Patrick Rennick of MetalReview.com recently conducted an interview with Anders "Blackheim" Nyström of KATATONIA. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MetalReview.com: Do you still consider yourselves a "metal" band? Anders: Yeah sure, we see ourselves as a metal band, but without boundaries and limitations to our sound. We do not necessarily ...
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It was announced today by producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. and Sony Pictures Entertainment, that Chris Cornell, the singer/songwriter behind SOUNDGARDEN, AUDIOSLAVE and TEMPLE OF THE DOG, has written, in collaboration with Bond composer David Arnold, and will perform the main title song, entitled "You Know My Name", for the new ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: After initially saying they would do everything they could to play this week, DEEP PURPLE has postponed their Thursday (July 27) show in Lebanon. Their booking agent told the concert industry trade publication Pollstar, "The band and the festival have agreed it's best not to go." DEEP PURPLE was supposed to ...
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Veteran German thrashers DESTRUCTION have posted the following message on their official web site: "After the cancellation of the Monsters of Rock festival in Kavarna at the black sea, fans were worried that the Thrash till Death festival, three weeks later at the same place, could be in danger too! "DESTRUCTION will headline the festival ...
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Massachusetts-based thrash metallers MELIAH RAGE have uploaded the video for their new track "Undefeated" at this location. The song comes off the group's new album, "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep", due on September 12 via Screaming Ferret Wreckords. Band leader/guitarist/songwriter Anthony Nichols, vocalist Paul Souza, guitarist Jim Koury, bass guitarist Jesse Johnson and ...
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Bowhunting, fishing, waterfowl, wild boars and conservation rarely meet in a single setting. But that is exactly what viewers of the new outdoors DVD, "Wild Life and Wild Times" experience. "The idea was to take a few years worth of outdoor adventures and condense into one fun, action packed and educational DVD," said "Wild Life ...
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Austin balls-to-the-wall rockers BROKEN TEETH — featuring Jason McMaster of WATCHTOWER/DANGEROUS TOYS fame — are gearing up for a-30 day U.S. tour in support of their new live CD, "Blood on the Radio". "Blood on the Radio" features songs from the band's first two studio albums. During the upcoming tour, the group will be visiting ...
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Massachusetts-based thrash metallers MELIAH RAGE will release their new album, "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep", on September 12 via Screaming Ferret Wreckords. Band leader/guitarist/songwriter Anthony Nichols, vocalist Paul Souza, guitarist Jim Koury, bass guitarist Jesse Johnson and returning original drummer Stuart Dowie recorded "The Deep And Dreamless Sleep" at Danger Multitrack Studios in Providence, RI, ...
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Reunited classic early '80s metal band OBSESSION will be releasing their long-awaited follow-up to 1987's "Methods of Madness", entitled "Carnival of Lies" (cover), via Metal Mayhem (web site) in the U.S. and Avalon in Japan. The track listing is as follows: 01. Smoking Gun 02. Carnival Of Lies 03. In For ...
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Daniel Robert Epstein of SuicideGirls.com recently conducted an interview with former FAITH NO MORE and current PEEPING TOM frontman Mike Patton. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: SuicideGirls.com: Why is a PEEPING TOM song a PEEPING TOM song and a TOMAHAWK song a TOMAHAWK song? Patton: "Each one to me is ...
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Yuri Wuensch of the Edmonton Sun recently spoke to DISTURBED drummer Mike Wengren about the band's tribute concert to late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, who was killed in December 2004 during a DAMAGEPLAN concert in Ohio. "It was really cool, unbelievable," Wengren recalled. "All the bands and crew members donated their time. ...
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Speedier than GODFLESH, yet not as frantic as PIG DESTROYER, Chicago's two-man programmed blitzkrieg machine, PLAGUE BRINGER, dishes out wave after wave of bulldozer riffs and jackhammer rhythms. Probably better described as mechanized death metal than frenetic grindcore, the riffs are fat, the blasting sadistic, and the screeching of Josh Rosenthal (accented with the death ...
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Jesse Capps of RockConfidential.com recently conducted an interview with former RATT frontman Stephen Pearcy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: RockConfidential.com: The new live acoustic CD is out now. There was a quick turnaround on this one — wasn't it just recorded in March? Pearcy: "Yeah. During the acoustic tour I ...
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According to a posting on the KORN fan site KornTV.co.uk, KORN cancelled their previously announced May 4 show in Jakarta, Indonesia due to an active volcano, their management has said. The management reportedly told the local papers said the band were afraid the Merapi volcano would erupt during their stay in the country. ...
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Reunited classic early '80s metal band OBSESSION have uploaded audio samples from their long-awaited follow-up to 1987's "Methods of Madness", entitled "Carnival of Lies", at their official web site. Among the samples available for preview is a full-length MP3 the album's projected title track, which features Swedish guitar sensation Robert Marcello (DANGER DANGER, ...
