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SYBREED: 'We're Gonna Blow Away Our First Album'

Swiss metal group SYBREED is currently working on the follow-up to its critically acclaimed debut, "Slave Design" (Reality Entertainment). The band has issued the following update: "We are still alive with full of work. Our second album is still into the recording process. We are a bit late due to t...

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CANDLEMASS Mainman Discusses KRUX Project

Lords of Metal e-zine recently conducted an interview with CANDLEMASS/KRUX mainman Leif Edling. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Lords of Metal: In the interview on the KRUX DVD you were saying that you were pleased by the amount of sales of the KRUX album. I know that the most popular albums .....

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AMORPHIS Guitarists Sing ESP's Praises

AMORPHIS members Tomi Koivusaari and Esa Holopainen have joined the growing ranks of ESP artists. The two guitarists recently received their brand-new Eclipse guitars straight from ESP's custom shop, where the instruments had been built according to their own design and specifications. The endorseme...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE: New Audio Interview With ALEX WEBSTER Posted Online

CANNIBAL CORPSE bassist Alex Webster was interviewed late last month by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Listen to the interview in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: The Alex Webster interview begins around the two-hour, nin...

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A Static Lullaby

"Static" defined: "lacking movement, development, or vitality". What about the definition of lullaby? A "song used to lull a child to sleep; cradlesong" (Thank www.dictionary.com for the definitions). Get the picture? There was a time when I could stomach some of the bands playing this brand of suga...

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REVENGIA Putting Finishing Touches On 'Eraser'

REVENGIA, the Swedish metal band featuring ARCH ENEMY drummer Daniel Erlandsson, is putting the finishing touches on its new album, entitled "Eraser". Commented guitarist Matti Almsenius: "Still have some intros to do and some vocals are left too. Otherwise I'm in editing mode, cutting away noises e...

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Tales of Rock 'N' Roll

Considering the U.S. release date was August 1st and the disc arrived sometime thereafter, the review arrives a tad late. But hey, it's the MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, so better late than never. After 25 years (not counting the early UFO/SCORPIONS work),the German guitar god can still squeeze out a phe...

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Savior Sorrow

It's been a long three years for Cleveland-based shock metallers MUSHROOMHEAD. They changed vocalists, changed labels, changed masks (not that anyone over 14 should care) and watched their public profile diminish slightly as their media-inflated “feud" with SLIPKNOT was allowed to fade into obscurit...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'What Is So Impressive With The Concept Of Power Anyway?'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "So I'm doing the Dortmund. "Here for interviews for a couple of days, talking to the phone all day with people I don't really know. I actually started writing a blog yesterday and I was really getting into this...

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ICED EARTH Guitarist ERNIE CARLETTI Faces Rape Charges

Terri Sanginiti of Wilmington, Delaware's The News Journal reports that a 31-year-old Elkton, Md., man by the name of Ernie Carletti — believed to be the same Ernie Carletti who joined ICED EARTH in July as the group's second guitarist — is awaiting extradition to Delaware to face charges in a ...

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'SUPERNOVA' : First Two Tracks Posted Online

Two new "Rock Star: Supernova" tracks — featuring singer Lukas Rossi alongside Tommy Lee (MÖTLEY CRÜE),Jason Newsted (VOIVOD, ex-METALLICA),and Gilby Clarke (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) — have been posted online at the band's MySpace page. Listen to the tracks "It's All Love" and "Be Yourself & 5 Other...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE To Tour Europe In Early 2007

Legendary death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE will embark on a European headlining tour in February/March 2007. The tentative routing is shaping up as follows: Feb. 22 - France Antipode Rennes Feb. 23 - Spain TBA Bilbao Feb. 24 - Portugal hard Club Oporto Feb. 25 - Spain TBA Mardid Feb. 26 - Spain TBA B...

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SUPERNOVA Frontman Named

Canadian rocker Lukas Rossi was crowned the winner of reality TV show "Rock Star: Supernova", according to The Sydney Morning Herald. Rossi is described on the "Rock Star: Supernova" web site as a gifted singer with a "Jeff Buckley meets Freddie Mercury" style. Lukas will front SUPERNOVA, the band m...

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Judge Sides With Original SUPERNOVA In 'Rock Star' Suit

MTV.com reports that the producers of CBS' "Rock Star" are going to have to come up with an alternate name for SUPERNOVA, the band made up of MÖTLEY CRÜE's Tommy Lee, VOIVOD's Jason Newsted and former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke, according to a Tuesday (September 12) ruling by San Diego Jud...

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Pride of the Wicked

The acts on Christian hardcore/metalcore label Facedown may not be agreeable to every heavy music fan due to its bands' lyrical philosophies, but a good sized chunk of the releases are of decent fare. By the same token, those sick of being constantly clobbered over the head with hardcore and metalco...