Atlanta's 420 MONKS, featuring former STUCK MOJO frontman Bonz, ex-CHUM (Puerto Rico) drummer Carlos Torres, ex-ERACISM bassist David Saunders, guitarist John B., and former PUBLIC ENEMY touring DJ DJ Lord, have announced further live appearances during April. Here is a complete list of the group's upcoming performances: Mar. 29 - Greenville, SC @ Sub-Zero Mar. ...
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BEAUTIFUL CREATURES have reportedly been joined by TUFF axeman Michael Thomas following the departure of DJ Ashba last month, according to a posting at www.metal-sludge.com. In addition, the band have reportedly acquired new management in the form of Metal Edge editor Paul Gargano. ...
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The reunited San Francisco Bay Area funk-metallers MORDRED, featuring vocalist Scott Holderby, bassist Art Libbon, guitarist James Sanguinetti, DJ/keboardist Aaron Pause Vaughn, and drummer Gannon Hall, are scheduled to perform at The Bourbon Street Bar And Grill in Concord, California on March 8th. The group are also set to play at The Pound in San ...
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Atlanta's 420 MONKS, featuring former STUCK MOJO frontman Bonz, ex-CHUM (Puerto Rico) drummer Carlos Torres, ex-ERACISM bassist David Saunders, guitarist John B., and former PUBLIC ENEMY touring DJ DJ Lord, will shortly begin shopping a four-song demo culled from the band's ongoing album recordings to interested labels with a view toward securing a record contract ...
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LIMP BIZKIT and EMINEM have reportedly ended their long-running feud and collaborated on a new track, according to Worldpop. The song, entitled "New World Order", is rumored to contain lyrics dealing with the subject of American troops hunting down Osama Bin Laden. EMINEM reportedly plays Bin Laden taunting America with his raps on the track ...
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CELTIC FROST/APOLLYON SUN mainman Tom Fischer (aka Tom Warrior) has issued the following statement as a tribute to the late EXODUS frontman Paul Baloff, who recently passed away after suffering a massive stroke: I knew Paul in person, he made it a point to come to visit us at our hotel in Oakland when we ...
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LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst has posted the following message on the band's official web site at www.limpbizkit.com: I'm back!! Like it or not. I'm so happy to be hooked up to the net right now. Actually being able to go into the chat!!!!!! Let's move forward. We are so excited to bring ...
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BEAUTIFUL CREATURES have parted ways with guitarist DJ Ashba. No reason was given for Ashba's departure, but according to an official statement from the rest of the group, “BEAUTIFUL CREATURES will continue. We believe in the band, the music and especially our fans. The band has never been about individuals, it's about a promise to ...
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During a candid January 28th interview with journalist Martin Carlsson, portions of which appeared in the Swedish newspaper Expressen, former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted revealed interesting facts about his departure from METALLICA, James Hetfield's battle with addictions, the infamous Playboy feature, the postponement of VOIVOD's next album, the formation of a dream metal band with ...
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INSANE CLOWN POSSE member Violent J received 12 months of unsupervised probation in St. Louis Circuit Court on Wednesday, February 6th, stemming from an altercation outside radio station KPNT 105.7 last February. According to Allstar, the assault was the result of a long-running dispute between Violent J and a local DJ named Cookie, who allegedly ...
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A memorial tribute will be held in the honor of late EXODUS frontman Paul Baloff on February 12th at San Francisco's DNA Lounge, according to Baloff's official memorial web site at www.paulbaloff.com. The remaining members of EXODUS and their friends wanted to do something that Paul would have enjoyed and something that would ...
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Atlanta's 420 MONKS, featuring former STUCK MOJO frontman Bonz, ex-CHUM (Puerto Rico) drummer Carlos Torres, ex-ERACISM bassist David Saunders, guitarist John B., and former PUBLIC ENEMY touring DJ DJ Lord, will shortly begin work on their debut full-length CD for a tentative summer release through an as-yet-undisclosed label. The full track listing for the effort ...
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Atlanta's 420 MONKS, featuring former STUCK MOJO frontman Bonz, ex-CHUM (Puerto Rico) drummer Carlos Torres, ex-ERACISM bassist David Saunders, guitarist John B., and former PUBLIC ENEMY touring DJ DJ Lord, will begin work on a new full-length CD, which will include re-recorded versions of the six songs from the group's demo CD as well as ...
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TEAM SLEEP, which features in its ranks DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno, DJ Crook, and guitarist Todd Wilkinson, will be using a demo version of the track Natalie Portman on their upcoming Maverick Records debut, according to Wilkinson. It's very rawjust guitar and vocals. I forgot, Crook added some sounds too, the copy that I have ...
