Candlelight Records USA have set a June 28 U.S. release date for death-thrashers DAM's full-length debut, "Purity: The Darwinian Paradox". The CD will be available in Europe from May 30. An album-launch event is set to take place on Saturday, June 4 at London's Islington Electrowerkz. Scheduled to perform live on the evening are DAM, ...
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SNAKE RIVER CONSPIRACY mainman Jason Slater recently spoke to The Breakdown Room about his production work on the new QUEENSRŸCHE album, the next chapter to the 1988 ground-breaking concept album, "Operation: Mindcrime", tentatively titled "Operation: Mindcrime II". Slater's relationship with QUEENSRŸCHE began on the road early last year when the band was supporting ...
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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY frontman Pepper Keenan taped an appearance May 14 on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball", to air on Saturday, May 21 beginning at 10:00 p.m. EST. More dates have been announced for CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's upcoming U.S. tour with CROWBAR, ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY and WEEDEATER. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jun. 02 - The ...
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New Jersey thrash titans GOD FORBID have announced that they will be playing a benefit concert at the Wayne Firehouse in Wayne, NJ on Saturday, June 4. "This effort is to help and support our good friend Frank Peigaro," reads a post on the group's web site. "Frank has previously played in punk pioneers THE ...
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MURDER 101, the new Florida-based band featuring Jason Blachowicz (DIVINE EMPIRE, ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION) on bass, Cesar Placeres (HIBERNUS MORTIS) on drums, Samuel Dean (CHRONZON) on guitar, and Rob Thoth (CHRONZON) on vocals, have posted two songs from their recently completed "Death Warrant" demo — "Blood on my Hands" and "Point of No Return" — on ...
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QUEENSRŸCHE have tapped SNAKE RIVER CONSPIRACY mainman Jason Slater to assist them with production on their new album, the next chapter to the 1988 ground-breaking concept album, "Operation: Mindcrime", tentatively titled "Operation: Mindcrime II". More information on Jason Slater and/or SNAKE RIVER CONSPIRACY is available at the group's official blog or their
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A brand-new track from Boston heavy hitters CANNAE, entitled "Rats, Snakes and Thieves", has been made available for download at Cannae.net. "Rats, Snakes and Thieves" comes off the group's upcoming album, "Gold Becomes Sacrifice", tentatively due in August on Prosthetic Records. The CD was recorded and produced by Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, GOD FORBID, ...
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More dates have been announced for CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's upcoming U.S. tour with CROWBAR, ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY and WEEDEATER. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jun. 02 - The Vogue - Indianapolis IN Jun. 03 - Harpo's Concert Theatre - Detroit MI Jun. 04 - Newport Music Hall - Columbus OH Jun. 08 - The ...
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Brutal Tasmanian death metallers PSYCROPTIC have announced Jason Peppiatt as their new vocalist (replacing Matthew "Chalky" Chalk). The following message was taken from the group's official web site: "PSYCROPTIC would like to announce that Jason Peppiatt is the new vocalist of the band. Jason did an amazing job on the recent European tour, and PSYCROPTIC ...
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GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed and BUCKCHERRY frontman Josh Todd have recorded new material for the soundtrack to the film "Still Life". Director Joel Miller told Sp1at.com, "Dizzy and Josh Todd are going to be doing the soundtrack. It will all be original material as well." Joel Miller also added, "In the ...
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CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer and drummer Fred Coury will be in New York City this coming week to tape a VH1 Classic acoustic show. They will be performing unplugged versions of favorite CINDERELLA tracks. A preview of the show will take place May 9 at the grand opening of Jason s Riverside Grill, owned by ...
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Andy Langer of News 8 Austin has issued the following report: The DANGEROUS TOYS may be Austin's most successful hard rock band ever. Their 1990 debut was certified gold and they've sold more than 1 million records since. And while they haven't officially existed for the better part of seven years, they'll reunite ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: Although it's been a while since the last spate of LED ZEPPELIN reunion rumors, that doesn't mean they won't crop up again. But singer Robert Plant, who has a new solo album and tour on the horizon, is once again making it clear that he has no interest in getting back ...
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Rock behemoth AUDIOSLAVE is set to deliver their powerful sound to the heart of Los Angeles when the group shuts down Hollywood Boulevard for an outdoor performance to be broadcast exclusively on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on May 18. The band's notoriously explosive live show is expected to attract as many as 10,000 fans eager ...
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RollingStone.com recently conducted a question-and-answer session with former LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant. Several excerpts from the interview follow: RollingStone.com: What is your best vocal performance? Robert Plant: Can I name two, from different eras? I'd say that on [LED ZEPPELIN's] "Rain Song" I sounded best. I'd reached a point where I knew that ...
