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Former MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON: 'Life's Too Short To Play Music You Don't Like'

Denmark's Antenna webzine recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH and current F5/TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY bassist David Ellefson. A couple of excerpts from the Q&A session follow: Antenna: Music-wise F5 lies far away from what you did in MEGADETH. Was it important to kind of distance you...

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FEAR FACTORY: 'Transgression' Fails To Live Up To Expectations

FEAR FACTORY's latest CD, "Transgression", sold 19,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release (according to Nielsen SoundScan) to debut at position No. 45 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. This is substantially less than the first-week number registered by its predecessor, "A...

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SOULFLY Bassist Says Every Note On 'Dark Ages' Is 'Very Natural'

SOULFLY fan site SoulflyWeb.com recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY bassist Bobby Burns. An excerpt from the chat follows: SoulflyWeb.com: When you began to record "Dark Ages", what was the band's goal and your own personal goal? Bobby: "Well, when we went in to record this record, we prett...

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SOULFLY Guitarist Lines Up COMMITTEE OF THIRTEEN Tour Dates

SOULFLY/ex-ILL NINO guitarist Marc Rizzo has lined up three shows with his side project COMMITTEE OF THIRTEEN before he heads out on the road with SOULFLY in October in support of the group's new album, "Dark Ages", out on October 4 via Roadrunner Records. Copies of COMMITTEE OF THIRTEEN's self-titl...

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Transgression

Just before sitting down to write this review, I happened to read the latest FEAR FACTORY news posted right here on Blabbermouth. Specifically, vocalist Burton C. Bell's description of "Transgression" as "experimental" is the part that stuck. It's a good starting point, so let's go with it. While th...

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SOULFLY Select First Single From 'Dark Ages' CD

According to a posting on the SOULFLY fan site SoulflyWeb.com, SOULFLY have selected the track "Carved Inside" as the first single from their upcoming "Dark Ages" CD. A video for the song, described as "dark" and full of "fire," was filmed at a 700-year-old fortress on the shores of the Danube river...

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FEAR FACTORY: Looney Tunes Performance To Be Professionally Filmed

Pierced Productions, an up-and-coming production company, will be filming FEAR FACTORY's in-store performance at the Looney Tunes CD store in West Babylon, New York on Monday, August 22 beginning at 7:00 p.m. The footage will reportedly be released on FEAR FACTORY's web site the very next day. FEAR...

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FEAR FACTORY To Perform At Looney Tunes Store In New York

FEAR FACTORY will play a very special in-store concert at Looney Tunes CD store in West Babylon, New York on Monday, August 22 beginning at 7:00 p.m. They will play a few songs and then hang around to meet fans, take pictures and sign a few autographs. You need to pre-order the group's new CD, ...

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Dark Ages

It's been a while since I dove headfirst into a SOULFLY album. After the self-titled debut and "Primitive", I stopped paying attention and missed out on "3" and "Prophecy". I half-expected album number five to be a watered down, more commercially oriented, "nu" type of album. To say I was "shocked"...

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SOULFLY: THROWDOWN And INCITE To Provide Support On Upcoming Tour

According to SoulflyWeb.com, THROWDOWN and INCITE, a local Arizona band fronted by Ritchie Cavalera (stepson of SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera),will be the opening acts on all of the dates on SOULFLY's upcoming U.S. tour. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Oct. 13 - McAllen, TX @ La Villa Real Ha...

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SOULFLY: 'Prophecy' Demo Recordings Available For Download

SOULFLY fan site SoulflyWeb.com has uploaded demo versions of three of the tracks that were included on SOULFLY's last studio album, 2004's "Prophecy". Check out the songs "Prophecy", "Defeat U", and a cover of HELMET's "In the Meantime" at SoulflyWeb.com. The tracks were laid down in Phoenix, Arizo...

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SOULFLY Film Two New Promotional Videos In Serbia

While in Serbia last month, SOULFLY filmed two videos in support of the upcoming "Dark Ages" CD, due out on October 4 via Roadrunner Records. A video for "Frontlines" was filmed at a site that NATO bombed several years ago, and a clip for "Carved Inside" was shot at a 700-year-old fortress on the sh...

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Former MEGADETH Bassist To Join SOULFLY For Two Shows

Former MEGADETH and current F5 bassist Dave Ellefson will be filling in for SOULFLY bassist Bobby Burns at two SOULFLY live shows next week. Burns is unable to make the dates due to a "family emergency." The details are as follows: Aug. 12 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre Aug. 13 – Long Beach, CA ...

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ROADRUNNER UNITED: 'The All-Star Sessions' To Surface In October

Roadrunner Records has put together a groundbreaking record to mark the label’s 25th Anniversary. The group is called ROADRUNNER UNITED and the album titled "The All-Star Sessions". This full-length release, in stores on October 11, 2005, is a "master class" in hard rock/metal. Boasting 57 artists f...

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SOULFLY Live Video Featuring DEFTONES Frontman Posted Online

A video clip of SOULFLY peforming the song "Pain" — featuring special guests Chino Moreno of the DEFTONES and Ritchie Cavalera (SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera's stepson) — at the Fields of Rock Festival on June 18, 2005 in Nijmegen, Netherlands, has been posted online at BandsVideos.com. SOULFLY's new...