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WILL HAVEN Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Sacramento, California's WILL HAVEN is putting the finishing touches to the follow-up to 2007's "The Hierophant". The as-yet-untitled, self-produced effort will mark the return of the band's original vocalist Grady Avenell, who rejoined WILL HAVEN in October 2009 after a two-year break. The CD will...

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GARY CHERONE Talks EXTREME, VAN HALEN And HURTSMILE In New Interview

Metal Shrine recently conducted an interview with EXTREME/ex-VAN HALEN frontman Gary Cherone. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Shrine: First up, this band HURTSMILE, what's the story behind it and working with your brother? Cherone: After all these years it's a wonder why didn'...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Manager: Plan Was Always For PORTNOY To Play With Band Only Through 2010

AVENGED SEVENFOLD manager Larry Jacobson has told LA Weekly's "West Coast Sound" blog that there is no correlation between drummer Mike Portnoy's departure from the band and the cancelation of the group's participation in the Australian Soundwave festival. He writes, "The plan had always been for Mi...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD: It's Time For Us To Find Another Drummer For 2011 And Beyond

Orange County, California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD has released the following statement: "For the past few months, we've been blessed with Mike Portnoy's talent and humanity. "When Mike agreed to tour with us, it was only through the end of 2010. We always knew we'd need to find another solution for 2011...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Singer: PORTNOY Was Too 'Press Release-Happy' Regarding DREAM THEATER Split

AVENGED SEVENFOLD frontman M. Shadows told The Pulse Of Radio that the band was not happy about the public way in which drummer Mike Portnoy's split with his former group DREAM THEATER was played out, which may have soured Portnoy's relationship with AVENGED, ultimately causing his departure from th...

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BRET MICHAELS Is One Of '25 Most Intriguing People'

POISON frontman Bret Michaels has made People's "25 Most Intriguing People" list, found in the magazine's new issue (cover pictured below),which will hit newsstands on Friday (December 17). Michaels, who survived a near-fatal brain hemorrhage in April, told the magazine, "I don't want my legacy to...

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BUCKCHERRY Interviewed By KERRANG! Magazine (Video)

Kerrang! magazine conducted an interview with vocalist Josh Todd and guitarist Keith Nelson of Californian rockers BUCKCHERRY during the U.K. leg of the band's "Taste Of Chaos" tour with DISTURBED, PAPA ROACH and HALESTORM. You can now watch the chat below. BUCKCHERRY has released an original Christ...

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ILL NIÑO Announces 'Restore The Insanity' Headlining Tour

New Jersey/New York's ILL NIÑO will embark on the "Restore The Insanity" headlining tour in January with support from ANEW REVOLUTION, EKOTREN and FASHION BOMB. "We're really looking forward to seeing all of our crazy fans again," states vocalist Cristian Machado. "This is the first U.S. tour we've...

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BUCKCHERRY Guitarist Interviewed By U.K.'s SONIC SHOCKS

Sonic Shocks recently conducted an interview with guitarist Keith Nelson of Californian rockers BUCKCHERRY. You can now watch the chat below. BUCKCHERRY has released an original Christmas song, "Christmas Is Here", via iTunes. Commented the band: "We have been wanting to write an original Christmas...

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VINNIE PAUL: DIMEBAG's Spirit And Energy 'Inspire Us To Be The Best We Can Be'

Former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott has released the following statement on the six-year anniversary of the death of his brother, PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "I wanna thank you all for remembering and celebrating the life of my best friend and br...

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BLAZE BAYLEY: 'The Man Who Would Not Die' To Be Released On Limited-Edition Vinyl

Blaze Bayley Recording is now taking pre-orders for BLAZE BAYLEY's (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) first-ever vinyl release — a limited-edition version of the current band's first album, "The Man Who Would Not Die". This double vinyl white label in sleeved gatefold is limited to 500 copies and is now avail...

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BORIS To Release First Official DVD This January

Japan's rock experimentalists BORIS are well known not only for their epic discography — as they've unleashed multiple releases to the public every year in countless formats since their formation in the early '90s — but also for their captivating live performances they're constantly booking, playing...

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Jupiter

It will be a relief for many fans of ATHEIST's first three seminal albums — "Piece of Time", "Unquestionable Presence" and "Elements" – that comeback album "Jupiter" sounds pretty much what one would expect ATHEIST to sound like in 2010. Not that "Jupiter" is the next step forward from the extraterr...

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In Dreams

It is no secret that a number of bands on the Sumerian roster have been largely responsible for the ascendance of the label's status from "just under the radar" to "gold standard for new school tech-metal" (or thereabouts); THE FACELESS, BORN OF OSIRIS, and VEIL OF MAYA, to name three of the biggies...

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HELLOWEEN Bassist Interviewed By METAL STORM (Video)

Metal Storm conducted an interview with bassist Markus Großkopf of German power metallers HELLOWEEN when the band played at the at Hard Rock Hell IV festival in Prestatyn, Wales, U.K. on December 4. You can now watch the chat intwo parts below. "7 Sinners", the 13th studio album from HELLOWEEN, regi...