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Kate Moore of the official UFO web site, www.ufo-music.info, has issued the following update: "UFO have arrived in Sweden, ready to head out on their European tour, with the first date being Silja Rock. Jason [Bonham] wants to let all the UFO fans know that he will be drumming at all the shows ...
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Montreal-based metallers NEURAXIS have entered the studio to begin recording their fourth album, "Trilateral Progression". Yannick St Amand (DESPISED ICON) will be recording the album, while Jason Suecof (CAPHARNAUM) will be handling the mixing duties. "Trilateral Progression" will be released in North America on September 13 via Willowtip Records. A European release will follow through ...
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Los Angeles-based artist Jason Ebs, the former singer/guitarist of CRISS (featuring Peter Criss of KISS), has just issued his new full-length CD, entitled "Twisted Roots", via a joint release between indi label MusicRocks Records and Kinky Organ Music. Currently available at CDBaby.com, the CD starts with heavy KROQ-style songs, gets lighter with a ...
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A two-hour episode of the long-standing San Antonio metal cable show "Robb's Metalworks", featuring footage of WATCHTOWER, BEYOND BLACK, DEADPOOL, POWDERBURN, and MAGISTRAL, will air on San Antonio's Time Warner Cable Channel 20 at the following times: May 14 – 12:30 a.m. May 21 – 12:30 a.m. May 28 – 12:30 a.m. More information is ...
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In a head-to-head Sirius Satellite Radio interview with "Sound of the Beast" author Ian Christe, BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi exclusively reveals this week that he has studio tapes of BLACK SABBATH jamming with LED ZEPPELIN during the mid-1970s. "BLACK SABBATH used to jam with LED ZEPPELIN all the time." reports the Birmingham-born Iommi. "We'd ...
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In a recent interview with The Digital Noise Network, ECHOBRAIN vocalist/guitarist Dylan Donkin spoke about the recent decision to dissolve the band, and the positives and negatives of having ex-METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted in the group. Asked about the poor promotion and marketing for the band's second album, Donkin said, "They [the record ...
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PITTS VS. PREPS, the Louisiana-based band featuring former EXHORDER frontman Kyle Thomas, have posted the following message on their official web site: "We are mixing the record in the middle of May for an early July release. Due to Jason and Scott traveling so much, there have not been many gigs lately. May 28th the ...
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New York-based old-school death metallers MUCOPUS have parted ways with frontman Rich Manzillo. Current SKINLESS singer Jason Keyser will be handling the vocal duties for MUCOPUS' appearance at the Tokyo Deathfest in Japan, while former SKINLESS vocalist Sherwood Webber will be joining MUCOPUS for a special one-off performance on May 8 at the Hudson Duster ...
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Bassist Jason P.C. of the infamous Australian act BLOOD DUSTER — who are described as blending lethal grindcore with traditional '70s-style Southern rock and rockabilly rhythms spiced up with a large dose of grossed-out humor — has posted the following message on the group's web site: "First off, the [first BLOOD DUSTER] DVD is slowly ...
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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's video for the track "Stonebreaker" has been made available for streaming at the MP3.com web site. "Stonebreaker" comes off the group's new album, "In the Arms of God", available now on Sanctuary Records. The group's first collection of new material since 2000's "America's Volume Dealer", "In the Arms of God" ...
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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Ward has responded to fans' criticism that the group's internal feud should have remained private and been dealt with away from the public eye. After being involved in a very public war of words (via the band's official message board) with FLOTSAM AND JETSAM's lead singer, Eric A.K., ...
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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM singer Eric A.K. and bassist Jason Ward have continued their war of words on the band's official message board, with Eric asking Ward to "put the crack pipe down long enough" to give him a call, and Ward responding that he has done nothing to "deserve this kind of disrespect" from A.K. ...
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Female fronted alt-prog-metal trio RUBY BULLET have teamed up with acclaimed producer/engineer Jason Corsaro (SOUNDGARDEN, MOTÖRHEAD, CLUTCH) to record their full-length debut. The New York City-based band plans to release the CD independently in the summer, although with growing label interest those plans might change. A preview of the album, which was recorded at Coyote ...
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RollingStone.com is reporting that P.O.D. have finished laying down bass and drums for their new album in San Francisco and have returned to their hometown of San Diego to finish the recording of their follow-up to 2003's "Payable on Death". "It's gonna be a more mature, heavy P.O.D.," bassist Traa said. "We're taking ...
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More information has surfaced about MURDER 101, the new Florida-based band featuring Jason Blachowicz (DIVINE EMPIRE, ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION) on bass, Cesar Placeres (HIBERNUS MORTIS) on drums, Samuel Dean (CHRONZON) on guitar, and Rob Thoth (CHRONZON) on vocals. The group are currently writing material and will be entering the studio later this month to record their ...
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