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Singer JAMES LABRIE: 'We Are More Than Pumped To Continue The Legacy Of DREAM THEATER'

Three of the remaining DREAM THEATER members — singer James LaBrie, guitarist John Petrucci and keyboardist Jordan Rudess — have issued separate statements commenting further on the departure of drummer Mike Portnoy, the band's co-founder and leader for 25 years. James LaBrie: "Thought I would give...

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FULLFORCE Putting Finishing Touches On Debut Album

FULLFORCE — the new Swedish melodic metal project featuring Mike Andersson (CLOUDSCAPE, SILENT MEMORIAL, PLANET ALLIANCE) on vocals, Stefan Elmgren (HAMMERFALL) on guitar, Anders Johansson (HAMMERFALL, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) on drums, Carl-Johan Grimmark (NARNIA) on guitar, and Tommy Larsson (HEED) on ba...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's ZAKK WYLDE Talks About The Making Of 'Order Of The Black', Health Issues

Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) took part in a live media teleconference on August 3 where he answered questions from a number of journalists — including Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.com — regarding the new BLACK LABEL SOCIETY album, "Order Of The Black". A few excerpts from the c...

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Welsh Metal Band In Hot Water Over Graffiti Attack

According to BBC News, the south Wales metal band BLIND AMBITION (MySpace page) is in hot water with a local council over graffiti after the group asked its fans to use their imagination to help promote the act. BLIND AMBITION initially asked people for help via its Facebook site. But following ...

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DROWNING POOL Guitarist Interviewed On 93.7 KCLB ROCKS!

This past Friday (August 27),Kevin Conklin of the 93.7 KCLB Rocks! radio station (web site) in Palm Springs, California conducted an interview with guitarist C.J. Pierce of Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL. The chat can now be streamed using the audio player below. Ayden Rose, the three-year-old s...

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ANTHRAX Singer JOEY BELLADONNA: 'I'm The Easiest Guy To Get Along With'

Peter Atkinson of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX vocalist Joey Belladonna. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. KNAC.COM: Were you able to gel again with the guys doing [the recent "Big Four" festival] shows, or was the focus more just on playing the gigs and worki...

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BEHEMOTH Frontman Says He Is 'A Strong Son Of A Bitch'

Adam "Nergal" Darski, the 33-year-old guitarist/vocalist from Poland's greatest extreme-metal export, BEHEMOTH, was recently diagnosed with a life-threatening form of leukemia, a cancer of blood-forming tissues of the bone marrow Since Nergal's health issues were first made public, the band, its man...

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DESULTORY: 'Counting Our Scars' Track Listing Revealed

Reactivated Swedish death metallers DESULTORY recently completed work on their first album in 14 years, "Counting Our Scars", for a late 2010 release via Pulverised Records. The follow-up to 1996's "Swallow The Snake" was recorded at Necromorbus Studio (WATAIN, NOMINON, AVERSE SEFIRA, FUNERAL MIST,...

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SLASH Files For Divorce

According to TMZ.com, legendary guitarist Slash (real name: Saul Hudson) has filed for divorce from his wife of nine years, Perla Ferrar. Slash cites irreconcilable differences. Slash and Perla have two boys, aged 6 and 8. Court documents, which can be viewed at this location (PDF file),indicate th...

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DROWNING POOL Singer's Son 'Severely Injured' In Accident; Benefit Concert Planned

Ayden Rose, the three-year-old son of DROWNING POOL/ex-SOIL singer Ryan McCombs, was severely injured in a riding lawn mower accident that left severe damage to his right leg. Ayden will need multiple surgeries and has a long road of recovery ahead of him. McCombs' family and friends are asking thos...

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GODSMACK Frontman Discusses Solo Album In New Interview

ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna about Sully's forthcoming solo debut, "Avalon". An excerpt from the chat follows below. ARTISTdirect.com: Is there one common thread or theme to "Avalon"? Erna: What ties the record together so wel...

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TROLL's Appearance At Norway's ARONNESROCKEN Festival Stirs Up Controversy

The appearance of Norwegian black metallers TROLL at the Aronnesrocken Festival in Alta, in the north of Norway, on August 20, stirred up the ire of the local branch of the ultra-conservative Christian Democratic Party, who are one of the supporters of the festival, and who have threatened to withdr...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: 'I Think For The First Time In My Life I Know What I Want To Do'

Sarah Rodman of The Boston Globe recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Boston Globe: The new album ["Scream"] has some standout tracks, in particular "Life Won't Wait" . . . Ozzy: My youngest boy, Jack, i...

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DRAGONFORCE: Live Album Sample Available

A live version of the song "Through the Fire and Flames" from British extreme epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE is available for streaming at Wired.com. The track comes off the band's first live album, "Twilight Dementia", which will be released on September 13 via Spinefarm Records (Europe) and Road...

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KITTIE: Video Update From 'Thrash And Burn' Tour

Canadian all-girl metal band KITTIE is taking part in this year's edition of the Thrash And Burn tour alongside ASKING ALEXANDRIA, BORN OF OSIRIS, STICK TO YOUR GUNS, IMPENDING DOOM, THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD (first half),EVERGREEN TERRACE (second half),GREELEY ESTATES, PERIPHERY, MOTIONLESS IN...