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SLAYER Drummer's PHILM To Guest ON KNAC.COM

Los Angeles-based experimental post-hardcore triumvirate PHILM — featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (SLAYER),guitarist/vocalist Gerry Nestler (CIVIL DEFIANCE),and bassist Pancho Tomaselli (WAR) — will guest on KNAC.COM this Sunday, September 12 at 7 p.m. PST/10 p.m. EST. Upcoming PHILM shows: Sep. 15...

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SLASH: Video Report From SUNSET STRIP MUSIC FESTIVAL Available

Artisan News Service has uploaded a video report from the August 26 tribute to the 2010 Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF) honoree Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES),which took place at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California. The four-and-a-half-minute clip, which includes an inter...

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ICED EARTH Mainman Promises 'Surprises' On Upcoming Mini-Tour

When Jon Schaffer does something, he does it right. Like creating an eclectic, fan-favorite set list for ICED EARTH's upcoming limited-engagement U.S. tour. "I wanted to give fans something really special," Schaffer said. "So I put together songs that include some we've rarely played live before, an...

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CHESTER BENNINGTON, CHRIS CORNELL, SCOTT WEILAND On New SANTANA Album; Audio Samples

11 of the 12 tracks that are set to appear on Carlos Santana's "Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time" album are available for streaming at Amazon.com. The longest-running, most successful partnership in the history of rock takes flight anew, as legendary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Announces North American Headlining Tour

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN will embark on the North American leg of the "Sacred Worlds And Songs Divine 2010 World Tour" in the fall. The trek, which is scheduled to kick off on November 19 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and conclude on December 22 in West Springfield, Virginia, will featu...

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PEARL JAM Songs Come To The Nursery

According to The Pulse of Radio, PEARL JAM is the subject of the latest entry in the "Lullaby Renditions" series of albums from Rockabye Baby. Due out on October 26, "Lullaby Renditions of Pearl Jam" features new versions of 13 tracks from the Seattle band, with guitars, bass and drums largely repla...

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FIREWIND Announces Four Special North American Headlining Shows

Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND, led by current OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G., will celebrate the release of their new album, "Days Of Defiance", with a limited number of special North American headlining shows. The trek, which kicks off on November 4 and runs through November 7, will feature POWE...

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MIKE INEZ, BILLY SHEEHAN To Appear At BASS PLAYER LIVE!

Bass Player LIVE! is back to bring players, manufacturers, and artists together in an intimate environment for hands-on access to the latest instruments, equipment and instruction on playing technique and application. Special guest appearances and performances will include Victor Wooten, Billy Sheeh...

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MAROON, AFTER THE BURIAL, THE EYES OF A TRAITOR, THE AGONIST To Tour Europe

MAROON, AFTER THE BURIAL, THE EYES OF A TRAITOR and THE AGONIST will team up for a European tour in October/November. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 15 - Schweinfurt, Germany - Alter Stattbahnhof Oct. 16 - Bochum, Germany – Matrix Oct. 17 - Haarlem, Netherlands - Patronaat Oct. 18 - Birmingham...

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AEON Parts Ways With Drummer, Seeks Replacement

Swedish technical death metallers AEON have issued the following update: "Our drummer, Nils Fjellström, has decided to leave the band on a very short notice. The reason for this is personal/private and Nils has chosen not to speak his mind out to the public about this. We will respect his wish not t...

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JANI LANE Performs With KIX In Hollywood (Video)

Former WARRANT singer Jani Lane joined KIX on stage on August 27, 2010 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California to perform the song "Cold Blood". Video footage of the performance can be viewed below. As previously reported, Lane will fill in for GREAT WHITE frontman Jack Russell while Jac...

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TAKARA To Embark On West Coast Mini-Tour

U.S. rockers TAKARA will play their first show in many years on October 30 at Paladino's in Tarzana, California. Guitarist/founder Neal Grusky states, "We will perform all the classic TAKARA songs from each of our five studio albums. "This show will be the first show of a West Coast mini-tour that w...

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EXODUS Guitarist Interviewed On 'The House Of Zazz'

Sam Hatch, who hosts the "The House Of Zazz" show on the West Hartford, Connecticut radio station WWUH 91.3 FM, conducted an interview with guitarist Gary Holt of San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS when the band played at The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts on August 27, 2010. Holt spoke...

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GOATWHORE Bassist JAMES HARVEY's Sewing Needle-Impacted Thigh

According to Dave Wedge of the LimeWire Music Blog, GOATWHORE bassist James Harvey played with his bandmates at the August 24, 2010 stop of Ozzy Osbourne's travelling festival, Ozzfest, in Mansfield, Masachusetts with a massive hematoma on his leg (see gruesome photo below) inflicted by a sewing nee...

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MELECHESH: Third 'The Epigenesis' Trailer Released

The third in a series of video trailers for "The Epigenesis", the forthcoming fifth album from Sumerian thrashing black metallers MELECHESH, can be viewed below. "The Epigenesis" will be released on October 1 via Nuclear Blast Records. The 11-song effort was recorded in the newly built Babajim Studi...