The cover artwork for FEAR FACTORY's upcoming album, "Transgression", has been posted online at the group's official web site. "Transgression" will be released on August 22 in Europe via Roadrunner and August 23 in the U.S. through Trillion Records. Trillion is the new imprint from Liquid 8 Records and Entertainment founder and CEO, ...
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FEAR FACTORY's new album, "Transgression", will be released in Europe on Roadrunner Records in a limited-edition pack with a bonus DVD featuring three music videos and the "making of the album" documentary. "Transgression" will be released on August 22 in Europe via Roadrunner and August 23 in the U.S. through Trillion Records. Trillion is the ...
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Cleveland, Ohio's "The Metal Show" conducted an interview with LIFE OF AGONY frontman Keith Caputo last week. An excerpt from the interview follows: The Metal Show: When [the other guys in the band] came out with the guy from UGLY KID JOE [Whitfield Crane], they should not have called that LIFE OF AGONY. It was ...
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New York hardcore legends MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD will be touring South Africa with NESHAMAH this September. Confirmed dates are as follows: Sep. 09 – Pretoria, SA @ Zeplins Club Sep. 10 – Johannesburg, SA @ The Snuggery Sep. 14 – Durban, SA @ The Bat Center Sep. 17 - Cape Town, SA @ Wynberg Sports ...
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LIFE OF AGONY recently spoke to ChartAttack.com about the group's brand-new album, "Broken Valley", out now on Epic Records. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: On how the deal with Epic Records came together: Keith Caputo (vocals): "I bought tickets to a VELVET REVOLVER concert for Joey [Z, guitar] and I. ...
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ALICE COOPER was a guest on the Australian show "Enough Rope with Andrew Denton" Monday night (June 20). A few excerpts from the interview follow: Andrew Denton: And could yet be again. You basically invented shock rock, and your stage show is legendary for its success. What's the most over the top thing you've done ...
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Los Angeles-based cyber-metallers FEAR FACTORY have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Transgression", due on August 23 via Trillion Records. Trillion is the new imprint from Liquid 8 Records and Entertainment founder and CEO, Mike Cattain, who has created Trillion as a home for FEAR FACTORY and new bands seeking a creative haven ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: A live CD and DVD from the European shows that QUEEN & PAUL RODGERS finished last month is on tap for later this year. The band recorded every concert they played, but they only shot one in its entirety, on May 9 in Sheffield, England. Work has begun on listening back ...
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JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton recently spoke to the Pioneer Press about the group's world tour in support of their latest CD, "Angel of Retribution". A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: On inspiring much of the heavy-metal parody film "This Is Spinal Tap": "We've always been a larger-than-life band, and we've ...
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AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen has officially unveiled his new band STREAM OF PASSION, which also features singer Mexican singer Marcela Bovio, one of the vocalists on AYREON's 2004 rock opera "The Human Equation". The group's official bio follows below: After Dutch guitarist/composer/producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen had finished his latest endeavour, the AYREON rock opera "The ...
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JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill recently spoke to Stuff.co.nz about the group's "colorful" past. Several excerpts from the interview follow: On the group's early days: "Basically, we all loved FREE, HENDRIX and CREAM, and so we just made everything harder and faster and created metal. Not only did we create the early sound of metal, ...
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According to the New York Daily News, Guitar World magazine has culled several tales of excess from several rock gods while they still have some brain cells left. Paying homage to Rob Reiner's 1984 mockumentary, the mag asked each, "What's your most 'Spinal Tap' moment?" Ozzy Osbourne remembers when he lost his patience with the ...
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New York hardcore legends MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD have pulled out of their previously announced European tour with NAPALM DEATH. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "Unfortunately, we've got some bad news... for the first time in our lives we've been given absolutely no choice but to cancel our upcoming European summer ...
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POWERMAN 5000 recently spent time at Mad Oak Studios in Boston, Massachusetts completing the recording sessions for their new album, due later this year on frontman Spider One's Megatronic Records. Joining Spider One, drummer Adrian Ost, and bassist Siggy Siursen on tour and on the forthcoming album are guitarists Terry Corso (formerly with ALIEN ANT ...
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QUEENSRŸCHE have tapped SNAKE RIVER CONSPIRACY mainman Jason Slater to assist them with production on their new album, the next chapter to the 1988 ground-breaking concept album, "Operation: Mindcrime", tentatively titled "Operation: Mindcrime II". More information on Jason Slater and/or SNAKE RIVER CONSPIRACY is available at the group's official blog or their
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Music Video Distributors and Metal Mind will be releasing the "Metalmania 2004" DVD/CD in the U.S. on June 21. Metalmania is the biggest and the most prestigious metal festival in Central-Eastern Europe. Every year the main stage hosts the top metal bands from all around the world (DVD), while on the side stage there's a ...
