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MSG Guitarist/Keyboardist Launches Project With WAYSTED, Ex-QUIET RIOT Members

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP guitarist/keyboardist Wayne Findlay has issued the following update: "I'm very excited to be working on a new side project with bassist Kelly Garni (QUIET RIOT),vocalist Fin Muir (WAYSTED),drummer Scotty Phillips (WAYSTED) and Kelle Rhoads (Randy's brother) on keyboards. We...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Bassist Interviewed On 'The Classic Metal Show'; Audio Available

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY/CYCLE OF PAIN bassist John "J.D." DeServio was one of the featured guests on this weekend's (May 9) edition of "The Classic Metal Show". When asked if there is any truth to the rumor that BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman Zakk Wylde is "chilling out" backstage these days trying to get...

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LAMB OF GOD Frontman On Record Sales, Mercenaries And Songwriting

Patrick Slevin of The Aquarian recently conducted an interview with vocalist Randy Blythe of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. The Aquarian: "Sacrament" sold about 65,000 copies in the first week four years ago when, relatively, the record industry...

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LAMB OF GOD Schedules Live Web Stream Of Philadelphia Show

Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD have announced a live streaming of their May 9, 2009 show at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This will mark the first time the band has offered a live stream of an entire show to the public. The festivities begin at 9:30 p.m. EST on the ba...

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DRAGONFORCE Guitarist, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Bassist To Guest On 'The Classic Metal Show'

Guitarist Herman Li of British extreme epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY/CYCLE OF PAIN bassist John "J.D." DeServio will be the featured guests on this weekend's (May 9) edition of "The Classic Metal Show". "The Classic Metal Show" can be heard every Saturday night between 9:0...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY/CYCLE OF PAIN's DESERVIO: Photos, Video Footage Of Las Vegas Clinic

Full Metal Rock has uploaded photos and video footage of bassist John "J.D." DeServio's April 30, 2009 clinic at Sam Ash Music in Las Vegas, Nevada. Check them out at this location. The self-titled debut album from CYCLE OF PAIN — the brainchild of John "J.D." DeServio — was released on April 21 ...

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BLACK TIDE Bassist Talks Next Album

Arielle Castillo of New Times Broward-Palm Beach reports that Miami, Florida metallers BLACK TIDE have written a bunch of new times, and will enter a studio in the middle of a Kansas cornfield to record them out before hitting the Warped Tour this summer. "We didn't want to be distracted by our pers...

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I BUILT THE CROSS: Album Title Announced

Nevada-based technical death metal band I BUILT THE CROSS has set "Bridging The Gap Between Heart And Mind" as the title of its debut album, due this spring via Open Grave Records. The CD's cover art was designed by Fernando Catipillán. In other news, I BUILT THE CROSS has announced the addition of...

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LACUNA COIL On New CD: 'This Is The Most Honest Way For Us To Do What We Really Want To Do'

Brandon Wu of WashingtonCityPaper.com conducted an interview with LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia on April 14, 2009 when the band played the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland as part of the Music As A Weapon IV tour with DISTURBED, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and CHIMAIRA. A few excerpts from the c...

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CLIFF BURTON Remembered

Robert Souza of Castro Valley Forum reports: Castro Valley rock legend Cliff Burton was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Bay Area band METALLICA this month. Burton's father, Ray, accepted his son's honorary induction during ceremonies in Cleveland, Ohio on April 4....

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Working Class Rock Star

As LAMB OF GOD's Randy Blythe bluntly states on "Working Class Rock Star" about those desiring to "make it" in the hard scrabble world of extreme (or perhaps eclectic in the case of TUB RING) music: "you better be prepared to eat shit and suffer; otherwise, you're a punk-ass" (or words to that effec...

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BODY OF SCARS: New Song Posted Online

BODY OF SCARS, the Phoenix, Arizona-based band featuring JAG PANZER drummer Rikard Stjernquist and former 40 GRIT vocalist/guitarist James Santiago, entered the studio last June to begin recording its second album, tentatively due in September 2009. Commented guitarist Randy Davis: "We have posted a...

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LAMB OF GOD Bassist On Touring, OZZFEST Illegal Music Downloading

Jim Louvau of The Arizona Republic recently conducted an interview bassist John Campbell of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Arizona Republic: How does singer Randy Blythe take care of his voice on the road and does he still use the techn...

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MEGADETH Mainman Is 'Excited' About Resuming Work On New Album

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update: "As we near the time where all of our gear will be returning from [the recently completed 'Priest Feast' [European tour with JUDAS PRIEST and TESTAMENT], I can't help but get excited about picking up [with the recording of the new MEGAD...

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Founding SAXON Member GRAHAM OLIVER Discusses Upcoming Book

Founding SAXON members Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson are putting the finishing touches on a book entitled "Saxon Drugs And Rock And Roll", due out before the end of the year. The book will chronicle life on the road with SAXON from their New Wave of British Heavy Metal roots to their acrimonious sp...