THE PANIC CHANNEL guitarist Dave Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION) has posted the following message on his official web site following a weekend trip to Las Vegas: "The best part of my trip, the most enlightening part, was the flight home. I was seated next to an elderly woman who asked me about my tattoos. She then ...
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Katy Kroll of Billboard.com reports that THE PANIC CHANNEL/ex-JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro has co-created a new TV series that goes behind the scenes to show what it's really like playing in a well-known rock band. Dubbed "The Product", the one-hour drama was recently picked up by FX. It was created in tandem ...
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METALLICA's James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich recently spoke to Masa Ito's "Rock City" TV show in Japan about their decision to play the "Master of Puppets" album in its entirety to celebrate its 20th anniversary. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Hetfield: "My gut feeling is… I think 'Master of Puppets' represents a ...
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MARILYN MANSON is among the artists paying tribute to Tim Burton's classic Halloween movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas" on a new soundtrack album. MANSON, FALL OUT BOY, PANIC! AT THE DISCO, FIONA APPLE and SHE WANTS REVENGE will all appear on a special two-disc edition of the "Nightmare" soundtrack, contributing cover versions of songs featured ...
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DRY KILL LOGIC has posted another new song, entitled "4039", on its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's follow-up to 2004's "The Dead and Dreaming", entitled "Of Vengeance and Violence", which is scheduled for release on September 19. Regarding the upcoming CD, DRY KILL LOGIC frontman Cliff Rigano recently said, "It's ...
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To commemorate the 20th anniversary of METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton's untimely death in 1986, metal disc jockey Drewcifer (creator of the KNAC.COM classic metal show "The Vault" and soon-to-be new host of "The Pit" on KMKF 101.5FM) will be hosting a Cliff Burton Tribute Night at the local rock club PJ's Pub in Manhattan, Kansas ...
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More information has been released about the upcoming "Special Edition" reissue of FLOTSAM AND JETSAM's classic debut, "Doomsday for the Deceiver", due on October 31 via Metal Blade Records. The original album was produced by Metal Blade CEO Brian Slagel and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM and is the group's sole release to feature then-bassist Jason Newsted ...
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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM's classic debut, "Doomsday for the Deceiver", will be reissued as a "Special Edition" by Metal Blade Records on October 31. The original album was produced by Metal Blade CEO Brian Slagel and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM and is the group's sole release to feature then-bassist Jason Newsted before he joined METALLICA as the ...
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Vitamin Records has set an October 10 release date for "Scorched Earth Orchestra Plays Metallica's Master of Puppets", an orchestral tribute to METALLICA's classic 1986 album. "Master of Puppets" came out in the spring of 1986 and was METALLICA's first gold album and mainstream success. It featured staples of the band's live set such as ...
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A very rough audio recording of METALLICA performing a second new song — tentatively dubbed "The Other New Song" — during their headlining appearance Sunday night (August 13) at the Summer Sonic Festival in Osaka, Japan has been posted online at this location (another low-quality MP3 file can be downloaded here). ...
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METALLICA performed another new song (Video, Windows Media) — tentatively dubbed "The Other New Song" — during their headlining appearance Saturday night (August 12) at the Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo, Japan. According to one BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor (jason_813) who attended the concert, the song is "totally different from 'New Song No.1'. It's about ...
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The Korea Herald reports that METALLICA, one of the world's most successful heavy-metal bands, will return to Korea on August 15 to play at Jamsil Olympic Stadium in southeastern Seoul. Formed in 1981, the American hard-rock band has sold more than 90 million albums. During their first live concert in the country, which ...
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DRY KILL LOGIC has been added to the upcoming FEAR FACTORY / DEVILDRIVER Australian tour for three shows in September. The details are as follows: Sep. 15 – Brisbane, AUS - The Tivoli Sep. 16 - Sydney, AUS - Big Top Luna Park Sep. 17 - Melbourne, AUS - The Palace A European tour will ...
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SOIL guitarist Shaun Glass was the featured guest on the "All Knowing Force" web-based interview show on July 25. "As with most of our interviews, and especially Shaun, this interview was all over the place," reads a posting on the program's web site. "It went from barbed-wire baseball bats to homosexuality to baby raccoons. And, ...
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According to Pollstar.com, a con man posing as the booking agent for David Lee Roth has scammed at least three different U.S. nightclubs and two of them, including The Venue in Scottsdale, Ariz., lost thousands of dollars in deposits. Diamond Dave switched his representation in May from CAA to Monterey International where Garry ...
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West Coast conscious hardcore champions IGNITE have announced two fall tours. The band will first join Richmond, VA's politico hardcore machine STRIKE ANYWHERE across the East Coast in early September, including co-headlining dates. They will also do a Canadian run with legendary surf punks PENNYWISE and the incomparable CIRCLE JERKS. Speaking of their forthcoming run ...
