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FOZZY Signs Worldwide Deal With Australia's RIOT! ENTERTAINMENT
FOZZY — the band featuring vocalist Chris Jericho (of WWE wrestling fame) and members of STUCK MOJO — has inked a worldwide deal with Australia's Riot! Entertainment for the release of the group's fourth album, "Chasing The Grail". FOZZY features Jericho and longtime bandmate/guitarist Rich "The Duk...March 4, 2009
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POISON Drummer On DEF LEPPARD: 'The Fact Is, I Think There Is A Real Mutual Respect Between Us'
POISON will be heading out on the road again this summer, this time with DEF LEPPARD and CHEAP TRICK. Some people might be surprised to find POISON and DEF LEPPARD on the same bill, after LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott was perceived as having made disparaging remarks about the glam metal band last year....March 1, 2009
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DEF LEPPARD Singer: Comments About POISON Were 'Taken Totally Out Of Context'
DEF LEPPARD will be heading out on the road again this summer, this time with POISON and CHEAP TRICK. Some people might be surprised to find POISON and DEF LEPPARD on the same bill, after LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott was perceived as having made disparaging remarks about the glam metal band last year....February 28, 2009
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METAL CHURCH Singer Signs Solo Deal With RAT PAK RECORDS
METAL CHURCH vocalist Ronny Munroe has inked a deal with Rat Pak Records for the release of his first solo album, "The Fire Within". Munroe says, "I've known the label CEO for a while now and I have to say that I am very impressed with his work ethic, relentless drive, passion, and tenacity. I ...February 27, 2009
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TROUBLE Guitarist To Guest On ROBOT LORDS OF TOKYO CD
Columbus, Ohio's ROBOT LORDS OF TOKYO have announced that Rick Wartell, who makes up one half of the legendary guitar duo in U.S. doom masters TROUBLE, will make a special guest appearance on their next album. The ROBOT LORDS is a songwriting duo consisting of Rick Ritzler (drums, guitar) and Paul J...February 25, 2009
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SLIPKNOT, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, MASTODON, CLUTCH Members Talk 'Watchmen' Movie
ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino has written a feature compiling band reactions to the upcoming $120 million comic book adaptation "Watchmen". For this exclusive feature, he spoke with SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor, SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan, MASTODON drummer Brann D...February 23, 2009
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CROSSBREED, MUSHROOMHEAD Members Interviewed On 'Jay Stone Show'; Audio Available
Vocalist James Rietz of the Florida-based metal act CROSSBREED and Rick Thomas (a.k.a. Stitch) of MUSHROOMHEAD and VENTANA were interviewed on the "Jay Stone Show". You can now download the entire episode as an MP3 audio file at ROCKmetalTALK.com. CROSSBREED will release its long-awaited new album,...February 23, 2009
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HERO DESTROYED: 'Cause For Cancer' Video Posted Online
"Cause For Cancer", the new video from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's HERO DESTROYED, can be viewed below (courtesy of MetalInjection.net). The song comes off the band's recently released self-titled EP. The clip was produced and directed by Rick Mauck for Look Both Ways Productions and was shot at an a...February 23, 2009
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TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE To Enter Studio In April
TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE, the band featuring RIGOR MORTIS vocalist Bruce Corbitt, GAMMACIDE guitarists Rick Perry and Scott Shelby, GAMMACIDE/DEVILFIST bassist Alan Bovee and DEMONSEED drummer Joe Gonzalez, will enter the studio in April to record its debut album for a late 2009 release via Philip Ansel...February 23, 2009
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GOD FORBID Guitarist: 'Earthsblood' Is 'More Musical Than Anything We've Done'
Metal-Experience.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Doc Coyle of New Jersey metal titans GOD FORBID. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal-Experience.com: It's been a couple of years since "IV: Constitution of Treason"came out, so it seems you took your time for the...February 20, 2009
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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Makers On 'Friday Night Rocks'; Video Available
On September 12, 2008, Rick Ernst and Rat Skates — director and associate producer, respectively, of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the critically acclaimed documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — were the featured guests on...February 20, 2009
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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist's Solo Performances Of 'Sugar', 'Hysteria' Posted Online
Video footage of DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell's January 10, 2009 solo performance at The Mint in Los Angeles, when he was opening for Lauren Monroe's band (featuring LEPPARD's Rick Allen on drums),can be viewed below. During his show, Vivian played his bluesy versions of the DEF LEPPARD cl...February 19, 2009
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NIGHTSHADE Cancels Chicago Concert
NIGHTSHADE, the new project featuring former USURPER guitarist Rick Scythe, has cancelled its previously announced February 21 concert at Metal Shakers in Chicago, Illinois "due to health reasons." Rick states, "I started to come down with what I thought was a cold over the weekend and when my sympt...February 19, 2009
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METALLICA, SLAYER Featured In 'Rick Rubin: In The Studio' Book
This coming summer, ECW Press will issue the 300-page book "Rick Rubin: in the Studio" by biographer Jake Brown. Nearly three years of meticulous research went into the making of the book, which documents the roots of Rubin's rise as one of the industry's most singularly influential record producers...February 18, 2009
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BLACK SABBATH Touring Keyboardist Provides Musical Score For 'Rifleman Harris' Audio Book
Adam Wakeman, the touring keyboardist for BLACK SABBATH and Ozzy Osbourne's band, has provided the musical score for "Recollections of Rifleman Harris", an audio book which has been skilfully abridged from an 1848 first edition of this famous historical memoir of a rifleman, from the 95th rifles, in...February 17, 2009
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