Former THE WILDHEARTS frontman Ginger has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "My life turned into shit on an aeroplane heading for the sunny Philippines at the end of 2004, a holiday my family would take every Christmas ? we'd visit family members, hang out on beaches, eat great food and ...
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VELVET REVOLVER fan site Velvet-Revolver.com is currently hosting a video and audio file of VR frontman Scott Weiland performing a new song for NBC-TV's "Last Call With Carson Daly". The song, "The Man I Didn't Know", which was performed last week in front of an in-studio audience at the Hollywood Palladium in Los ...
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DEATH FOLLOWS A SHADOW, the new band featuring STEEL PROPHET founder/guitarist Steve Kachinsky, have posted a handful of tunes from their self-produced debut EP, entitled "Five Stages of Death", at MySpace.com. Songtitles are "Internal Hate", "Five Stages of Death", "The Christ Diaries", "Evil's Echoes" and "The Darkside of Human Nature". DEATH FOLLOWS A ...
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Swedish metal legends ENTOMBED will make an exclusive U.K. appearance at the first-ever Damnation Festival on October 16, 2005 at Jilly's Rockworld, Manchester. The death 'n' roll titans will headline the newly sponsored Terrorizer Stage as the U.K.'s leading extreme metal magazine and finest U.K.-focused festival combine forces. They will be joined by grindcore monsters ...
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Sophia al-Maria and Ethan Heitner of Egypt's Cairo Magazine have issued the following report: Cairo has dirt, energy and — most importantly — frustrated youth under pressure: all elements needed to form hard and vital rock. By this rationale, Egypt has no excuse to be conspicuously inept in this international language of high-voltage ...
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Last week, Scott Weiland surprised the in-studio audience at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles with an exclusive performance of a new song for NBC-TV's "Last Call With Carson Daly" on a day off from the VELVET REVOLVER arena tour. Instead of playing a tune in the genre of VELVET REVOLVER or STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, ...
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STEEL PROPHET guitarist Steve Kachinsky has issued the following statement regarding the recent passing of original METAL CHURCH singer David Wayne: "As many of you have probably heard David Wayne passed away [Tuesday, May 10] from complications arising from a car accident he was involved in not long ago. David was the singer on the ...
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MY DARKEST HATE, the German death metal band featuring former PRIMAL FEAR drummer Klaus Sperling and members of SACRED STEEL, will enter Stage One studios in Borgentreich, Germany in Ocober with producer Andy Classen (CALLENISH CIRCLE, TANKARD, OCCULT) to begin recording their fourth album, tentatively due in early 2006 via Massacre Records. Songtitles set to ...
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Robert Dwyer, webmaster of the Black Sabbath Live Project web site, has issued the following update on the recently uncovered 1969 live recording of BLACK SABBATH performing at a Scottish club: "I knew this story was going to be big news for BLACK SABBATH fans, but never did I realize how ...
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According to a post on Velvet-Revolver.com, Scott Weiland of VELVET REVOLVER and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS showed up Monday night (May 9) at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles to tape a special solo appearance on NBC-TV's "Last Call with Carson Daly". Weiland performed the song "The Man I Didn't Know", which he wrote ...
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Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: Do you consider your departure from JUDAS PRIEST to be amicable? Tim "Ripper" Owens: "No doubt about it. It was just one of those things that needed to happen. We're still ...
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Scott Weiland of VELVET REVOLVER and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS has accepted an invitation to make a special solo appearance on NBC-TV's "Last Call with Carson Daly", to air May 19. The charismatic, controversial frontman will tape an exclusive performance of a song he recently wrote and produced. Scott will also be joined by the acclaimed ...
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California-based metallers AGENT STEEL have issued the following update: "Greetings! We're back in Los Angeles; special thanks to all the metalheads and loyal fans who attended the European tour! Overall, things went well for us on the road; highlights included the 'Raise Your Fist Festival' in Hardenburg, Netherlands and also the 'Keep It True Festival ...
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On Saturday June 25, the three members of WARGASM, plus assorted members of STEEL ASSASSIN, TRIPHAMMER, MADD HUNTER, EVERY SECOND, and TONGUE & GROOVE will perform at a benefit concert at the Mallard in Brockton, Massachusetts. Three bands consisting of the above-mentioned musicians will be formed specially for this occasion and will perform the music ...
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Where have these guys been hiding? How could such a crushing and creative classic/modern heavy metal band have alluded me? The band is BIOMECHANICAL and they've been rolling down the streets of London, toppling buildings and trampling the inhabitants like a British Godzilla. Now that Earache is about to unleash "The Empires of the World" ...
