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CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS Completes Recording Second Album

CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, the band featuring drummer Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, CHICKENFOOT),guitarist Jeff Kollman (GLENN HUGHES, COSMOSQUAD),bassist Kevin Chown (UNCLE KRACKER, TED NUGENT),and keybaordist Ed Roth (GLENN HUGHES, RONNIE MONTROSE),has finished tracking its second s...

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KRISIUN Frontman Interviewed On Australia's 'Full Metal Racket'; Audio Available

Vocalist/bassist Alex Camargo of Brazilian death metal veterans KRISIUN was interviewed earlier this week by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Listen to the chat in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: The first part of the Alex...

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SPINAL TAP Takes Off The Wigs

CNN.com reports that Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, who played heavy-metal musicians in the 1984 film "This Is Spinal Tap", are hitting the road again, but not as SPINAL TAP or the FOLKSMEN. They're playing ... themselves. "We're trying very hard to get across the idea that thi...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: New Port Richey Concert To Be Webcast

JON OLIVA'S PAIN's May 15 concert at Bourbon Street in New Port Richey, Florida will be webcast via Synclive. Just go to www.synclive.com and register to watch the show. JON OLIVA'S PAIN has inked a new deal with AFM Records for the release of the band's fourth CD, tentatively due in October, and .....

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Interviewed At Finland's FROSTBITE Festival; Video Available

Nina Rung of Domination TV conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Amott of Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY at the Frostbite festival, which was held February 6-7, 2009 in Lathi, Finland. Watch the eight-minute chat below. Century Media Records recently released a "best-of" collect...

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Former QUIET RIOT Drummer To Perform With Flamenco Guitarist

FREAKSHOW/ex-QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali will perform with flamenco guitarist David Maldonado on Friday, April 17 at The Mint in Los Angeles, California. The Mint 6010 West Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90035 Phone: 323.954.9400 Fax: 323.938.2994 Banali is currently involved with FREAKSHOW, a new...

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ARCH ENEMY's MICHAEL AMOTT Answers Fan-Submitted Questions; Video Available

Dean Guitars has posted an eight-minute video (see below) of Michael Amott of ARCH ENEMY/CARCASS answering questions that were submitted by Dean forum and MySpace users. Century Media Records recently released an ARCH ENEMY "best-of" collection, entitled "Manifesto Of Arch Enemy". An e-card for "Tyr...

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KRISIUN Frontman: I Don't Think SEPULTURA Are Playing As Good Of Music As They Used To

Christopher Porter of Washington Post's Express Night Out recently conducted an interview with vocalist/bassist Alex Camargo of Brazilian death metal veterans KRISIUN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the band's longevity: "Motivation is the key. We started this thing and we wanna...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: More Dates Announced

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, has scheduled the following dates: May 23 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Metal Dayz May 24 - Wörgl, Austria - Komma (acoustic show) May 26 - Frankfurt, Germany - Sinkkasten (acoustic show) May 27 - Dortmund, Germany - Garageland (acoustic s...

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IN THIS MOMENT, ALEX SKOLNICK Featured In Latest 'Robb's MetalWorks' Episode

San Antonio cult TV show "Robb's MetalWorks" has posted its February 2009 episode featuring an interview with guitarist Chris Howorth and bassist Jesse Landry of IN THIS MOMENT shot at the band's fall 2008 stop in San Antonio in support of "The Dream" LP. Also included is an exclusive chat with TEST...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN To Release New Album In October

JON OLIVA'S PAIN drummer Christopher Kinder has issued the following update: "JON OLIVA'S PAIN is currently in final negotiations with AFM Records for the release of our fourth CD (due out October 2009) and our first live DVD, to be filmed in early 2010. We are planning a two-hour show with a setlis...

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ARCH ENEMY's AMOTT, ERLANDSSON Schedule MUSIKMESSE Signing Sessions

ARCH ENEMY's Michael Amott (guitar) and Daniel Erlandsson (drums) will take part in signing sessions at the Musikmesse Frankfurt 2009 fair in Frankfurt, Germany on April 3 (Friday) and April 4 (Saturday). Michael Amott comments: "Having just returned home to Sweden from the CARCASS U.S. tour, I have...

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ENSLAVED Guitarist Featured In 'The Heart Is A Drum Machine' Documentary

"The Heart Is A Drum Machine", the eagerly awaited documentary film that explores the complex and critical relationship between humanity and music, will premiere in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 25 at Nike's Ricardo Montalbán Theater in the heart of Hollywood. Sponsored by L.A. Weekly and Nike, pro...

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FREAKSHOW: Debut Album Due Next Month

FREAKSHOW, the new project featuring former QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali, guitarist/vocalist Markus Allen Christopher (M!SS CRAZY) and guitarist Jeff LaBar (CINDERELLA),will tentatively release its self-titled debut album on April 10 via Retrospect Records. The CD artwork can be viewed below....

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FREAKSHOW: Another New Song Posted Online

FREAKSHOW, the new project featuring former QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali, guitarist/vocalist Markus Allen Christopher (M!SS CRAZY) and guitarist Jeff LaBar (CINDERELLA),has posted another song, "Mindgame", on the band's MySpace page. Banali recently stated about FREAKSHOW: "It was announced th...