DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno recently spoke to MTV.com about the making of their fifth album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Maverick Records. "It's just like this roller coaster of sounds. There's really aggressive stuff — super-aggressive stuff — that, like, I don't think we've delved into evil shit like ...
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A brand-new TAPROOT track, entitled "Facepeeler", has been made available for download in MP3 format at this location. "Facepeeler" comes off the group's upcoming CD, "Blue-Sky Research", due on August 16 via Velvet Hammer/Atlantic. The follow-up to 2002's "Welcome", "Blue-Sky Research" was produced by Michael Beinhorn in Los Angeles and features guest appearances ...
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Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack channel will air a tribute to the late METAL CHURCH singer David Wayne on Ian Christe's "Bloody Roots" program this Tuesday, May 17 beginning at 9:00 p.m. EST. (repeat airs Friday, May 20 at 2:00 p.m. EST) In addition to classic tracks by METAL CHURCH and rare music by later ...
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN has done it again. With its third record (not including the "Steal This Album!" collection of leftovers from 2002), the band has created another work of thoroughly eccentric, tuneful, and heavy metallic rock that mixes a wide range of influences, adds a dash of loopy, surreal humor, and ends up being ...
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NINE INCH NAILS have sold 271,563 copies of their latest release, "With Teeth", in the United States in its first week of release to debut at No. 1 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. "With Teeth" was recorded in part at Sound City Studio in Van Nuys, Ca., and features a guest appearance on ...
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Former SMASHING PUMPKINS/ZWAN leader Billy Corgan's video for the track "Walking Shade" has been posted online at Yahoo! Music. "Walking Shade" comes off Corgan's debut solo album, "TheFutureEmbrace", due out June 21 on Warner Bros. Records. "TheFutureEmbrace" was produced by Corgan along with Bjorn Thorsrud and Bon Harris, mixed by Alan Moulder and ...
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The multi-platinum and Billboard-charting rock band STRYPER is back and set to release "Reborn" via Big3 Records on August 16, 2005. "Reborn" marks the band's first complete studio release of original material in over a decade, since 1990's "Against the Law", and features 10 original tracks marked by STRYPER's trademark blend of melodic vocals, heavy ...
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Former SMASHING PUMPKINS/ZWAN leader Billy Corgan will embark on a world tour June 1 in Portugal in support of his debut solo album, "TheFutureEmbrace", due out June 21 on Warner Bros. Records. Over the course of eight weeks, the modern rock pioneer and his band will visit intimate venues in 11 countries — the U.S., ...
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Velvet Hammer/Atlantic has reportedly set an August 16 release date for the new TAPROOT album, entitled "Blue-Sky Research". The follow-up to 2002's "Welcome", "Blue-Sky Research" was produced by Michael Beinhorn in Los Angeles and features guest appearances by Billy Corgan (ex-SMASHING PUMPKINS) and Stephen Carpenter (DEFTONES). Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "So ...
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Much is made of the mixing of hardcore and death or thrash metal, the term "metalcore" being beaten into the ground by critics and fans alike. At some point, you've got to look at it as nothing more than a band's influences coming together and being realized through the music that is created. I happen ...
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On Wednesday's (April 6) BBC Radio 1 "Rock Show", Trent Reznor from NINE INCH NAILS sat in for regular host Mike Davies, who was away in Los Angeles. Listen to a replay of the two-hour program and check out the playlist (which included a trio of NIN tracks) at BBC.co.uk. NINE INCH NAILS's ...
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METAL CHURCH have posted the following message on their official web site: "Hello again metal heads! It's been awhile since our last news post, but we have been BUSY! "October, November, and December of 2004 saw METAL CHURCH on a state-side tour supporting 'Weight of the World', and we want to once again thank ALL ...
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Billy Corgan, one of alternative modern rock's most compelling artists, is set to release his debut solo album "TheFutureEmbrace" June 21 on Warner Bros. Records. Over shadowy guitar lines and beautifully lush cascades of sound, Corgan warmly and vividly delivers pure expressions of love and devotion in the face of uncertainty, doubt and sorrow. He'll ...
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WET ANIMAL, the Illinois-based quartet featuring TROUBLE members Rick Wartell (guitar) and Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums), will release their ten-song debut CD via Escapi in May. WET ANIMAL was created in the summer or 1999 by Wartell and vocalist Shane Pasqualla (hailing from West Virginia). They found very early into the project that they are ...
