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LAMB OF GOD Bassist: When We First Started Playing, 'Heavy Metal' Was A Bad Word

Jed Ahern of Autralia's [V] Music recently conducted an interview with bassist John Campbell of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. [V] Music: You've said each album is a learning experience. What lessons did you take from your last album "Wrath...

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Ex-MEGADETH/Y&T Drummer JIMMY DEGRASSO Featured On New THE WORSHYP Album

Jimmy DeGrasso (ALICE COOPER, MEGADETH, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, Y&T) laid down the drums tracks on "Evil Abounds", the new album from the Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based band THE WORSHYP. The CD, which will be released later in the year, was produced by Glen Robinson, who has previously worked with...

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KAMELOT Guitarist: Our New Singer 'Will Be Debuted At The Summer Festivals'

The Kamelot Germany web site recently conducted an interview with guitarist Thomas Youngblood of American power metallers KAMELOT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Kamelot Germany: Writing the new album is already underway, with a planned release date for September 2012. How is it go...

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DOWN Members Talk Upcoming EP, Split With Bassist REX BROWN

DOWN, the acclaimed New Orleans band which features in its ranks CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Patrick Bruders (CROWBAR),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RIT...

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Box of Roxx

I've heard of ROXX GANG, but I'll be damned if I can remember anything more than that. Considering the Florida band's status as an outfit that probably should have gotten more recognition during that glamorous hair sprayed era, I'd be surprised if the average '80s rocker had much better of a recolle...

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MACHINE HEAD Drummer Says Band Almost Broke Up During 'The Blackening' Tour

Dimitris Kontogeorgakos of Metal Kaoz recently conducted an interview with drummer Dave McClain of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Kaoz: MACHINE HEAD are working on a DVD release. Is that correct? Dave: Obviously, you are talking...

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Former METAL CHURCH Singer RONNY MUNROE Quits PRESTO BALLET

Former METAL CHURCH/LILLIAN AXE singer Ronny Munroe has announced his departure from PRESTO BALLET, the progressive rock band led by ex-METAL CHURCH guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof. Ronny states, "My continued involvement with the TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA has made it impossible to leave me with enough ti...

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RUSH Drummer Discusses Making Of 'Clockwork Angels'

Canadian rock legends RUSH are continuing work on their 20th studio album, "Clockwork Angels", due later in the year via Roadrunner Records. In a posting on his official web site, RUSH drummer Neil Peart writes about the making of the new CD, "I had been recording in Toronto with my bandmates, from...

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HOTEL DIABLO: Entire New EP Available For Streaming

"Psycho California", the new EP from HOTEL DIABLO — the band featuring vocalist Rick Stitch (LADYJACK, ex-ADLER'S APPETITE),guitarist Alex Grossi (QUIET RIOT),bassist Mike Duda and drummer Mike Dupke (both of W.A.S.P.) — can be streamed in its entirety below. The EP consists of material the group...

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KAMELOT To Kick Off Next European Headlining Tour In The Netherlands

American melodic metallers KAMELOT will kick off their next European headlining tour in November in The Netherlands. KAMELOT's recently completed North American, South American and European tours featured guest singer Fabio Lione of RHAPSODY OF FIRE following the departure of KAMELOT's longtime fron...

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DEATH WOLF: 'Ironwood' Video Released

"Ironwood", the new video from DEATH WOLF (formerly DEVILS WHOREHOUSE),the "horror-death rock" side-project of MARDUK guitarist Morgan Håkansson, can be seen below. The song comes off DEATH WOLF's self-titled new album, which was released in May 2011 via Regain Records/Blooddawn. "Death Wolf" track...

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NIGHTWISH Mainman Says Half Of New Setlist Will Consist Of 'Imaginaerum' Material

The Roadrunner Records web site has been updated with a brand newinterview with bandleader and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Q: Anette [Olzon] sounds like she's having a lot of fun singing [the materia...

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LAMB OF GOD With Full Orchestra, Opera Singer; Audio Available

The third trailer for "Resolution", the forthcoming album from Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD, can be seen below. The one-minute clip features the song "King Me", which closes the CD. The track, one of the most musically ambitious the band has ever put forth, features a full orchestra as w...

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HOTEL DIABLO Schedules Tempe In-Store

HOTEL DIABLO, the new band featuring vocalist Rick Stitch (LADYJACK, ex-ADLER'S APPETITE),guitarist Alex Grossi (QUIET RIOT),bassist Mike Duda and drummer Mike Dupke (both of W.A.S.P.),will make an in-store appearance that will include an acoustic performance at Naked Dave's Music in Tempe, Arizo...

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Ex-THE MARS VOLTA Drummer Joins MASTODON, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Members In G.T.O.

GIRAFFE TONGUE ORCHESTRA, the supergroup featuring guitarist Ben Weinman (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN),guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds (MASTODON, WEST END MOTEL, FIEND WITHOUT A FACE) and bassist Eric Avery (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION),has recruited Jon Theodore (ONE DAY AS A LION, ex-THE MARS VOLTA) as its...