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CATTLE DECAPITATION's 2004 release, "Humanure", was a gigantic step forward from the one-dimensional goregrind of "To Serve Man" in terms of arrangement dynamics and a decidedly more death metal approach. With "Karma.Bloody.Karma", the vegetarian quartet stretches things a bit further, adding even more experimentation. A dark Billy Anderson production, Josh Elmore's amazing guitar acrobatics, and ...
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A high-quality video clip of METALLICA performing an as-yet-untitled new song during their headlining appearance at the Gelredome in Arnhem, Holland on June 8, 2006 as part of their recently completed "Escape From The Studio '06" European tour has been posted online at YouTube.com. More clips of the Arnhem show can be found ...
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Former SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera's appearance with hardcore Brooklyn "death rapper" NECRO in New York City has been pushed back to September 8, 2006 at B.B. King Blues Bar & Grill from the previously announced August 26, 2006 at the Nokia Theatre. Igor will be joining Necro on stage to perform "Necrotura" and many other ...
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California-based metallers AGENT STEEL have inked a deal with Holland's Mascot Records. The band is currently recording its new album for a tentative early 2007 release. A European tour with labelmates VICIOUS RUMORS is expected to kick off in March. Commented guitarist Juan Garcia: "The recording of the new album is coming along great vocals ...
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Cincinnati Ohio's straight-edge hardcore heavyweights SUFFOCATE FASTER have inked a deal with 1981 Records. The group's new album, "Don't Kill The Messenger", is scheduled for release on September 19. Commented 1981 Records co-owner Cliff Wiener: "We're excited to be aligned with such hardworking musicians and look forward to destroying the world together!" The follow-up to ...
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METALLICA fan site For Whom Metallica Tolls recently conducted an interview with Johnny Zazula, Executive Producer of METALLICA's debut LP, "Kill 'Em All", and founder of Megaforce Records, the first record company to sign METALLICA. Several excerpts from the interview follow: For Whom Metallica Tolls: Do you remember who gave you your copy ...
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DRY KILL LOGIC frontman Cliff Rigano has told Chronix Radio that the group's next album will be titled "Of Vengeance and Violence". The follow-up to 2004's "The Dead and Dreaming" is tentatively scheduled for release on September 19. To listen to a 10-minute interview with DRY KILL LOGIC's Cliff Rigano, conducted by Chronix Radio's Keith ...
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The all-female Swedish quartet CRUCIFIED BARBARA (view photo here) will tour alongside rock legends MOTÖRHEAD on an 18-city trek of the United Kingdom this November. The pairing is fitting, for the group's new album, "In Distortion We Trust", was recently released in the United States with a cover of MOTÖRHEAD's "Killed By Death" ...
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Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (ex-RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE) has announced a couple of summer festival dates in the USA: Jun. 24 - Cheyenne, WY @ Rock and Pop Masters Concert - Super Day Festival (Lions Park Softball Field) Aug. 19 - Tucson, AZ @ KLPX Radio's X-Fest (Tucson Sports Park) (w/ ALICE COOPER, ...
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Former SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera has formed a brand new project with hardcore Brooklyn "death rapper" NECRO. Cavalera had previously appeared on the song "Necrotura" off NECRO's "The Circle of Tyrants" CD. "The news is that myself and Igor have started a band, we will go into the studio in the next month and record ...
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An audience-shot, amateur video clip of METALLICA performing an as-yet-untitled new song during their headlining appearance Saturday (June 10) at the Download festival at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England has been posted online at YouTube.com. As has been the case with all the previous concerts on the band's current European tour, METALLICA played their ...
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A better-quality video clip (shot by an audience member, presumably with a phone camera) of METALLICA performing an as-yet-untitled new song during their headlining appearance Tuesday (June 6) at Waldbuhne in Berlin, Germany has been posted online at YouTube.com. As on the first two dates on the band's current "Escape From The Studio ...
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An audience (low-quality) recording of METALLICA performing an as-yet-untitled new song during their headlining appearance Tuesday (June 6) at Waldbuhne in Berlin, Germany has been posted online: Location#1, Location#2, Location#3 (password: www.metallica-world.de), Location#4 (NOTE: With James Hetfield's introduction, the file clocks in at 9:37). As on the ...
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Two low-quality video clips of METALLICA performing an as-yet-untitled new song during their headlining appearance Tuesday (June 6) at Waldbuhne in Berlin, Germany have been posted online at YouTube.com: Part#1, Part#2. As on the first two dates on the band's current "Escape From The Studio '06" tour, METALLICA played their entire ...
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