Former THE SWEET guitarist/vocalist Andy Scott has confirmed the departure of SHY frontman Tony Mills from Scott's current band, dubbed AS SWEET. Commented Andy: "It is with a certain degree of sadness that I can confirm that SWEET are still looking for a singer/bassist. We have just completed a tour of Denmark and it was ...
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COMES WITH THE FALL vocalist/guitarist and member of Jerry Cantrell's (ALICE IN CHAINS) touring band William DuVall has been tapped to sing lead vocals with the reunited ALICE IN CHAINS at the taping of an episode of VH1 Classic's "Decades Rock Live!", a tribute to HEART that will take place March 10 at the Trump ...
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VH1 has announced the premiere of "Heavy: The Story of Metal", a four-part documentary tracing the evolution of heavy metal music and culture, from its dark, grim beginnings in Birmingham, England to the worldwide force that it remains to this day. In a series of four themed hours premiering Monday-Thursday, May 1-4 at 9 p.m, ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: Although former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash told a Philadelphia radio station two weeks ago that he heard a March release date was on tap for the long-delayed new GUNS album, the band's management has told Launch that no release date has been set. Slash said that he had learned about ...
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Orange County-based quintet EYES OF FIRE will be teaming up with LOSA and PLATOON 13 for a U.S. tour beginning in early February. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Feb. 03 - Pheonix, AZ - Metal Devastation 2 Feb. 05 - Houston, TX - The Engine Room Feb. 06 - Oklahoma City, OK - ...
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The organizers of Poland's Metalmania 2006 festival are offering a chance to Polish and foreign bands to perform on the festival's side stage. To apply, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and [email protected] The deadline for all applications is January 11, 2006 at noon. Metalmania 2006 will take place on March 4, 2006 at Spodek ...
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GODLESS RISING, the Rhode Island-based death metal band featuring original VITAL REMAINS members Jeff Gruslin (vocals; 1987-1996, 1999-2000), Paul Flynn (guitar), and Ricky Corbit (drums), will play their first local show on Saturday, February 11, 2006 at KCS Tap/Cat Club in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Also appearing on the bill will be CANDY STRIPER DEATH ORGY. ...
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Greensburg, Pennsylvania's ZAO will be supporting Sweden's IN FLAMES on their upcoming U.S. tour beginning in late January. Also on the tour will be buzz-making heavy music bands TRIVIUM and DEVILDRIVER. Commenting on their addition to the tour, ZAO guitarist Scott Mellinger said, "I listen to IN FLAMES albums 'Clayman' and 'Reroute To Remain' all ...
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MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD's video for the new song "Shark Ethic" has been posted online at Trustkill.com. The clip was directed by Jesse Smith (DMX, REDMAN, LIL KIM) and shows the band taking over a commercial radio station, punishing fashion-core pop icons "THE SOUNDSCANS," and showing the live prowress that has earned the band ...
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Dr. Mality of Wormwood Chronicles recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX frontman Joey Belladonna. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Wormwood Chronicles: One of the last things John Bush did with ANTHRAX was an album where he sang some of the songs from your era of the band. Will you be ...
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Jeff Kerby of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen. A few excerpts from the chat follows: KNAC.COM: I've been dying to ask you this since last November — what was running through your mind when you saw the electoral map and state after state kept coming up Bush red? ...
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Norway's THEATRE OF TRAGEDY have completed the recordings for their sixth, as-yet-untitled album for a March 24, 2006 release via AFM Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Assembly" was produced by Rico Darum (ZEROMANCER, GOTHMINISTER, APOPTYGMA BERZERK) and will be mixed by Greg Reely (PARADISE LOST, FEAR FACTORY, SKINNY PUPPY, DELERIUM) in November/December. THEATRE OF TRAGEDY's ...
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Travis Hay of Seattle Post-Intelligencer recently conducted an in-depth interview with AUDIOSLAVE/ex-SOUNDGARDEN frontman Chris Cornell. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Has living outside of the country [Cornell resides in Paris, France with his wife and daughter] helped with things coming full circle? Chris Cornell: "Living outside of the country ...
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SCUM OF THE EARTH, the band founded by former ROB ZOMBIE guitarist Riggs, have announced Jägermeister's "biggest, sickest, meanest tour." After landing themselves a Top 10 spot on the FMQB metal chart, and one of Top 5 most played music videos on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball", Riggs and his new project are heading back out on ...
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Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have tapped director Maurice Swinkels from LowlifeMedia (EXODUS, ABORTED, GOREFEST) to film the band's video for the track "Crippled & Broken", from their forthcoming album, "In the Arms of Devastation". The conceptual clip will be shot in Amsterdam, Netherlands in early March, shortly prior to the band's European co-headlining tour as ...
