METALLICA and LINKIN PARK are among the among the most-popular online icons of Summer 2003 according to the latest Singingfish Streaming Media Report released today. The report is based on a statistical sampling of the approximately 40 million monthly queries submitted by users of the Singingfish search engine. Results of the monthly report are broken-out ...
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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER have been forced to pull off the SOILENT GREEN tour due to "personal reasons". However, despite rumors to the contrary, the band have most definitely "not broken up," according to a spokesperson for the group's label, Metal Blade Records. THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER were added to the SOILENT GREEN tour as ...
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American black/death metal band ACHERON have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Rebirth: Metamorphosing Into Godhood", due in October through Greek label Black Lotus Records. The group's first full-length collection of new material since 1998's "Those Who Have Risen", "Rebirth: Metamorphosing Into Godhood" will contain the following songs: 01. Chaos Invocation 02. Church ...
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Veteran German thrashers DESTRUCTION are in the process of filming a video for the track "Desecrators (Of The New Age)". The song comes off the group's forthcoming album, "Metal Discharge", due on September 22 through Nuclear Blast Records. As previously reported, a limited-edition version of "Metal Discharge" will include a bonus CD featuring demo material, ...
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A collection of rare and unreleased recordings by CANDY, the first "real band" of former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke, is set for release on August 19 through SongTree Records. Titled "Candy - Teenage Neon Jungle", the album features "a walloping 25 tracks of original raw demos, live and re-recorded songs, little gems from ...
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PANTERA's forthcoming career overview, "The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!" , will surface on September 23 through Elektra/Rhino Records, Billboard.com reports. The 16-song "Vulgar Hits!" CD will be packaged with a bonus DVD boasting 12 videos, including two live performances. The bulk of the material is culled from the ...
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Chris Riemenschneider of the Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting that Sunday's (July 27) Summer Sanitarium concert in the Metrodome "started with ill feelings. Opening band MUDVAYNE — touring for the first time without its gimmicky gore costumes — inexplicably went on 10 minutes early and was off the stage before most fans got through security. ...
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John Petkovic of the Cleveland Plain Dealer spoke to ousted JUDAS PRIEST frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens about the group's decision to reunite with vocalist Rob Halford for an album and a world tour next year. "There had been talk of Halford rejoining for a while," Owens said. "There had been so many big-money offers for ...
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Former MEGADETH guitarist Dave Mustaine has broken his silence regarding the group's breakup and his plans for a solo project, saying that "the music that I'm writing right now is as good as anything I've ever written." In a lengthy interview with Guitar World magazine published in the August 2003 issue, Mustaine addresses the reasons ...
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Rafer Guzmán of Newsday reports that if the name John Petrucci doesn't immediately ring a bell, that's OK. The Kings Park (Long Island) native is used to it. "A lot of times, I'll meet somebody new, and I'll tell them what I do," says the guitarist for DREAM THEATER, which plays at the Tommy Hilfiger ...
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According to www.metontour.com, the following was METALLICA's set list for the Summer Sanitarium Tour kick-off show Friday night (July 4)at Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, Michigan: 01. Battery 02. Master of Puppets 03. Harvester of Sorrow 04. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 05. For Whom The Bell Tolls 06. Frantic 07. Sad But True 08. St. ...
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Finland's progressive metallers EUPHROSYNE, the group featuring vocalist Aleksi Parviainen, the brother of SINERGY/WALTARI drummer Janne Parviainen, have posted two new demo tracks on their official web site. The songs available for download are as follows: 01. Sum of Choices 02. Broken Friend The demo was reportedly produced by URBAN TALE ...
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RAGING SPEEDHORN singer John Loughlin testified in a U.K. court that he tried to defend a young fan as she was attacked by thugs in a Cambridge car park, according to Cambridge News Online. Loughlin said he and victim Laura Elder, 19, were set upon outside the Junction in Clifton Road where his band had ...
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Britney Spears gave a tell-all interview to Us Weekly magazine where she responded to the talk that had her linked to LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst — talk fueled mostly by Durst himself in online postings about Spears. "Fred and I worked together for a couple of days," Britney explained. "Justin [Timberlake] and I had ...
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The Boston Herald reports that Pamela Anderson has rebounded rather quickly from her broken engagement to Kid Rock, falling straight into the arms of LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst. "You could say that they were spending a lot of time together last week," a source revealed. Meanwhile, Jeannette Walls of MSNBC.com reports that you shouldn't ...
