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ENUFF Z'NUFF Drummer Dies After Long Battle With Cancer

ENUFF Z'NUFF drummer Ricky Parent passed away yesterday (Saturday, October 27) after a long battle with cancer. According to antiMUSIC, Ricky Parent was born in Passaic, New Jersey. His spent his childhood in New Jersey and New York before he headed to Los Angeles to follow his rock n' roll dream. R...

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VELVET REVOLVER: Irvine Concert Postponed Due To Devastating Southern California Wildfires

VELVET REVOLVER has postponed its headlining concert this Friday, October 26 at the outdoor Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, CA due to the devastating Southern California wildfires. This includes the fire in the city of Irvine where evacuations have taken place and the Irvine School District...

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METALLICA's ULRICH Says New Album Has 'A Lot More Dynamics' Than 'St. Anger'

Shay Quillen of the Mercury News recently conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's upcoming acoustic set at the Bridge School Benefit: "It's not just straight-up acoustic. There's a little more emphasis obviously on the vocals, on...

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THE ABSENCE Parts Ways With Drummer

Drummer Jeramie Kling has left Tampa, Florida's THE ABSENCE due to personal differences. The band has reportedly recruited another drummer from the Tampa metal scene for its upcoming tour with DYING FETUS which is scheduled to kick off November 1 in Baltimore. HeavyMetalSource.com conducted an inter...

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Come Death

Norway's BLOOD RED THRONE has always done a fine job of playing a decidedly American (Floridian in particular) style of death metal, but stopped just short of breaking into the upper echelon of the genre. Consider "Come Death" the breakthrough for which we've been waiting. Tchort (ex-EMPEROR, GREEN...

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A Lullaby For the Devil

No one will ever accuse Devon Graves of lacking ambition. The former PSYCHOTIC WALTZ man comes back after a two-year absence with what may be his darkest, most accomplished and diverse album yet, a murky and somewhat difficult album that takes quite a bit of listening to digest, but rewards the pati...

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JIMI HENDRIX's Sister To Sign Copies Of 'The Illustrated Experience' In Providence

Janie Hendrix, President and CEO of Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. and co-author of the new book "Jimi Hendrix: The Illustrated Experience" will appear at Borders Books & Music (142 Providence Place, Providence, RI) on Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. Janie's appearance will include a book disc...

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MACHINE HEAD, SHADOWS FALL Members Discuss DISNEY's Metal 'Ban'

Jim Abbott of OrlandoSentinel.com reports: As [Orlando, Florida-area] headbangers might have noticed, metal shows (at least some of them) are getting the cold shoulder at House of Blues lately. The Metal Blade 25th Anniversary Tour (with CANNIBAL CORPSE, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE RED CHORD, GOATW...

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MUDVAYNE Singer On Illegal Music Downloading: 'Stealing Is Stealing'

MUDVAYNE and HELLYEAH singer Chad Gray recently accepted an offer to contribute a guest entry for the Headbanger's Blog in order to vent about the bane of every recording artist's existence — illegal downloading. An excerpt from the blog follows: "If I take a bunch of wood and build a chair, and som...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: Moscow Concert Photos Available

Russia's HeadBanger.ru portal has uploaded photos of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's October 13, 2007 performance at Moscow's Shadow Club. Check them out at this location. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE played in Moscow without their enigmatic guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, who has once again been forced to leave the tour due t...

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Exclusive: CARCASS Frontman Discusses Reunion, Upcoming Reissues

Reactivated British extreme legends CARCASS recently announced that they will perform at next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The group has also revealed plans to make a number of other festival appearances during 200...

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DEMIRICOUS Schedules CD-Release Show

Indianapolis, Indiana's DEMIRICOUS will play a CD-release show in conjunction with its second Metal Blade album, "Two (Poverty)", which hits stores on October 16. The concert will take place on Friday, October 26 at the Harrison Center for the Arts in Indianapolis. Also scheduled to appear are RINGW...

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Puerto Rico's All-Female Metal Band MATRIARCH Releases Debut

MATRIARCH, the only all-female metal band from Puerto Rico, has self-released its debut album, "Revered unto the Ages". After a couple early line-up changes after forming in 2002 in Puerto Rico, MATRIARCH released the "Black Apples" demo in 2003. The demo featured the quintet of Shamara Irizarry on...

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DYING FETUS Announces U.S. Tour

Death metal juggernaut DYING FETUS will embark on a month-long tour of the States starting November 1 in support of their brand new album, "War of Attrition". Joining DYING FETUS for this tour will be CEPHALIC CARNAGE, SKELETONWITCH, DEMIRICOUS, and THE ABSENCE. This will be DYING FETUS' first compr...

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THE ABSENCE: New Video Interview Available

HeavyMetalSource.com conducted an interview with Jamie Stewart (vocals) and Jeramie Kling (drummer) of Tampa, Florida-based melodic thrashers THE ABSENCE on October 6 at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island. Watch the nine-minute clip below. THE ABSENCE took part in this summer's Meta...