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WRATH Rejoined By Singer KURT GRAYSON

Chicago metal band WRATH has announced the return of longtime vocalist Kurt Grayson. Grayson fronted the group from 1989 until about 1994. He eventually moved to Texas and did select shows with WRATH over the next decade or so. Living in Texas while the rest of the band lives in Illinois poses some...

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EXODUS Guitarist: 'Everything We're Doing Now Is A Natural Progression For Us'

Christopher Porter of Washington Post Express recently conducted an interview with guitarist Gary Holt of San Francisco thrash metal legends EXODUS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below Washington Post Express: Do think EXODUS' longevity is due to the fact the style of music you helped cr...

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PORCUPINE TREE Signs With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Roadrunner Records has announced the signing of British progressive rock band PORCUPINE TREE. One of the most difficult-to-categorize yet innovative acts making music today, PORCUPINE TREE's music ranges from psychedelic trip-hop to progressive rock, and a compendium of other sounds in between. PORC...

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TOOL Frontman Announces Boston And New Jersey Bottle Signings

Arizona Stronghold Vineyard vintners Maynard James Keenan (Caduceus Cellars/Merkin Vineyards owner and front man for TOOL and PUSCIFER) and Eric Glomski (Page Springs Cellars) will host, in conjunction with Whole Foods Market, a pair of Boston wine bottle signings at Whole Foods (340 River St., Camb...

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VINNIE MOORE To Team Up With KEE MARCELLO For Italian Shows

UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore will play several shows in Italy alongside former EUROPE axeman Kee Marcello. The dates are as follows: July 20-22 - [to be announced] July 24 - Tivoli Rock - Tivoli (Rm),Italy July 25 - Pisa, Italy July 26 - Roccaforzata - Go West Estivo - Taranto, Italy Vinnie Moore wil...

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WARBRINGER: Another New Song Posted Online

Los Angeles thrashers WARBRINGER have posted another new song, "Prey For Death", on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's sophomore album, "Waking Into Nightmares", which is scheduled for release on May 19 via Century Media Records. The CD was mixed by Zack Ohren (SUFFOCATION, ALL...

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DESTRUCTION Frontman Interviewed In Greece; Video Available

Metalpaths conducted an interview with vocalist/bassist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer of German thrashers DESTRUCTION a few hours before the band's May 3, 2009 performance in Thessaloniki, Greece. Watch chat at this location. DESTRUCTION recently completed the "D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. - 25 Years Of Total D...

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It's Official: 'Guitar Hero: Van Halen' Coming Later This Year

According to Billboard.biz, Activision Blizzard has confirmed the development of the Guitar Hero: Van Halen music-based game. It is scheduled for release in the second half of the year and will definitely cover the David Lee Roth era, featuring the band's greatest hits. No specific tracks were liste...

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PERRY FARRELL 'Can't Wait For People To Hear' New JANE'S ADDICTION Songs

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: As it prepares to begin its five-week tour with NINE INCH NAILS, the reunited JANE'S ADDICTION is sitting on a pair of brand new songs frontman Perry Farrell "can't wait for people to hear" — although there are no plans for that to happen yet. "I think they're .....

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TESTAMENT Guitarist: 'We're Definitely Not Going To Take As Long' Writing Next Album

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: After unleashing its first album of new material in nine years — 2008's "The Formation of Damnation" — TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson says the heavy metal group plans to get its next album out significantly quicker. "We're definitely not going to take as long,...

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JADED HEART's New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By UFO Guitarist

German melodic hard rock masters JADED HEART are currently in the studio working on their new album for a tentative fall release via Frontiers Records. The follow-up to 2007's "Sinister Mind" will feature guest appearances by Vinnie Moore (UFO),Erik Mårtensson (ECLIPSE) and Pontus Norgren (HAMMERFA...

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DREAM THEATER's MIKE PORTNOY: 'Working With KEVIN MOORE Is Just Not Much Fun'

Blistering.com's Ken McGrath recently held court with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy, waxing on the band's forthcoming new album ("Black Clouds and Silver Linings"),the ever-elusive "prog" term, his proposed side-project with OPETH's Mikael Åkerfeldt and PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson, and his...

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UFO Puts 40th Anniversary Celebrations On Ice

Veteran British rockers UFO have decided not to celebrate their 40th birthday this year — because lead singer Phil Mogg doesn’t want his band to end up like STATUS QUO. Speaking to Classic Rock magazine, Mogg said, "We are not in our 40th anniversary. STATUS QUO does that. We don't. No. Do you ...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Plays Unique Shows For 'American Soldier' Tour

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: QUEENSRŸCHE fans can expect some sort of commercial documentation — a live album or DVD, perhaps — from what's turned into a special tour in support of the group's new concept album, "American Soldier". "We do that every tour, film and record," frontman Geoff Tat...

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MASTODON Eyeing 'Crack The Skye' Movie

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: A film adaptation of MASTODON's latest album, "Crack the Skye", is well within the realm of possibility — albeit not in production yet. Drummer and lyricist Brann Dailor tells Billboard.com that the heavy rocking Atlanta quartet sat down with a film director, who...