Finnish webzine HardcoreSounds.net conducted an interview with THE HAUNTED vocalist Peter Dolving during the band's visit to Finland last month. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: HardcoreSounds.net: So how did you end up in a thrash band like THE HAUNTED? Peter Dolving: "I don't have any relation to metal. When I ...
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An audio interview with HELMET mastermind Page Hamilton, conducted recently by Joe's Podhole, can be downloaded at this location. As previously reported, Warcon Enterprises — the label co-owned by Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and the founder and CEO of Concrete Marketing, Bob Chiappardi — will be distributing the "Saw III" soundtrack, with ...
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Patrick Donovan of Australia's The Age has issued the following report: For the past 30 years, Bon Scott's private letters and personal photos were hidden away in the Oakleigh flat of his ex-wife, Irene Thornton. But from this week they will be shared among all Australian AC/DC fans, with the new owner displaying ...
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Warcon Enterprises — the label co-owned by Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and the founder and CEO of Concrete Marketing, Bob Chiappardi — will be distributing the "Saw III" soundtrack, with HELMET as the featured artist. The movie will be out Halloween 2006. More details will be announced soon. HELMET's latest album, "Monochrome", has sold ...
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Drummer extraordinaire Bobby Jarzombek (HALFORD, ICED EARTH, SEBASTIAN BACH) has issued the following update: "It's been a busy summer (can you believe this heat we've been having....?!) and I thought I'd update you all on the latest in my neck o' da woods. "Back in June I recorded my drum tracks for the upcoming SEBASTIAN ...
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The official web site for "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" — the unscripted TV show about KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' life — currently features a lot of great video footage from the series. For example, there's a video in which Gene's son Nick shows the viewers around in Gene's office/KISS museum and with a ...
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Drummer John Tempesta (ex-WHITE ZOMBIE, TESTAMENT, EXODUS, HELMET) will rejoin his former TESTAMENT bandmates on August 25 when the band play the Kaliakra Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria. He will be filling in for Louie Clemente, who has been absent from the recent dates due to medical reasons. Commented John: "It should be a lot of ...
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EIGHTEEN VISIONS' self-titled new album, has sold just over 11,000 copies in its first week of release in the United States to debut at position No. 74 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. Meanwhile, HELMET's latest effort, "Monochrome", registered a first-week tally of almost 5,500 copies — a step down from the nearly 10,000 ...
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Like 2004's comeback album, "Size Matters", the new HELMET offering rises or falls squarely on the shoulders of singer, guitarist and creative wellspring Page Hamilton, who has reshuffled the band lineup once again for this sixth studio outing. But the parade of members through this alt-metal quartet doesn't seem to matter much, as it's Hamilton's ...
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SCUM OF THE EARTH, the band founded by former ROB ZOMBIE guitarist Riggs, has begun pre-production on the follow-up to its debut album, "Blah...Blah...Blah... Love Songs for the New Millennium". Eight songs have bee completed so far, and "it's turning out to be a bone-crushing, stripper extravaganza," says Riggs. "We have a temporary title of ...
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HELMET's video for their new single, "Gone", has been posted online at YouTube.com. An MP3 of the track can be downloaded here. The song comes off the band's new album, "Monochrome", due on July 18 via Warcon Enterprises, the label co-owned by Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and the founder and ...
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Three songs from the forthcoming HELMET album, "Monochrome" — "Gone", "Money Shot" and "Monochrome" — have been posted online at PureVolume.com. The follow-up to 2004's "Size Matters" will be released by Warcon Enterprises, the label co-owned by Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and the founder and CEO of Concrete Marketing, Bob Chiappardi, on ...
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HELMET mainman Page Hamilton recently spoke to Chris Harris of MTV.com about his band's forthcoming sixth album, "Monochrome". The follow-up to 2004's "Size Matters" will be released by Warcon Enterprises, the label co-owned by Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and the founder and CEO of Concrete Marketing, Bob Chiappardi, on July 18. "It's ...
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Diana DeVille of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with ARMORED SAINT members Gonzo (drums) and Phil Sandoval (guitar). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: Very cool. So talk a little bit about the routing. Was it a matter of warming up on your home turf and then off to Europe, ...
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To mark the release of "Monotheist", CELTIC FROST's first studio album in 14 years, Tom G. Fischer and Martin Ain of CELTIC FROST appeared on Sirius Hard Attack's "Bloody Roots" show Tuesday night (May 30) to discuss the new album, their thrash peers, and their classic pre-FROST band HELLHAMMER. During the interview with host Ian ...