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PITCHSHIFTER are set to have one of the tracks from their forthcoming CD, entitled PSI, remixed by Kyo-Jin, who remixed PITCHSHIFTER's song Hidden Agenda from the Deviant album (featured on the Dead Battery CD single). Kyo-Jin's last mix, a storming drum and bass reworking of the band's hip hop-infused Hidden Agenda was reportedly the band's ...
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TEAM SLEEP guitarist Todd Wilkinson recently posted the following in response to the questions about the San Jose bootleg recording that was made available for download in its entirety via the www.7words.net web site (as reported here on January 24th): "The acoustics have yet to be named. All tracks played, except ...
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A bootleg audio recording of TEAM SLEEP's performance at the Cactus Club in San Jose, California can be downloaded in its entirety from this location. TEAM SLEEP, which features in its ranks DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno, DJ Crook, and guitarist Todd Wilkinson, will release its debut album through Maverick Records in the spring. ...
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METHODS OF MAYHEM, led by former MOTLEY CRUE drummer Tommy Lee, have set Never A Dull Moment as the title to their sophomore CD, which is due in stores on May 21st through MCA Records. The track listing for the effort is shaping up as follows: 01. Afterglow 02. Body Architects 03. Higher 04. Sunday ...
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EAT THE DAY, the new group led by former LIMP BIZKIT guitarist Wes Borland, are hard at work on their much-anticipated debut album, which is currently being written and recorded in Los Angeles for a mid-2002 release, according to an update posted at www.bigdumbface.com. Drummer Greg Isabella had reportedly flown to Wes' L.A. ...
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METALLICA are taking a break for the holidays, but will return to the studio in January with a view towards releasing a new studio album next fall, according to statements attributed to the band's management and their publicist by MTV.com. While frontman James Hetfield spent time in rehab for alcoholism and “other ...
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METALLICA have posted the following update on the present condition of frontman James Hetfield via their official web site at www.metallica.com:
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“Yes folks, we have word from James, and the news is all good. His recovery has gone exceedingly well, he is back out, about and feeling rather ...
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APOLLYON SUN, featuring former CELTIC FROST mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer, are currently composing and demoing new material for the group's upcoming sophomore full-length album at the band's own rehearsal studio facility (where the act have just upgraded the computer-based recording system) and at Oakland Recording, the group's long-time home when recording in ...
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Former CELTIC FROST guitarist/vocalist Tom G. Warrior (aka Thomas Gabriel Fischer) has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to refute the reports of am imminent reunion of the band's classic line-up of Fischer, bassist Martin Eric Ain and drummer Reed St. Mark, the rumors of which gained fervor in the past week following the publication ...
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SLIPKNOT have issued the following press release explaining the reasons behind the cancellation of their US tour with IN FLAMES and 40 BELOW SUMMER: “Regrettably, SLIPKNOT have had to postpone their headlining U.S. tour which was set to kick off November 21 in Fargo, ND and wrap December 21 in ...
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Los Angeles' MEDICATION, featuring former MACHINE HEAD / SOULFLY guitarist Logan Mader, ex-UGLY KID JOE / LIFE OF AGONY vocalist Whitfield Crane, ex-ADAYINTHELIFE guitarist Blunt and SOULFLY drummer Roy Mayorga, have refuted the recent reports of Mayorga leaving the band in order to rejoin SOULFLY on a full-time basis. According to an ...
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ANTHRAX are rumored to be making an appearance on the Late Night With Jay Leno show this Wednesday, October 31st. In other ANTHRAX-related news, check out this humorous article from Lincoln Journal Star about an ANTHRAX fan whose “ANTHRAX” license plates have gotten him a heap of negative reactions from irate motorists ...
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POWERMAN 5000 have parted ways with bassist Dorian Heartsong and drummer Al Pahanish, according to informed sources. Although the exact reasons for the pair's departure have not yet been revealed, the duo were recently seen moving their gear out of the band's rehearsal studio and were reported to have been jamming with ...
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Due to a technical problem at the server side (completely out of our control), we were unable to post any updates to these pages during the last two days. Although the problem appears to have been resolved, there is no guarantee that this sort of thing will not happen again in the ...
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HATEBREED have issued an official statement regarding the recent cancellation of their involvement with the God Hates The World Tour, headlined by SLAYER, in order to concentrate on finishing up their major label debut, entitled Perseverance: “First off all, we as a band would like to sincerely apologize to everyone ...
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