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DEICIDE Announces New Touring Guitarist
Florida-based death metallers DEICIDE have tapped Kevin Quirion from ORDER OF ENNEAD as their new touring guitarist. Quiron will make his live debut with DEICIDE on Saturday, September 13 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Commented Quirion: "DEICIDE needed a guitarist and I happened to be standing right t...September 10, 2008
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IRON FIRE Recording New Album
Vocalist Martin Steene of the Danish metal band IRON FIRE has issued the following update: "We have been in the studio on and off for a couple of months now, and the new album is coming along great. Vocals are almost done now and guitar solos are being recorded every day at Kirk's [Backarach, guitar...September 9, 2008
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SLASH To Appear In ALICE COOPER's 'Vengeance Is Mine' Video
Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash reportedly makes an appearance in ALICE COOPER's recently completed video for the song "Vengeance Is Mine". The track comes off ALICE COOPER's new album, "Along Came A Spider", which sold just under 10,000 copies in the United States i...September 9, 2008
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CELTIC FROST Laid To Rest For Good
Martin Eric Ain and Tom Gabriel Fischer of the Swiss avant-garde/metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have issued the following statement: "In the wake of the events transpiring earlier this year, we, who together formed CELTIC FROST in 1984 and together reformed the group in 2001, have discussed the situati...September 9, 2008
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Hero Destroyed
Formed in 2005, Pittsburgh's HERO DESTROYED enlisted the help of Eric Klinger (BLOODCLOT, ex-PRO-PAIN) and recorded this self-titled EP at Klinger Studios, self-releasing it in 2007. Based on a recommendation from DON CABALLERO, Relapse Records saw fit to sign the band and re-release the EP to a wor...September 8, 2008
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Stick with What You Know: Live in Europe
PAT TRAVERS is a guitar hero that doesn't get mentioned enough in conversations about the great axe-swingers who came of age in the 1970s. The Toronto-born TRAVERS made some sizzling hard rock with albums like 1978's "Heat in the Street", 1979's smash hit "Live! Go for what you Know" (hence, the new...September 8, 2008
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Video Inspired By WYKKED WYTCH's Cover Of 'Bring Me To Life' Posted Online
The uncensored video inspired by WYKKED WYTCH's cover version of the EVANESCENCE smash hit "Bring Me To Life" can be viewed below. The track was recorded by Matt LaPlant (NONPOINT, SIKTH) and Gus Rios (MALEVOLENT CREATION) at Bieler Bros. Studios in Pompano Beach, Florida. Mixing and mastering was h...September 5, 2008
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Guitarist STEVE BROWN Discusses TRIXTER Reunion
Guitarist Steve Brown recently spoke with SplitScreen Entertainment about the TRIXTER reunion, his memories of touring with KISS and his acoustic rendition of their song "A Million To One", as featured on the new tribute album "Kiss My Ankh: A Tribute To Vinnie Vincent". Steve also discussed his STE...September 4, 2008
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THESYRE To Begin Recording New Album
Eric M. Syre, vocalist/bassist for Quebec-based black metallers THESYRE, has issued the following update: "With the years piling up and age setting in, it's getting harder and harder for us to gather and record, let alone rehearse as a band... "We're finally starting the recordings [for the new THES...September 3, 2008
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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD Interviewed On Dutch Radio; Video Available
METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield was interviewed by Eric Corton of the Dutch radio station Radio 3FM at the Pinkpop festival on May 30, 2008 in Landgraaf, The Netherlands. Watch the 23-minute chat below (latest version of Windows Media player required to view clip). A new METALLICA song,...September 3, 2008
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AEROSMITH's BRAD WHITFORD To Take Part In 'Experience Hendrix' Show In New Hampshire
According to the Portsmouth Herald News, AEROSMITH's Brad Whitford is among the musicians that will take part in the Experience Hendrix performance on Wednesday, October 15 at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom in southern New Hampshire. Also scheduled to appear are Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Buddy G...September 3, 2008
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SCOTT WEILAND To Release 'Happy' In November
Jonathan Cohen of Billboard.com reports that former VELVET REVOLVER and current STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland's second solo album, "Happy", will arrive November 18 via his own Softdrive label. The set was co-produced by Scott Weiland and Doug Grean, with Steve Albini engineering. "Happy"...September 2, 2008
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GREAT WHITE Agrees To Pay $1M To Station Fire Victims
According to The Providence Journal, GREAT WHITE, the band whose pyrotechnics set off the disastrous fire at The Station nightclub in 2003, has agreed to pay the victims $1 million, in a tentative settlement agreement announced this afternoon in a federal court filing. Covered by the settlement agre...September 2, 2008
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CHRIS CAFFERY Writing Material For RIPPER OWENS' Solo Album
Guitarist Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) has revealed in a posting on his MySpace page that he is going to lay down some lead guitar with producer Bob Kulick for singer Tim "Ripper" Owens' (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) forthcoming "solo CD." Caffery...September 2, 2008
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WYKKED WYTCH Covers EVANESCENCE's 'Bring Me To Life'; Audio Available
Florida-based, female-fronted extreme metal band WYKKED WYTCH has posted its cover of the EVANESCENCE smash hit "Bring Me To Life" on its MySpace page. The track was recorded by Matt LaPlant (NONPOINT, SIKTH) and Gus Rios (MALEVOLENT CREATION) at Bieler Bros. Studios in Pompano Beach, Florida. Mixin...August 31, 2008
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