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RICK RUBIN: 'I Asked METALLICA Not To Reinvent Themselves So Much As To Make A Defining Album'

Legendary producer Rick Rubin (SLAYER, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, AUDIOSLAVE, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS),who was named "Producer of the Year" at this past weekend's Grammy Awards, spoke to MTV.com about his work with METALLICA on their much-anticipated follow-up to 2003's "St. Anger", tentatively due before the...

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Ex-CRIMSON GLORY Singer MIDNIGHT: 'I Live Every Moment Like It's My Last'

CRIMSON GLORY parted ways with singer Midnight (real name: John Patrick McDonald Jr.) last month following the revelation that he was arrested on January 20 in Sarasota, Florida and charged with "DUI [driving under the influence] with .20 [blood-alcohol level] or higher or having a passenger under 1...

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METALLICA Drummer On Producer RICK RUBIN: 'He's Forced Us To Rethink Big-Picture Stuff'

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich recently spoke to Rolling Stone magazine (web site) about the songwriting process for the group's new album, tentatively due later this year. When asked the titles of the new songs his band is about to record for its next album, Ulrich said. "Right now, most of them are...

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LAMB OF GOD Guitarist's Parents Are 'Extremely Proud' of Son's Accomplishments

Malcolm Venable of The Virginian-Pilot reports: Raymond and Marianne Morton's son Mark Morton is a guitarist in the Richmond-based heavy-metal group LAMB OF GOD, which is one of five nominees for Best Metal Performance [in this Sunday's Grammy music awards]. The Mortons live in Williamsburg but may...

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EXODUS Guitarist Remembers PAUL BALOFF

It was a little over five years ago — on January 31, 2002 — that EXODUS frontman Paul Baloff suffered a major stroke and was brought to Highland General Hospital in Northern California, where he remained in a coma until he was declared brain dead. On February 2, his doctors shut off his life support...

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KOTIPELTO Signs With AFM RECORDS

KOTIPELTO, the band led by STRATOVARIUS singer Timo Kotipelto, has inked a deal with AFM Records. The group's third album, "Serenity", is due in April. The CD was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland and was mixed by Mikko Karmila. The album's first single, "Sleep Well", entered the F...

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The Shadow Cabinet

I've not heard an album from Denmark's WUTHERING HEIGHTS since 2002's "To Travel for Evermore" and barely remember that one, outside recalling it being a progressive metal release. What a mistake that's been, as I've been thoroughly impressed with "The Shadow Cabinet", and find more to like about it...

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EVIDENCE ONE Signs With AFM RECORDS

German melodic metallers EVIDENCE ONE have signed a deal with AFM Records. The group's third album, entitled "The Sky is the Limit", is scheduled for release on June 22. The follow-up to 2004's "Tattooed Heart" (Nuclear Blast) was written and produced by songwriter Robby Böbel, who has quit his posi...

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WALTARI: 'Release Date' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

The complete track listing has been revealed for WALTARI's new album, "Release Date", due on February 26 via Dockyard 1. According to a press release, the new CD is "darker" than 2005's "Blood Sample", "but also again crazier in the mix of possible styles and the general frenzy of these Finnish musi...

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CATTLE DECAPITATION Rejoined By Drummer MICHAEL LAUGHLIN

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION have been rejoined by drummer Michael Laughlin. "After a much-needed break, the man is refreshed and ready to destroy once again!" the group writes in a press release. CATTLE DECAPITATION will team up with THE LOCUST and DAUGHTERS for a U.S. tour begin...

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We Must Obey

Their sound and van-tastic look may peg them as 1970s worshipers, but it seemed for a while like Orange County stoner rockers FU MANCHU would end up more associated with the 1990s. After prodigious output in the previous decade, including breakout albums like "In Search Of…" and "The Action Is Go",...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'I'm A Lesbian And Proud'

THE HAUNTED's MySpace page has been updated with the following interview: Answering Questions: Patrik Jensen (guitar) Q: You my friend, are becoming a damned icon to some kids. Is that good or bad, or just weird? Jensen: I doubt that is the case. I dont have jetblack hair, a neo-Rocky hairdo, my gui...

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Former EXHUMED Guitarist Re-Launches BEREAVE Project

Former EXHUMED guitarist Mike Beams has launched a one-man project called BEREAVE. According to Beams, "BEREAVE is a project that was started in '93 as a three-piece doom band. We were trying to recreate CATHEDRAL's 'Forest of Equilibrium' and WINTER's 'Into Darkness' pretty much. We never got anyth...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'Insomnia Has Been There With Me For As Long As I Can Remember'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "I start thinking at night when I can't sleep. Insomnia has been there with me for as long as I can remember. It's become something I'm not even trying to resist anymore. I suppose I can try, but I ...

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KOTIPELTO, CHRIS CAFFERY: First European Tour Dates Released

KOTIPELTO will team up with CHRIS CAFFERY for a European tour in April. The dates so far are as follows: Apr. 16 - HU - Budapest - Wigwam Rock Club Apr. 17 - CZ - Prague - Rock Café Apr. 18 - I - Milan - Transilvania Live Apr. 19 - CH - Pratteln - ...