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Former JANE'S ADDICTION Bassist To Release Solo Debut

Eric Avery, seminal bassist and co-founder of the iconic band JANE'S ADDICTION, has joined Dangerbird Records as the newest member to the flourishing indie label's family. Avery's full-length debut, "Help Wanted", will be released April 8, 2008. Meticulously constructed and appropriately titled, Ave...

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EUROPE: Stockholm 'Semi-Acoustic' Concert To Be Webcast

Swedish hard rockers EUROPE have issued the following update: "On January 26th 2008, EUROPE will hold a unique concert at the famous venue Nalen in Stockholm! They will be performing semi-acoustic songs from their 'Secret Society' album, together with some of their classic hits. The concert will be...

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DETHKLOK Co-Creator: 'We Don't Try To Anticipate What An Audience Will Think'

Christopher Porter, entertainment editor of the Washington Post Express, recently conducted an interview with "Metalocalypse"/DETHKLOK co-creator Brendon Small. An excerpt from the chat follows: Washington Post Express: How do you write a show that has super-specific in-jokes for the metalhead commu...

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Two More Firms Join GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire Settlement

Jonathan Saltzman of the Boston Globe reports: The Home Depot and a foam insulation maker have agreed to contribute $5 million to settle civil lawsuits filed on behalf of most of the 300 people killed or injured in the 2003 Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island, raising the total tentative settleme...

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IRON MAN: New EP Out Now

Long-running Maryland hard rock/heavy metal/doom band IRON MAN has just released its first new CD since "Generation Void" in 1999. Tiled "Submission", the effort is self-released by the band and was recorded and engineered by Chris Koz at his Polar Bear Lair studios in Maryland. It is a five-track E...

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EUROPE Singer Is A First-Time Father

EUROPE singer Joey Tempest (real name: Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson) and his wife Lisa welcomed their first child, a boy named James Joakim, on Friday, October 12 at a hospital in London, England. An eight-minute video interview with Joey Tempest conducted at the Arrow Rock Festival 2007, which was he...

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EUROPE To Perform At Stockholm Amusement Park

On Saturday, August 25, Swedish hard rockers EUROPE will perform two songs at the Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm. The event will be broadcast live on TV4's "Sommarkrysset" show beginning at 8:00 p.m. EUROPE's latest music video, "Always the Pretenders", can be viewed below. The song comes of...

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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD Says 'St. Anger' Was A 'Statement' That 'Didn't Work'

Britain's Kerrang! magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with METALLICA frontman James Hetfield. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Kerrang!: You're working [on the new METALLICA album] with Rick Rubin who has a reputation as an "absentee" producer... James: Oh, I met him once,...

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CANDLEMASS: Entire 'King Of The Grey Islands' Album Available For Streaming

CANDLEMASS' new album, "King of the Grey Islands", is now available for streaming in its entirety at MP3.com. Due in North America July 17, "King of the Grey Islands" is the first CANDLEMASS album to feature singer Robert Lowe (SOLITUDE AETURNUS),who replaced Messiah Marcolin earlier in the year. T...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Guitarist Welcomes Addition To Family

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD guitarist Jed Simon has issued the following update: "Just wanted to let you know that Susanna [Jed's wife] and I are proud parents!! Edward Malcolm Simon was born May 29, 12:36 pm at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. And I say that Pennsylvania is the perfect place...

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ZAN CLAN To Perform Entire 'We Are Zan Clan' Album At SWEDEN ROCK

ZAN CLAN, the Swedish group fronted by former SHOTGUN MESSIAH vocalist Zinny Zan, will perform its critically acclaimed album "We Are Zan Clan...Who The Fuck Are You??!" in its interity at the Sweden Rock Festival on June 7 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. There will also be a few surprises at the end of the...

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MARILYN MANSON Talks About New Album, Upcoming Tour

MansonUSA.com recently conducted an interview with Marilyn Manson. A few excerpts from the chat follow: MansonUSA.com: In 2005, you mentioned Tim [Skold] writing around 20 songs. Was earlier material scrapped altogether as by-products of false-starts, or has much of it survived from the initial 20-o...

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Hope

Talk of Finland's SWALLOW THE SUN being heirs to the throne of, depending on who you ask, MY DYING BRIDE or KATATONIA (well, the early material anyway) is not hyperbole. "Hope", the band's third release, is the sound of a band hitting its stride and exuding confidence in the majestic, European doom/...

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STRATOVARIUS Mainman Says He Doesn't Like Band's Last, Self-Titled Album

David Priest of OnTrackMagazine.com recently conducted an interview with STRATOVARIUS mainman Timo Tolkki. A few excerpts from the chat follow: OnTrackMagazine.com: How are you feeling these days? Timo: Pretty okay. I mean I went through some really black depression after the last tour again, 'cause...

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FACE THE PANIC Signs With REAPER RECORDS

FACE THE PANIC, the Buffalo, New York-based traditional hardcore/punk band featuring current and ex-members of LOCKJAW, HEROD and EVERY TIME I DIE, has inked a deal with Reaper Records. The group is currently hard at work on a new full-length CD/LP with engineer Doug White at Watchmen Studios (PSYOP...