More details have been revealed about the upcoming tribute CD to late Arnoudt Pieters, featuring a previously unreleased track by THE GATHERING. Pieters, a former drummer of the CORDS and TELEFUNK, died on July 31 unexpectedly in the U.K. where he and his family had just moved to. THE GATHERING's contribution to the CD will ...
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Swedish melodic metallers SUPREME MAJESTY will enter the studio on Friday (Oct. 1) to begin recording their third full-length album, tentatively due in early 2005. "Work on the preproductions have been extensive this time, and the band are confident that this release will outpace its predecessors by far," the group write on their web site. ...
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Norway's Imhotep 'zine recently asked more than 60 heavy metal and hard rock musicians to answer the following question regarding the current political situation in the world: What's your opinion on the rising tide of the anti-American sentiment around the world and to what would you attribute this? Among the musicians that took part in ...
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SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor recently did a phone interview with Steve Black of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM. Listen to the five-minute conversation at this location (Windows Media). In other news, the track listing has been released for the forthcoming SLIPKNOT single, "Vermilion", due in the U.K. on October 18 through Roadrunner Records. Released ...
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Swedish melodic metallers SUPREME MAJESTY have parted ways with drummer Jocke Unger. "Jocke has other engagements he wants to focus on, among these full-time drumming in the thrash metal band SGT. CARNAGE," reads a posting on the group's web site. "Replacing Jocke behind the drum set is the well experienced and talented drummer Johan Rydberg ...
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JUDAS PRIEST guitarists K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton recently spoke to Classic Rock Revisited about the group's upcoming studio album, tentatively due on December 28 through the Sony label. "I am a great believer in timing. Sometimes you can make a record that may be a year or two too soon or too late or ...
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Screaming Ferret Wreckords has set an August 24 release date for the new MELIAH RAGE album, "Barely Human". A major North American tour will follow. Guitarists Anthony Nichols and Jim Koury, and bass guitarist Jesse Johnson, all original members, are joined by new vocalist Paul Souza and drummer Barry Spillberg (formerly of WARGASM) on "Barely ...
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Norway's Imhotep zine recently asked more than 100 guitarists to choose their own dream G3 lineups. "The respect that the guitar players have for Joe Satriani and Steve Vai is a proven fact," writes the magazine's Thiago Pinto Corrêa Sarkis (also of Brazil's Whiplash). "Anyway, talking with some musicians, I could realize that the G3 ...
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JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford recently spoke to the New York Daily News about touring with the band for the first time since he came out of the closet six years ago. "Most fans couldn't care less," said Halford. "They want to hear this singer back with this band. It's a non-issue." Halford said that ...
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Legendary rock guitarists Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck were reunited for an exclusive photo session and an in-depth interview by Mojo, to be published in the magazine's next issue, set to hit the streets on July 15. In addition, the magazine comes with a free CD titled "The Roots Of Led Zeppelin" and ...
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Orpheus Spiliotopoulos, Chief Editor of the popular Greek webzine Metal-Temple.com, has submitted the following report on the disastrous events that led to a partial cancellation of the Athens Open Air festival in Athens, Greece this past weekend: "The Athens Open Air 'I wannabe a' festival was supposed to take place on the 5th ...
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Swedish melodic metallers SUPREME MAJESTY will enter the studio On October 1 to begin recording their third album, tentatively due in early 2005. "10 songs are almost finished and the band are currently writing the lyrics and rehearsing all songs," reads a posting on the group's web site. "It's the most interesting SUPREME MAJESTY material ...
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According to a posting on Victor Smolski's web site, the RAGE guitarist underwent "intensive tests" after he was taken ill shortly following the group's appearance at Italy's Gods of Metal festival was "operated on on Tuesday and is out of danger to life now. [However] it will take some more weeks until he will be ...
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Global BC is reporting that a hearing will open Tuesday (May 11) into allegations of wrongdoing by two Vancouver police officers in controlling unruly crowds during the so-called GUNS N' ROSES riot a year and a half ago. Lawyers for two men who suffered serious injuries during a riot outside GM Place will argue that ...
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Swedish "gothic metallers" BESEECH have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock festival, set to be held June 10-12 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: ...
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SKID ROW have cancelled their previously announced appearance at this year's Sweden Rock festival and have been replaced on the bill by Y&T. SKID ROW's decision to pull out of the festival is being blamed on "the fact that [SKID ROW guitarist] Snake decided to bring his wife to be to the altar and other ...
