Finland's ALTARIA, featuring SONATA ARCTICA guitarist Jani Liimatainen, have signed a management deal with Germany's GerMusica Promotion & Management and have made available for download their most recent Feed The Fire four-song demo CD via the group's official web site at this location. ALTARIA are currently shopping the above-mentioned recording in hopes of ...
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Seems like there's more to the previously-reported collaboration between former ANTHRAX guitarist Dan Spitz and IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain than meets the eye. Cross Rhythms, a UK Christian Music Resource, posted the following article in February of this year (all quotes taken from a Willow Creek Association News
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LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst recently addressed the subject of guitarist Wes Borland's departure from the group in an interview published in the premiere issue of Gene Simmons Tongue magazine. Here is Durst's response to a direct question about the reasons for Borland leaving the band: "I put together this empire. And I want my ...
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Former HELMET frontman Page Hamilton will not be filling in on guitar for SILVERCHAIR singer Daniel Johns during the latter band's upcoming live appearances, SILVERCHAIR manager John Watson told Britain's Metal Hammer magazine. "While it is true that Page was willing to step in to help out with these shows, Daniel has decided that if ...
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JOE SATRIANI will release his new studio album, entitled Strange Beautiful Music, on June 25th through Epic Records. Guests on the album include Robert Fripp, Matt Bissonette and Jeff Campitelli. Tracks include: "Chords Of Life", "You Saved My Life" and "Sleep Walk". Following the release, JOE's Beautiful Summer Tour will begin in Europe during July, ...
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Sweden's MESHUGGAH officially began tracking their fourth full-length album, Nothing, on May 16th for a tentative August 6th release through Nuclear Blast Records. Meanwhile, Swedish metal journalist Martin Carlsson has received a brand new song called "Closed Eye Visuals", which will appear exclusively on an Ozzfest sampler CD to be given out in the US ...
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On Monday, May 27th, SILVERCHAIR will perform an exclusive gig at a secret location in Sydney, Australia as the major prize in the first Triple M Designer Concert Series. This will be SILVERCHAIR's final performance in Australia before heading overseas for sold-out shows in the US, Canada and Europe in support of their new album ...
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MESHUGGAH are tentatively scheduled to release their fourth full-length album, entitled Nothing, on August 6th through Nuclear Blast Records. The group's first disc of new material since 1998's Chaosphere, Nothing is currently being produced by the band at Dug-Out Studios in Uppsala, Sweden, and at their home studio just outside Stockholm. The full track listing ...
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PARADISE LOST have signed a deal with G.U.N./ BMG Records, who will release the group's ninth studio album in the fall throughout the world, excluding North America, where the band have signed to Koch Entertainment. PARADISE LOST have already demoed 16 tracks for the as-yet-untitled CD, including two covers—BRONSKI BEAT's "Small Town Boy" and DEAD ...
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Los Angeles-based MEDICATION, who feature in their ranks former MACHINE HEAD/SOULFLY guitarist Logan Mader, ex-UGLY KID JOE/LIFE OF AGONY vocalist Whitfield Crane, ex-ADAYINTHELIFE guitarist Blunt, and ex-THE PIECE DOGS bassist Kyle Sanders, have lined up the following dates as part of their ongoing two-month US tour: May 15 - Oasis One Sixty - Chicago Heights, ...
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QUEENSRCHE will issue a DVD-Audio version of their Empire opus on July 30th through EMI. This very special edition will include a brand new, never-before-seen interview with vocalist Geoff Tate and former guitarist Chris DeGarmo, which took place in March of 2002, videos for "Jet City Woman" and "Silent Lucidity", complete lyrics in synch with ...
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QUEENSRŸCHE will issue a DVD-Audio version of their Empire opus on July 30th through EMI. This very special edition will include a brand new, never-before-seen interview with vocalist Geoff Tate and former guitarist Chris DeGarmo, which took place in March of 2002, videos for "Jet City Woman" and "Silent Lucidity", complete lyrics in synch with ...
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Despite this being their third album, Denmark's DAEMON are perhaps best known for having featured the services of then-ENTOMBED drummer Nicke Andersson on their 1997 debut Seven Deadly Sins—a widely acclaimed yet largely underground classic that owed more than a small part of its musical inspiration to Andersson's previous outfit's early output. The band's second ...
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JUDAS PRIEST's forthcoming DVD, entitled Live In London, is scheduled for a July 1st release, according to the group's official web site. Recorded at the Brixton Academy in London on December 19th, 2001, Live In London includes the following track listing: 01. Metal Gods 02. Heading Out Highway 03. Grinder 04. Touch Of Evil 05. ...