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Forefathers of the post-hardcore/punk genre, HELMET will return July 18 with "Monochrome", marking their first release on Warcon Records, one of the leading post-hardcore/punk labels in the industry today. This summer, the band — founding vocalist/guitarist Page Hamilton, guitarist Chris Traynor and new members, drummer Mike Jost and bassist Jeremy Chatelain — will play to ...
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Bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson is strongly rumored to have left ROB ZOMBIE in order to join OZZY OSBOURNE's new recording/touring band. At press time, there has been no official confirmation on Blasko's departure or any word on a possible replacement in ZOMBIE's group. Blasko originally joined OSBOURNE's band in December 2003 as the ...
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More information has surfaced regarding the motorcycle accident involving former MC5 bassist Michael Davis in which he ended up hospitalized with a fractured spine and other injuries. According to The Associated Press, Davis, 62, was riding his Harley-Davidson on the 210 Freeway in Pasadena on Monday when he hit a muffler in the roadway, his ...
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Former MC5 bassist Michael Davis was involved in a motorcycle accident on Monday, May 8. He has been hospitalized and is expected to recover. According to Michael's wife and manager Angela Davis, Michael was riding his Harley Davidson on a Los Angeles freeway when he was unable to avoid a large muffler that dropped from ...
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It is really quite simple: Most of you either dig this style of HATEBREED-by-way-of-TERROR metal-edged hardcore or you do not. Yes, the market is flooded, but quality acts still exist within it. The San Francisco Bay Area's FIRST BLOOD are an upper-tier, tough-guy hardcore band and debut album "Killafornia" is chock full of iron riffs, ...
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THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury has commented on the group's current touring lineup, which includes fellow CULT principal Billy Duffy (guitar) alongside bassist Chris Wyse, drummer John Tempesta (ex-WHITE ZOMBIE, TESTAMENT, EXODUS, HELMET) and rhythm guitarist Mike Dimkich. Said Ian: "John Tempesta has given us a much-needed foundation. I think the variety of material is ...
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HELMET's first appearance under the Warcon Enterprises label took place earlier this month at this year's SXSW (South by Southwest) festival where they performed with fellow labelmates OPIATE FOR THE MASSES, MY AMERICAN HEART, STREET DRUM CORPS and DIR EN GREY at the PETA documentary party and the Warcon showcase. Joining mainman Page Hamilton at ...
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To celebrate the release of the third installment of the "MTV Headbanger's Ball" compilations, entitled "MTV Headbanger's Ball - The Revenge" (due on April 11 via Roadrunner Records), some of the participants have got together to answer questions on their relationship with the MTV series and compilation. Question: Were you a fan of the original ...
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One of the leading post-hardcore/punk labels in the industry today, Warcon Enterprises has announced that it has signed the forefathers of the genre, HELMET. Under the deal, HELMET will release a new album which is slated for early summer 2006 and has confirmed that they will headline this year's Warped Tour. According to Page Hamilton, ...
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THE CULT — set to hit the road for the first time since 2002 on Wednesday, March 1 — have announced that their "Return To Wild" tour will be available to fans worldwide via an exclusive deal with "Instant Live," a division of Live Nation, that enables fans to immediately purchase a live recording of ...
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THE CULT's performance of the song "Wild Flower" on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" Friday night (Feb. 24) on the CBS-TV network has been made available for viewing at YouTube.com. The "Ferguson" appearance marked THE CULT's first official live performance with veteran hard rock/metal drummer John Tempesta (EXODUS, TESTAMENT, HELMET, WHITE ...
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An MP3 containing the audio of THE CULT's performance of the song "Wild Flower" on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" Friday night (Feb. 24) on the CBS-TV network has been made available for download at this location (7.15 MB). Check out photos from the show: photo#1, photo#2, ...
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Zak Tell is the undisputed star of the show here — his voice is front-and-center, the music constructed around his vocal lines, and his overbearing assault on controversial topics is what gives CLAWFINGER their unique identity. Whether he's castigating rapists ("Right to Rape") or accusing homophobes of being secretly queer ("The Faggot In You"), he ...
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Veteran hard rock/metal drummer John Tempesta (EXODUS, TESTAMENT, HELMET, WHITE ZOMBIE, ROB ZOMBIE) has commented on his latest gig — sitting behind the kit for U.K. rockers THE CULT. Tempesta will be joining THE CULT principals Ian Astbury (vocals) and Billy Duffy (guitar), along with Chris Wyse (who performed on "Beyond Good and Evil", and ...
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THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury was recently asked by a fan on the band's official message board if it's true that while recording their last studio album, 2001's "Beyond Good and Evil", they titled one of the demos "Bring Me the Head of Dave Grohl". "Yes, [it's] true," Astbury replied. "It all started with comments ...
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