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BAD BRAINS: New Album Release Date, Track Listing Announced

The first proper BAD BRAINS studio album in over a decade, "Build A Nation", is now scheduled to arrive in stores on June 26, 2007 on Megaforce Records. The album features all the original members of the group: HR, Darryl Jenifer, Dr. Know and Earl Hudson. Produced by longtime fan, Adam Yauch of the...

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2,000 Guitarists To Perform DEEP PURPLE Classic In World Record Attempt

In February of 2007 a world record attempt proved unsuccessful at the department store Harrods in London. Where Harrods failed, however, 99.7 KYYS morning show hosts Max Floyd and Tanna will succeed. On June 3, 2007, 2,000 guitarists of all ages and skill will gather at Community America Ballpark in...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman: 'We're Trying To Bring Something New And Exciting To The Table'

Amy Kelly of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Ultimate-Guitar.com: You once described your album "Through The Ashes Of Empires" as coming "back from the dead." How would you describe "The Blackening"? Robb...

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DEEP PURPLE: More North American Tour Dates Announced

According to TheHighwayStar.com, DEEP PURPLE has scheduled the following North American dates: Jul. 12 - Chastain Park Amphitheatre - Atlanta, GA Jul. 13 - House Of Blues - Lake Buena Vista, FL Jul. 14 - Pompano Beach Amphitheatre - Pompano Beach, FL Jul. 15 - Ruth Eckerd Hall - Clearwater, FL Jul....

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What We See When We Shut Our Eyes

In a review of WITH PASSION's debut album, "In the Midst of Bloodied Soil", I noted that it seemed the band's technical death/metalcore style lacked some direction, although impressive from the aspect of musicianship. Though in no way a bad album, a slight lack of songwriting focus and seeming confu...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Says Hearing AC/DC For First Time Changed His Life

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine recently spoke to Neil Jeffries of Classic Rock (web site) about AC/DC's classic "Let There Be Rock" LP for the magazine's "Every Home Should Have One - Albums You Should Own" feature. "When I was in my teens, I lived in Huntington Beach, California, and there was a gi...

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DEEP PURPLE Bassist: 'Every Song I Write Is An Achievement'

icWales recently conducted an interview with DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover. A few excerpts follow: On the band's popularity: "Someone asked me recently how come we don't write songs like 'Smoke On The Water' anymore. But the truth is we do. What's changed is our profile and there's little we can...

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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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ABORTED Launches 'Slaughter and Apparatus TV'

Belgian masters of brutality ABORTED are launching a new MySpace and YouTube video series titled Slaughter and Apparatus TV, giving back something special to their fans by letting them vote for what they want to see and know about the band. Sven De Caluwe (vocals) comments on the series: "The concep...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman On Great Ideas

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "Crystalized Black Flag Insect Repellant. Taste those words. You know that's not healthy. I mean you can tell just saying that. It sounds kinda like Death Through Chemical Warfare. My uncle is a really cool dude...

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IAN GILLAN: U.K. Book-Signing Appearances Announced

According to a posting on DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan's official web site, he will be signing copies of his "Smoke This!" book at the following U.K. Borders bookshops: Friday, April 27 at 5:00 p.m.: Bournemouth Sunday, April 29 at 2:30 p.m.: Brighton Each signing session will last one hour. In a p...

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DEEP PURPLE's STEVE MORSE: U.K. Guitar Clinics Announced

DEEP PURPLE's Steve Morse has lined up the following U.K. guitar clinics: April 22 - Thistle Manchester Airport Hotel (4:00 p.m.) May 01 - Guitar Guitar, Glasgow (afternoon kick-off) For more information, visit Deep-Purple.net. As previously reported, DEEP PURPLE will play the entire "Machine Head"...

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DEEP PURPLE Singer IAN GILLAN: 'A Journey In Rock' DVD Details Revealed

According to a posting at the DEEP PURPLE fan site TheHighwayStar.com, DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan's new six-hour autobiographical DVD, "Highway Star – A Journey in Rock", offers a thorough, compelling and infectious look at Ian's professional career — which in 2006 reached its 40th anniversary. T...

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The Dio Years

Few debates make me as nauseated as the one concerning the worthiness of the Ozzy Osbourne versus Ronnie Jame Dio BLACK SABBATH lineups. While it is true (in my mind) that the Ozzy-era lineup cannot be touched from the standpoint of musical trailblazing and the writing of legendary tunes, to say tha...

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Materia

It is almost always a good day when promotional CDs from super cool label At a Loss Recordings arrive in my mailbox, even if BLUTCH's "Materia" will not end up as one of my favorite releases from the Maryland operation. BLUTCH has been around the doom/sludge/noise-terror underground (KHANATE, BORIS,...