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STONE SOUR: Ex-SOULFLY Drummer MAYORGA To Play On New Album

STONE SOUR, the band featuring SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor and guitarist Jim Root, are hard at work on their sophomore album with producer Nick Rasculinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, VELVET REVOLVER). Guitarist Josh Rand has filed the following candid report from inside the studio: "As we roll into week four o...

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'Extreme Vocals Instructor' Helps SLIPKNOT, LAMB OF GOD Screamers Preserve Their Pipes

MTV.com has published an article on Melissa Cross, the self-proclaimed "Queen of Scream" who has developed a training program that teaches proper technique to a new breed of unrestrained rock singers — a list that includes SLIPKNOT's Corey Taylor, Randy Blythe of LAMB OF GOD and Keith Buckley from E...

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DARKEST HOUR To Undertake Tour Of Australia/New Zealand

DARKEST HOUR will be playing nine shows in New Zealand and Australia beginning in late April. "We are stoked with a capital STOKED," the band write on their web site. "Aside from the fact that this is our first time ever in the southern hemisphere, JH [vocalist John Henry] is also stoked to sample s...

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SLIPKNOT Drummer: 'There Will Be Another Record'

SLIPKNOT members Joey Jordison and Shawn Crahan spoke to Kyle Munson of The Des Moines Register about winning their first Grammy Award for "Best Metal Performance" at this past week's event in Los Angeles. Crahan, who shed tears while accepting the award, said, "It was like I was being sucked down a...

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U.K.'s HAMMERHEAD Land Record Deal — 20 Years After They Split Up

U.K.'s Times & Star is reporting that West Cumbrian heavy metal band HAMMERHEAD has landed a record contract — more than 20 years after they split up. HAMMERHEAD, reformed for a friend's 40th birthday, found bootleg copies of their old songs were circulating on the internet. Members Buzz Elliott...

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SLIPKNOT: GRAMMY Win Bittersweet For Percussionist CLOWN

Launch Radio Networks reports: SLIPKNOT capped off an amazing two years on Wednesday night (February 8) by winning its first Grammy Award, in the category of "Best Metal Performance", for "Before I Forget" from 2004's "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)". The win was also bittersweet for SLIPKNOT percu...

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Label: No Plans To Re-Release SLIPKNOT's Debut Album

Contrary to a recent report published on a SLIPKNOT fan site, Roadrunner Records have NO plans to reissue the band's self-titled debut album from 1999 in an expanded double-disc edition, a Roadrunner representative has told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Although there were discussions at one point about possibi...

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THE ABSENCE Shoot First Video

Metal Blade recording artists THE ABSENCE shot their first professional video for the title track off their debut record, "From Your Grave", on February 3. This journey took the band from the greater Tampa Bay area up some 1200+ miles to Toledo, Ohio to film in one of the largest and oldest structur...

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SLIPKNOT: Debut Album Expanded Reissue To Arrive Next Month

According to a posting on the SLIPKNOT fan site Metabolic666, the 2006 re-issue of SLIPKNOT's self-titled debut album from 1999 is scheduled to arrive on March 14 via Roadrunner. The re-issue will be a double disc and will most likely contain live tracks, demos recorded prior to the album or possibl...

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SLIPKNOT's JORDISON Comments On MINISTRY Session-Drummer Gig

Launch Radio Networks reports: SLIPKNOT's Joey Jordison has been confirmed as the drummer for the touring lineup of MINISTRY, which will kick off a 60-date North American trek on May 6. It has been rumored for months that Jordison would take advantage of his time off this year to play with the indus...

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NUCLEAR ASSAULT's Agent Sets Record Straight Regarding METAL CRUSADERS Tour

NUCLEAR ASSAULT's booking agent Tammy Taylor has sent the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "I am no longer at Maximus Entertainment due to issues I do not agree with concerning the bands I represent. False statements have been made by Robert Devine at Maximus when I was out of the office and...

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METAL CRUSADERS Organizers Deny Giving False Information About NUCLEAR ASSAULT's Cancellation

Dan Rozenblum of Thunderdome Touring has released a statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET rejecting Maximus Entertainment's assertion that Thunderdome was engaging in "attempted fraud" by giving "false information regarding the Metal Crusaders Tour to try to profit and steal commissions and take advantage o...

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NUCLEAR ASSAULT's Agent Alleges 'Attempted Fraud' In Connection With METAL CRUSADERS TOUR

Robert Devine, CEO of the Maximus Entertainment booking agency (web site) (which handles such artists as TESTAMENT, NUCLEAR ASSAULT and DESTRUCTION),has released a statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET accusing the Thunderdome Booking Agency of "attempted fraud" in connection with the upcoming Metal Crusad...

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Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Singer RIPPER Comments On ROADRUNNER Anniversary Concert

Former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH/BEYOND FEAR frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens has commented on his appearance at last month's Roadrunner Records 25th anniversary concert, during which he sang MERCYFUL FATE's "Curse of the Pharoahs", KING DIAMOND's "Abigail" and ANNIHILATOR's "Alison Hell". Said...

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DARKEST HOUR: Live Video Available Online

A live video of DARKEST HOUR performing the track "An Epitaph" on August 31, 2005 in Karlsruhe, Germanyhas been posted online at www.silentstagnation.com. As previously reported, DARKEST HOUR will be filming a video for the song "Sound the Surrender" early next month with director Joseph Pattisall (...