RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski has offered the following update on the band's recent and upcoming activities: “The songs for the new RAGE CD are finally recorded, mixed and mastered and also the injury at my hand fortunately cured real quick. Actually, Unity is the best and heaviest album I ever recorded. “We have decided to ...
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Former HELLOWEEN frontman Michael Kiske is tentatively due to issue his third solo album through Sanctuary Records in April, according to his official web site. Although the songs' musical direction reportedly has nothing to do with traditional heavy metal, the material on the album is being described as really heavy, and the CD is said ...
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HAMMERFALL will enter Holland's Wisseloord Studios with producer Charlie Bauernfeind (i.e. BLIND GUARDIAN, GAMMA RAY, RAGE) in April to begin recording their as-yet-untitled fourth full-length album for a late 2002 release through Nuclear Blast Records. In the meantime, the band have just completed work on their second DVD/VHS, entitled The Second Crusade, containing two and ...
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Portugal's annual Seixal Attack Festival has been cancelled due to “political reasons”, according to promoter Duarte Dionísio. “The people responsible for the youth department at the City Hall of the city, where the festival takes place, aren't able to give me a positive answer concerning their support within the period necessary to guarantee the production ...
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German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have completed work on their latest CD, entitled Black Sun, for an April 29th European release through Nuclear Blast Records. The album will be issued in North America on May 14th and Japan on April 24th. The final track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Countdown To Insanity ...
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TED NUGENT is the latest artist to have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock festival, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, June 7th and Saturday, June 8th in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The full list of acts currently confirmed for the festival is as follows: TED NUGENT MOTÖRHEAD HALFORD SAXON STATUS ...
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RAGE will perform at the Frankfurt Music Fair in Frankfurt, Germany on Saturday, March 16th as part of a Behringer-sponsored event that will start at 3:30 PM at the Music Hall Festhalle on the "Arena" stage. RAGE are expected to premier material from their forthcoming Unity CD, which is currently being recorded for a May ...
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Atlanta's MILLER'S TALE have just returned home from Los Angeles after recording a three-song demo with acclaimed producer Dave Schiffman. Schiffman, who is known for his credits with bands such as RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, JANE'S ADDICTION, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, TOM PETTY, JOHNNY CASH, GUNS N' ROSES, and THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, started ...
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Beginning on March 17th, German power metallers RAGE will spend two weeks filming a video clip for an as-yet-unspecified track off the group's upcoming Unity CD in Minsk, Belarus with director Jankovski. RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski had previously worked with Jankovski during the production of MIND ODYSSEY's "Schizophenia" clip. As previously reported, RAGE are currently ...
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Five TWISTED SISTER fans from different parts of Finland and Sweden who came in contact with one another via TS frontman Dee Snider's message board at www.deesnider.com, but who, to this day, have never met in person, have collaborated on a cover version of TWISTED SISTER's Sin After Sin entirely through e-mail correspondence. ...
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MOTÖRHEAD is the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock festival, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, June 7th and Saturday, June 8th in Sölvesborg, Sweden. MOTÖRHEAD's performance at Sweden Rock festival will reportedly be the group's only European live appearance during the spring/summer of 2002. ...
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MOTRHEAD is the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock festival, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, June 7th and Saturday, June 8th in Slvesborg, Sweden. MOTRHEAD's performance at Sweden Rock festival will reportedly be the group's only European live appearance during the spring/summer of 2002. ...
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SAXON and STATUS QUO are the latest acts to have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock festival, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, June 7th and Saturday, June 8th in Slvesborg, Sweden. SAXON will reportedly bring their entire Eagle Has Landed show, complete with sound, light and bombastic action. ...
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CIVILIAN, the new band of former RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE members Tim Commerford (bass), Brad Wilk (drums), and Tom Morello (guitar), along with ex-SOUNDGARDEN frontman Chris Cornell, have reportedly turned down a slot on the upcoming TOOL US arena tour in order to complete work on their Rick Rubin-produced debut album, which is due in ...
