Black Lodge Records will release an exclusive two-track limited-edition seven-inch vinyl single from Sweden's IN FLAMES on December 13. The single will include the following cuts (under license from Nuclear Blast Records): 01. Come Clarity 02. Only for the Weak To pre-order a copy, click here. As previously reported, IN FLAMES have been ...
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Sweden's IN FLAMES have been confirmed for the Desert Rock 2007 festival, set to take place March 9-10, 2007 at the Dubai Country Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: March 9, 2007: IN FLAMES CHILDREN OF BODOM THE PRODIGY March 10, 2007: INCUBUS PRIME CIRCLE More bands ...
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The new CHILDREN OF BODOM DVD, "Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live", has entered the German national chart at position No. 75. As previously reported, a "Media Player" for "Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live" has been launched at this location. Due in the U.S. on December 5, the "Chaos Ridden ...
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Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM are among the first confirmed bands for the Desert Rock 2007 festival, set to take place March 9-10, 2007 at the Dubai Country Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Also scheduled to appear are THE PRODIGY, INCUBUS and PRIME CIRCLE. Around 10 more acts have yet to be announced, including ...
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BREED 77, who originate from Gibraltar (an overseas territory of the United Kingdom), follow their recent triumphant No. 1 German rock club chart position with another No. 1 radio coup in the USA. The Latino rock pile driver "Alive" has become the most requested on air track on KMBY-X 103.9 Revolution in Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz, California. ...
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EVANESCENCE, PAPA ROACH, WOLFMOTHER and MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE have been confirmed for KROQ/106.7 FM's annual Almost Acoustic Christmas, set to take place December 9-10 at Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk, California. The complete lineup is as follows: Saturday, December 9, 2006: 30 SECONDS TO MARS +44 AFI WOLFMOTHER FALL OUT BOY FOO FIGHTERS SAOSIN MY ...
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Immortal Records announces the release of "A Santa Cause II". Due out November 21, this innovative digital-only compilation will be sold exclusively through MySpace. Log onto www.myspace.com/asantacause for more information. A portion of the proceeds will go directly to Cure Autism Now, an organization of parents, clinicians and scientists dedicated to accelerating the ...
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Traditionally, Christian rock has been maligned as a diet-soda take on the real thing, a somewhat (ahem) soulless Xerox designed to give the religious market an almost-as-good alternative to what the secular kids are listening to. There have been obvious exceptions — BELIEVER and TOURNIQUET immediately come to mind as innovative, exceptional metal bands regardless ...
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SEVEN WITCHES, the East Coast-based band featuring former SAVATAGE guitarist Jack Frost and ex-HADES frontman Alan Tecchio, played at the the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival last month at the Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Check out pictures of their performance at this location. As previously reported, SEVEN WITCHES will release its first-ever ...
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SEVEN WITCHES, the East Coast-based band featuring former SAVATAGE guitarist Jack Frost and ex-HADES frontman Alan Tecchio, will release its first-ever DVD, "Years of the Witch", on September 26 via Screaming Ferret Wreckords. Led by Frost, SEVEN WITCHES is one of the most consistent heavy metal bands around – issuing albums almost every single year ...
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ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her official MySpace page: "I get so many wonderful messages every day it is almost overwhelming. I am sorry, but it is impossible to answer them all.. So I have collected the most frequently asked questions and will answer them here in one go: ...
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Calgary's CREATURE REPUBLIC has signed with Cyclone Records to complete their next as-yet-untitled CD release. The upcoming CD will be different in approach to the band's debut EP, "Watch Your Aim". Recorded at Calgary's premiere recording studio, Sundae Sound, each of the album's three segments will consist of three songs and will be released to ...
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KORN and DEFTONES will be teaming up for the resurrected Family Values tour late summer/early fall, according to official MySpace bulletins posted by both bands earlier today. The Family Values Tour was created by KORN in 1998 with the intention of making it an annual trek. KORN headlined the first tour, then passed the headlining ...
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THE UNHEARD OF, the Los Angeles-based band featuring former members of TWO HIT CREEPER, have posted their video for the song "Sail to the Edge of Your Mind" at this location (.AVI file). The track comes off the group's debut eight-song EP, "The Struggle", which was recorded at 4th Street Studios in Santa ...
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Ozzfest.com has released the official lineup for this year's Ozzfest. It is as follows: Main Stage: OZZY OSBOURNE SYSTEM OF A DOWN DISTURBED TBA** HATEBREED LACUNA COIL **Major main-stage band to be announced on May 23 Second Stage: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY ATREYU UNEARTH BLEEDING THROUGH NORMA JEAN Second Stage (rotating): A LIFE ONCE LOST STRAPPING ...
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LACUNA COIL — the Italian hard rock sensation, whose standout Active Rock singles for "Heaven's A Lie" and "Swamped", led Billboard to name them one of last year's biggest success stories — entered the studio on September 3 to begin tracking "Karmacode", the highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed commercial breakthrough album, "Comalies". The ...
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Launch Radio Networks is reporting that ROB ZOMBIE, MÖTLEY CRÜE, INCUBUS and SMASHING PUMPKINS founder Billy Corgan are among the artists who will tape performances for a new VH1 Classic program called "Decades Rock Live". Each one-hour segment will spotlight an influential rock or soul artist of the past 50 years performing alongside younger acts ...
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CAMP FREDDY — the Los Angeles-based "jam" band consisting of ex-JANE'S ADDICTION/RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS guitarist Dave Navarro, former THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison (on guitar), VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum, and vocalist Donovan Leitch (the son of 1960s U.K. folk-rock icon Donovan) — have begun talking to a few "business types" ...
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According to MLB.com, former ALICE IN CHAINS/OZZY OSBOURNE basist Mike Inez and TONY IOMMI drummer Kenny Aronoff joined Sox right-hander Bronson Arroyo on stage before 500 screaming and cheering fans at the Avalon nightclub across from Fenway Park Wednesday night (July 13) to celebrate the release of Arroyo's debut CD, "Covering the Bases" (Asylum Records). ...
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An audio clip of a brand-new WICKED WISDOM track, entitled "Something Inside of Me", has been posted online at WickedWisdom.net. WICKED WISDOM, who have been confirmed as the final band on the second stage of this year's Ozzfest, were previously described by MTV.com as an EVANESCENSE-esque act that Pinkett Smith, the band's frontperson ...
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