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VELVET REVOLVER's single "Set Me Free", which is featured on Decca/Universal's soundtrack to "The Hulk", is among the most-requested songs on alternative stations WBCN in Boston and KROQ in Los Angeles, according to Billboard. The group's managers, Dana Millman-DuFine and David Codikow of Immortal Entertainment, pacted with Apple's new iTunes download service to offer the ...
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TYPE O NEGATIVE members Kenny Hickey (vocals, guitar) and Johnny Kelly (drums) have teamed up with DUST TO DUST bassist/vocalist Rob Traynor in an as-yet-unnamed new band, according to TYPE O's official web site (www.typeonegative.net). The group are currently recording a five-song demo in Staten Island, New York with Rob engineering and are ...
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS recently recorded a new song, "All In The Suit That You Wear", for an upcoming greatest-hits collection, according to Rolling Stone. "It rocks," frontman Scott Weiland told the magazine, who insisted the band's hiatus has been overplayed in the press. "STP's never broken up . . . we just have made a ...
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland called into "The Cane Show" on K-Rock on Wednesday (June 16) and commented on several topics, including the future of STP, his plans with VELVET REVOLVER and his personal life. The following are some of the highlights of the conversation: On STONE TEMPLE PILOTS' current status and his ...
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Veteran German thrashers DESTRUCTION have set a September 22 European release date through Nuclear Blast Records for their new album, entitled "Metal Discharge". The limited-edition version of the album will include a bonus CD featuring demo material, cover tunes and a unreleased version of the DESTRUCTION classic "Bestial Invasion". The final track listing for "Metal ...
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Have Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson split? An insider tells People magazine that the couple, who have been engaged for more than a year, have called it quits. Reps for Anderson and Rock refused to comment. However, Mike Shafer, a Michigan bar owner and friend of Rock's, denies there's a rift. "They are not broken ...
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Veteran Bay Area melodic metallers VICIOUS RUMORS will be opening for QUEENSRŸCHE, DREAM THEATER and FATES WARNING on Saturday, July 26 at the Chronicle Pavilion in Concord, California. VICIOUS RUMORS have written over a dozen new songs and are planning to enter the studio in July and September to record the follow-up to 2001's "Sadistic ...
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Veteran metallers PANTERA, who have been the subject of breakup rumors for the past couple of years, will be issuing a "Best Of" CD on September 9 through Rhino Records, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. The tentative track listing for the album, titled "The Best Of Pantera: Far Beyond The Great Southern Cowboys Vulgar ...
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OLIVER/DAWSON SAXON, featuring the original founding songwriters of SAXON, guitarist Graham Oliver and bassist Steve Dawson, alongside ex-SAXON drummer Nigel Durham, guitarist Haydn Conway, and vocalist Wardi, have been forced to postpone their previously announced "Second Wave" tour due to the delays in the recording of the album of the same name. The tour, which ...
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Veteran Bay Area melodic metallers VICIOUS RUMORS will play a free show on Friday, June 6 at the Pound in San Francisco, California. The show will be featured in a live simulcast worldwide via www.1077thebone.com beginning at 10:30 p.m. VICIOUS RUMORS have written over a dozen new songs and are planning to enter ...
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PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo has told MTV.com that although the band has not officially broken up, there are no immediate plans to work together. "If five or 10 years down the way, [everyone] wants to get together and do more PANTERA music, then we'll see," Anselmo said. "Of course, it would take some soul searching ...
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OZZY OSBOURNE/BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Zakk Wylde says that he feels no sympathy for any celebrities crying the blues about being boycotted after they publicly spoke out against the president and the war in Iraq. "You know what, bro, that's fucked up," Wylde told Pitriff.com in a recent interview. "I mean, you don't ...
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TESTAMENT manager Phil Arnold of Thrill Entertainment has issued a rambling statement in response to fan speculation over the cause of the cancellation of the band's The 2003 Metal Gods North American Tour. As previously reported, the multi-band package trek featuring HALFORD, co-headliners TESTAMENT, IMMORTAL, CARNAL FORGE, PRIMAL FEAR, PAINMUSEUM, and AMON AMARTH was called ...
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Veteran San Francisco Bay Area melodic metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have set "Immortal" as the title of their forthcoming studio album, tentatively due in late 2003. Among the tracks set to appear on the CD are "Poveglia", "Broken Wings", "Fight" and "Broken Wings". Check out short MP3 clips at this location. VICIOUS RUMORS have ...
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Los Angeles-based BLUEBIRD, featuring former AMEN guitarist Paul Figueroa, have had musical equipment stolen from their tour van while touring the U.K. with HELL IS FOR HEROES. The band's van was reportedly broken into in Leeds on Monday night (April 28) and over $8,000 worth of instruments was removed. The band will be continuing the ...
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