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KROKUS Announce New Drummer

KROKUS frontman Marc Storace has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "The first week of the new year brought us a new drummer by the name of Stefan Schwarzmann [ex-ACCEPT, U.D.O., HELLOWEEN]. He nicely rounds up the missing link in our rhythm section in time for the new alb...

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The Truth

More often than not a band's claims of its new album being both heavier and more melodic than a highly regarded predecessor equates to nothing more than a steaming pile of donkey dung. In the case of BLEEDING THROUGH's "The Truth", the claim is basically truthful. One could argue whether it is heavi...

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VIOLENT DIVINE Finish Recording Debut Album; Audio Sample Available

Swedish rockers VIOLENT DIVINE have wrapped up recording their self-titled debut release for Chavis Records. The band hit the studio this month and began a grueling recording schedule and completed 13 songs in eight days. A single, "Rush You", is currently available for listening at www.chavisrecord...

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RUSH Guitarist: 'R30' Is 'Best-Sounding Live Performance Of Us I've Ever Heard'

Mike Mettler of Sound And Vision Magazine recently conducted an interview with RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson. An excerpt from the chat follows: Sound And Vision Magazine: "R30" (Anthem/Zoe) celebrates RUSH's 30th anniversary as a touring and recording unit. But your first gig was actually in Toronto i...

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MNEMIC: Recording Session Postponed

Danish modern metallers MNEMIC have abandoned their previously announced plans to record their next album at The Abyss studio with producer Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN). Commented the band: "We are sorry to inform all the people that hoped for a summer release, but that's simply not happening. O...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Offers New Album Update

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn recently took time out to update the group's fans on the songwriting process for the group's new album, tentatively due in late 2006/early 2007 via Roadrunner Records. "So what does are new shit sound like?" Flynn wrote. "Well... it doesn't sound like [METALLICA's]...

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RUSH: 'R-30' DVD To Receive World Television Premiere This Weekend

"Invisible airwaves will crackle with life" when VH1 Classic presents the world television premiere of "Rush R-30", a DVD concert performance from the band's $21 million grossing sell-out 30th Anniversary Tour. The concert will air as part of VH1 Classic's salute to RUSH the weekend of Friday, Janua...

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Ex-JANE'S ADDICTION Guitarist DAVE NAVARRO Gets Into Near Bust-Up With 'Dissed' Fan

Former JANE'S ADDICTION and current THE PANIC CHANNEL guitarist Dave Navarro has posted the following message on his official web site: "OK, here is a little story from [Thursday] night [Jan. 5]. I went to Rokbar [Los Angeles bar/dining lounge co-owned by Navarro, MÖTLEY CRÜE's Tommy Lee and and int...

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RAVEN Frontman Remembers Late METALLICA Bassist CLIFF BURTON

RAVEN frontman John Gallagher was recently asked by a fan on the official RAVEN message board what METALLICA was like to tour with back in 1983 when they had Cliff Burton as their bassist (METALLICA supported RAVEN on the "Kill 'Em All For One" tour). "Cliff was a one-off — a real hippy!!!" Gallaghe...

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RUSH: 'Exit...Stage Left' DVD Release Date Reports Wrong

Contrary to published reports, Zoe Vision/Rounder Records "has no plans whatsoever" to release the DVD version of RUSH's classic "Exit...Stage Left", a representative for the company told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. It is, however, still believed that the "Exit...Stage Left" DVD will surface later in the year...

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RUSH: 'Exit...Stage Left' DVD Delayed

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, Zoe/Rounder has pushed back the projected U.S. release date of the the DVD version of RUSH's classic "Exit...Stage Left" concert film to March 7 from the previously announced February 7. "Everything's been remixed to 5.1, and that was the in...

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RUSH Frontman Hopes To Release New Album Next Summer

RUSH bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee has told MTV.com that he, guitarist Alex Lifeson and drummer Neil Peart have been getting their home studios ready to start writing the group's new album, and in January they plan to begin the collaborative process. "The whole process of writing, recording and getting...

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Psychogeist

A band sporting not one, but two Zoltans (and a Gyorgy and a Laszlo to boot) might make you think you're gonna be in for an eastern European knockoff of progressive metal better suited for the expensive studio budgets of the First World. And to be sure, there are places where AGE OF NEMESIS comes .....

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RUSH: 'Exit…Stage Left' To Receive DVD Release In February

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, Zoe/Rounder has set a February 7, 2006 U.S. release date for the DVD version of RUSH's classic "Exit...Stage Left" concert film. "Everything's been remixed to 5.1, and that was the intention — to keep it all intact, except for the remix," gu...

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CRO-MAGS' FLANAGAN Wants To 'End Quarrel' With Former Bandmates, Proposes 20th Anniversary Show

CRO-MAGS legend Harley Flanagan has posted the following message at www.CroMags.com: "Growin' up everyone has favorite bands that break up, and as fans, everyone always wishes they would reform or do a tour, and the fans don't care about the beefs, they just want the band back together. Very seldom...