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CHRIS FEHN Talks About The Future Of SLIPKNOT

Andre Mihsin of ChartAttack.com recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT percussionist Chris Fehn. Several excerpts from the chat follow: ChartAttack.com: When we last spoke in January, you talked about how there was a lot of b.s. surrounding the relationship between band members during the end...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Checks In From U.S. Tour

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We are in Boulder, CO today… I had to switch out my camo shorts for camo pants — damn it's cold! "I saw my first racoon today, right outside the coffee shop on the street… Wow… I am from ...

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RUSH Drummer Talks About 'R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour' DVD

ChartAttack.com is reporting that next Tuesday's debut of RUSH's "R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour" multi-CD and DVD package has notoriously quiet drummer Neil Peart so pumped that he's actually talking about it. "R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour" is due November 22 via Rounder in the United States...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's HOGLAN: Drums Have Taken Over As The 'Featured Instrumentalist' In Thrash

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following tour update on the group's official web site: "So, last night, we're at the Norva, in Norfolk, Va. It's one of the nicer clubs in North America, with real friendly people, a HUGE greenroom with loads of cool amenities, and a JACUZZI in...

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HENRY ROLLINS Says His Charity Work Is Motivated By Anger

Pat Douglas of the Great Falls Tribune recently conducted an interview with punk rock icon Henry Rollins. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On his current spoken-word tour "25 years of B.S.": "I do a lot of USO work, so I fly all over the world to be with the troops, so ...

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DOKKEN/TED NUGENT Bassist BARRY SPARKS: Have Guitar, Will Play

Bassist Barry Sparks (DOKKEN, TED NUGENT) has posted the following message on his official web site: "My band and I had an interesting little adventure out in California. First off, we left Tucson around 8 in the morning in my brothers truck complete with a Uhaul trailer full of gear. Everything ran...

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Wet Animal

Nice name, eh? Formed in 1995 by TROUBLE guitarist Rick Wartell, the debut album from Chicago's WET ANIMAL now sees a 2005 release. Along with Shane Pasqualla (vocals/guitar),Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums),and Michael "Vito" Diprima (bass),the band has created a respectable hard rock album with cutting...

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New PRONG Drummer: TOMMY VICTOR 'Has A Heart Of Gold'

Current PRONG drummer Aaron Rossi has sent the following message to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "I never played drums for MEDICATION, damn it!! I auditioned for them, and that's about it. After the audition, I ended up recording a demo with Logan Mader [ex-MEDICATION, MACHINE HEAD, SOULFLY]. That was years ag...

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FOZZY To Record 'Metal Gods' Cover For JUDAS PRIEST Tribute Album

Former WWE wrestler and current FOZZY frontman Chris Jericho has told Canada's ChartAttack.com that FOZZY are getting ready to go into the studio to record a cover of JUDAS PRIEST's "Metal Gods" for an upcoming all-star PRIEST tribute album. No further information is available at this time. FOZZY ha...

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JUDAS PRIEST Bassist IAN HILL Talks About Heavy Metal Then And Now

Dr. Abner Mality of the Wormwood Chronicles webzine recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill. Several excerpts from the chat follow: Wormwood Chronicles: I recently tried to list all the bands who got their names from a JUDAS PRIEST song... EXCITER, STEELER, SINNER, BEFORE...

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HATE PROFILE To Release Debut Album In December

HATE PROFILE, the new "cold, eerie and chaotic" black metal project featuring Amon 418 (HORTUS ANIMAE, OPPOSITE SIDES) and GroM (ANCIENT, HORTUS ANIMAE, ex-DOOMSWORD, PSYCHORDER),will release their debut album, "The Khaos Hatefile", on December 20 via Cruz del Sur Music. The CD was produced by Amon...

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Holy Hell

Thanks to labels like SPV and Candlelight, albums like "Holy Hell" that would have once been consigned to import purgatory are seeing the light of day in the USA (albeit months after their release elsewhere). And thank the metal gods for it! Former IMPELLITTERI and AXEL RUDI PELL vocal powerhouse Ro...

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Zeroland

The crux of this review is that "Zeroland" by Poland's ANTIGAMA is a quality slab of Relapse-style schizoid-grind, as was the case with "Discomfort". But first I've got to pitch a bitch about the band's third "full-length" release. Given that "full-length" has been placed inside quotation marks, you...

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Drummer GENE HOGLAN Says DARK ANGEL Reunion Will 'Never Happen'

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Hey, since I seem to be able to write my own headlines on Blabbermouth, I figured I'd throw oot a few...'Hoglan cures cancer-develops Death Ray in the process.' 'Hoglan replaced by trained mon...

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ENDSTAND Sign With LIFEFORCE RECORDS

Finnish powerhouse ENDSTAND have inked a multi-album deal with Lifeforce Records. The group's as-yet-unitled Lifeforce debut is scheduled for release in March 2006. Stefan Luedicke, Lifeforce CEO and president commented: "I'm very happy to welcome (back) ENDSTAND to the family, a band I started my w...