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Billboard.com is reporting that original BLACK CROWES drummer Steve Gorman has rejoined the band, after opting out of the initial dates on the band's reunion tour. Gorman played his first show last night (May 5) during the opener of a four-show run at Atlanta's Tabernacle. He replaces drummer Bill Dobrow, who previously played ...
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RollingStone.com recently conducted a question-and-answer session with former LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant. Several excerpts from the interview follow: RollingStone.com: What is your best vocal performance? Robert Plant: Can I name two, from different eras? I'd say that on [LED ZEPPELIN's] "Rain Song" I sounded best. I'd reached a point where I knew that ...
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Finnish goth-metallers H.I.M. have reportedly tapped Andy Wallace (KORN, LINKIN PARK, LIMP BIZKIT, SLAYER) to mix their brand-new album, tentatively due in the fall via Sire. The mixing sessions will take place in New York City beginning this week. As previously reported, H.I.M. recorded the follow-up to 2003's "Love Metal" at Los Angeles' Paramour studios ...
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New York hardcore legends MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD are in the studio recording what will be their third full-length release for Trustkill Records. The album's tentative title, "Merciless", encompasses both the lyrical themes and music found on this new release. "The songs are a culmination of years and years of life experience: Betrayal, loss, grief, abandonment ...
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Eagle Rock Entertainment has announced the relaunch of its hard rock and heavy metal label Spitfire Records. The relaunch includes new releases from THE DUKE, featuring former STUCK MOJO and FOZZY guitarist Rich Ward, and Georgia-based sleaze-rockers NASHVILLE PUSSY. Additionally, starting May 2, Spitfire will lower prices on its extensive hard rock and heavy metal ...
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Ian Gillan and the producer of the upcoming DVD celebrating Gillan's 40 years in the rock world, Craig Hooper, have posted a letter on Ian's official web site about the upcoming DVD. An excerpt from Craig's portion of the letter follows: "This film takes a look at Gillan's life of forty years of hard road, ...
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Cape Town, South Africa's heavy-hitters TOYLAND have secured the services of cutting-edge producer Ron Goudie (TSOL, POISON, AGENT ORANGE, SOCIAL DISTORTION, GWAR, STRYPER, BOY HITS CAR, FEAR) to guide the up-and-coming band through the recording of their new release. It's Goudie's second trip to the dark continent as he has helmed the recording of Botswana's ...
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According to the Belfast Telegraph, "This is Spinal Tap" has been named the greatest rock 'n' roll movie of all time by readers of the music magazine Mojo. "Spinal Tap" — a mock documentary about a band past their sell-by date on a U.S. tour — beat more earnest portraits such as the ...
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The U.K.'s Sunday Mirror recently spoke to Ozzy Osbourne about a number of topics, including the upcoming Royal wedding in Britain, the cost of living, wife Sharon's TV career and the war in Iraq. Several excerpts from the interview follow: On his "cursed" family home in the English countryside: "Every time I come ...
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JUDAS PRIEST and the SCORPIONS performed at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland Thursday night (March 24). Check out pictures and videos at this location (courtesy of Mark McGaughey). An excerpt from News Letter's review of the Belfast show follows: "When Rob Halford appeared in the pupil of a mammoth backdrop ...
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ContactMusic.com is reporting that METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has hinted METALLICA are considering releasing outtakes from their documentary "Some Kind of Monster" — featuring lengthy sessions of the band in therapy. Ulrich is keen to allow fans to see more of the acclaimed film, although he appreciates some scenes can be compared with rock documentary ...
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Evelyn McDonnell of The Miami Herald reviewed the opening show on MÖTLEY CRÜE's "Red, White, and Crüe 2005...Better Live Than Dead" North American tour. "MÖTLEY CRÜE has built its career on blow-dried metal riffs, recycled theatrics, bad-boy antics and a tractor-trailerfull of infamy," she wrote. "They're SPINAL TAP for real, with touches of ...
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The Associated Press is reporting that a man who dived off the stage at a CLUTCH concert, injuring two women in the crowd, was found guilty of reduced charges Wednesday (Feb. 9) and put on probation for one year. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Nancy Fuerst convicted Joseph Seink, 34, of suburban Solon, ...
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The Associated Press is reporting that a man charged with injuring two women when he dived off the stage at a heavy metal concert said he never realized someone in the crowd could be hurt. Joseph Seink wept Monday (Feb. 7) while testifying in his trial on two counts of felonious assault. Authorities say two ...
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