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SHINING Names New Drummer

Jarle "Uruz" Byberg (URGEHAL, PHILOMEL'S EPITAPH, VULTURE LORD) has been named the new permanent drummer in Niklas Kvarforth's SHINING. He will take over the drum duties in the Swedish black metal outfit following the departure of SPIRITUAL BEGGARS' Ludwig Witt. SHINING will introduce the new lineup...

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Founding ALCATRAZZ Members Relaunch Band With New Guitarist

According to a posting on The Rainbow Fanclan Legacy web site, founding ALCATRAZZ members Jimmy Waldo (keyboards),Gary Shea (bass) and Jan Uvena (drums) have put together a new version of the group with guitarist Stig Mathisen. A vocalist for the band has not yet been announced. A message on the gr...

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ALICE COOPER Says Sobriety Is Key To Longevity

Spinner.com reports: Alice Cooper doesn't argue that he and his fellow active vet rockers may seem a little out of place in today's scene, but to believe that they peaked in the '70s and '80s is completely off the mark. "We think that was the golden age — when they were great," Cooper ...

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CANDLEMASS: New Audio Interview With LEIF EDLING Available

A brand new audio interview with CANDLEMASS bassist/songwriter Leif Edling has been posted online in two parts: Part#1, Part#2. The interview was broadcast on "Whiplash", the only metal show on national radio in Belgium, on Studio Brussels. The program is hosted by Dries Van Damme, guitarist of the...

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EXSECRATUS Signs With VIOLENT JOURNEY RECORDS

Finnish metal band EXSECRATUS has inked a deal with Violent Journey Records. According to a press release, "These young masters of melodic metal combine influences from band like CHILDREN OF BODOM, SONATA ARCTICA, NIGHTWISH, DIMMU BORGIR and lots and lots of other big names. The male-female vocal co...

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MASTERPLAN Guitarist Talks About Proposed Project With MICHAEL KISKE, KAI HANSEN

Baz Anderson of MetalStorm.ee recently conducted an interview with MASTERPLAN/ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MetalStorm.ee: So how well do you think the album "MK II" has come across? Roland: I think pretty good, honestly, because I think people, you...

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CLUTCH Frontman To Guest On INDIE 103.1's 'Chaos' This Sunday

CLUTCH frontman Neil Fallon will be the featured guest on Indie 103.1 FM's specialty metal program "Chaos" this coming Sunday, May 27 at 10:00 p.m. PST (1:00 a.m. EST Monday morning). To listen to the program live via the Internet, go to this location. In related news, "Chaos", which is hosted by ra...

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GRAHAM BONNET Threatened With Lawsuit Over Use Of ALCATRAZZ Name

Former ALCATRAZZ members Jimmy Waldo (keyboards),Gary Shea (bass) and Jan Uvena (drums) have sent a "cease-and-desist" letter to the group's singer, Graham Bonnet, requesting that he stop calling his new band ALCATRAZZ in violation of their intellectual property rights. An excerpt from the letter,...

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DEF LEPPARD: New Audio Interviews With PHIL COLLEN Available

Two recent audio interviews with DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen have been posted online" * Five-minute interview conducted on April 20, 2007 by Zakk Tyler of 97.9 FM WLUP in Chicago, IL. Phil talks about touring live, favorite songs reality TV, "Slang" and more. Click here to download. * Six-minu...

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CANDLEMASS: New Album To Receive Swedish Premiere This Weekend

According to HardRockInfo.com, CANDLEMASS guitarist Mats "Mappe" Björkman will debut the group's new album, "King of the Grey Islands", at Skivlagret in Borås, Sweden on Saturday, May 19 at 16.00 — an entire month before the album's official release date, which is June 22. Björkman may also show a D...

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MARILYN MANSON Comments On Music Video Sex With Girlfriend EVAN RACHEL WOOD

Marilyn Manson has refused to confirm or deny reports he is actually making love to his teenage girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood in the video to his track "Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)". The song is the first single from his upcoming studio LP "Eat Me, Drink Me". [If you're over...

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MARILYN MANSON Says Sex Scenes In New Video Are 'Simulated'

According to 24dash.com, Marilyn Manson's representative has denied the sex scenes in the singer's new video, "Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)", were real, saying: "It was simulated sex." [If you're over the age of 16, you can watch the video at this location.] A source close t...

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Age of Tyranny

Throughout their long and storied career, PRO-PAIN has clung to their metallic hardcore formula with dogged tenacity, long before anyone talked about "crossover" (in the 1990s sense) or "metalcore." There have been times where it seemed like the band was phoning it in, but they really turned a corne...

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Exacerbated Gnostic Manifestation

I swear, the death metal warriors in Latin America and Eastern Europe almost always get it right. This time the album that knocks the earth off its axis is "Exacerbated Gnostic Manifestation" by Chile's THORNAFIRE. It is yet another example of Ibex Moon head honcho and INCANTATION main man John McEn...

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Ex-CANDLEMASS Singer MESSIAH: I Have Never Had A 'Severe Pre-Recording Psychosis'

Former CANDLEMASS frontman Messiah Marcolin has released the following official statement exclusively to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "It has come to my attention that someone pretending to be me has written a fake statement on the official CANDLEMASS forum. "I have not written the fake statement and I do not...