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VADER Bassist Completes New Album With Side Project

VADER bassist Novy's death/thrash metal side project SPINAL CORD have completed work on their second album, entitled "Stigmata of Life". The album was recorded at Screw Factory Studio between May and November 2004 and was produced by SPINAL CORD, engineered by Janusz Bryt, Tomasz Biernacki and Dino,...

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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING: I Don't Need To See A Therapist To Tell Me How I Feel

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King recently told the Houston Chronicle that you won't see the California thrash-metal pioneers doing group therapy à la METALLICA to keep the band together. "No way, dude," King said. "No way would you catch us talking to someone about things that aren't working right. If yo...

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MOKOMA's Latest CD Named INFERNO Magazine's 'Album Of The Year'

Finnish thrash/metal act MOKOMA's latest album, "Tämän Maailman Ruhtinaan Hovi" ("The Court of This World's Emperor),has been named Inferno magazine's 2004 "Album of the Year". The year-end Inferno list was determined via a poll of the magazine's editors and contributing writers. Inferno is Finland...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist: New Single World Premiere 'Went Down A Storm'

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "In addition to the gig in Göteborg on April 30th, we will do one more show in Sweden during the first half of 2005. At the kick-off for Sweden Rock Festival last weekend, it was announced that HAMM...

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Swedish Metal Magazine CLOSE-UP Reveals Top Albums Of 2004

MASTODON's "Leviathan" has been named "Album of the Year" by the critics at Sweden's premiere metal/rock publication Close-Up. In the December/January issue, an array of musicians, including cover stars Robert Flynn from MACHINE HEAD and Anders Fridén from IN FLAMES (view cover here),discuss the mu...

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GUANO APES To Release 'Best Of' Collection Next Week

GUANO APES will release a "best of" collection, entitled "Planet of the Apes", on November 29 via BMG. The group's tour in support of the upcoming release will mark " the end of all GUANO APES activities for the next few years," according to a posting on the band's web site. "After the tour, we ...

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OCCULT: New Songs Available For Download

Dutch thrashers OCCULT have uploaded sample MP3s from their sixth album, titled "Malevolent Rapture". The CD, which was recorded at Stage One studios in Bühne, Germany with producer Andy Classen (DEW-SCENTED, CALLENISH CIRCLE, TANKARD),will contain the following track listing (not final sequence):...

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Former OZZY OSBOURNE Guitarist JAKE E. LEE Working On New Compilation CD

According to a posting at JakeELee.com, former OZZY OSBOURNE/BADLANDS guitarist Jake E. Lee is working on a new compilation for Shrapnel Records. It will include several influential cover songs from the '70s classic rock era. Jake is recording songs from CACTUS, FREE, SAVOY BROWN, JOHNNY WINTER and...

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Former MARILYN MANSON Guitarist JOHN 5 Is A LOSER: Photos Available

LOSER, the new band formed by former MARILYN MANSON guitarist John Lowery (a.k.a. John 5),performed at the Roxy in West Hollywood, CA on Monday (Nov. 15). Check out pictures from backstage and the show at this location (all photos by Eric Hendrikx). The group's set list for the concert was as follo...

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ANIMAL Explain CHRIS HOLMES' Absence From Current Lineup

ANIMAL, the new group featuring original W.A.S.P. guitarist Randy Piper, have posted a message on their web site addressing the question from many fans regarding the absence of former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes from the group's current lineup (Holmes played on ANIMAL's debut album, 2002's "900...

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Former ALICE IN CHAINS, THE CULT, JANE'S ADDICTION Members Perform At Benefit Concert

DOHENY guitarist/former THE CULT bassist Billy Morrison has posted the following report regarding the Help The Homeless benefit concert he performed on Wednesday (Nov. 10) with former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell, ex-THE CULT axeman Billy Duffy, and former JANE'S ADDICTION bassist Chris...

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ANIMAL: Original W.A.S.P. Guitarist Recording New Album; Audio Available

ANIMAL, the new group featuring original W.A.S.P. guitarist Randy Piper, are currently in the studio recording their sophomore album, tentatively due in early 2005. The follow-up to 2002's "900 Lb. Steam" (Perris) will include such "melodic but still raw and nasty" cuts as "Animal In Me", "In the Mi...

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MEGADETH Bassist: 'This Is The Best Tour I've Ever Been On'

MEGADETH bassist James MacDonough (ex-ICED EARTH) has posted the following message in the band's web site: "First off, it's been a pleasure meeting a lot of you from the forums and the Street Teams. The tour couldn't be going better and thank you for all the support. "We thought we might have to can...

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MURDERDOLLS Frontman WEDNESDAY 13: New Solo Track Available For Download

A brand new solo track from MURDERDOLLS frontman Wednesday 13, entitled "Rot For Me", has been made available for download at this location. Rot For Me comes off Wednesday 13's upcoming solo album, "Transylvania 90210 – Songs of Death, Dying and the Dead", due in early 2005 via Roadrunner Records. W...

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Former WHITE LION Singer Compiles Six-CD Box Set Of Rarities

According to a posting at MelodicRock.com, former WHITE LION frontman Mike Tramp has put together a six-CD box set covering a 10-year period in the singer's life. Mike reached back into his personal collection to put together a collection of rare tracks covering the years 1981 to 1991. Entitled "The...