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According to VibrantSound.com, the Japanese edition of NINE INCH NAILS' new album, "With Teeth", will include three bonus tracks: "Home" (which has been played every show the band's current U.S. tour) and mixes of "Right Where It Belongs" and "The Hand that Feeds". The complete track listing is as follows: 01. All The Love In ...
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Rehearsal video footage of the new NINE INCH NAILS lineup performing the group's new single, "The Hand That Feeds", has been posted online at NIN.com (Quicktime, 35 MB). (NOTE: The video is dubbed with a high-quality version of the studio version of the track.) "The Hand That Feeds" single will be released in ...
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According to a posting on The NIN Hotline, Ticketmaster has started announcements to sellers in the Louisiana area that NINE INCH NAILS are due to headline this year's Voodoo festival in New Orleans. The annual event, which tends to draw in a crowd of around 65,000 people, is scheduled to take place October ...
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NINE INCH NAILS will be performing exclusive shows in select cities across the United States in April and May of 2005 in support of their new release, "With Teeth". Newly confirmed dates are as follows: Apr. 27 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield Apr. 28 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield Apr. 30 ...
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A teaser site for the new TAPROOT album, "Blue-Sky Research", has been launched at this location. The follow-up to 2002's "Welcome", "Blue-Sky Research" was produced by Michael Beinhorn in Los Angeles and features guest appearances by Billy Corgan (ex-SMASHING PUMPKINS) and Stephen Carpenter (DEFTONES). Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "So ...
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ContactMusic.com is reporting that former ZWAN drummer Jimmy Chamberlain blames the band's fall from grace on their failure to capture a faithful following. Chamberlain — also a member of defunct outfit SMASHING PUMPKINS — admits ZWAN's decision to support heavy rockers IRON MAIDEN confused fans of their commercially-themed album "Mary Star of the Sea". He ...
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Former THE ICARUS LINE guitarist Aaron North spoke to Kerrang! magazine about his decision to leave the group and join NINE INCH NAILS. "It felt like that band has run its course and it was time for me to do something else," he said. "Three weeks after quitting the band, I was asked to play ...
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According to a posting on The NIN Hotline, footage for NINE INCH NAILS' video for "The Hand that Feeds", the first single off their upcoming "With Teeth" CD, was shot this past weekend in Pleasant Hill, San Francisco and Oakland (all in California). The video is being directed by Ian Inaba, from ...
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VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland spoke to the Associated Press about the group's unexpected win at this past weekend's Grammy Awards, where the group were honored with an award in the Best Hard Rock Performance category (for "Slither"). "Everyone kind of counted us out from the very beginning," he said. "But we came out smashing ...
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NINE INCH NAILS have posted a teaser for their upcoming album, "With Teeth", at their official web site, Check it out at this location. In addition, the band have unveiled the track listing for the new CD. It is as follows: 01. All The Love In The World 02. You Know What You ...
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NINE INCH NAILS and COLDPLAY will headline the sixth Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held April 30-May 1 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California, according to Billboard.com. The fest will also feature reunion performances by pioneering rock acts GANG OF FOUR, THE COCTEAU TWINS and BAUHAUS, as well as the ...
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According to a posting at The NIN Hotline, several radio stations and German web sites are reporting that the first single from NINE INCH NAILS' new album, "With Teeth", is titled "The Hand That Feeds". The song is reportedly scheduled to go for radio adds on April 11. As previously reported, NINE INCH ...
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According to a posting on the Base Tendencies web site, it's looking more and more likely that NINE INCH NAILS will be a part of Coachella 2005, which takes place on April 30 and May 1 in Coachella, CA. Los Angeles-based online magazine Ambitious Outsiders reported on its news page yesterday that the ...
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NINE INCH NAILS mainman Trent Reznor has confirmed the group's new touring lineup as the following: Aaron North (ex-THE ICARUS LINE) – Guitar Jerome Dillon – Drums Jeordie White (A PERFECT CIRCLE, ex-MARILYN MANSON) – Bass Alessandro Cortini - Keyboards Commented Trent, "I am very excited about this and we fucking sound great. I've been ...
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According to a posting at The NIN Hotline, NINE INCH NAILS have announced the addition of guitarist Aaron North, formerly of THE ICARUS LINE, to the group's ranks. The rest of NINE INCH NAILS' current touring lineup is believed to include drummer Jerome Dillon, bassist Jeordie White (a.k.a. Twiggy Ramirez, A PERFECT CIRCLE, ...
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