CANNIBAL CORPSE bassist Alex Webster has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We are currently on tour with the Sounds of the Underground tour, and everything is going very well. We've had great responses from the audiences at the shows we've done so far, and the tour crew and the other ...
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DISILLUSION, the prog-death band from Leipzig, Germany, is hard at work on its as-yet-untitled sophomore album, due on October 23 via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Back to Times of Splendor" will be completed before the end of July, and the record will be mastered in August by one of the "big names ...
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Alex Fees of KSDK NewsChannel 5 has issued the following report: The heat took its toll at the UMB Bank Pavillion Saturday (July 15) in Maryland Heights, Missouri. Rescue workers treated dozens of Ozzfest concert fans sweltering in the heat. It meant an early departure for some concert-goers. At least ten people were ...
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Andre Mihsin of ChartAttack.com recently conducted an interview with CANNIBAL CORPSE bassist Alex Webster. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: ChartAttack.com: Why did you guys choose to do the Sounds Of The Underground tour this year? Alex Webster: "They approached us about it, but we'd also been interested in doing it ...
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Due to copyright and trademark issues, the band formerly known as RHAPSODY has changed its name to RHAPSODY OF FIRE. The band members consider this a great new start, reflecting the emboldened and increasingly grandiose direction that their music has taken. "The power of the dragonflame will burn brighter than ever before," says guitarist/songwriter Luca ...
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CIRCUS OF POWER — Alex Mitchell (vocals), Ricky Beck Mahler (guitar), Gary Sunshine (guitar), Ryan Maher (drums), and Marc Frappier (bass) — have reunited and will be playing their first New York City show in over 12 years as part of director Drew Stone's release party for the new film "The Road To Ruin". For ...
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According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson and golf pro Rocco Mediate were featured in the debut episode of The Golf Channel's "Personal Lessons" on July 3. They played a round of golf, along with an amateur partner, at Tuscany Reserve in Naples, Fla. Mediate, ...
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Canada's ChartAttack.com recently conducted an interview with CANNIBAL CORPSE bassist/lyricist Alex Webster. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On sticking to their guns: "We're not concerned with being the next big thing or anything like that. Obviously it's way beyond that point. I mean, we've had a good steady career for ...
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German "dark Satanic metal" band MYSTIC CIRCLE have been confirmed for the Trash Til Death festival, set to take place August 26 at Karvana Stadium in Bulgaria.. Also scheduled to appear are DESTRUCTION and NAPALM DEATH. More information is available at www.thrashtildeath.net. MYSTIC CIRCLE recently announced the addition of drummer Astaroth to the ...
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Steve Saks of LivingForMetal.com recently conducted an interview with Brooklyn "death rapper" NECRO regarding his "The Circle of Tyrants" CD — featuring contributions from current and former members of TESTAMENT, BLACK SABBATH and SEPULTURA — plus his upcoming project with ex-SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera (as first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET on June ...
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EXODUS drummer Paul Bostaph (ex-SLAYER, FORBIDDEN, SYSTEMATIC) has commented on his upcoming stint as the touring drummer for TESTAMENT. As previously reported, TESTAMENT drummer Louie Clemente will be unable to perform with the band on the upcoming shows scheduled in the United States, Europe, and South Korea due to "medical reasons." Bostaph, who was a ...
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Due to medical reasons, TESTAMENT drummer Louie Clemente will be unable to perform with the band on the upcoming shows scheduled in the United States, Europe, and South Korea. Veteran drummer and good friend Paul Bostaph (EXODUS, ex-SLAYER, FORBIDDEN, SYSTEMATIC) will be filling in for Louie on the following dates in July and August: Jul. ...
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E-FORCE, the band featuring former VOIVOD bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest, have signed a new three-album deal with France's Thundering Records. The band will enter the studio in October in Toulouse, France with producer Patrick Fredrich to begin recording their sophomore album, tentatively due in early 2007. As previously reported, E-FORCE have posted three songs from their ...
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Chicago-based prog-metal band CONGLOMERATORZ have released their new album, entitled "Naturally Heavy", through Nanofusion Music. The 14-song CD is described in a press release as "pure ultraistic progressively aggressive music that is opening narrow minds throughout the music industry. Lay your ears to rest by enjoying this multi-verse of mixed sounds that only this trio ...