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The following "DVD progress update" has been posted at TWISTED SISTER's official web site: "First and most importantly, it's DONE!!! According to MAM on 'The Animal Tactics' show (98.5 The Bone, Fridays from 10-midnight) it should be out very soon. "Here's the scoop. I'm sitting home one day and the phone rings. Pick it up ...
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Los Angeles power/thrash metallers RESISTANCE will play direct support for EUROPE on Friday, April 22 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA. RESISTANCE will hit the stage at 8:45 p.m. RESISTANCE recently inked an exclusive deal with Finland's Lion Music (SUN CAGED, CHRIS POLAND, TONY MACALPINE). The band, whose sound is being described as ...
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Los Angeles-based power metal pioneers BLOODLUST have added another date in their reunion schedule: Wednesday, June 1 at the Key Club in Los Angeles, California. In addition to being the first show in their hometown in 17 years, it will be a special night in the history of power metal in Los Angeles — the ...
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STEEL PROPHET have confirmed that AGENT STEEL singer Bruce Hall has officially joined the group as their new vocalist. Bruce has "been rehearsing with the band and everything sounds great!" the group write on their web site. Hall will handle the vocal duties on the upcoming STEEL PROPHET album following the departure of Nadir D'Priest, ...
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Like a back alley knife fight between ENTOMBED, UNSANE and PUNGENT STENCH, these unruly U.K. bastards come back from the dead and drop their U.S. debut in the form of a surly, stomping, riff-lobbing tank of an album. The vocals are shrieked, the riffs are made of large, unsubtle cement blocks, and the whole thing ...
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The Associated Press is reporting that AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler will help auction two custom-made motorcycles, with proceeds going to the families of troops who have been seriously wounded or killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The auction will be conducted by Guernsey's auction house May 6 at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Proceeds ...
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The following message was posted at SEPULTURA's official web site regarding the group's DVD shoot, which took place Sunday (April 3) in their hometown of São Paulo, Brazil: "The fans have been waiting for this show for a long, long time. SEPULTURA was going to record their first show in almost 15 years since the ...
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MURDERDOLLS frontman Wednesday 13's video for the track "I Walked With A Zombie" will be making its U.S. television debut on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" on Saturday, April 2. The "I Walked With A Zombie" clip was directed by P.R. Brown, who has previously worked with MÖTLEY CRÜE, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and MURDERDOLLS. Commented Wednesday: "This was ...
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You love 'em, you hate 'em, you think they're a pleasure guiltier than O.J. Simpson ripping the tag off a mattress. Seven years after their debut, "Glory to the Brave", galvanized a power metal scene then at low ebb, it's still hard to separate HAMMERFALL from the hype and discourse surrounding their existence. Five albums ...
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According to an update from the Oni Logan Fan Club, singer Oni Logan's (ex-LYNCH MOB) new album, "Stranger in a Foreign Land", will be "pre-released until the end of April." All eleven songs (total time: 46:15 minutes) were written and arranged by Oni. The band lineup for this production is: * Oni Logan - Lead ...
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According to a recent online posting by DISTURBED drummer Mike Wengren, several DAMAGEPLAN- and PANTERA-related products are currently being planned for future release. Among the items that will reportedly see the light of day — either individually or as part of a box set — are the following: *DAMAGEPLAN DVD "Damagevision" *DAMAGEPLAN second ...
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STEEL PROPHET guitarist Tim Thomas (NEW EDEN, AGENT STEEL) has told Mario's Metal Mania that AGENT STEEL singer Bruce Hall will handle the vocal duties on the upcoming STEEL PROPHET album following the departure of Nadir D'Priest, who sang on the group's "Beware" album (2004). D'Priest originally joined STEEL PROPHET as the replacement ...
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Singer Ferdy Doernberg of the German epic/melodic metallers ROUGH SILK has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "[New drummer] 'Dizzy' [Detlef Kroll] is fitting very well in the band and we already have 4 shows booked. On Friday, the 25th of March we'll play a little 'warm-up' show at the Beatbox ...
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California-based metallers AGENT STEEL have posted the following message on their official web site: "First of all; We’d like to thank everyone that came out to the live show in San Diego at Blue Meannie earlier this month; highlights included George Robb (original bassist on 'Skeptics Apocalypse') joined us for the anthem 'Agents of Steel' ...
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