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Swedish melodic metallers SUPREME MAJESTY have announced the addition of guitarist Jimmy Hedlund (FALCONER) to the group's ranks. An audio sample of Hedlund's playing, also featuring SUPREME MAJESTY's other guitarist, Rille Svensson, can be downloaded at this location (.RAR file). SUPREME MAJESTY were recently joined by bassist Håkan Nyander (ex-ROAD, SERENADE, SANZIA, INBLACK) ...
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Jesse Capps of RockConfidential.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: RockConfidential.com: There's a lot of JUDAS PRIEST stuff coming out soon, too. There's the "Essential Judas Priest", a two-disc set. When those come out, do you have any input as to ...
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MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I just returned from [playing the Desert Rock festival in] Dubai and am in between stints of sleep amidst serious jet lag. But I can't wait to tell you how it was, so cut me some ...
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Reunited classic early '80s metal band OBSESSION have uploaded a full-length MP3 of the title cut from their long-awaited follow-up to 1987's "Methods of Madness", entitled "Carnival of Lies", at their official web site. The track, which features Swedish guitar sensation Robert Marcello (DANGER DANGER, IRONHORSE) and Boston based neo-classical shred-god Joe Stump (REIGN OF ...
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Swedish melodic metallers SUPREME MAJESTY have announced the addition of bassist Håkan Nyander (ex-ROAD, SERENADE, SANZIA, INBLACK) to the group's ranks. "Håkan is an experienced live performer, and a perfect member to the future of SUPREME MAJESTY!" the band write on their web site. SUPREME MAJESTY, who were recently joined by keyboardist Mattias Holmgren, have ...
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Reunited classic early '80s metal band OBSESSION have set "Carnival of Lies" (cover artwork) as the title of their long-awaited follow-up to 1987's "Methods of Madness", tentatively due this spring via an as-yet-undsiclosed label. Original members Michael Vescera (vocals; ex-LOUDNESS, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, MVP) and Jay Mezias (drums; HANDS OF STONE, WORLDPAIN) have recruited ...
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A full-length MP3 of a song that will appear on the upcoming solo album from DANGER DANGER vocalist Ted Poley has been posted online exclusively at Hardrock Haven. The track, entitled "Yeah U Want It!", features a guest appearance by DANGER DANGER guitarist Andy Timmons and can be downloaded at www.hardrockhaven.net. "Yeah U ...
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The "all-star" album from Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE, entitled "Soundtrack of a Soul", will be released in Germany on March 24 by MTM Music (March 27 for the rest of Europe) and in North America on March 28 by LNJ Records. "Soundtrack of a Soul" will feature contributions from the following guest singers: Dale ...
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Karen Bliss of Jam! Music is reporting that Montreal musician Melissa auf der Maur, formerly of HOLE and THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, has been hired by Toronto-based EMI Music Canada as an artist & repertoire (A&R) consultant. She will seek out both Anglo and French-language acts of all genres. "It happens more so internationally ...
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ARCH RIVAL, the Ohio-based power metal band led by guitarist Michael Harris, will have their debut album, "In the Face of Danger", remastered and re-released through Wheel of Time Productions. The new version of the LP, which was originally issued in 1991, will contain as-yet-undisclosed bonus tracks. A May release is expected. A division of ...
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Powerhouse vocalist David McBee will be joining the Tampa, Florida hard rock band TEER. McBee recently completed a successful audition for TEER and producer Jim Morris (DIXIE DREGS, SAIGON KICK, SAVATAGE, THIRD EYE BLIND). Shortly thereafter, TEER band members made a formal offer to McBee and invited him to become their new vocalist. "I am ...
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Frontiers Records has announced the release of the new exciting ANDRE ANDERSEN / PAUL LAINE / DAVID READMAN "III" project on March 24. The project came together after Andre Andersen (keyboard maestro and mainman of ROYAL HUNT) and Paul Laine (former singer of DANGER DANGER) decided to work together as a result of the mutual ...
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Mark Slaughter of SLAUGHTER and Pete Loran of TRIXTER have been confirmed as guest vocalists for the last song to be recorded for the upcoming "all-star" album from Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE, entitled "Soundtrack of a Soul". Slaughter and Loran will share vocals on "Thy Will Be Done". The record will be released in ...
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Swedish melodic metallers SUPREME MAJESTY have announced the addition of 27-year-old keyboardist Mattias Holmgren to the group's ranks. Currently studying creative design in Skellefteå, Sweden while running his own audio production company Morningdew Media, Holmgren has produced material by EMBRACING and AZURE and has played drums on NAGLFAR's classic album "Vittra", which came out in ...
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SLAYER guitarist Kerry King recently spoke to Decibel magazine (web site) about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's much-anticipated follow-up to 2001's "God Hates Us All", tentatively due late summer/early fall via American Recordings. According to King, the upcoming CD doesn't have a working title just yet ("every time you ...
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