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World Entertainment News Network is reporting that Sammy Hagar fears a VAN HALEN reunion will never happen because former bandmate Eddie Van Halen needs "an overhaul". Hagar singer still tours with former VAN HALEN bandmate Michael Anthony and speaks regularly to Alex Van Halen, but he rarely talks to guitarist Eddie — and fears he ...
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LUNARMILE, the British band featuring frontwoman Toni-Marie (daughter of BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi) and bassist Alex Hill (son of JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill), have lined up the following dates during the coming months: Jun. 30 - Black Cross – Bromsgrove, UK Jul. 01 - The Jailhouse - Coventry, UK Jul. 08 - James ...
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FIVE.BOLT.MAIN, who are based in Louisville, Kentucky, plan to head into the studio in August to begin work on a new album set for release in early 2007. Chris Henderson, guitarist for the multi-platinum band 3 DOORS DOWN, will be at the production helm. Says FIVE.BOLT.MAIN lead singer Chris Volz: "I am really excited about ...
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According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson and Greensburg native Rocco Mediate and will be featured in the debut of "Personal Lessons" Monday (July 3) at 7:30 p.m. on The Golf Channel. They will play a round of golf, along with an amateur partner, at Tuscany Reserve in Naples, Fla. Mediate, ...
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RUSH drummer Neil Peart has posted a lengthy update at his official web site. An excerpt from message follows: "My bandmates and I had decided to spend May working together in a Toronto studio, to refine some of the songs we had worked on long-distance over the winter, and hopefully to write some new ones. ...
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A five-minute video interview with SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo, conducted on Saturday, June 24 prior to the band's appearance at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium, has been posted online at YouTube.com. While SOULFLY has a one-week break from their current European tour, Marc will come back to the U.S. to do ...
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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has posted the following message on his official web site: "The studio dates are set for recording my drum tracks for the still-yet-to-be-named solo/side project I am doing. We will be entering the Armoury Studios on August 20th/22nd to do my drumtracks. I will be recording 12 songs ...
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Brazilian death metallers KRISIUN are preparing to once again assault the U.S. in supporting of their latest album, "AssassiNation". Commented vocalist/bassist Alex Camargo: "We in KRISIUN would like say thanks to our North American death metal brothers for the great support through the years. Due to the great response we had to our latest album, ...
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According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, RUSH's "Replay X 3" — a four-disc box set containing DVD reissues of "Exit…Stage Left", "Grace Under Pressure" and "A Show Of Hands", along with first-time-in-print CD soundtrack version of "Grace Under Pressure" — has had its U.K. release date pushed back ...
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According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, RUSH's "Replay X 3" — a four-disc box set containing DVD reissues of "Exit…Stage Left", "Grace Under Pressure" and "A Show Of Hands", along with first-time-in-print CD soundtrack version of "Grace Under Pressure" — debuted at position No. 1 on Billboard magazine's ...
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According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson is featured on the cover of the early summer issue of Ontario Golf magazine. In the accompanying interview, Lifeson talks about golf, life on the road at this stage of his career and the emphasis on keeping fit, ...
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Eddie and Alex Van Halen joined country artist Kenny Chesney on stage during his Saturday, June 17 appearance at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. They performed two songs — "Jump" and "You Really Got Me" — with Kenny handling the lead vocals in the former and lead guitarist Clayton Mitchell singing the latter. ...
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Josh Thorne of the FourteenG e-zine recently conducted an interview with CANNIBAL CORPSE bassist Alex Webster. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: FourteenG: How did you guys end up on the bill for [Sounds of The Underground] this year? After last year's lineup of mostly metalcore bands, it was actually refreshing ...
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The CIRCUS OF POWER "Dead Flowers" segment from the upcoming "Road To Ruin" film directed by Drew Stone can be viewed at www.circusofpower.net. CIRCUS OF POWER members Ricky Beck Mahler (guitar), Alex Mitchell (vocals), Ryan Maher (drums) and Marc Frappier (bass) reunited for a "20th Anniversary Show" June 3 at The Elysium in ...
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U.K. atmospheric extreme act MITHRAS have announced the addition of live guitarist Alex de Moller (of underground London-based band SCYTHIAN) into the fold. The MITHRAS live lineup is now: Rayner Coss - Oratory / Bass Leon Macey - Lead Guitar Alex de Moller - Rhythm Guitar Sean Broster - Drums MITHRAS will be gigging towards ...
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