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STARKWEATHER Working On New EP

Guitarist Todd Forkin of the Philadelphia-based hardcore/metal act STARKWEATHER has issued the following update: "After playing a pretty cool show in Saratoga, NY we decided to bunker down and focus on the next album. Before playing Albany we had about seven brand new songs written and in varying st...

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KITTIE: Asbury Park Show Cancelled

Canadian metal band KITTIE has issued the following update: "We regret to inform all of you hoping to attend the [February 11] Asbury Park, New Jersey show at the Fastlane that the show has been cancelled. We were advised by the promoter to cancel the show after an increase in gang violence and a re...

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Former EXHUMED Guitarist Re-Launches BEREAVE Project

Former EXHUMED guitarist Mike Beams has launched a one-man project called BEREAVE. According to Beams, "BEREAVE is a project that was started in '93 as a three-piece doom band. We were trying to recreate CATHEDRAL's 'Forest of Equilibrium' and WINTER's 'Into Darkness' pretty much. We never got anyth...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN On Reunion With DAVID LEE ROTH: 'Everything Is Up In The Air'

Brian Hiatt of RollingStone.com reports: The reunion that VAN HALEN fans have been awaiting for twenty-two years began in December, when David Lee Roth walked into Eddie Van Halen's Hollywood home studio. There he rejoined the band for a rehearsal, singing fourteen VAN HALEN classics. "They totally...

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ALICE IN CHAINS, KISS, MEGADETH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: More Photos From NAMM Available

Members of ALICE IN CHAINS, KISS, CHILDREN OF BODOM, STATIC-X, PAPA ROACH, SHADOWS FALL, TESTAMENT, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and MEGADETH are among the musicians who attended this year's winter NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants),which took place January 18-21 in Anaheim, California. Che...

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KREATOR, MAYHEM, EDGUY, ATHEIST, PAIN OF SALVATION Confirmed For France's HELLFEST

KREATOR, MAYHEM, EDGUY, PAIN OF SALVATION and ATHEIST are among the latest confirmed acts for this year's Hellfest festival, which is scheduled to place June 22-24 in Clisson, France. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: IMMORTAL KREATOR BLIND GUARDIAN THERION MAYHEM EDGUY HATEBREED CANNIB...

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BLACK SABBATH Bassist's GZR: Rare 'Drive Boy Shooting' Video Posted Online

BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler's official web site has been updated with a link to the "Drive Boy Shooting" video by his GZR project from the 1995 album "Plastic Planet" (featuring FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell). Check it out at www.geezerbutler.com. Geezer Butler's last solo album, "Ohm...

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KROKUS Survives Tour Bus Crash Thanks To 'Guardian Angel'

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported earlier today, the tour bus carrying Switzerland's KROKUS and Sweden's THE POODLES was involved in a crash yesterday (Monday, January 22) in Denmark (photo). The bands were traveling from Oslo to Hamburg when the accident occured just south of Copenhagen. KROKUS an...

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AEROSMITH Guitarist: It's Time To Go To A Lot Of Places We Haven't Played In Awhile

Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry. An excerpt from the chat follows: Ultimate-Guitar.com: AEROSMITH has been one of the very few bands to have emerged during the '70s and not only still be around but be at the very top of their game, how does it f...

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Risen from the ashes of tech-addled underground weirdoes NECK, New York's CAR BOMB will scratch the itch of anyone who thinks DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN never improved on the "Under the Running Board" EP. But CAR BOMB don't settle for just being insanely good at fucked up, heart-stopping jazz-grind techn...

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MEGADETH Bassist On New Album: 'This Sh*t Slams!'

MEGADETH bassist James Lomenzo has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "Thought I’d drop a quick one for you MEGA-friends/fans out there to let you know how stoked I am with the final songs I've just heard from [the new MEGADETH album] 'United Abomin...

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Bassist RUDY SARZO Remembers RANDY RHOADS

Debby Rao of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with veteran hard rock/heavy metal bassist Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE, QUIET RIOT, DIO). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: What are your thoughts on HEAVEN AND HELL? Sarzo: I am a huge fan of that version of SABBATH....

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HEIR APPARENT Mainman Sets Record Straight Regarding Split With Touring Lineup

Guitarist Terry Gorle of the reactivated Seattle-based progressive/power metallers HEIR APPARENT has issued the following update: "There have been many questions from all corners about the status of the band HEIR APPARENT over the past several years. Most recently, a 'news' post. "In an effort to pr...

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ONSLAUGHT Guitarist Talks About Reunion Album

Back in action after 15 years of silence, U.K. thrash metal legends ONSLAUGHT have just recorded the album of their lives. Brutal, infectious and brimming with energy, "Killing Peace" is set to blow every other thrash album of the last two decades out of the water, as original members Nige Rockett (...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist: 'Every Now And Then, Life Tosses You Reminders That Nothing Is Certain'

TESTAMENT/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Alex Skolnick has issued the following update: "I haven't posted in a while, since I've been on tour with TSO, and had planned to write all about that. But last night, I got an e-mail with the awful news that the night before, Sean Webber had been struck...