Sweden's Close-Up magazine recently spoke to the four ROADRUNNER UNITED team captains Dino Cazares (ASESINO, ex-FEAR FACTORY, BRUJERIA), Joey Jordison (SLIPKNOT), Robert Flynn (MACHINE HEAD) and Matthew Heafy (TRIVIUM). In addition, Roadrunner Records Senior Director of A&R Monte Conner gives his input on the gigantic project. Following are some excerpts from the article. Cazarez on ...
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BBC News is reporting that VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) will also lead a supergroup in a performance to honor legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix at this year's U.K. Music Hall of Fame in November. Hendrix will be honored alongside THE WHO, THE KINKS, JOY DIVISION/NEW ORDER, PINK FLOYD and BOB DYLAN ...
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FIREBALL MINISTRY will join H.I.M., FINCH and SKINDRED for the forthcoming "Viva La Bands" tour kicking off November 19 in Atlantic City. The "Viva La Bands" tour — featuring artists handpicked by MTV skateboarding personality Bam Margera of "Jackass" and "Viva La Bam" fame — will arrive on the heels of FIREBALL MINISTRY's fall outings: ...
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Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) has announced the following dates in support of his latest solo album, "The Usual Suspects": Nov. 02 - The Avalon - Santa Clara, CA Nov. 03 - Pepperbelly's - Fairfield, CA Nov. 04 - Paladino's - Reseda, CA Nov. 06 - The Coach ...
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CRADLE OF FILTH bassist Dave Pybus has shot down rumors that he was killed in a tragic car accident on the eve of entering the studio to begin recording the band's new album. BLABBERMOUTH.NET received a message on Tuesday stating that reports were coming in that Pybus has been killed in a car accident. "Apparently ...
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More information has been released about CRADLE OF FILTH's debut DVD, "Peace Through Superior Firepower" (view cover here), due on November 1 via Roadrunner Records (one day earlier internationally). Compiled by the band's frontman, Dani Filth and guitarist Paul Allender, the DVD features the band's theatrical show, shot in Paris at the Elysee ...
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ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS — the project featuring Burton C. Bell (FEAR FACTORY) and John Bechdel (KILLING JOKE, FALSE ICONS) — have lined up the following dates in October: Oct. 14 - Toronto, ONT - Bovine Sex Club Oct. 15 - Pittsburgh, PA - Z Lounge Oct. 16 - Ithaca, NY - The Haunt Oct. ...
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MINISTRY will be teaming up with REVOLTING COCKS and SPYDER BABY for the MasterBaTour 2006 beginning in early May of next year. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: May 05 – Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theatre May 06 - San Antonio, TX @ Sunset Station Lonestar May 07 - Fort Worth, TX @ ...
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CRISIS have announced the departure of Gia Wang, the group's bass player for the last 12 years. "Due to family commitments, Gia will be unable to continue to be a part of the CRISIS collective," reads an official press release. "The band wishes Gia well in all his future endeavors. "Nick Weitzel, a friend of ...
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Sweden's IN FLAMES will be supporting MOTÖRHEAD on a U.K. tour beginning at the end of the month. "This will be the longest U.K. tour we have ever done and we are really psyched for it, so hope to see you all there," IN FLAMES write on their web site. Confirmed dates are as follows: ...
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Members of ANTHRAX (Scott Ian, Charlie Benante, and Joey Belladonna), along with Burton C. Bell of FEAR FACTORY, members of BOBAFLEX, tour managers from FEAR FACTORY and ANTHRAX, and others, joined MEGADETH on stage Saturday night (September 10) in Seattle, WA to sing the classic "Peace Sells... But Who's Buying". The MEGADETH-headlined Gigantour trek concluded ...
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DEF LEPPARD have lined up the following dates with BRYAN ADAMS during October/November: Oct. 11 - Boston, MA - Agganis Arena Oct. 12 - East Rutherford, NJ - Continental Arena Oct. 14 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion Oct. 15 - Raleigh, NC - Alltel Pavilion Oct. 17 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena ...
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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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DRY KILL LOGIC frontman Cliff Rigano has issued the following update: "No rest for the wicked… After Gigantour ends, we will be embarking on the 'New Level of Aggression II' tour, presented by Vestal, which will run from September 12 through October 25 and take us back around the U.S. one more time. We will ...
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Shawn Macomber of The Nashua Telegraph recently conducted an interview with FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell. Several excerpts from the chat follow: On the group's new album, "Transgression": "I wanted to tell stories on this record, and the stories I ended up telling were of … going beyond. "'Transgression' is about stepping ...
