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MARTY FRIEDMAN Discusses Japanese TV Career, New Solo Album

Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: What can you tell us about the [Japanese] television show your involved with? Marty: "Actually, I'm on five weekly TV shows, if you can believe that....

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PRIMORDIAL To Record New Album This Summer

Vocalist Nemtheanga of the Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "It's been a busy time lately personally so excuse my lack of posts on the site. "Anyway soon there will be a tour report from our little jaunt to Finland which was excel...

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The Blackening

"The Blackening", MACHINE HEAD's sixth studio album, is quite simply the band's best effort since its shattering 1994 debut, "Burn My Eyes", and may even surpass that modern classic. It may also be the best all-out metal recording of 2007. This is a no-holds-barred, brutally heavy, uncompromising al...

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From Beale Street to Oblivion

Blame it on a steady diet of old blues and classic rock records, or on their friendship with jammy blues-rockers FIVE HORSE JOHNSON, but don't say you didn't see it coming. CLUTCH, the band who once came off like an off-kilter hardcore or noise-rock band, is now officially drenched in funky groove,...

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TAPROOT Working On New Album

ChartAttack.com reports that Ann Arbor, Michigan hard rock band TAPROOT has started work on the follow-up to its 2005 album, "Blue-Sky Research". According to the band's MySpace page, they'll work with producer Tim Patalan on the as-yet untitled album. It's unknown yet if it will be released indepen...

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UNEARTH Prepares To Embark On European Headlining Tour

Massachusetts metallers UNEARTH have issued the following update: "So we just landed in the U.K. and we are all eager as fuck to headline the U.K. and Europe for the first time. We have done some amazing European tours before, but it will feel damn good to play a full set and put on our ...

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CLAWFINGER: New Album Title Announced

Frontman Zak Tell of the Swedish rap/metal combo CLAWFINGER has issued the following update on the writing/ recording sessions for the group's new studio album: "Yes, we are absolutely terrible at updating our news/diary page, especially when we're in the middle of things but I'll have a go at it so...

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LAMB OF GOD Drummer Says Band Will Play This Year's OZZFEST

LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler has issued the following update via the band's official fan club, the Congregation: "Sitting in my hotel room on a day off in Montreal. What a lame rock star thing to say. Let's start again. Last night we played Guelph, Ontario. Possibly the hottest show we have ever...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman: 'It Is Time To Unleash The F**king Wolves'

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has issued the following update: "Hey, hey, hey, HEY, fuckers!!!! What the hell is crack-a-latin' my beer-breathed brethren? I myself am doing fan-fucking-tastic, driving to Canada right now after playing an absolutely RAGING show in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Tour is...

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THE CULT Guitarist On Upcoming CD: 'It Still Feels Trashy And Sort Of Ramshackle'

THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy recently spoke to ChartAttack.com about the group's upcoming album, their first since 2001's "Beyond Good and Evil". "We've got some ideas down, circulating. Each album gets its own life and while it's early to really tell with this one because it's in the formative st...

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In Blood We Rock

This is the kind of review that makes a writer feel like a real asshole. Texas retro-rockers BLOOD OF THE SUN have an amazingly good thing going on here — instrumentally, they can't be touched. Big warm analog riffs, a keyboard player that throws in just the right amount of piano and Hammond B-3 org...

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Western Xterminator

Welcome to one of the first truly forgettable releases of 2007. RTX's "Western Xterminator" plays a kind of sleazy hard rock with melodies that go nowhere and riffs that are beyond recycled. It is the type of album that brings to mind one of the very few negatives about this reviewing gig: having to...

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LAMB OF GOD Drummer Talks About GRAMMY AWARDS, FAMILY VALUES Tour Rumors

Brandon Weiss of The Triangle Online recently conducted an interview with LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On hard work being the only reason for the band's success: "We've been doing it for 13 years. For the first seven or eight years we played basements and ...

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JOE LYNN TURNER Featured In New 'The Right To Rock' Podcast

TheRighttoRock.com has has issued its latest podcast (episode #14),featuring former DEEP PURPLE/RAINBOW singer Joe Lynn Turner. During the 48-minute interview, Joe discusses his extraordinary career and talks about his upcoming solo CD, "Second Hand Life". Download the podcast at TheRighttoRock.com...

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ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET Offers Fans Chance To Name Band's Mascot

ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET, the Swedish band featuring former THE CROWN vocalist Johan Lindstrand, and its record label, Nuclear Blast Records, have launched a contest for fans to name the group's mascot. Prizes include Johan's first guitar (which he used to write most of the band's debut C...