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Ex-PANTERA Drummer VINNIE PAUL On Road To Emotional Recovery

Mike Devlin of Victoria, British Columbia's Times Colonist reports: Vinnie Paul, legendary drummer for metal gods PANTERA and, later, DAMAGEPLAN, has resumed his position behind his drum kit and is on the road to emotional recovery following a disastrous 2004. In December of that year, Paul's brothe...
October 24, 2006
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SMASHING PUMPKINS Break Silence On New Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: The SMASHING PUMPKINS have broken the silence surrounding the band's first new album since its break-up in 2000. Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin — or least someone with the initials "JC" writing under the heading "Jimmy's Love Letters" — has posted two messages to the band's...
October 24, 2006
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ENTER MY SILENCE: Both Albums Available For Streaming

Finnish melodic deathsters ENTER MY SILENCE have made both of their acclaimed album releases, "Remotecontrolled Scythe" (2001) and "Coordinate: D1SA5T3R" (Feb. 2006),available for listening in streaming audio format on their MySpace page. According to a press release, ENTER MY SILENCE's music is "a...
October 24, 2006
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SOLITUDE AETURNUS To Premier Tracks From 'Alone' On KNON 89.3 FM

Long-running Texas doomsters SOLITUDE AETURNUS will premier tracks from their upcoming release, "Alone", this Thursday night (Oct. 26) on KNON 89.3 FM's "Hard Time Radio" (web site),hosted by Thrashin' Alan. "Hard Time Radio" airs Thursdays between 8 and 10 p.m. CST. The band will play several trac...
October 23, 2006
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Heavy Metal Radio Promotion Company SKATEBOARD MARKETING Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary

Skateboard Marketing Ltd., the self-proclaimed "North America's premiere independent radio promotion company," has announced its 15th anniversary. The company, whose specialty is hard rock and heavy metal radio promotion was founded by former PolyGram Records radio promotion executive Munsey Ricci i...
October 23, 2006
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ABORTED Announces Lineup Changes, New Album Details

Belgian death metallers ABORTED have confirmed rumors that they have parted ways with drummer Gilles Delecroix and bass player Olivia Scemama (ex-NO RETURN, BALROG). Commented the group: "Being in a band like ABORTED at this point takes a lot of investment and commitment. Right now we are not making...
October 23, 2006
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Revolutions Per Minute

When you're on one side of a scale of stupidity, and Sebastian Bach is on the other, and your side is the one that tips, you should probably just change your name and go be a fry cook in Newark or something. The second SKID ROW without Bach behind the mic is another example of ...
October 23, 2006
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LOWDOWN Schedules Norwegian Gig With SATYRICON

Up-and-coming Norwegian metal quartet LOWDOWN will support SATYRICON in Honefoss, Norway, on November 3. Also scheduled to appear is the death metal act ZEENON. The concert will be held at a very intimate venue (Alfreds) holding a maximum of 300-400 people. LOWDOWN's sophomore album, "Antidote", was...
October 21, 2006
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SEBASTIAN BACH Says He Lied When He Said He'd Stopped Drinking

The U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Hammer: So about that "AIDS Kills Fags Dead" t-shirt you wore in 1989… Sebastian: "I never usually talk about this but I read so much misinf...
October 21, 2006
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MUSHROOMHEAD's Top Ten Essential Albums Revealed

ARTISTdirect News recently asked the members of Cleveland's MUSHROOMHEAD to pick their ten all-time essential albums and got a list that any self-respecting hard rock fan should print out and take to the nearest record store immediately — assuming you don't already own every one of these classics: 0...
October 19, 2006
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LAMB OF GOD Guitarist On New CD: 'We Really Wanted To Create A Classic Record'

Pat Douglas of the Great Falls Tribune recently conducted an interview with LAMB OF GOD guitarist Willie Adler. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the making of the group's new album, "Sacrament": "This was our sophomore release on a major and (we had to) step it up and prove to them ...
October 19, 2006
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VINNIE PAUL On REBEL MEETS REBEL: 'It Helped Me Feel Like I Was Working With DIMEBAG Again'

Eden Munro of Vue Weekly reports: REBEL MEETS REBEL, the band fusing outlaw country singer David Allan Coe with three fourths of PANTERA, means a lot to drummer Vinnie Paul. The band's self-titled album has been part of the healing process for Paul, who lost his brother and band mate, "Dimebag" Darr...
October 19, 2006
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VINNIE PAUL Jams With SAMMY HAGAR, MICHAEL ANTHONY In Mexico: Photos Available

Former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott jammed with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony earlier in the month at Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico as part of Hagar's annual Birthday Bash. Check out pictures at the Big Vin Records MySpace page. As previously reported,...
October 18, 2006
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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SHADOWS FALL: More Tour Dates Announced

L.A.'s own 2CENTS hit the road with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SHADOWS FALL and BURY YOUR DEAD next month, in support of their Atlantic debut, "Lost At Sea", produced by Matt Hyde (SLAYER, HATEBREED). The CD features "Song for Darrell Abbott", a tribute to the band's hero, late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist...
October 18, 2006
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EXHORDER: Live Clip From 1991 Posted Online

A video clip of long-defunct New Orleans metallers EXHORDER — cited by many as the originators of the riff-heavy power-groove approach popularized by PANTERA — performing the song "Homicide" at the Gibus club in Paris, France on March 13, 1991 has been posted online at YouTube.com. As previously rep...
October 16, 2006