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FLATTBUSH Recording New Album With Ex-FAITH NO MORE Bassist

Blastcore extremists FLATTBUSH have commenced the recording process for their new album, "Seize the Time", at San Francisco's Hyde Street Studios. The CD, which is once again being produced by former FAITH NO MORE bassist Billy Gould, will be released in the fall via Gould's Koolarrow Records. U.S....

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SYMPHONY X Singer Talks About GIGANTOUR

SYMPHONY X frontman Russell Allen recently spoke to Classic Rock Revisted about his solo album, "Russell Allen’s Atomic Soul", and SYMPHONY X's participation in this summer's Gigantour, a six-week North American tour co-headlined by MEGADETH and DREAM THEATER. An excerpt from the interview follows:...

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SHADOWS FALL Singer Teams Up With PETA2 To Leave Fans A Message

SHADOWS FALL lead vocalist Brian Fair might belt out hardcore with a vengeance, but he refuses to take part in the war on farmed animals. That's why Brian recorded a greeting for peta2 — PETA's youth-focused division — that urges people to help animals by going vegetarian, and fans can download it i...

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Report: HELLFEST Celebrates Extreme Music

Scott Frost of Trentonian.com has issued the following report: A weekend concert celebrating extreme music, that last year caused quite a stir in Elizabeth with its sometimes violent fan base, is coming to Trenton's Sovereign Bank Arena. Organizers said tickets will go on sale today for Hellfest, a...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP: 'Live In Tokyo 1997' DVD To Receive U.S. Release

Music Video Distributors and Metal Mind Productions have announced the home viewing release of "Michael Schenker Group – Live in Tokyo 1997" for U.S. distribution on DVD. Due on July 12, this DVD features two supreme performances of the Master of the Flying V, as well as interviews. The track lists...

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CINDERELLA Frontman Talks About Solo Album

Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an in-depth interview with CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer. An excerpt follows: Classic Rock Revisited: I want to talk about something that not all rock fans know about. You actually lost your singing voice. Tom: "During the end of the 'Heartbreak Station' to...

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ALICE COOPER: 'Dirty Diamonds' Gets An Official Release Date

According to a post at SickthingsUK, New West Records has set an August 2 release date for the new ALICE COOPER album, entitled "Dirty Diamonds". The following press release has been issued by the label; After 30 albums and some of the most famous rock songs ever recorded, you'd think Alice Cooper's...

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HYDROGYN To Work With Legendary Producer MICHAEL WAGENER

West Virginia's HYDROGYN have announced that they will be entering the studio with legendary record producer Michael Wagener this summer to record their major debut, tentatively entitled "Bombshell". Wagener, who mixed METALLICA's "Master of Puppets" and produced OZZY OSBOURNE's "No More Tears" and...

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QUIET RIOT And SKID ROW Rock U.S. Troops In Korea

The following press release was issued by i-Newswire.com: During the previous week, QUIET RIOT and SKID ROW toured Army and Air Force installations to bring their in-your-face style of hard rock, said QUIET RIOT frontman Kevin DuBrow. "It is like throwing raw meat to animals, and I mean that in the...

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NAPALM DEATH Frontman Discusses Vegetarian Lifestyle

NAPALM DEATH frontman Mark "Barney" Greenway recently sat down with PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) to discuss his lifelong dedication to a vegetarian diet. An excerpt from the interview follows: Q: How long have you been vegetarian? Barney: "I've been vegetarian since I was 14 ye...

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HANOI ROCKS Confirmed For Holland's ARROW ROCK FESTIVAL

Finnish rock 'n' rollers HANOI ROCKS have been confirmed for the Arrow Rock Festival, set to take place June 11 in Lichtenvoorde, the Netherlands. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are DREAM THEATER, GLENN HUGHES, KANSAS, MEAT LOAF, THUNDER, LOU GRAMM, STYX and LITTLE RIVER BAND. For more in...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO To Appear In TENACIOUS D's 'In the Pick Of Destiny' Movie?

According to Ain't It Cool News, heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio (RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, DIO) has signed on to appear in the upcoming TENACIOUS D movie, "Tenacious D: In the Pick of Destiny". The film will be directed by Liam Lynch, who also directed the video for "Tribute" and the clips shown...

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ORIGIN To Headline OHIO DEATHFEST

ORIGIN have been confirmed as the headliners of the Ohio Deathfest 2005, a two-day event set to take place June 24-25 at Phantasy Concert Club in Lakewood, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland). Other acts slated to appear at the festival include SUMMON (who are fresh from a European Tour with GOD DETHRONED)...

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What the Mind Perceives

This New Jersey death metal band has been busting its ass since 2000, releasing music, garnering press accolades and touring with no help from others. That changes now as Screaming Ferret steps in to reissue the band's 2003 album "What the Mind Perceives" to a worldwide audience. It's always nice to...

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The Healing Process

Like a slightly more metalcore-inflected DYING FETUS or a less tech-y PREMONITIONS OF WAR, Canada's DESPISED ICON churn through nine exercises in stomping "deathcore" on their second full-length. Lots of pinch harmonics, two vocalists (just so we can enjoy the ever-ridiculous "guy who sounds like an...