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Latvia's SUPERHUMAN To Support BILLY IDOL In Baltics
Latvian up-and-coming hard rock band SUPERHUMAN will support BILLY IDOL during his Europian tour shows in the Baltics — July 5 at Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia, and July 6 at Utenos pramogu arena in Vilnius, Lithuania. SUPERHUMAN's debut EP, "Taste It", will be released at the end of July via SDV. The...July 2, 2006
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WARWITHIN Working On Debut Album
WARWITHIN, the new band Nashville, TN-based metal band featuring former INTRUDER guitarist Greg Messick, are currently finishing up the first section of the material for their debut album, to be released this winter via the band's own label. In the meantime, the group's first video is tentatively sc...June 30, 2006
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SLIPKNOT To Begin Writing New Material Later This Year
SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thomson has told Greg Prato of Billboard.com that the songwriting for the 2004's "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)" will begin later this year. "We're going to start getting back together and working on stuff," Thomson told Billboard.com. "The core that writes the songs tend t...June 5, 2006
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Hell Bent For Letters
I like a good joke as much as I like a good musty-smelling sci-fi novel from a flea market or a used bookstall (anyone with the Ace paperback editions of the Edgar Rice Burroughs books, I want 'em). This should make me a prime candidate for assimilation by "edu-core" nerds BLOODHAG — four aging dwee...June 5, 2006
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OVERCAST: New Live Video Posted Online
OVERCAST, the reunited Massachusetts band which features in its ranks KILLSWITCH ENGAGE bassist Mike D'Antonio and SHADOWS FALL singer Brian Fair, played to a massive crowd at Club Hipnotic (formerly the El N Gee) in New London, CT on Saturday, June 3. Check out a video of the group performing the s...June 4, 2006
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Ex-FAITH NO MORE Singer's New Album To Include Remake Of 'We Care A Lot'
Former FAITH NO MORE frontman Chuck Mosley has told Greg Prato of Billboard.com that he is currently working on an album with his new band, VANDALS AGAINST ILLITERACY (V.U.A.). "The album we're working on and trying to finish is called 'Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food'," Mosley told Billboard.com....June 2, 2006
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Original PENTAGRAM Member Loses Battle With Cancer
Vincent McAllister, the guitarist and a founding member of seminal metal band PENTAGRAM, has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 51. McAllister played guitar in the classic '70s PENTAGRAM lineup that also included vocalist Bobby Liebling, bassist Greg Mayne and drummer Geof O'Keefe. His record...June 1, 2006
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Lunar Womb [reissue]
Without diminishing the impact of this revered classic at all, it's only fair to say that Scott "Wino" Weinrich has topped "Lunar Womb" at least a few times since its original 1991 release. Hell, OBSESSED swansong "The Church Within" is arguably better, and definitely sounds more kickass. And the ma...May 29, 2006
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Report: Fear And Loathing At NEW ENGLAND METAL AND HARDCORE FESTIVAL
Chris Harris of MTV.com has issued the following report: It's 2:30 p.m. on a sunny April Friday, and most of the people gathered inside the Palladium are in a state of advanced refreshment. "Dude, it's Metalfest," reasons a hulking bald guy clad in a faded black SLAYER T-shirt, who is sporting an el...May 15, 2006
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As the Ghosts Collect, The Corpses Rest
Speedier than GODFLESH, yet not as frantic as PIG DESTROYER, Chicago's two-man programmed blitzkrieg machine, PLAGUE BRINGER, dishes out wave after wave of bulldozer riffs and jackhammer rhythms. Probably better described as mechanized death metal than frenetic grindcore, the riffs are fat, the blas...May 15, 2006
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Ex-FAITH NO MORE Singer MIKE PATTON Planning New TOMAHAWK, FANTOMAS Albums
Former FAITH NO MORE frontman Mike Patton has told Greg Prato of Billboard.com that he is currently working on the first all-new studio effort from TOMAHAWK since 2003's "Mit Gas". Patton said it is coming along "Slowly but nicely — and I'm completely to blame for the slowly part. [Guitarist] Duane...May 13, 2006
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DUFF MCKAGAN Says New VELVET REVOLVER Album Will Contain Contributions From Different Producers
VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) recently spoke to RollingStone.com about VR's upcoming sophomore album. "Lenny Kravitz wants to record us. Daniel Lanois, we want to do a track with. Pharrell will probably do one," said McKagan. "And then a myriad of others are doing two or th...May 10, 2006
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VELVET REVOLVER To Perform At MUSICARES MAP FUND BENEFIT CONCERT
According to MTV.com, VELVET REVOLVER have been added to the list of performers scheduled for the second annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert, which is honoring METALLICA frontman James Hetfield and concert promoter and manager Bill Silva. ALICE IN CHAINS' Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney, Tom Wa...May 9, 2006
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Former MINISTRY Drummer teams Up With R.E.M., KING CRIMSON Members In SLOW MUSIC
Greg Prato of Billboard.com is reporting that former MINISTRY/current-R.E.M. drummer Bill Rieflin has teamed up with R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck and KING CRIMSON guitarist Robert Fripp is a new project called SLOW MUSIC. The completely improvised band also features keyboardist Hector Zazu, bassist F...April 30, 2006
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MEAT PUPPETS Reunion To Feature PRIMUS Drummer
Greg Prato of Billboard.com is reporting that for the first time in more than a decade, Curt and Cris Kirkwood will work together on a new album by influential rock act MEAT PUPPETS. The sibling duo will soon begin rehearsing new material as a precursor to hitting the studio. "I've got the album ...April 28, 2006
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