A brand-new audio interview with UFO/WAYSTED bassist Pete Way, conducted on February 25, 2005 by Way's webmaster Joe Kleon, can be downloaded at this location (MP3, 9.44 MB). Pete talks about the Feb. 18 WAYSTED gig at London's Mean Fiddler, UFO spring and summer 2005 concert dates, his continued battle to get back ...
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Several members of some of South Florida's heaviest bands have teamed up in a brand new project called MURDER 101. The line-up for the group includes Jason Blachowicz (DIVINE EMPIRE, ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION) on bass, Cesar Placeres (HIBERNUS MORTIS) on drums, Samuel Dean (CHRONZON) on guitar, and Rob Rosenzweig (CHRONZON) on vocals. The band are currently ...
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Killing Time Productions are releasing an unofficial 95-minute documentary on DVD, titled "Metallimania" and filmed between 1994 to 1996, that humorously captured METALLICA and the outer limits of fan worship in a pre-Napster world. Like "Some Kind of Monster", "Metallimania" was also financed with METALLICA money for the band's own private amusement, a way to ...
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A 20-second audio clip of the THIS IS MENACE track, "Onward Christian Soldiers", featuring a guest appearance on vocals by former CARCASS frontman Jeff Walker, is available online at this location. THIS IS MENACE is the U.K.-based collaborative project spearheaded by PITCHSHIFTER bassist Mark Clayden and drummer Jason Bowld. The band will release ...
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Former MUSHROOMHEAD frontman J. Mann (a.k.a. Jason Popson) recently spoke to DomainCleveland.com about his departure from the group, about his Fractured Transmitter record label and his other projects. Several excerpts from the interview follow: DomainCleveland.com: I'll just cut right to the chase, First and foremost, many MUSHROOMHEAD fans have been asking, Why, J. ...
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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist Woody Weatherman recently spoke to VWAB about the group's new album, "In the Arms of God" and their upcoming tour with MOTÖRHEAD, among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview follow: VWAB: You recorded the last [album] pretty fast, how long did this new one take to record? Woody Weatherman: "It ...
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"Forever In Our Hearts", a song written about and to raise monies for the relief of tsunami victims will be available as a download from iTunes as of March 1, 2005. It can also be downloaded off the official site for this project at www.tsunamireliefsong.org. "Forever In Our Hearts" was written by Jason ...
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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman Zakk Wylde was interviewed by IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson on Dickinson's BBC 6 Music "Rock Show" last Saturday night (Feb. 19). Listen to a replay of the program at this location. In other news, Wylde has lined up the following radio/television appearances during the next few days: Wednesday, ...
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SLIPKNOT, SLAYER and THE HAUNTED have been confirmed for the 2005 edition of the Hultsfred Festival, set to take place June 16-18 in Hultsfred, Sweden. Also scheduled to perform are SYSTEM OF A DOWN and MARILYN MANSON. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SLIPKNOT SYSTEM OF A DOWN MARILYN MANSON THE HIVES SLAYER ...
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Grammy.com has uploaded exclusive video footage from LED ZEPPELIN's lifetime achievement Grammy ceremony at this location. As previously reported, LED ZEPPELIN received a lifetime achievement Grammy on Feb. 12 in recognition of a career that changed the face of rock 'n' roll. The English band was one of 10 performers, alongside the likes ...
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Earache Records has confirmed that it has become affiliated with rising U.S. label Willowtip as part of an exclusive licensing deal for Europe. Willowtip has produced a consistently high level of noise over the past few years, bringing to the underground's attention such names as CEPHALIC CARNAGE, CREATION IS CRUCIFIXION, GOATSBLOOD, MISERY INDEX and CIRCLE ...
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The current lineup of UFO — Phil Mogg (vocals), Pete Way (bass), Vinnie Moore (guitar), Paul Raymond (rhythm guitar, keyboards) and Jason Bonham (drums) — will film and record an official DVD on Friday, May 13 at the Pumpwerk in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This will be the first DVD in over thirty years of UFO's history, ...
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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY have finalized the track listing for their new album, "In the Arms of God", due on April 5 via Sanctuary Records. The group's first collection of new material since 2000's "America's Volume Dealer" was produced by C.O.C.'s longtime collaborator John Custer. Besides working on four of the band's previous albums, Custer also ...
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Led-Zeppelin.com has uploaded exclusive photos from LED ZEPPELIN's lifetime achievement Grammy ceremony at this location. As previously reported, LED ZEPPELIN received a lifetime achievement Grammy Saturday (Feb. 12) in recognition of a career that changed the face of rock 'n' roll. The English band was one of 10 performers, alongside the likes of ...
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SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner will be a featured performer at the upcoming Modern Drummer Festival Weekend. It will be held on May 28-29 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, New Jersey and will also feature Chris Adler (LAMB OF GOD), Danny Carey (TOOL) and many others. You can pick up ...
