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DAMAGEPLAN Drummer Calls COLD Singer An 'Asshole'

In the latest installment of his "Ask Vinnie" column in Revolver magazine, DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul was asked which bands he used to get into fights with on the road, and which ones he would want to fight if he had the chance. "We always made friends with all the bands we ever toure...

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DAMAGEPLAN: Enter To Win WASHBURN Prize Package

DAMAGEPLAN, the new band featuring former PANTERA members Dimebag Darrell (guitar) and Vinnie Paul (drums),are offering one lucky fan a chance to win Washburn Dime 332 prize package, including the Washburn Dime 332 signature series guitar, a Seymour Duncan SH-13 Dimebucker pickup, a free shirt, a f...

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DAMAGEPLAN's VINNIE PAUL Offers Drumming Tips To TOMMY LEE

In a recent interview with Rhythm magazine, former PANTERA and current DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul was asked to offer some drumming tips. "Okay, well first off, every drummer I meet wants to know how to play [PANTERA's] 'Becoming'," Vinnie replied. "The way I came up with that part was just messi...

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PANTERA's 'Best Of' CD Certified Gold

PANTERA's career overview CD, "The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!" (Elektra/Rhino),has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of more than 500,000 copies in the U.S. The 16-song "Vulgar Hits!" CD, originally is...

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MEGADETH Confirm EARSHOT As Opening Act On Upcoming Tour

Los Angeles-based quintet EARSHOT have been confirmed as the opening act for MEGADETH's upcoming U.S. tour, which is expected to launch in late October. Speaking to Quebec's Project Loud webzine during a promotional visit to Montreal on Tuesday (Sept. 7),MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine said of his c...

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Ashes Of The Wake

LAMB OF GOD leads the pack in what some are already calling "the New Wave of American Heavy Metal." While we're not quick to start categorizing things again — after all, look what happened to the so-called "nu metal" movement — it seems clear that there's some sort of underground uprising that's bee...

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SHADOWS FALL, DAMAGEPLAN Comment On Upcoming Tour

SHADOWS FALL are set to embark on a massive co-headlining U.S. tour with DAMAGEPLAN this fall. The trek, scheduled to begin on October 27 and run through December 9, covers major markets and will see both SHADOWS FALL and DAMAGEPLAN swapping the closing spot each night, which will also feature THE H...

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DAMAGEPLAN To Play Free Show In Illinois

DAMAGEPLAN, the new band formed by ex-PANTERA members Dimebag Darrell (guitar) and Vinnie Paul (drums),will play a free concert at at Davis Park in Rockford, IL on September 18, according to the Rockford Register Star. No opening acts have yet been announced for the show. Gates open at 4 p.m., with...

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SUPERJOINT RITUAL's PHILIP ANSELMO: 'It's Time To Rise'

SUPERJOINT RITUAL frontman Philip Anselmo recently spoke to KNAC.com about the group's participation in this year's Ozzfest and their upcoming recording plans. Several excerpts from the interview follow: On when the third album from SUPERJOINT RITUAL will arise: Philip Anselmo: "Well, we have done a...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Threatens To Kick AL QAEDA's Ass: 'I Will Fucking Destroy You'

Cleveland, Ohio's "The Metal Show" (TheMetalShow.com),which airs on 92.3 FM WXTM (Xtreme Radio),recently asked former PANTERA and current SUPERJOINT RITUAL frontman Philip Anselmo to record a message for the troops overseas. A transcript of the audio message, which can be heard at this location, f...

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SOULFLY Hard At Work On First DVD

SOULFLY are currently working on their first DVD, tentatively titled "The Song Remains Insane". The disc, which is unlikely to surface before early next year, will feature "lots of European festival footage, maybe even footage from the band's South Africa travels," according to the band's label, Roa...

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OZZFEST 2004 Review: PHILIP ANSELMO Should Shut Up And Sing

Gemma Tarlach of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reviewed the Ozzfest 2004 traveling festival when it hit East Troy, Wisconsin on Saturday (August 14). An excerpt from her review follows: "Opening the main stage with his boogie-based biker metal BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, Zakk Wylde was one of several arti...

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DEF LEPPARD, PANTERA Reach New Multi-Platinum Heights

DEF LEPPARD's breakthrough 1983 album, "Pyromania", has been certified at the RIAA's (Recording Industry Association of America) diamond level (10 million copies shipped) last month, according to Billboard.com. Produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, "Pyromania" benefited greatly from MTV's relentless...

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CROWBAR Sign With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

New Orleans sludge-meisters CROWBAR have signed a worldwide deal with Candlelight Records. The group's new album, "Life's Blood For The Downtrodden", is expected to see a February 8, 2005 Stateside release date. Final studio work on the album, produced by the working team of Warren Riker (DOWN) and...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: SUPERJOINT RITUAL Is Not A Precursor To A PANTERA Reunion

In a brand-new interview with the East Valley Tribune, former PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo has once again reiterated that SUPERJOINT RITUAL is his priority. "I just want people to realize that this is a (expletive) real band," he said. "I don't want them to think we're just going to disappear and b...