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SEVEN WITCHES: 'Big Change' Coming Next Week

SEVEN WITCHES guitarist Jack Frost (ex-SAVATAGE) has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Hey brothers of metal. Well its time to give you a full update on the WITCHES, BRONX CASKET COMPANY, and my next solo CD, 'Out in The Cold'. Well, WITCHES will have a big change in the...

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JAG PANZER And PAINMUSEUM Confirmed For Pennsylvania's LOUDER HARDER FASTER Festival

JAG PANZER and PAINMUSEUM have been confirmed for the Louder Harder Faster festival, set to take place June 3-5 at the Crocodile Rock Cafe in Allentown, PA. This will be a unique event for PAINMUSEUM: When drummer Bobby Jarzombek (ICED EARTH, HALFORD) was unable to cancel prior engagements for this...

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Former PENANCE Vocalist Seeks Musicians For New 'Doom' Band

Former PENANCE vocalist Brian "Butch" Balich is currently seeking musicians to form a new band. "Doom is what I love and that is what I am looking to continue to do," the singer writes in a press release. "[I] would like to find folks that would like to create music that combines heavy doom riffs .....

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GLENN HUGHES To Guest On VARGAS BLUES BAND CD

According to a posting on Glenn Hughes' (ex-DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) official web site, Hughes recently did a session with the VARGAS BLUES BAND or their new album called "Love, Union, Peace". Other artists appearing on the CD include Jack Bruce (CREAM),Alex Ligertwood (SANTANA),Elliot Murphy,...

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SAMAEL Frontman Discusses Possible Return To 'Ceremony of Opposites' Sound

SAMAEL frontman Vorph recently spoke to Unholiestgoddess of Maximum Metal about his feelings on a possible return to the band's "Ceremony of Opposites" sound, their split with Century Media, and his battle with cigarettes. A few excerpts from the interview follow: Unholiestgoddess: You probably know...

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AC/DC: 'Black N' Bluegrass' Tribute Album Due In May

CMH Records have set a May 31 release date for the AC/DC tribute album entitled "Black n' Bluegrass: The Bluegrass Tribute to AC/DC". According to the label's web site, "The gutsy lock-step stomp of AC/DC's music fits wonderfully into the bluegrass two-step and there's plenty of pickin' goin' on to...

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Debris Inc.

On the self-titled debut from DEBRIS INC. one gets the feeling that TROUBLE bassist Ron Holzner and ST. VITUS alum Dave Chandler got together and figured they'd kick out some old school punk rock without abandoning their doom roots. The pair also brought TROUBLE's Barry Stern, EYEHATEGOD/SUPERJOINT...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's Resident 'Little Person' Detained By U.S. Authorities

When you call a headlining world tour "Red, White & Crüe: Better Live Than Dead", you're asking for trouble, but so far things have gone smoothly for MÖTLEY CRÜE on the band's first headlining tour in six years with its classic original line-up — Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Mick Mars and Tommy Lee....

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ADLER'S APPETITE Guitarist Talks About Singer JIZZY PEARL's Departure

ADLER'S APPETITE guitarist Keri Kelli (VINCE NEIL, ex-SLASH'S SNAKEPIT) recently spoke to StevenAdler.net about singer Jizzy Pearl's departure from the group and QUIET RIOT frontman Kevin DuBrow's allegations that Steven Adler is involved in illegal activities while on tour, among other topics. A co...

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Former ALICE IN CHAINS Bassist Arrested

Seattle's KIROTV.com is reporting that former ALICE IN CHAINS bassist Mike Starr was arrested in Seattle for vandalizing a car. A man named Phillip told KIROTV.com that he spotted a man pulling the hood ornament off his car Sunday night. He said he recognized the man as Michael Christopher Starr and...

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Memorial Service For TROUBLE Drummer Scheduled For Tomorrow

A chapel service for former TROUBLE/ZOETROPE drummer Barry Stern will be held Tuesday (April 5) at 1 p.m. at Shalom Memorial Park, Beth Shearim Chapel, 1700 W. Rand Rd., Arlington Heights, Illinois. For more information, call Shalom Memorial Funerals at 847-255-3520 or visit www.shalommemorialpark-f...

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TROUBLE Comment On Drummer BARRY STERN's Passing

Legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE have posted the following message on their official web site regarding the passing of former TROUBLE drummer Barry Stern (as first reported here yesterday): "We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Barry Stern on Friday morning (April 1). Our hearts a...

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Former TROUBLE/ZOETROPE Drummer BARRY STERN Passes Away

Former ZOETROPE/TROUBLE drummer Barry Stern has sadly passed away. Stern, who was said to be recovering from recent hip-replacement surgery, was believed to be in his mid-40s. "He was a close friend and the reason I discovered the Chicago metal scene," SOIL guitarist Shaun Glass told BLABBERMOUTH.NE...

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CONFESSOR Sign With SEASON OF MIST

Season of Mist has announced the signing of the progressive doom-metal legends, CONFESSOR. Emerging from over a decade of hibernation, the band has returned to form, hungrier and more focused than ever. Once dubbed "The world's most obstinately technical metal band," CONFESSOR will again continue to...

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ADEMA Singer Is A Soldier For Iraq & Roll

New ADEMA vocalist and ex-Marine Luke Caraccioli recently spoke to the New York Post about the band's upcoming trip to Iraq in early April to perform a USO show for his former comrades. "We want to rock it for the troops," Caraccioli told the Post. "Guys there don't get their CDs or ...