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Reuters is reporting that LED ZEPPELIN got a "whole lotta" belated love from the music industry on Saturday, earning a lifetime achievement Grammy in recognition of a career that changed the face of rock 'n' roll. The English band was one of 10 performers, alongside the likes of rockabilly hellraiser JERRY LEE LEWIS, ...
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NIGHT RANGER, L.A. GUNS, SLAUGHTER, GREAT WHITE, Jani Lane (formerly of WARRANT), Kip Winger (WINGER), and Freddie Curci (ALIAS, accompanied by Jason Hook) were among the artists that performed acoustic sets at Stripped On The Strip, the record release party and concert performance for "VH1 Classic Metal Mania: Stripped" on Monday, February 7 at the ...
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ContactMusic.com is reporting that mysterious lost drumming tracks believed to be recordings made by tragic LED ZEPPELIN drummer John Bonham have appeared on the Internet. Web site www.disndat.info/bonham features 23 tracks reportedly recorded by Bonham and is offering them to fans as streaming audio and MP3s. The anonymous sound engineer, who put the ...
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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist Woody Weatherman has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We got a new album ['In the Arms of God'] coming out April 5 [via Sanctuary] and a tour starting March 9, 2005. It looks like this trip with the mighty MOTÖRHEAD will be around seven weeks or ...
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The current lineup of UFO — Phil Mogg (vocals), Pete Way (bass), Vinnie Moore (guitar), Paul Raymond (rhythm guitar, keyboards) and Jason Bonham (drums) — will record their first official DVD in May in Germany. "The band want to know which songs you would like them to perform on the DVD, with the emphasis on ...
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The immortal MOTÖRHEAD and mighty CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will hit the road for a North American tour in spring 2005. MOTÖRHEAD — celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with a third career Grammy Award nomination — makes a triumphant return to these shores after a 2004 fall tour was canceled due to an injury suffered ...
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Late last year during DAMAGEPLAN's Devastation Across The Nation tour at the Northern Lights club in Clifton Park, New York, DAMAGEPLAN were, as was always the case, joined on stage by their friends during the band's rendition of PANTERA's "Walk". That night's guests were SHADOWS FALL and the now-legendary "Mini Paul." SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason ...
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Contrary to an earlier announcement indicating that former ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna would share vocal duties with his replacement, John Bush, for the band's special 25-year anniversary concert at Holland's Dynamo Open Air festival on May 7 in Hellendoorn, it now appears that only Belladonna will be present at the gig. For the occasion ANTHRAX ...
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Infamous Australian act BLOOD DUSTER, described as blending lethal grindcore with traditional '70s-style Southern rock and rockabilly rhythms spiced up with a large dose of grossed-out humor, are set to release their debut DVD. The band, who regularly perform naked onstage, have already shocked the world with product such as "Fisting the Dead", the banned-cover ...
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New Jersey thrash titans GOD FORBID will enter the studio in May to begin recording their highly anticipated new album, "IV: Constitution Of Treason". The recording and mixing sessions will be overseen by Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM) at Audiohammer Studios in Florida and Eric Rachel (ATREYU, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN) at Trax East in New Jersey. ...
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THIS IS MENACE, a U.K.-based collaborative project spearheaded by PITCHSHIFTER bassist Mark Clayden and drummer Jason Bowld, will release their debut album, "No End In Sight", in April through PITCHSHIFTER frontman J.S. Clayden's PSI Records. Announced in late 2004 as "leviathonic, guitar driven music," this new venture will reportedly feature a whole host of guest ...
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DIVINE EMPIRE, the Florida-based death metal band featuring bassist/vocalist Jason Blachowicz (ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION), have posted a brand new track, entitled "Storm of Hatred", at this location. "Storm of Hatred" comes off the group's fourth album, "Method of Execution", due in May via Olympic Recordings. The follow-up to 2003's "Nostradamus", "Method of Execution" (view ...
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DANGEROUS TOYS, the Texas-based band featuring WATCHTOWER frontman Jason McMaster, have scheduled a special two-hour performance on May 7 at The Red Eyed Fly in Austin, Texas. There will be no opening bands — just an "evening with the TOYS," according to a posting on the group's web site. For more information, visit
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Former ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna and his replacement, John Bush, will share vocal duties for the band's special 25-year anniversary concert at Holland's Dynamo Open Air festival on May 7 in Hellendoorn, it was announced earlier today. Also newly confirmed for the festival are OBITUARY, MASTERPLAN and MERCENARY. The billing for the event is now ...
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Members of P.O.D., PAPA ROACH, EXTREME, ADEMA and STATIC-X are among the musicians that have joined forces to record a single that will benefit victims of the tsunami tragedy in Southeast Asia, according to MTV.com. For the past two weeks, songwriter Jason Miller of GODHEAD and producer Jay Baumgardner (PAPA ROACH, SEETHER) have been recruiting ...
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