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MEGADETH Mainman Issues GIGANTOUR Update

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update via the Gigantour.com web site: "Today is Monday and there is one week left before we leave for Alaska. We will come home after that for 16 days and then it is off to the Pac Rim, and eventually to Australia, to start this awesome line-u...

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Sudden Departure...

When a band or its representatives begin throwing around names like the MC5, BLACK FLAG, and THE STOOGES as reference points to said act's own retro-influenced sound, it damn well better be at least somewhat accurate. We're talking about trailblazers and icons of American hard rock and hardcore here...

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India's PIN DROP VIOLENCE Releases Sophomore Album

India-based hardcore/heavy metal band PIN DROP VIOLENCE has just released its second album, entitled "Right II Riot". The CD, which debuted at No. 9 on the Planet M international music chart in India, was recorded in Mumbai by Fali Damania and was mastered by Goran Finnberg at The Mastering Room in...

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University Professor's Joke Paper On AC/DC Takes On Life Of Its Own

Deborah Tetley of the Calgary Herald reports: It's a battle for the ages — who was the better frontman for the Australian rock band AC/DC? The late Bon Scott or his replacement, Brian Johnson? University of Calgary economics professor Rob Oxoby couldn't care less. So when his mock discussion paper o...

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BRUTAL TRUTH Begins Work On New Material

Reunited seminal grindcore/extreme metal outfit BRUTAL TRUTH has begun writing for a new full-length album. The troupe has crafted six brand new songs so far, each one faster and more brutal than the one before it. BRUTAL TRUTH's Danny Lilker elaborates: "We have six new songs in varying stages of e...

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RAVAGE To Open For MELIAH RAGE In Boston

Boston area power metallers RAVAGE will open for '80s classic metal band MELIAH RAGE on Friday, August 24 at The Goodtimes Emporium in Sommerville, MA. RAVAGE will showcase songs from the band's forthcoming CD, entitiled "Damn Nation", which is currently nearing completion at Damage Studios. RAVAGE'...

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Ex-THE CROWN Guitarist Issues Update On ANGEL BLAKE Project

ANGEL BLAKE guitarist Marko Tervonen (ex-THE CROWN) has issued the following update: I have been in touch with record labels (always a slow process) that have shown interest in ANGEL BLAKE, and it seems like all this will be sorted out in a very near future. More about that in a later post. I've als...

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NICK OLIVERI Says It's All Good With MONDO GENERATOR

Shehzaad Jiwani of ChartAttack.com reports: Ex-KYUSS and QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE bassist Nick Oliveri recently released his latest album, "Dead Planet", in North America. Though it's been out in the U.K. for a year, it feels like a new beginning for him. "This is the first thing I'm putting out afte...

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KING'S X Frontman Completes Work On New Solo Album

KING'S X frontman Doug Pinnick's personal manager Todd Diamond has issued the following update: "dUg's [a.k.a. Doug] solo stuff is pretty much done, the process has been long but the good news is that it is a rocking disc. It should hit the label in the next 2 to 3 weeks. "On other notes, dUg ...

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God Luck and Good Speed

It is about damn time that the gods of leafy sludge boogie and doom destruction dropped its third release into the laps of the dedicated and the resin-coated. After several years of label searches and recording interruptions, due in part to vocalist/bassist Dixie Dave Collins' involvement in several...

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Speed Kills… Again

Just in case you missed the whiff of stale beer in denim and heard the sound of creaking leathers, the Heavy Artillery label is reminding you with all the subtlety of a boot to a poseur's face that thrash is back. Rising up from the American underground (particularly in the Latino community, for som...

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MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER: We're Not Doing This For Money Or For Wrong Reasons

ChartAttack.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH guitarist Glen Drover. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On joining MEGADETH with his brother Shawn Drover (drums): "It was definitely a magical moment, that's for sure. That whole period was definitely a high point in my career...

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THE PROJECT HATE: 'In Hora Mortis Nostræ' Release Date Announced

THE PROJECT HATE — the Swedish band featuring vocalist Jörgen Sandström (ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE),guitarist Lord K. Philipson (GOD AMONG INSECTS, ex-LEUKEMIA),bassist Michael Håkansson (ENGEL, ex-EVERGREY),guitarist Petter S. Freed (2 TON PREDATOR),singer Jo Enckell (IGNORANCE BLISS) and drummer Dani...

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EXODUS Guitarist: 'The New Album Is A Genre-Defining Moment For Us And Thrash In General'

Gary Singh of MetroActive.com recently conducted an interview with EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On whether EXODUS' first album, "Bonded by Blood", will be in a car commercial someday: "Hell, 'Deathamphetamine' from our last album was used in a K&N air filters...

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VELVET REVOLVER: Video Interview With SLASH, DUFF MCKAGAN Posted Online

My Damn Channel, which went online last week, has posted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES members Slash and Duff McKagan. Watch the interview, which was conducted by music producer Don Was, in eight parts at this location. The first four segments can be viewed below. According to T...