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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer Talks About His Early Songwriting Contributions To Band
Stalker magazine recently conducted an interview with original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Stalker: What band were you in prior to the formation of JUDAS PRIEST? Atkins: Late 1968, I was in a band I named THE CHAPTERS OF LIFE, but our agency thought the...June 22, 2008
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GOD FORBID Guitarist Discusses Economic Touring
GOD FORBID guitarist Dallas Coyle has written the latest entry for his weekly column on MetalSucks, "The Hard R." This weeks entry focuses on the challenges touring bands are meeting as the price of gas climbs ever higher. An excerpt from the blog follows: "Most support bands get anywhere from 100-5...June 20, 2008
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TROUBLE Explains Deep Rock Drive Cancellation
Legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE have issued a lengthy press release regarding the cancellation of their previously announced announced July 11 Deep Rock Drive shows that were to be webcast on DeepRockDrive.com. You can read it at this location. Before TROUBLE's management received notification t...June 20, 2008
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THE ABSENCE Explains 'Fresh Meat Tour' Cancellation
Tampa melodic trash outfit THE ABSENCE has commented on the cancellation of the previously announced Fresh Meat Tour, featuring "the best, cream-of-the-crop, ear-bleeding bands who have recently signed with Metal Blade Records." The trek, which was scheduled to include THE ABSENCE, THE DESTRO, EPICU...June 18, 2008
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Nostradamus
After the mostly well-received "Angel of Retribution" proved that JUDAS PRIEST could mine their own past for amiable, if hardly classic, for-the-fans renditions of their former glories, the future was both wide open and closing in on the veteran British metal band. They seemed to finally be at home...June 18, 2008
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PEPPERMINT CREEPS Drummer Dead At 34
Drummer Traci Michaelz of the long-running Hollywood, California glam-metal band PEPPERMINT CREEPS passed away on Friday, June 13 after the group's concert in Ft. Worth, Texas. He was 34 years old. According to the surviving members of PEPPERMINT CREEPS, "the cause of death is still unknown" and wil...June 17, 2008
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SUICIDE SILENCE To Headline 'Summer Slaughter UK' Tour
California-based extreme metal quintet SUICIDE SILENCE will headline Summer Slaughter UK tour in August/September with support from AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, BORN OF OSIRIS, ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY and THE BERZERKER. Commented Summer Slaughter tour creator Ash Avildsen (from booking a...June 17, 2008
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TROUBLE: Deep Rock Drive Webcast Cancelled
Legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE have issued the following statement: "The Deep Rock Drive show scheduled for July 11th that was to be webcast on DeepRockDrive.com has been cancelled by Deep Rock Drive. The band will be making an official statement on this show's cancellation later in the week. W...June 17, 2008
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SUICIDE SILENCE To Guest On 'The Moshpit', 'Chaos With Full Metal Jackie'
Vocalist Mitch Lucker of the Riverside, California-based extreme metal quintet SUICIDE SILENCE will be the featured guest tonight (Saturday, June 14) on "The Moshpit" with Mike Z. on 96.7 FM KCAL FM. Tune in at 10 p.m. PT, or stream live at www.kcalfm.com to hear Mitch talk about the band's appearan...June 14, 2008
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DARKEST HOUR: Footage From Mexican Tour Posted Online
Washington, D.C. metallers DARKEST HOUR have posted a webisode featuring highlights from the band's recent tour of Mexico. Watch the seven-minute clip below. DARKEST HOUR will headline the Thrash and Burn Tour beginning on July 29. Support on the trek will come from PARKWAY DRIVE, MISERY SIGNALS, WI...June 13, 2008
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SEBASTIAN BACH Explains SWEDEN ROCK Cancellation
As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on June 5, former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach was forced to cancel that day's appearance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Slvesborg, Sweden after scheduling difficulties prevented the singer and his band from making it to the festival site in time for their perf...June 10, 2008
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KATAGORY V Announces New Guitarist, Vocalist
Utah-based progressive/power metallers KATAGORY V have announced the addition of guitarist Mike Theriot and vocalist Al Rybka to the group's ranks. Commented bassist Dustin Mitchell: "Mike had actually auditioned for the band several years ago, just after we recorded 'A New Breed' and in line to get...June 10, 2008
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Little Black Horse...
Somewhere in the Southwestern corner of the country sits a dusty little ghost-town, ravaged by the decay of time. Long forgotten by the writers of history and invisible to the dead imagination of modern man's eye, this town has a population of one. The lone citizen of this desert hamlet is as myster...June 9, 2008
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Report: Concert Injuries Land Promoters, Venues In Court
James Paton of Denver, Colorado's The Rocky Mountain News reports: Nicole LaScalia was knocked to the floor of Magness Arena and trampled by concertgoers moments after the heavy metal band MUDVAYNE took the stage. The Thornton waitress had gone to the KBPI-FM (106.7) "Birthday Bash" on March 8, 2006...June 7, 2008
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AS I LAY DYING Singer's AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE: Song Posted Online
AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE, the side project of AS I LAY DYING singer Tim Lambesis, will release its debut album, "Total Brutal", on July 22 via Metal Blade Records. A track from the CD, "If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It", is available for streaming on the group's MySpace page. According to Lambesis, AUSTRI...June 6, 2008
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