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Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge

With the passing of two legends in Jakson Spires (BLACKFOOT) and Danny Joe Brown (MOLLY HATCHET),it's been a tough year for southern rock. It is people like Bobby Ingram who have helped keep the spirit of southern rock alive. Ingram sure as hell has kept MOLLY HATCHET alive and doing quite well ove...

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Former METALLICA/WHITE ZOMBIE A&R Executive Publishes Book Of Photography

Former Elektra and Geffen Records A&R executive Michael Alago, who "discovered and nurtured METALLICA" in addition to signing such acclaimed acts as WHITE ZOMBIE, METAL CHURCH, SPEEDEALER and LOCAL H, has produced a photography book entitled, "Rough Gods", focusing on "men who expect to be worsh...

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DESTRUCTION: New Song Clip Posted Online

German thrashers DESTRUCTION have posted a "making of" studio clip, featuring an unmastered rough-mix recording of one of their new songs, "Soulcollector", at their official web site. Check it out at this location. DESTRUCTION are currently recording their new album, "Inventor of Evil", with produce...

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SHADOWS FALL Singer: 'We Have Always Looked Up To Bands Like IRON MAIDEN'

SHADOWS FALL frontman Brian Fair recently spoke to The Free Lance-Star Publishing Company about the group's sudden surge of success, like debuting at No. 20 on The Billboard 200 chart, and selling nearly 250,000 copies of their latest album, "The War Within". "Yeah, it's crazy, man," he said. "We've...

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HEATHEN: More European Tour Dates Announced

Reunited San Francisco thrashers HEATHEN have added more European tour dates to their upcoming itinerary. Confirmed dates so far include: Jul. 02 – TBA - Bad Hersfeld, GER Jul. 9-10 - Headbangers Open Air 2005 - GER Jul. 14 - The Starz - Sint-Niklaas, BEL Jul. 15 - Ed & Rocco's – Geleen, NETH Ju...

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The Gathering Wilderness

Distill the choicest elements of BATHORY, ENSLAVED and NEUROSIS, and add the mournful echoes of the sorrowful past of their native Ireland, and you'll at least have a starting point for dealing with PRIMORDIAL. The raw, bleeding emotion they wring from the most simple, hypnotic, swelling riffs is as...

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GENE SIMMONS' 'Rock School' Reality Show To Air On VH1

Variety is reporting that VH1 has partnered with British reality shop RDF Media ("Wife Swap") for "Rock School", ordering six episodes that take the premise of the Jack Black film "School of Rock" to the small screen. RDF just wrapped production on the skein for the U.K.'s Channel 4 — which has alre...

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M3: 'Classic WHITESNAKE' DVD Gets A Release Date

Classic Pictures has set a May 23 U.K. release date for "Rough an' Ready" (cover),the new live DVD from M3, the "classic WHITESNAKE" tribute band featuring Bernie Marsden (guitar, ex-WHITESNAKE),Micky Moody (guitar, ex-WHITESNAKE),Neil Murray (ex-WHITESNAKE, BLACK SABBATH),Jimmy Copley (drums, e...

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BUTTONHOOK Sign With ROUGH STONE RECORDS

BUTTONHOOK, the Atlanta-based band featuring former NEUROTICA guitarist Mike Gaudreau and ex-DEN OF THIEVES singer Roman Carson, have inked a deal with Rough Stone Records. The band's latest album, "Hear Me Roar", will be released on May 24. Single "Abra Cadaver" will go for radio adds on in early M...

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MUDVAYNE Announce NYC In-Store, Comment On OZZFEST Appearance

MUDVAYNE will celebrate the release of their new album, "Lost and Found", with an in-store signing right after their show at Roseland in New York City on April 12. The in-store will take place at Virgin Megastore Times Square (1540 Broadway) at 11:00 p.m. The first 500 people to purchase the new alb...

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ANTHRAX's BELLADONNA: I Could Have Done 'The Sound Of White Noise' Album

Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with returning ANTHRAX vocalist Joey Belladonna. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: Personally, I thought it was odd that they chose to re-record your material using John [Bush]. You are both completely different singers... Joey: "Y...

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Liquid Monster

I remember giving BRAINSTORM's "Soul Temptation" one of those solid-but-mediocre tags in a review I did a couple of years ago, and I'm still not certain why, as it ended up growing on me. I now consider it to be a fine heavy metal album. That review has always bugged me. Needless to say, I ...

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DEPRAVITY Complete Work On New Album

German death metal newcomers DEPRAVITY have completed work on their second album, "Litanies for the World to Suffer", tentatively due in June/July. After the departure of the group's female singer Birte Krause, DEPRAVITY found a new vocalist in Kiriakos "Morbid" Kiriazis from Greece. The band have a...

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MOONSTONE: More Audio Samples Posted Online

MOONSTONE, the project of Italian guitarist Matteo Filippini, has posted several new samples from the upcoming CD at the official web site, www.moonstone.it. Described as "genuine British-oriented '70s classic rock," not a million miles removed from the likes of FREE, JIMI HENDRIX and DEEP PURPLE, t...

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'Tage Mahal

Ah, the Mountain King himself, JON OLIVA, metal's own Brian Wilson. We never know what his status is, we empathize with his losses (brother and bandmate Criss was killed by a drunk driver a decade ago),we worry about his health, and when his voice cracks, or he takes years to release a proper metal...