ON A PALE HORSE, the band featuring ex-SLIPKNOT guitarist Josh Brainard, have made available for download another track from their debut album, "Black Is Not The Darkest Colour". The song, entitled "Eight Directions Eight Dimensions", can be downloaded here. Additional ON A PALE HORSE cuts can be downloaded from the band's official
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METALLICA were honored at performing rights groups ASCAP's annual Pop Music Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday (May 18), according to Reuters. ASCAP bestowed its Creative Voice Award on "Lars Ulrich and METALLICA," according to the citation, for the group's "artistic career achievements and for their work as advocates for all creatives." ...
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New Orleans sludge-meisters CROWBAR will make their first hometown live appearance in nearly three years on July 9 at the Howlin' Wolf. Support at the show will come from CRAWFISH FOSSIL and SUFFOCATING LINDSAY. Tickets are $8 and doors open at 8:30 p.m. As previously reported, CROWBAR's current touring lineup is as follows: Kirk Windstein ...
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New Orleans sludge-meisters CROWBAR have announced their lineup for their upcoming European tour and beyond. It is as follows: Kirk Windstein (DOWN) - Guitar and Vocals Patrick Bruders (GOATWHORE) - Bass Steve Gibb (ex-BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) - Guitar and Vocals Tommy Buckley (SOILENT GREEN) - Drums As previously reported, CROWBAR's forthcoming CD, tentatively titled "Life's ...
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DEATH ANGEL were among the cream of the legendary Bay Area metal scene when they burst out of it in 1986, first through a Kirk Hammett-produced demo, then a startling and lively debut album, 1987's "The Ultra-Violence". The relative youth of the band (drummer Andy Galeon was only 14 when that first record came out), ...
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The current incarnation of METAL CHURCH — guitarists Kurdt Vanderhoof and Jay Reynolds (ex-MALICE), vocalist Ronny Munroe (ex-ROTTWEILLER), drummer Kirk Arrington and bassist Steve Unger — have added more dates in May prior to traveling overseas for an appearance at the Rock Hard festival in Germany. Scheduled dates so far include: May 14 – Olympia, ...
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METALLICA frontman James Hetfield spoke to the Winnipeg Sun last week about his trip to the rehab in 2001, his recovery and the band's eventual "rebirth." The following are some excerpts from that interview: Winnipeg Sun: Are you happy with the reception the new album is getting? James Hetfield: "Yeah. We're grateful people are embracing ...
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The current incarnation of METAL CHURCH — guitarists Kurdt Vanderhoof and Jay Reynolds (ex-MALICE), vocalist Ronny Munroe (ex-ROTTWEILLER), drummer Kirk Arrington and bassist Steve Unger — will be playing several dates in May prior to their appearance at BW&BK 6-Pack Weekend in Cleveland in early June. Newly confirmed is a May 20 concert at the ...
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DEATH ANGEL's video for the track "Thicker Than Blood" has been posted online at this location (Real Media). "Thicker Than Blood" comes off DEATH ANGEL's much-anticipated comeback album, "The Art of Dying", due in the U.S. on May 4 through Nuclear Blast Records. The group's first CD since 1990's "Act III", "The Art ...
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METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett recently spoke to The Grand Rapids Press about the massive outpouring of opinion, either harsh criticism or praise, that followed the release of the group's latest studio effort, "St. Anger". "That has happened to us since our second album," Kirk said. "Every single album has its detractors, who say, 'I don't ...
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The current incarnation of METAL CHURCH — guitarists Kurdt Vanderhoof and Jay Reynolds (ex-MALICE), vocalist Ronny Munroe (ex-ROTTWEILLER), drummer Kirk Arrington and bassist Steve Unger — will be opening for DEATH ANGEL on May 22 at Studio 7 in Seattle, Washington. Also set to appear are THE BRAINDEAD, AGONY OF DECEIT, DROWN MARY and PHOENIX ...
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DEATH ANGEL frontman Mark Osegueda recently spoke to Belgium's Concreteweb.be about the songwriting and recording process for their forthcoming "comeback" CD, "The Art of Dying". Asked how they ended up working with producer Brian Joseph Dobbs on the new album, Mark said, "He was phenomenal! He's actually someone I've met a long ...
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VALUME NOB, the Louisiana based band featuring CROWBAR/DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein on bass, have uploaded several tracks from their recently completed CD, "The Most High", at their official web site. Check out the songs "Friends For Life", "Brutal Attack", "You Instead Of Me" and "War of Faith" at this location. The group, who ...
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METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich will be hosting Canada's MusicMusic video show "Loud" this Saturday, April 17 at 11:30 p.m. EST. Check your local listings for further details. As previously reported, METALLICA will be honored by ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) at the 21st annual Pop Music Awards held on May 18 at ...