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Last year, Sweden Rock festival sold out all the 15,000 two-day tickets two days before the first band took the stage. That was actually the first time ever the festival was sold out. This year the tickets will sell out much earlier. As of today, more than 13,000 of the 16,000 three-day tickets have been ...
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HMV.co.uk has revealed what appears to be the complete track listing for the upcoming SLIPKNOT album, "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)". It is as follows: 01. Prelude 3.0 02. The Blister Exists 03. Three Nil 04. Duality 05. The Opium Of The People 06. Vermillion 07. Pulse Of The Maggots 08. Welcome 09. ...
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There are numerous things to like about AMEN cornerstone Casey Chaos, who has become something of a flawed icon on European shores. For those not so familiar with the Furby-like Californian punk rocker, everything from his astute anti-authoritarian lyrics (a la Jello Biafra) to the fact that he was prepared to max out his credit ...
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MONTROSE, TNT, DANGER DANGER, NIFELHEIM, CRAZY LED and MARYSLIM are the latest confirmations for this year's installment of Sweden Rock festival, set to be held June 10-12 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: JUDAS PRIEST EUROPE SCORPIONS UFO MONSTER MAGNET NIGHTWISH HELLOWEEN HEART ...
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MTV.com reports: A DJ inspired by DANGER MOUSE's 'The Grey Album', a mix of JAY-Z's 'The Black Album' and THE BEATLES' 'The White Album', has been hit with a cease-and-desist order for his own blend of the JAY-Z disc with METALLICA's 'The Black Album'. The legal papers sent to DJ CHEAP COLOGNE came not from ...
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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE mainman Josh Homme has challenged former QOTSA bassist Nick Oliveri's recent online post about his split from the group, where Nick wrote, "A pure idea has been polluted. It's funny. 'A band about an idea?' The concept was simple: A ROCK BAND, selfless, mindless, ego-free, unprotected, about danger, ...
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Former QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE bassist Nick Oliveri has posted the following message on the web site of his MONDO GENERATOR project: "Hello everybody. I'm in L.A., and it's getting to be too much. You know what I mean? I'm ready to go out on tour again with MONDO GENERATOR. I just ...
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A brand-new MELIAH RAGE track, titled "Hate Machine", has been posted online in MP3 format at this location. "Hate Machine" comes off the group's forthcoming album, "Barely Human", due this spring throughScreaming Ferret Wreckords. "Barely Human" features original members Anthony Nichols (guitar), Jim Koury (guitar) and Jesse Johnson (bass), alongside new vocalist Paul ...
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Swedish melodic metallers SUPREME MAJESTY have written about 10 new tracks for their forthcoming album which will be recorded this summer. "This will absolutely be the most interesting SUPREME MAJESTY album to date!" according to a posting on the band's web site. SUPREME MAJESTY, who recently announced the addition of guitarist Tobias Wernersson (ex-LITTLE YANKEES, ...
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Brazilian hard rock magazine Whiplash has compiled an **updated** list of more than 140 hard rock/heavy metal stars' favorite albums of 2003 and has posted it online at this location (scroll down the page). Some albums from 2002 were allowed, and the artists were asked to list anywhere from one to ten releases, ...
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Metal Sludge has posted an updated list of total sales figures for a variety of their favorite artists, according to Nielsen SoundScan (13 more bands have been added since the original list was published). Although the SoundScan numbers are generally indicative of the bands' overall popularity, they are misleading in the ...
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Metal Sludge has posted a list of total sales figures for a variety of their favorite artists, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Although the SoundScan numbers are generally indicative of the bands' overall popularity, they are misleading in the sense that many of the veteran hard rock groups' early efforts were issued prior to ...
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VELVET REVOLVER's official biography, written by David Wild and provided by the group's record label, RCA/BMG Records, includes additional information about the band's formation and their forthcoming debut CD, "Contraband", due on May 11 (postponed from the previously announced April 27 date). Here it is in its entirety: VELVET REVOLVER is everything the band's name ...
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Reunited classic early '80s metal band OBSESSION are currently in negotiations with several European labels about securing a new record deal, according to a post on the group's web site. "While the band doesn't want to name any labels for fear of jinxing any progress, these labels that are being negotiated with all have worldwide ...
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