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TESTAMENT Guitarist Defends His Controversial 'Review' Of METALLICA's 'St. Anger'
TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick was interviewed by Eddie Trunk on this past Friday's (April 4) edition of the "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM. During the listener call-in portion of the program, Alex discussed his controversial "review" of METALLICA's "St. Anger" album whic...April 6, 2008
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IN FLAMES: 'A Sense Of Purpose' First-Week Sales Projected
According to Hits Daily Double (the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS),IN FLAMES' new album, "A Sense of Purpose" (Koch),is poised to sell around 25,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release. This is rougly in line with the opening number of its predecessor...April 5, 2008
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TESTAMENT Focus Of MTV's '52/52' Campaign
Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT will be the featured artist on MTV for an entire week later this spring as part of the channel's "52/52" campaign. Performances including footage shot this past Wednesday (April 2) on the Alcatraz Island (more commonly known simply as Alcatraz) and...April 5, 2008
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IN FLAMES: 'A Sense Of Purpose' Spherical Labyrinth Box Set Edition Available
Nuclear Blast Records has released a spherical labyrinth box set edition of IN FLAMES' new album, "A Sense of Purpose". Strictly limited to 1,500 copies, the set contains a wooden spherical labyrinth (size 280 x 232 x 78 mm, outer wall 15 mm higher) including a metal ball with the IN FLAMES logo and...April 4, 2008
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STORMWARRIOR + KAI HANSEN Replace SIR LORD BALTIMORE At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL
SIR LORD BALTIMORE has been forced to cancel its previously announced appearance at the Sweden Rock 2008 festival which will be held June 4-7 in Slvesborg, Sweden due to "logistical problems." Replacing them on the bill will be Germany's STORMWARRIOR, with a special guest appearance by Kai Hansen (G...April 4, 2008
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ADDICTION CREW: New Album Release Date Announced
Italy's ADDICTION CREW will release its long-awaited new album, "Lethal", on June 6 via Aural Music/SPV (June 4 in Japan via RB Records). Following up the success of "Break in Life" (which spent three months on Japan's HMV Bestsellers Rock Chart),"Lethal" is scheduled as the top-priority release fo...April 3, 2008
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IN FLAMES 'Crushes' MESHUGGAH In MySpace Sweden Album Streams
Swedish metallers IN FLAMES have set a new MySpace Sweden record for the number of plays of an entire album within a one-week period. The group's latest CD, "A Sense of Purpose", was streamed 1,094,749 times for the week endng April 2, crushing the previous record on MySpace Sweden, which was held b...April 2, 2008
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'Ultimate DEATH Tribute' TV Report Available Online
On Monday, March 3, the French-Canadian TV channel Tl-Qubec aired a special report on the benefit concert to honor late DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mastermind Chuck Schuldiner, which took place on December 12, 2007 at the Theatre Imperial in Quebec City, QC, Canada. "Mchant Contraste" producer Marc Bergero...April 1, 2008
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RUSH Promises Surprises On Summer Tour
Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: RUSH fans can expect some different songs and "surprises" when the Canadian trio hits the road on April 11 but guitarist Alex Lifeson says, "I'm gonna keep those a secret until then, I think." Lifeson tells Billboard.com that since the next segment of RUSH's Snak...April 1, 2008
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CHUCK SCHULDINER Promotional Site Launched By B.C. RICH
In support of B.C. Rich's launch of the new B.C. Rich Chuck Schuldiner Tribute Stealth guitars, the company has launched a promotional/educational web site at www.chuckstealth.com. Commented B.C. Rich: "After a lot of hard work we believe that we have created a dynamic and interesting site that Chuc...March 31, 2008
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TESTAMENT To Answer Fans' Questions On SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO's 'Hard Attack'
San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal legends TESTAMENT will answer your questions live on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack on Monday, April 7 between 12:00 p.m. (noon) and 1:00 p.m. EST. Tune in for your chance to talk to resurrected metal gods Chuck Billy, Alex Skolnick, Eric Peterson, Greg Chri...March 31, 2008
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TNT Singer To Guest On Next Weekend's 'Hair Metal Haven'
TNT vocalist Tony Mills will be interviewed by Chris Nelson on next weekend's edition of "Hair Metal Haven" on Rock 247 Online. Tony will take the listeners through each track on his forthcoming solo album, "Vital Designs", and discuss his plans for 2008. There will also be songs taken from Tony's b...March 30, 2008
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CHRIS CAFFERY: New Solo Album To Include BOB MARLEY Cover
Guitarist Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) has revealed that this next solo album will include "a really cool metal cover of 'Get Up, Stand Up' by BOB MARLEY." He added, "It is actually a cool metal anthem!" Other working songtitles set to appear on the CD include "House of Insanit...March 30, 2008
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RUSH: 'Inside Rush: Snakes & Arrows Live' Radio Special To Air Next Month
FMQB Productions will release a one-hour radio special titled "Inside Rush: Snakes & Arrows Live" featuring an interview with RUSH bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson. It is due to air on select stations between April 11 and April 15. Hosted by Lou Brutus, "Inside Rush: Snakes...March 30, 2008
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TESTAMENT To Guest On IRON MAIDEN Singer's Radio Show
Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Friday, April 18 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the program live via the Internet between 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m....March 29, 2008
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