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Late DEATH Mastermind CHUCK SCHULDINER: GUITAR WORLD Tribute Article Posted Online

To coincide with what would have been DEATH mastermind Chuck Schuldiner's 40th birthday (Chuck was born on May 13, 1967),the official DEATH web site Empty Words has posted the Schuldiner tribute article (entitled "Lust for Life") which was published in Guitar World magazine's April 2007 issue. Chec...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Says New Album Will Have 'More Riffs, More Melodies'

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott recently spoke to Decibel magazine about the recording process for the group's follow-up to 2005's "Doomsday Machine", due later in the year via Century Media Records. Vocalist Angela Gossow has become one of the preeminent screamers in metal, and according to Amot...

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THE NUMBER TWELVE LOOKS LIKE YOU To Release New Song Via Exclusive Hot Topic EP

New Jersey-based progressive metal unit THE NUMBER TWELVE LOOKS LIKE YOU will preview its first album in two years with an EP exclusively available at Hot Topic stores. The EP will include the brand new track "Sleeping With the Fishes, See?" from the band's hotly-anticipated new album "Mongrel". The...

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ANNIHILATOR Mainman Talks Gear; Video Available

A three-and-a-half-minute video clip of ANNIHILATOR mainman Jeff Waters discussing his gear backstage in Helsinki, Finland earlier tonight (Tuesday, May 8) has been posted at YouTube. ANNIHILATOR's current touring lineup consists of: Dave Padden - Vocals, Guitar Alex Landenburg - Drums Jeff Waters -...

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DIMEBAG's Estate Reaches Settlement In Lawsuit Over Alrosa Shootings

According to The Columbus Dispatch, the estate of "Dimebag" Darrel Abbott, the DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist who died in a 2004 shooting at Alrosa Villa, has reached a settlement in its wrongful-death lawsuit against the Columbus, Ohio nightclub. The lawsuit was dismissed this week after Abbott's...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Checks In From Recording Studio

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We've been in the studio for what seems like an eternity now, and this new album is really starting to sound like an epic chapter in the ARCH ENEMY saga! "I am always super excited about new music t...

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THE NUMBER TWELVE LOOKS LIKE YOU Prepares For SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND Tour

New Jersey-based progressive metal unit THE NUMBER TWELVE LOOKS LIKE YOU has announced summer tour plans in support of its long-awaited new album "Mongrel". The forward-thinking band will join this year's installment of the Sounds of the Underground tour — set to launch Friday, July 6 in Dallas, TX...

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SPINAL TAP Reunites To Save World From Global Warming

Jake Coyle of News.com.au reports: SPINAL TAP is back, to help save the world from global warming. If only they were clear on exactly what that was. The mock heavy metal group immortalized in the 1984 mockumentary "This is Spinal Tap" will reunite for a performance at Wembley Stadium in London as pa...

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ANNIHILATOR Guitarist Checks In From European Tour

Canadian thrashers ANNIHILATOR are currently on the road in Europe with TRIVIUM, GOJIRA and SANCTITY. The group's guitarist Jeff Waters has checked in with the following update: "Great crowds and a lot of metal. The TRIVIUM guys have been extremely cool to us and the other bands... Nice guys and the...

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Officer Involved In RUSH Guitarist's Countersuit Fired For Sexually Harassing Women

Ryan Mills of Naples Daily News reports that Cpl. Christopher Knott — one of the officers involved in RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson's countersuit (stemming from the incident on New Year's Eve 2004 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Naples, Florida) — has been fired for sexually harassing women. According to...

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COSMOSQUAD Getting Ready To Drop 'Acid Test'

Los Angeles, CA-based metallic fusioneers COSMOSQUAD have finished recording and mixing their latest album, titled "Acid Test". Co-produced by drummer Shane Gaalaas (B'Z, DIESEL MACHINE, GLENN HUGHES) and guitarist Jeff Kollman (GLENN HUGHES, MOGG/WAY, $IGN OF 4) at Crumb West Studios in Simi Valley...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Frontman Joins Cast Of 'Bled' Horror Movie

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH vocalist Ivan Moody (ex-MOTOGRATER) has joined the cast of a new horror movie "Bled", which is set to begin shooting in May. Ivan will play the creepy "Incubus" that's invoked by a substance known as 'strigios, a rare and ancient sap that bleeds from a long forgotten tree. Sa...

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ANNIHILATOR: Live Videos From Dublin Posted Online

Fan-filmed video clips of Canadian thrashers ANNIHILATOR performing in Dublin, Ireland on their current European tour with TRIVIUM have been posted on YouTube. Check out the footage: "The Fun Palace" (filmed on April 8): Video "Alice in Hell" (filmed on April 9): Video ANNIHILATOR's current touring...

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FIREWIND Guitarist Talks About 'Allegiance' Album, Upcoming U.S. Tour

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with FIREWIND mainman and guitarist Gus G. A couple of excerpts follow: Metal Asylum: "Allegiance" is the fourth FIREWIND record and the lineup is on its third singer. Is changing vocalists something you would like to do? Gus: Well, we don't do it because...

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LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE Singer Quits

Singer Christopher Schmid has left the German gothic rockers LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE due to personal reasons. "I don't feel that I can combine the permanent stress (brought about by touring, concerts and general uncertainties of the music business) with my 'normal' life and my future," Schmid said in a...