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METALLICA have garnered three nominations at this year's California Music Awards, which are scheduled to be held June 6 from noon-6 p.m. at the Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall. The San Francisco-based heavy metal band are nominated for outstanding hard rock album ("St. Anger"), best guitarist (Kirk Hammett) and best ...
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On the eve of the 10-year anniversary of Kurt Cobain's passing, NME.com has posted a short testimonial to NIRVANA penned by METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. It reads as follows: "In 1991 there was a kind of shift in rock music in America — it was shifting away from all the hair bands in ...
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METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett was recently interviewed in Seattle on 99.9 KISW where he discussed being in the band for over 20 years, the new tour and the live debut of the "…And Justice For All" classic "Dyer's Eve". Download an audio of the interview here. In other news, check out
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New Orleans sludge-meisters CROWBAR have recruited former BLACK LABEL SOCIETY bassist Steve Gibb as their new guitarist. "I'm really stoked and so is Steve," CROWBAR frontman Kirk Windstein writes on the band's web site. "He's a great guy. I've been knowing him for about four years now, and it looks like he'll be in it ...
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METALLICA's official web site has uploaded a "sneak peek" at the cover for the group's first-ever official book, "So What! The Good, The Mad And The Ugly". Check it out at this location. Due in August via Broadway Books, "So What! The Good, The Mad And The Ugly" will be issued as an ...
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VALUME NOB, the Louisiana based band featuring CROWBAR/DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein on bass, have completed work on a new CD, entitled "The Most High", due on April 13 through the group's own label. A video for the song "Boots" will be released in early summer. The group, who describe their music as "AGNOSTIC FRONT meets ...
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Lydia Adetunji of the Financial Times reports that METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich does not fit the stereotypes of the heavy-metal musician. For one thing, he is a serious art collector. As METALLICA became more successful and began to tour the world, he took to slipping into galleries on his days off. One day in 1993, ...
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"Metallica: This Monster Lives", a book chronicling filmmaker Joe Berlinger's three years spent with METALLICA making the "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" documentary, is due in November via Martins Press. "It will be designed to tie into the DVD release of the film, which will be [in early 2005]," Berlinger told MTV.com last October. "The ...
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VALUME NOB, the Louisiana based band featuring CROWBAR/DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein on bass, have added a Baton Rouge show to their upcoming itinerary. The group's schedule is shaping up as follows: Apr. 02 - Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA Apr. 03 - Zeppelins - Metairie, LA As previously reported, VALUME NOB will be entering ...
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Michael Senft of The Arizona Republic has reviewed METALLICA's U.S. tour-opening performance at America West Arena in Phoenix Tuesday night (March 2). "Conspicuously scarce [in the group's set] were tracks from the quartet's new album, 'St. Anger'," he wrote. "Perhaps the band realizes that its newer material does not measure up to past efforts, because ...
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METALLICA frontman James Hetfield gave a short phone interview to Scoop of the Columbus, Ohio radio station The Blitz 99.7 FM Wednesday (Feb. 25). Asked to comment on the recent reports that some of the material written and recorded in 2001 shortly before he went into rehab might end up on an upcoming soundtrack, James ...
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VALUME NOB, the Louisiana based band featuring CROWBAR/DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein on bass, will be entering the studio March 14 to begin recording some new material for a spring release. In the meantime, the band have announced the following shows in April: Apr. 02 - T.B.A. Apr. 03 - Zeppelins - Metairie, La The group, ...
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Danny Carey (TOOL), John Ziegler (PIGMY LOVE CIRCUS), Kirk Covington and Lance Morrison will be performing at the La Ve Lee jazz club on Thursday night, February 26. The club is located at 12514 Ventura Blvd (at Whittset), Studio City, Ca. For more information, go to www.laveleejazzclub.com. ...
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METALLICA frontman James Hetfield has revealed that plans exist for the band to release some of the material written and recorded in 2001 shortly before he went into rehab. Speaking to Sweden's Close-Up magazine for its February 2004 issue, Hetfield said, "There's tons of stuff left over from the Presidio [a rented barrack at the ...
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A former bandmate of late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to set the record straight about a rare video of Burton performing with his pre-METALLICA band TRAUMA that was recently made available online. The video, which captures a performance that was said to have been recorded the day before ...
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FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell has posted the following tour report on the band's official web site: "Aussie, aussie, aussie! OI, OI, OI!!! "The Big Day Out in Melbourne had the biggest turn-out on record. The grounds were teaming with people, like army ants en masse. It was really something to see. We went ...
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