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DRY KILL LOGIC frontman Cliff Rigano has issued the following update regarding the group's participation in this summer's Gigantour alongside MEGADETH, DREAM THEATER and others: "Cliff here, writing to you from some highway en route to Detroit. We're about three wks into Gigantour, and man, what an experience this has been! "We have met and ...
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MINISTRY will be teaming up with REVOLTING COCKS and SPYDER BABY for the MasterBaTour 2006 beginning in early May of next year. The dates so far are as follows: May 06 - San Antonio, TX @ Sunset Station May 07 - Fort Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theatre May 08 - New Orleans, LA @ House ...
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The cover artwork for CRADLE OF FILTH's upcoming DVD, "Peace through Superior Firepower", has been posted online at this location. "Peace through Superior Firepower" is tentatively scheduled for a late October/early November release. The disc was filmed over two sold out shows in Paris on April 2-3, 2005 and will contain behind-the-scenes footage ...
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After spending most of their career under the management of Peter Mensch and Cliff Bernstein at Q-Prime Management, DEF LEPPARD have jumped ship to sign with Trudy Green at HK Management, according to Hits Daily Double. HK, which is now part of Irving Azoff's Frontline Management, has looked after such artists as AEROSMITH, POISON, MICHAEL ...
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MTV.com reports: According to FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell the Gigantour has been treating them just "OK." The techno-driven metal band's been performing around 6 p.m. each night, but Bell finds "85 percent of the people at these shows are MEGADETH and DREAM THEATER fans, and maybe 15 percent FEAR FACTORY fans." ...
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DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has posted the following message in teh "Forums" section of the Gigantour web site: "Well, we're about 1/3 of the way through this roving mega-metal machine called Gigantour and it's been great so far! "Some of the gigs have been totally awesome (Grand Prairie, San Diego and Tucson quickly come ...
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MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "We had a looooooong drive from Corpus Christy to Atlanta yesterday, and after hours and hours in the bus, we finally made it safe to our hotel. We stopped long enough to drop off Shawn and ...
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DREAM THEATER were joined by special guests Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH), Burton C. Bell (FEAR FACTORY) and Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X) during the final song of their set — a cover of PANTERA's "Cemetery Gates", in honor of fallen hometown hero "Dimebag" Darrrell Abbott — Tuesday night (August 2) at Nokia Live in Dallas, Texas. DREAM ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: If you think you're excited about AC/DC touring again, just imagine how they feel. The band has done a few shows over the past few years, but AC/DC hasn't done anything extensive since their 2000-2001 "Stiff Upper Lip" world tour. Lead singer Brian Johnson told Launch that the guys are getting ...
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West Virginia's BYZANTINE may have crafted that rare album in "…And They Shall Take Up Serpents" that will appeal to the tech-heads without alienating the straight-up thrash bashers. It's as though LAMB OF GOD got bored and one day decided to spice up the arrangements with the instrumental madness of a THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN ...
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Acclaimed Los Angeles quartet FIREBALL MINISTRY, recently dubbed the "#1 metal band you need to know now" by Guitar World, have officially joined the roster of Liquor and Poker Music. The L.A.-based rock label will release the group's new album, "Their Rock Is Not Our Rock", on October 18. A rough mix of the new ...
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BLACK SABBATH members Tony Iommi (guitar) and Geezer Butler (bass) stopped by the New York City studios of Fuse TV on Wednesday (July 20) to tape an appearance on "Metal Asylum". Check out pictures at this location. According to a posting on the "Metal Asylum" blog, "Tony will be on Monday's [July 25] ...
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Finnish goth-metallers H.I.M. have uploaded the ninth installment of their podcast to document the progress of their forthcoming album, "Dark Light", due out on September 27 via Sire. Among the topics covered in the latest update are the following: * Catching up with Mige * Concept of the new music video, "Rip Out the Wings ...
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Spain's Locomotive Records has set a July 19 release date for a documentary-styled two-hour DVD history of METALLICA, filled with exclusive interviews, interactive trivia, extensive discographies, onstage/offstage/backstage action and the kind of critical analysis that only "unauthorized" projects like these could muster. "The History of Metallica: Out of the Loop" chronicles the metal superband's humble ...
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MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine, along with FEAR FACTORY's Burton C. Bell and Raymond Herrera, were interviewed on on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" on Monday (July 11). Included in the broadcast was the world premiere of the opening track from FEAR FACTORY's upcoming album, "Trangression", entitled "540,000 Degrees Fahrenheit". Download an MP3 of the entire ...
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