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VELVET REVOLVER Members Jam With Country Music Band BIG & RICH

According to The Tennessean, VELVET REVOLVER members Scott Weiland (vocals) and Duff McKagan (bass) showed up Tuesday (April 25) at 12th & Porter in Nashville, Tennessee for the regular weekly jam session for MuzikMafia, the music fraternity that helped launch BIG & RICH and GRETCHEN WILSON....

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EXODUS Guitarist: 'I Want To Progress To The Next Extreme Level'

Shawn Macomber of NashuaTelegraph.com recently conducted an interview with EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's "comeback" with "Tempo of the Damned", a record that proved that EXODUS' return was not only warranted, but in many ways necessary: "If I was doin...

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EDDIE VEDDER Says New PEARL JAM Gets Political

Launch Radio Networks reports: PEARL JAM frontman Eddie Vedder says in the new issue of Newsweek that the group's new album tackles politics and the Bush administration head on. Vedder explained, "It's just not the time to be cryptic. I mean, our tax dollars for this (Iraq) war are being funneled th...

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DEFTONES Frontman Says New Album Is 'The Most Diverse Record We've Done'

DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno has told MTV.com that "Hole in the Earth", the tentative first single from the DEFTONES' forthcoming, still-untitled LP, addresses the internal strife that paralyzed the band for a time while he focused on his experimental side project TEAM SLEEP. "We wrote it live, wi...

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BLIND GUARDIAN's last album, "A Night At the Opera", was the sonic equivalent of a brownie sundae. One the size of a large mixing bowl. A couple bites were awesome, but the whole thing was just too rich, too huge, too filling… just too everything. Stomachaches and the need for a restorative nap ofte...

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VOIVOD: 'Katorz' North American Release Date Announced

Canada's pioneering metal band VOIVOD have set July 25, 2006 as the North American release date (via The End Records) for their much-anticipated new album, "Katorz". As previously reported, VOIVOD recorded and mixed the album with producer Glen Robinson (ANNIHILATOR, TEA PARTY, GWAR) at Multisons st...

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F*CK THE FACTS Sign With RELAPSE RECORDS

Relapse Records has announced the signing of Ottawa, ON's grind/metal powerhouse FUCK THE FACTS. FUCK THE FACTS is currently recording their new full-length album, entitled "Stigmata High-Five", at Studio En-Phase in Montreal for a late summer release. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "La...

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JASON NEWSTED Says VOIVOD's 'Katorz' Is 'A Serious, Weighty, Heavy Metal Album'

VOIVOD frontman Denis "Snake" Belanger and bassist Jason "Jasonic" Newsted (ex-METALLICA) recently spoke to Canada's Chart Attack about the making of the band's 14th album, "Katorz", due in June via The End Records. The CD marks the group's first studio release since the death of guitarist Denis "Pi...

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NORMA JEAN: Recording New Album With ROSS ROBINSON

NORMA JEAN are currently at Radio Star Studios in Weed, CA with producer Ross Robinson (SLIPKNOT, GLASSJAW, AT THE DRIVE-IN, FROM FIRST TO LAST, THE CURE) recording their new album. After the success of NORMA JEAN's last CD, released just last year, "O God the Aftermath" (which sold more than 90,000...

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MASTODON: Cover Of METALLICA's 'Orion' Posted Online

MASTODON's cover of METALLICA's "Orion", which was recorded for the recently released Kerrang! magazine tribute to the METALLICA album "Master of Puppets", has been posted online at www.myspace.com/mastodon. Also available at the same location are pictures and videos from the recording sessions for...

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STUCK MOJO: New Song Posted Online

A brand new STUCK MOJO track, entitled "Southern Born Killers", is available for preview at this location. The song is the title track of the reunited Atlanta-based rap-metal pioneers' upcoming CD, which is currently being recorded at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, U.K. with producer Andy Sneap (N...

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Former W.A.S.P. Guitarist Talks About Upcoming ANIMAL CD

Brian Rademacher of Rock Eyez recently conducted an interview with former W.A.S.P. and current ANIMAL guitarist Randy Piper. An excerpt from the chat follows: Rock Eyez: You were telling me during our last interview, that you were getting a new guitar made. It was a 61' Cadillac which has headlights...

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VOIVOD Documentary In The Works

MTV.com reports: After Canadian documentarian Sam Dunn interviewed members of VOIVOD for his upcoming movie "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey", VOIVOD recruited him to make a film about their group. "It was a real honor to be asked, and we've already started shooting," said Dunn. "The documentary is go...

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GENE SIMMONS: 'My Life Is An Open Book'

Rod Harmon of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune recently conducted an interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. The question-and-answer session follows: Q: Why are you coming to [the Sarasota Film Festival], and what are you going to be doing once you get here? Gene: Well, first of all, "Funny Mo...

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MASTODON Hope To Start Prog Revolution With 'Blood Mountain'

MTV.com is reporting that Atlanta-based metallers MASTODON are putting the finishing touches on their third album, "Blood Mountain", with Seattle-based producer Matt Bayles (ISIS, HORSE THE BAND). The CD will be mixed later in the month in New York by Rich Costey (AUDIOSLAVE, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE). A...