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ALLELE To Tour With 10 YEARS, EVANS BLUE

ALLELE — the new project featuring former COLD guitarist Kelly Hayes and former OTEP guitarist Lane Maverick — will embark on a month-long tour with 10 YEARS and EVANS BLUE beginning late September. The first confirmed dates are as follows: Sep. 24 - Hilton Head, SC @ Monkey Business Sep. 26 - Colum...

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ONE 90 GRAIN's Debut Album To Be Co-Produced By BLACKFOOT Singer

ONE 90 GRAIN, the Spartanburg, South Carolina-based "Southern progressive metal" band featuring former SHAITAN MAZAR drummer Brett Goode, will trek to Muscle Shoals, Alabama in October to begin tracking its debut album with Jay Johnson, the current lead singer and guitarist for the legendary souther...

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METALLICA's HAMMETT: DRAGONFORCE Are 'Fastest Guitar Players I Think I've Ever Seen'

Steve Baltin of AOL Music recently asked METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett which new guitarists have impressed him of late. "I really like this absurd band called DRAGONFORCE," Kirk said. "Those are the fastest guitar players I think I've ever seen. They're like Yngwie [Malmsteen] on steroids. No, th...

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SAMMY HAGAR Visits 'The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson': Video Available

Sammy Hagar was on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" on Thursday (July 27). Hagar, dressed all in red, talked about life in Cabo, if VAN HALEN will reunite, and then when David Lee Roth's name came up, Craig was implying Roth was gay — saying his "joyous meter" was going off from the ...

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SOIL Announces U.S. Tour Dates With STAIND

SOIL will support STAIND on the following dates in August/September: Aug. 08 - Topeka, KS @ Topeka Performing Arts Ctr Aug. 09 - St. Paul, MN @ Myth Aug. 11 - Grand Island, NE @ Heartland Events Ctr Aug. 13 - Council Bluff, IA @ Mid America Recreation Aug. 16 - Kelseyville, CA @ Konocti ...

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SAMMY HAGAR Made New Album On His Own Schedule

Launch Radio Networks reports: If it seems like it's been a long time since Sammy Hagar had a new album out, that's because his last was "Not 4 Sale" back in 2002. But that all changes today (July 25) when Hagar releases "Livin' It Up". He also probably caused some confusion when he put out ...

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A band of competent sidemen who had a shit-kickin' good time in the '70s without ever actually, you know, writing much of a song, CACTUS recently reunited to do more of the same. With SAVOY BROWN frontman Jimmy Kunes replacing the deceased Rusty Day, the core of the band — drummer Carmine Appice, ba...

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SAMMY HAGAR: Entire 'Livin' It Up' Album Available For Streaming

SAMMY HAGAR AND THE WABOS's new album, entitled "Livin' It Up", is available for streaming in its entirety at Rhino.com. "Livin' It Up" is scheduled for release on July 25 via Rhino Records. In a recent interview with Billboard.com, Hagar said about the upcoming CD, "'Livin' it Up" is really a ...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'I Want To Get Back Out On Tour And F*cking Crush'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his official blog: "Slowly over the last couple of weeks my crackling psyche has been regaining some of the balance I felt I'd completely lost there for a while. "I'm getting back in shape physically and I've come to understand t...

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MELIAH RAGE: 'Undefeated' Video Posted Online

Massachusetts-based thrash metallers MELIAH RAGE have uploaded the video for their new track "Undefeated" at this location. The song comes off the group's new album, "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep", due on September 12 via Screaming Ferret Wreckords. Band leader/guitarist/songwriter Anthony Nichols,...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE Covered By 'Lounge Singer' On Australian TV: Video Available

In the wake of the recent calls by Australian community groups for CANNIBAL CORPSE's upcoming concert in Perth to be banned over the band's alleged glorification of "child rape, suicide, murder and necrophilia" in its lyrics (see previous BLABBERMOUTH.NET article),Australian comedy team The Chaser...

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DISTURBED Frontman Reveals His Favorite OZZFEST Moment

Kevin C. Johnson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently spoke to DISTURBED frontman David Draiman about his band's participation in this year's Ozzfest. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On DISTURBED's first-ever Ozzfest gig, back in 2000, at 10 a.m. on the second stage: "There were maybe 15 peo...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE's Australian Tour Sparks Outrage, Calls For Group To Be Banned

The West Australian newspaper reported in its July 8 edition that CANNIBAL CORPSE's October concert in Perth, Australia has sparked calls for the band to be banned over its alleged glorification of "child rape, suicide, murder and necrophilia" in its lyrics. Community groups have joined shadow polic...

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SAMMY HAGAR: New Audio Interview Posted Online

A 17-minute audio interview with Sammy Hagar, conducted earlier this month by Doug Podell of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM, has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). Rhino Records has set a July 25 release date for the new SAMMY HAGAR AND THE WABOS album, entitled "Livin' It Up". In a recen...

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It's Official: 1349 And SAHG To Support CELTIC FROST On North American Tour

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported yesterday, Swiss avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have now officially announced the addition of renowned Norwegian black metal bands 1349 and SAHG for the group's fall 2006 North American tour. The bands will support FROST from September 12 (Springfield, Vir...