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KAMELOT Drummer To Hold Florida Clinic

KAMELOT drummer Casey Grillo will hold a drum clinic on October 8 at Seminole Music & Sound in Seminole, Florida. A video ad for the clinic can be viewed below. For more information, go to this location. KAMELOT's U.S. tour will kick off October 9 in St. Petersburg, Florida. The band recently pu...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist PHIL COLLEN: 'Records Are Less Important Now'

Joe Matera of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: The band's most recent studio outing, "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge" features a mixture of both old and new sounding DEF LE...

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SUFFOCATION Confirms NUCLEAR BLAST Signing

New York death metal legends SUFFOCATION have confirmed that they have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records for the release of their new album, entitled "Blood Oath" (as BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported back on August 27). The band most recently made the announcement during its appearance Thursday...

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MACHINE HEAD Confirmed For Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD are the first confirmed band for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. Roadrunner Records has revealed the details of the U.S. version of the special edition of "The Blackening...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE Bassist Checks In From Recording Studio

Bassist Alex Webster of the long-running death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE has issued the following update: "Alex from CANNIBAL here checking in from Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida. Paul [Mazurkiewicz] has finished all the drum tracks for our new album, and we think he did an amazing job. Thi...

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CINDERELLA's JEFF LABAR: I Haven't Joined JUAN CROUCIER'S DIRTY RATS

CINDERELLA's Jeff LaBar has denied that he has replaced Carlos Cavazo (QUIET RIOT, RATT) as the new guitarist of JUAN CROUCIER'S DIRTY RATS, the band featuring bassist/vocalist Juan Croucier (RATT) and drummer John Medina (BRET MICHAELS). Commented LaBar: "Contrary to Juan Croucier's press release r...

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RESURRECTION Was 'Shocked And Very Disappointed' By Bassist's Departure

Reactivated Tampa death metallers RESURRECTION have issued the following statement: "We were shocked and very disappointed to open up Blabbermouth today and learn that Scott Patrick [bass] has, for his own reasons, decided to part ways with RESURRECTION. Scott was an amazing musician and a valuable...

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DIO Drummer SIMON WRIGHT Says Trip To Iraq 'Was An Experiance I Will Never Forget'

Legendary rock drummer Simon Wright (DIO, AC/DC, RHINO BUCKET) has issued the following update: "I have just returned from playing five shows for the troops and allied forces in Iraq. They are incredible individuals doing a very difficult job trying to bring stability to that region, they go months...

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Death Magnetic

So here we are again, more than five years after a whole slew of you ripped me a new one for my enthusiastic review of the last and most controversial METALLICA album ever, 2003's "St. Anger". Unlike many critics — especially in the UK press — who came out equally unabashed in their praise ...

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Guitarist KRIS NORRIS Confirms He Has Left DARKEST HOUR

Guitarist Kris Norris has confirmed that he has left the Washington D.C. metal band DARKEST HOUR (as first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET yesterday). "Yes, it's not a rumor — I have left DARKEST HOUR," Norris said in a statement sent to BLABBERMOUTH.NET. "Well, I'm not in the band anymore; see it how...

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MACHINE HEAD: U.S. Version Of 'The Blackening Special Edition' Detailed

Roadrunner Records has revealed the details of the U.S. version of the special edition of "The Blackening", MACHINE HEAD's Grammy-nominated masterwork, which is due on October 28, 2008. (Details of the European version of the special edition of "The Blackening", which will be available on October 27...

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MICHALE GRAVES Comments On MISFITS Near-Reunion

Jason Price of Live-Metal.net recently conducted an interview with former MISFITS singer Michale Graves. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Live-Metal.net: How did your departure from the MISFITS come about? Michale Graves: My departure came about from a series of events that took about a year...

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KAMELOT: Commercial For U.S. Tour Posted Online

American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT have posted a one-and-a-half-minute commercial for their upcoming U.S. tour, which is scheduled to kick off October 9 in St. Petersburg, Florida. KAMELOT recently put the finishing touches on the video for the song "Love You To Death". The clip was shot a...

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IMAGIKA: In Songwriting Mode

San Jose, California-based metallers IMAGIKA have issued the following update: "The band has made some great strides with the release of 'Feast For The Hated' this year. The CD was one the most played/added U.S. metal radio releases this summer on CMJ and FMQB. We started out 3 (CMJ) and 5 (FMQB) an...

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GODHEAD: New Album Track Listing Revealed

GODHEAD — Jason C. Miller (vocals, guitars),Michael Miller (guitars),Ullrich Hepperlin (bass, programming) and Ty Smith (drums) — is set to release its sixth studio album, "At The Edge Of The World", on October 7 on Driven Music Group (distribution by Ryko/Warner Music Group),the label owned by e...