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Unsubstantiated rumors indicate that the new band of former RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE members Tim Commerford (bass), Brad Wilk (drums), and Tom Morello (guitar), along with ex-SOUNDGARDEN frontman Chris Cornell—who are reportedly calling themselves CIVILIAN—will be making their first live appearances this spring/summer as the support act for TOOL. CIVILIAN's Rick Rubin-produced debut CD is ...
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British doomsters ORANGE GOBLIN have made available for download an MP3 file of the track “Rage Of Angels”, taken from the group's Coup De Grace CD, at this location. ...
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HALFORD have been added to the list of artists confirmed to appear at this year's installment of the Sweden Rock festival, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, June 7th and Saturday, June 8th in Sölvesborg, Sweden. HALFORD will take the festival stage on the 7th. The complete line-up of acts confirmed for the ...
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BLIND GUARDIAN rhythm guitarist Marcus Siepen has posted the following message via the group's official web site at www.blind-guardian-com: “Hi everybody, time to work is here again. “After a short break for Christmas, we had to get all of our live gear out of the Twilight Hall Studio so RAGE could start with ...
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German power metallers RAGE have lined up the following live appearances during the coming months: Apr. 19 Moscow, RUS @ USH "Druzhba" Apr. 20 - St. Petersburg, RUS @ Sport Hall Ubileinyi May 10-11 (near) Lisbon, POR @ Seixal Attack Festival Jun. 07-08 Slvesborg, SWE @ Sweden Rock Festival As previously reported, RAGE are currently ...
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PAPA ROACH have written a song about SLIPKNOT's Sid Wilson, entitled Sid for their forthcoming CD, Lovehatetragedy, according to Kerrang! magazine. Frontman Coby Dick commented: "It's pretty wild and one of the heaviest songs we've written for the new album!" As previously reported, PAPA ROACH are presently completing work on Lovehatetragedy at a North ...
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PAPA ROACH are presently completing work on their brand new album, entitled Lovehatetragedy, at a North Hollywood studio with producer Brendan O'Brien (i.e. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, KORN). Scheduled to be issued through Dreamworks Records in June, the follow-up to 2000's Infest will include the following tracks, among others: 01. Explosive Energy ...
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Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/current RAGE drummer Mike Terrana will be issuing his debut solo album, entitled Shadows Of The Past, on Tuesday, January 15th via Lion Music. The album features guest appearances from guitarist Steve Lukather (TOTO) and bassist Kevin Chown (ARTENSION). The full track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Pleasure Cube 02. ...
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Acclaimed New York hardcore act SUBZERO have reformed and are due to enter the studio in February to begin recording a new full-length album, which is scheduled to be released in the spring through Century Media Records in Europe. No American deal has yet been secured for the record, which will feature the band's original ...
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Germany's RAGE are scheduled to enter Twilight Hall Studio during January with producer Charlie Bauerfeind to begin recording their brand new CD, entitled Unity. Tentatively due for release in May, Unity will feature the following track listing: 01. All I Want 02. Insanity 03. Down 04. Set This World On Fire 05. Seven Deadly Sins ...
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Arguably the UK's best hope of contributing a worthy homegrown act to the current hip hop/metal explosion, ONE MINUTE SILENCE have already done a fair bit of touring Stateside, where they've only had limited commercial success thus far. Dubbed by some a "more aggressive RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE", OMS' sophomore effort basically picks up where ...
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METALLICA have posted the following update on the present condition of frontman James Hetfield via their official web site at www.metallica.com:
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“Yes folks, we have word from James, and the news is all good. His recovery has gone exceedingly well, he is back out, about and feeling rather ...
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The reunited CANDLEMASS—featuring bassist/mainman Leif Edling, vocalist Messiah Marcolin, guitarist Lars Johansson, guitarist Matts 'Mappe' Bjorkman, and drummer Jan Lindh—have officially been confirmed for next year's installment of the Sweden Rock Festival, which is scheduled to take place on June 7-8, 2002 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. As originally hinted here on September 26th ...
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THE REJECTS, a long-running project featuring vocalist Dizzy Reject, SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison, and STATIC-X guitarist Tripp Eisen, entered the studio on Monday, November 12th to finish up work on their long-awaited debut album, which is scheduled to emerge in early 2002 through an as-yet-undisclosed label. Regular studio updates, posted by Dizzy, ...
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