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The Associated Press is reporting that METALLICA's "Some Kind of Monster" documentary came in third place on Blender magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Rock and Roll Movies of All Time." "This Is Spinal Tap", which Blender calls the "Rosetta Stone of all film satire," tops the list, which also includes "Saturday Night Fever" (No. ...
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Eagle Rock Entertainment, the leading independent source for high-quality music audio/visual programming, this fall will release "Deep Purple: Live in Concert 72/73". This historically significant collection of vintage live footage of the classic lineup of one of the greatest heavy metal bands in rock history is now available on DVD. The greater portion of "Live ...
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U.TV is reporting that Sharon Osbourne has recounted the moment her rock star husband tried to kill her. The family are appearing in a one-off U.K. documentary, "Ozzy Osbourne: In My Life", in which eldest daughter Aimee speaks publicly for the first time. Sharon, 52, describes the moment the BLACK SABBATH star — ...
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SPINAL TAP bassist Harry Shearer (a.k.a. Derek Smalls) recently spoke to Billboard.com's Greg Prato about the possibility of a reunion of the stars of the much-loved, much-parodied faux rockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap". "There's not a lot of talk [of a reunion]," Shearer admitted. "We kind of have felt that we may have ...
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Former THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick has made the following announcement: "It was last September; I woke up in Dundalk, Ireland in agony and couldn't see out of my eyes (hung over again I hear you all say!). No, this time I wasn't. I was on my first solo headline tour of Ireland with my ...
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According to Roadrunner Records U.K., New York hardcore legends MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD are in trouble again. The artwork for the group's upcoming third album, "Merciless", has both U.S. distributor RED and Roadrunner ready to shelve the album. "We had no idea this would happen this time," swore the group's guitarist/co-lyricist, Justin Brannan. The "Merciless" cover ...
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Just before sitting down to write this review, I happened to read the latest FEAR FACTORY news posted right here on Blabbermouth. Specifically, vocalist Burton C. Bell's description of "Transgression" as "experimental" is the part that stuck. It's a good starting point, so let's go with it. While the new album is not "Archetype", I ...
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In a recent interview with Metal Temple magazine's Orpheus, guitarist/singer Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, DOCTOR BUTCHER) spoke about his solo career and the current status of SAVATAGE, among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Metal Temple: Tell us a few things about your future material. Is a next ...
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SLIPKNOT have tapped UNEARTH and AS I LAY DYING to open for them on their fall tour. Unlike SLIPKNOT's spring outing, which saw the Iowa-based nine-piece performing in arenas, the upcoming month-long trek will consist primarily of multiple dates in smaller venues. So far, only a three-show run in New York City has been announced: ...
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The idea had been swimming in the back of David Fincher's ("Fight Club", "Panic Room") mind for a number of years. On many occasions the Anonymous Content director discussed it with his longtime collaborators at digital production studio Digital Domain, Venice, Calif. "David and I talked about a scene that takes place entirely in the ...
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A brand-new FEAR FACTORY e-card, featuring previews of the new FEAR FACTORY tracks "540,000 Degrees Fahreheit" and "Supernova", has been made available at this location. As previously reported, FEAR FACTORY's new album, "Transgression", will be made available in Europe as a limited-edition pack with a bonus DVD. The DVD is expected to include ...
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FEAR FACTORY's new album, "Transgression", will be made available in Europe as a limited-edition pack with a bonus DVD. The DVD is expected to include studio/rehearsal footage, three music videos ("Moment of Impact", "Transgression" and "Spinal Compression") and the whole album audio in digital sound. "Transgression" is scheduled for release on August 23 (one day ...
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Chris Harris of MTV.com reviewed the opening show of this year's Ozzfest, which took place Friday (July 15) in Mansfield, Massachusetts. An excerpt from the review follows: "The scorched asphalt of the Tweeter Center's parking lot started to fill up at the unforgiving hour of 9 a.m., when one of this year's most ...
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FEAR FACTORY have reportedly selected "Supernova" as the first single from their upcoming album, "Transgression", due on August 23 via Calvin Records, an imprint of Liquid 8 Records. A 45-second audio sample of "Supernova", which features a guest appearance by former FAITH NO MORE bassist Billy Gould, is available at this location (Real ...
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FEAR FACTORY have announced the final track listing for their upcoming release, "Transgression", due out August 23 on Calvin Records, an imprint of Liquid 8 Records. FEAR FACTORY entered Track Record Studios in North Hollywood, California on May 5 with producer Toby Wright (ALICE IN CHAINS, KORN, SOULFLY) to begin recording the follow-up to last ...
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