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THE ACCUSED: Tentative European 'Splattour 2007' Routing Revealed

Legendary splatter rockers THE ACCUSED, who recently made a triumphant return to the throne as kings of thrashing hardcore/metal crossover, have announced the tentative routing for their European "Splattour 2007". It is as follows (city/venue details to follow): Feb. 01 - UK Feb. 02 - UK Feb. 03 - I...

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Canada's CRASH KELLY Again Tapped To Support ALICE COOPER

"Electric Satisfaction", the new Gilby Clarke-produced release from Toronto's CRASH KELLY, has secured the band not just a second string of dates with rock icon ALICE COOPER, but a third! Joining the tour on September 27, CRASH KELLY will share ALICE COOPER's stage through Oct. 10. The tour includes...

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ATHEIST Frontman Talks About His VELVET REVOLVER Audition

Blastwave webzine recently conducted an interview with the seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Blastwave: You've recently had Relapse reissue your back catalogue. A lot of people would probably not have heard this music without those reissues. A lot of peop...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Joins Forces With FULL CIRCLE LICENSING

ALICE IN CHAINS — Jerry Cantrell, Mike Inez and Sean Kinney — have joined forces with music industry veteran Toni Profera of Full Circle to handle their publishing placement. While Sony BMG has control of the ALICE IN CHAINS masters, Profera and her team will be working to seek placement for the mus...

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CYNIC To Reunite For European Festival Appearances, Possible U.S. Dates

Long-defunct Florida-based band CYNIC, whose 1993 album "Focus" is regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/progressive metal, is rumored to be planning a reunion tour in the spring/summer of 2007, beginning with possible U.S. warm-up performances and culminating in a number of festi...

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Former DEATH/CYNIC Drummer Remembers CHUCK SCHULDINER

ChAoS MuSiC FoRuM recently conducted an interview with former CYNIC/DEATH and current AEON SPOKE drummer Sean Reinert. A couple of excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow: Chaos-Forum: You appeared on DEATH's "Human" album. Why did Chuck choose you? Did you know him previously? How was...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: Even With A New Singer, It's The Same Old Song

Mitchell Peters of Billboard has issued the following report: While ticket sales seem promising, this fall's upcoming ALICE IN CHAINS tour is one of several recent outings to beg the question of whether a band can remain relevant without its original singer. Four years after the drug-overdose death...

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REDEMPTION Signs With INTROMENTAL MANAGEMENT

California-based progressive metal band REDEMPTION, featuring vocalist Ray Alder of FATES WARNING, has signed with Intromental Management. Intromental has worked closely with REDEMPTION for the past four years, promoting the band's 2003 self-titled debut and 2005's critically acclaimed "The Fullness...

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RUSH Tribute Featuring DREAM THEATER, RACER-X, WATCHTOWER Members: CD, DVD Available

CYGNUS & THE SEA MONSTERS, a tribute to RUSH — featuring DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy, RACER X/ex-MR. BIG guitarist Paul Gilbert, ex-CYNIC bassist Sean Malone and WATCHTWOWER/DANGEROUS TOYS singer Jason McMaster — has released a live CD/DVD of its one-off performance at a special drumming...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Confirmed For San Antonio's KISS FALL FESTIVAL

ALICE IN CHAINS has been confirmed for this year's Kiss Fall Festival, set to take place at San Antonio's Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on October 7. They will play as part of a stellar line-up that also includes STAIND, AVENGED SEVENFOLD and LOSTPROPHETS. ALICE IN CHAINS will embark on a North Amer...

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Former CYNIC Bassist Publishes Instructional Book

Former CYNIC/OSI bassist Sean Malone has just published a new instructional book, "Music Theory for Bassists", through Hal Leonard. "The idea of the book is to present a bassist's-eye view of music theory: all of the facts and figures to get you up and running as quickly as possible with the 'langua...

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STUCK MOJO Guitarist: 'There's Music That's 'The Sh*t' And There's Just Plain Old Sh*t'

STUCK MOJO guitarist and main songwriter Rich Ward was recently asked by a fan on the band's official forum if MOJO will ever write a "really heavy" record again. "I have no idea," Ward responded. "When I started writing the new MOJO record ['Southern Born Killers'], my goal was to write a really he...

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Electric Satisfaction

Like a Gilby Clarke solo record or an ENUFF Z'NUFF career retrospective, CRASH KELLY dredge up pleasant enough associations with their warm, summery hard rock sound. They take as many cues from CHEAP TRICK as from ALICE COOPER, they write songs tailor-made to be championed by the type of radio DJ th...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Fans Have Conflicting Emotions About Seeing Band With New Singer

Robert Morast of South Dakota's Argus Leader reports that ALICE IN CHAINS sold a couple thousand tickets or so in advance for the show Saturday night (August 12) at the Sioux Empire Fair that was to feature COMES WITH THE FALL singer William DuVall with the surviving AIC members — Jerry Cantrell, Mi...

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SOULFLY, RACER X Members To Guest On New THE SEAN BAKER ORCHESTRA CD

Instrumental guitarist Sean Baker, who was featured in Shrapnel Records head honcho Mike Varney's "Spotlight Column" in Guitar Player magazine, has landed the opening slot on Michael Schenker's Detroit visit at I-Rock nightclub on September 30. Baker is currently working on a second instrumental rel...