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GORGOROTH To Enter Studio This Week

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH will enter Grieghallen studio on January 5 to begin recording their new album, entitled "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam". The CD will contain eight tracks and is tentatively expected late spring/early summer through an as-yet-undisclosed label. GORGOROTH were most re...

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KREATOR's PETROZZA Says New Album Is More Brutal Than 'Violent Revolution'

KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza recently spoke to the Antenna webzine about the group's new abum, "Enemy of God", and their upcoming tour. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Antenna: You have experimented quite a bit in the later years. Do you feel you have found the right formula by no...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist: DIMEBAG's Murder Could Only Have Happened In U.S.

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian recently spoke to ElectricBasement.com about the death of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and ANTHRAX's latest album, "The Greater of Two Evils". An excerpt from the interview follows: ElectricBasement.com: I'm asking musicians whether his death h...

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DIMEBAG DARRELL: Last-Ever Photo Posted Online?

Jennifer Wray of Columbus, Ohio's Suburban News Publications reports: Guitarist Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott told Kevin McMeans that a photograph of the two of them taken last Wednesday afternoon (Dec. 8) "would be a classic." McMeans said Abbott, who normally dressed casually, was referring to his outf...

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SEVENDUST: 'We Feel Blessed To Have Known And Loved DARRELL'

SEVENDUST have issued the following statement in regards to the tragic death of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "We have lost a dear friend and the world has lost an incredible musician. Our prayers are with Vinnie and the rest of the Abbott family. "Words cannot describe t...

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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING: I Don't Need To See A Therapist To Tell Me How I Feel

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King recently told the Houston Chronicle that you won't see the California thrash-metal pioneers doing group therapy à la METALLICA to keep the band together. "No way, dude," King said. "No way would you catch us talking to someone about things that aren't working right. If yo...

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GORGOROTH Explain Abbreviated Mexico City Performance

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have issued the following report on their recent South American/Mexican tour: "The recent Central American tour was very well visited and the fans was truly dedicated. Especially in San Salvador and Guatemala city, although the security in the first mentioned city...

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Report: How AEROSMITH's Fan Club Left Fans In The Lurch

The Associated Press is reporting that many artists hire outside companies to run their fan clubs, but one club designed to bring fans closer to their idols ended up dividing them. After AEROSMITH postponed three concerts in June, many ticketbuyers went without refunds. One fan, Ginny Roberson, post...

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GORGOROTH: Early Albums To Be Reissued

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have inked a deal with the French label Season of Mist for the reissues of their first three albums: "Pentagram" (1994),"Antichrist" (1996) and "Under the Sign of Hell" (1997). All three will be re-released in January/February in a remastered, digipack version. I...

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CLOUDSCAPE Film Video For 'Under Fire'

Swedish melodic metallers CLOUDSCAPE have shot a video for the track "Under Fire" with director Rainer Holmgren, who has previously filmed videos for PAIN OF SALVATION ("Ashes") and NASTY IDOLS, among others. The video, which was shot "in various places both outdoors and indoors on stage," will be f...

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THE HAUNTED Guitarist Talks About The Roots Of The 'Gothenburg' Sound

THE HAUNTED founder and guitarist Patrik Jensen recently spoke Rockdetector.com's Bernard Doe. As part of the lengthy chat on the new Century Media album "rEVOLVEr", Jensen discussed how he balances THE HAUNTED with his other "trad metal' band WITCHERY and how IN FLAMES wanted to "borrow" the now-in...

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Original KISS Guitarist ACE FREHLEY Portrayed As 'Pathetic And Sad Junkie' In Tell-All Book

The following comes to us courtesy of KissCollector.com: "Over the last few months we’ve been mentioning 'Into The Void... With Ace Frehley' (cover) a few times before (and already back in early 2002 we mentioned the book in our KISS Kollector magazine),but every time the publication date got pushe...

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STUCK MOJO Reunite, Announce Plans To Write Their Best Record Ever

FOZZY guitarist Rich Ward has announced plans to reform his previous band, STUCK MOJO, for the recording of a new studio album, tentatively due late next year through an as-yet-undetermined label. Ward's statement on the matter, as posted on his official web site, reads as follows: "I've spent the l...

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Producer KEVIN SHIRLEY Comments On DREAM THEATER, PAGE/PLANT DVDs

Veteran producer Kevin Shirley (DREAM THEATER, IRON MAIDEN, AEROSMITH, SLAYER) has posted the following message on his web site: "DREAM THEATER 'Live at Budokan' DVD and CD came out — it's awesome BUT make sure you set the audio mode very carefully otherwise it will not impress you sonically — it to...

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METALLICA Fans To Rock Until They Drop For Chance To Meet Their Idols

Scott Ray of Chicago's Daily Herald is reporting that a 46-year-old grandmother of four from Silver Lake, Wis. and three other contestants are competing for a chance to meet heavy metal bands METALLICA and GODSMACK. With only a bottle of water by her side, the contestants began the first of what cou...