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The absolutely final track listing for SOULFLY's forthcoming CD, entitled simply 3, will be as follows: 01. Downstroy 02. Seek 'N' Strike 03. Enterfaith 04. One (feat. ILL NINO's Cristian Machado) 05. L.O.T.M. (formerly "Last Of The Mohicans") 06. Brasil 07. Tree Of Pain (feat. Asha + Max's stepson Richie) 08. One Nation (SACRED REICH ...
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FU MANCHU singer/guitarist Scott Hill has issued the following statement regarding the abrupt ending to the second of the group's recent two shows in Greece: “There was about 800 people there having a good time. About three sh.theads thought it would be cool to throw beer at the band. OK, whatever. We can handle that. ...
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Christian goth/opera rockers SAVIOUR MACHINE have revealed the track listing for their upcoming live DVD and double CD, entitled Live in Deutschland II, which were digitally filmed and recorded during the group's their three-hour performance at Owen Rocknight in Germany on March 23rd. No release date for either the DVD or the CD have yet ...
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The Beyond 2002 Super Festival, which was held on April 13-14 at the Bicentennial Park in Miami. Florida, reportedly drew 5,000 people on the first day and some 2,000 attendees on the second day—a number that fell far short of the 20,000+ that the event's organizers, Todd Ross, 24, and Justin Moss, 23, had hoped ...
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Denmark's KONKHRA commenced the recording sessions for their brand new album on April 8th at Starstruck studio (owned by mainman Anders Lundemark) for a late 2002 release through an as-yet-undetermined label. Among the tracks that are set to appear on the forthcoming CD are: 01. Reality Check 02. The Lions Are Hungry 03. Day Of ...
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SOULFLY have completed the mixing process for their third full-length effort, entitled III, at Record Plant studios in Los Angeles with Terry Date (i.e. PANTERA, DEFTONES) at the helm. The track listing for the album is shaping up as follows: 01. Downstroy 02. Seek 'n' Strike 03. Enterfaith 04. One (feat. ILL NINO's Cristian Machado) ...
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San Francisco Bay Area prog-rockers ENCHANT have amicably parted ways with drummer Paul Craddick and have replaced him with ex-CHAOS THEORY sticksman Sean Flanegan. According to guitarist Doug Ott, “Sean is an old friend from a band named CHAOS THEORY, DALI'S DILEMMA now, who left the band before the name change to pursue different styles ...
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Swiss melodic metallers CRYSTAL BALL will support DOKKEN at the following European dates: May 26 Zrich, SWI @ Alpenrock House May 29 Wien, AUS @ Planet Music May 30 Budapest @ E-Club May 31 Kaufbeuren, GER @ Zeppelinhalle Jun. 01 Schtzenhaus, SWI @ Wangen Jun. 02 Ludwigsburg, GER @ Rockfabrik Jun. 05 Rockhaus, AUS @ ...
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Former TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider believes that the idea behind the hit TV show The Osbournes, based on the real-life family of BLACK SABBATH frontman Ozzy Osbourne, originated with the idea for a show called The Sniders of Great Neck that he's had in development with MTV's sister channel VH1 for the past several ...
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PARADISE LOST will shortly be releasing a DVD entitled Evolve through Music For Nations Records in Europe. Although the final track listing has yet to be officially confirmed, the DVD will likely include the following: Live in Stuttgart, Germany — from previously-released Harmony Breaks long-form video (all tracks except ones controlled by Peaceville Records): 01. ...
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Japan's RITUAL CARNAGE have completed work on their third album, entitled The Birth Of Tragedy, which is due to be released through Osmose Productions on May 21st. Recorded on the mountainside of Hachioji, Japan, the CD version of the album will contain 11 songs, while the LP version and the limited-edition digi-pack will each include ...
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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted the following band update via the group's official web site at www.machinehead1.com: “Touring...What is it all about? “Ahhhh touring... free booze, free pizza, stinky buses, you and the crew drinking 'till 10 in the morning, walking into walls babbling, and really pissing off your tour manager. ...
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QUEENSRYCHE frontman Geoff Tate and ex-QUEENSRYCHE guitarist Chris DeGarmo came together yesterday to record a lengthy interview for the upcoming DVD/Audio re-release of Empire, which is scheduled to be issued through the EMI label in May/June. The disc will reportedly include a re-mastered version of Empire in Dolby 5.1, all the music videos, the above-mentioned ...
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Swedish melodic thrashers GARDENIAN have entered the studio to record a new demo, which will be used to garner a new record deal following the group's split with Nuclear Blast Records last year. Tentatively due to be released in late 2002, the as-yet-untitled follow-up to Sindustries will contain the following tracks, among others: 01. Drowning ...
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German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have completed work on their latest CD, entitled Black Sun, for an April 29th European release through Nuclear Blast Records. The album will be issued in North America on May 14th and Japan on April 24th. The final track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Countdown To Insanity ...
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