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STRYPER Utilizing Session Drummer On New Album?

According to a posting on the StrypedForever unofficial STRYPER fan forum, Kenny Aronoff has been brought in as the session drummer for the Christian hard rock band's new studio album, which is currently being recorded for an early 2008 release. Kenny is not completely new to the STRYPER camp as he...

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EVERY TIME I DIE Guitarist: I Have Only Good Stories About SHARON OSBOURNE

Shoutmouth.com recently conducted an interview with EVERY TIME I DIE guitarist Andy Williams. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Shoutmouth.com: By the way, I have to ask you about Ozzfest. With all the stories that Sharon Osbourne is such a horrible bitch to the bands, are they true? Andy:...

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HYDROGYN Frontwoman Raising Money For Muscular Dystrophy Association

Julie Westlake, the metal songbird of the rock band HYDROGYN, has agreed to be a "jailbird" until she reaches or exceeds her fundraising goal for MDA. She will show her support for the cause by requesting donations from her friends and fans to "bail her out" of jail. The Muscular Dystrophy Associati...

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POISON Drummer's ROCKETT DRUM WORKS To Build Kits/Snares On The Road

Rockett Drum Works, the Southern California-based custom drum company founded by POISON drummer Rikki Rockett, will be accepting build orders for up to five drum kits and ten snare drums on the Rockett Drum Works Mobile Trailer on this final leg of the POISON tour. The Rockett Drum Works Mobile Trai...

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EERIE Adds New Drummer

VANMAKT's Gorgoth (a.k.a. Tais) has issued the following update on his Swedish gothic/doom metal project EERIE: "It has been decided, EERIE will no longer be a one-man band. Since my drumming skills arnt the best I have decided to recruit a bloody good drummer called Gadd to the EERIE camp. I will s...

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THE GREAT KAT Titles To Be Reissued

Metal Mind Productions will issue remastered editions of THE GREAT KAT's "Worship Me or Die!" and "Beethoven on Speed" albums in Europe on August 20 (October 15 in the U.S. via MVD). Both titles will be available will be made available in a new digipack edition on golden disc, digitally remastered u...

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CHTHONIC To Tour Europe With ENSIFERUM

Taiwanese metal icons CHTHONIC — currently impressing American crowds at Ozzfest, where they're the first-ever Asian extreme metal act to perform — have confirmed their first European tour, which will see them play alongside "heroic folk metal" warriors ENSIFERUM (Spinefarm Records). The Finnish ban...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist Hopes To Release New Album Next Spring

Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tangra Mega Rock: How has the tour been so far? Andreas: Great! This is the third time we're in Europe for the "Dante XXI" album and the...

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TAD MOROSE 'Still Working On The New Stuff'

Guitarist Christer "Krunt" Andersson of Swedish melodic metallers TAD MOROSE has issued the following update: "No need to worry about what is going on in the TAD MOROSE camp. Anders [Modd, bass] is helping the WOLF guys out doing some live shows with them. And as some of you might have noticed, we d...

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Heavy Metal Internet TV Launched By Germany's AMBOSS Webzine

Germany's Amboss metal and gothic webzine has launched three music video channels with more than 400 metal and gothic video clips using the aggregator mashup Chime.tv. You can access the videos at the following locations: English Version, German Version. There is a huge number of videos from gothic...

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Rise of the Infidels

Usually, when a vault-scouring collection like this burbles to the surface, you can figure out exactly who in the band was behind on a few truck payments and needed to get something released quick. But with the seemingly irreparable schism between S.O.D. members Scott Ian and Billy Milano, it's toug...

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DROWNING POOL Extends 'Soldiers' Dates

The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: DROWNING POOL has extended its current "This Is For The Soldiers" tour, with the newly announced shows beginning on September 3 in Corpus Christi, Texas and ending on November 8 in New York City. THE EXIES will appear on the bill as well....

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CHTHONIC Frontman: 'We Write About God, Ghosts, Spirits, And Legends'

Eugenia Chien of New America Media reports: CHTHONIC (pronounced THON-ic) is the first extreme metal band from Asia to perform at Ozzfest. The six-person group is traveling and performing with bands like STATIC-X, LAMB OF GOD, and of course, the tour's founder, OZZY OSBOURNE. The Asian music scene i...

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DREAM THEATER Auctioning 'Dream Pod' For Charity

For the duration of its current North American tour, DREAM THEATER will be donating unique items for auction on eBay. 100% of the proceeds will benefit Camp Good Days. At this moment, the first item is ready to go up for auction here: a 30 GB iPod, loaded to the hilt with all ...

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CHTHONIC Promotes Taiwan's UN Bid In Interview With PBS

Taipei Times reports that black metal band CHTHONIC promoted Taiwan, particularly its bid to join the international community, during a tour of the U.S., the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) reported last Thursday. In an interview on the PBS program "Pacifictime", CHTHONIC lead vocalist Freddy...