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MACHINE HEAD's DEMMEL Wants To Make 'Timeless Songs' People Will Listen To In 20 Years

Michelle LaRose of Garage Radio magazine recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel. A couple of excerpts follow: Garage Radio: Can you tell us a little bit about your brand new album "The Blackening" that just came out this week? Demmel: Yeah. "The Blackening", eight so...

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STEEL ASSASSIN: 'War Of The Eight Saints' Rough Cover Art Sketch Available

Boston, Massachusetts-based metallers STEEL ASSASSIN have posted a rough cover art sketch for their upcoming album, "War of the Eight Saints", at this location (artwork created by Dimitar Nikolov). Due on June 5 via Sentinel Steel Records, "War of the Eight Saints" was produced by former WARGASM gui...

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BLACK SABBATH: Three Chapters From 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' Biography Available Online

Rockdetector.com, the world's biggest rock and metal database with over 56,000 band pages, is now hosting no less than three chapters of Garry Sharpe-Young's acclaimed BLACK SABBATH biography "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" at this location. Described by Black-Sabbath.com as the "SABBATH bible," Garry's bo...

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Ex-MEGADETH Bassist ELLEFSON To Guest On KNAC.COM Today

Former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson will call into KNAC.COM today at 3:00 p.m. PST / 6:00 p.m. EST to speak with Philthy Phil about his new project/band, TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY. TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY's lineup is rounded out by ex-W.A.S.P. drummer Stet Howland, guitarist Peter Scheithauer (BELLADONNA,...

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TRIVIUM Guitarist 'Stoked' About Upcoming European Headlining Tour

TRIVIUM guitarist Corey Beaulieu has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We've been home for a couple days getting our shit together before heading off to Ireland to start our European and U.K. headlining The Crusade World Tour 2007 along with very special guests and thras...

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GARY MOORE's 'Close As You Get' CD Due In May

Due on May 29 via Eagle Rock Entertainment, "Close As You Get" from Irish blues-rock guitarist Gary Moore ups the blues ante of his 2006 "Old New Ballads Blues" into a cohesive stripped-down blues-rock machine. Whether interpreting jump blues and urban blues classics (CHUCK BERRY's "Thirty Days" and...

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SON OF SCIENCE: New Lineup Announced

SON OF SCIENCE, the tech-metal band formed by former DRAGONFORCE bassist Adrian Lambert, has issued the following update: "Things have changed drastically in the SON OF SCIENCE line-up. Greg [Pope, vocals] has decided to leave the band to focus on his own material. We have enormous respect for Greg...

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VI

What a nice change of pace "VI" by San Francisco's THE FUCKING CHAMPS has been. For those unaware of the existence of the trio ("VI" is in fact my first exposure to the band),the act has been in existence since 1992 and prides itself on finely honed instrumental rock/metal albums. But "VI" is not ....

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CIRCUS OF POWER Announces '20th Anniversary Show' In Los Angeles

CIRCUS OF POWER has announced a "20th anniversary show" in Los Angeles at The Knitting Factory on June 1. The concert will be the first in the L.A. area that the band has played since New Year's Eve 2000/2001 when they reunited for one night to play the Troubadour. In addition to Alex Mitchell (voca...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Prepares For European Headlining Tour

After the band’s recent successful first headlining tour throughout North America, Massachusetts' ALL THAT REMAINS is now gearing up for a headlining run across the Atlantic, ready to tear through Europe with support from MISERY SIGNALS, TEXTURES and ETERNAL LORD (U.K. dates only). Upon completion,...

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L.A. GUNS Parts Ways With Bassist

L.A. GUNS frontman Phil Lewis has issued the following update: "Dear friends, it is with enormous regret we announce the departure of our good friend Adam Hamilton [bass]. Adam has been offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pursue his dreams as a producer. From this point on he will become a f...

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COBALT Signs With PROFOUND LORE; New Album To Feature Guest Vocals From SWANS Singer

Colorado blackened musical warmachine COBALT (comprised of the duo Erik Wunder and Phil McSorley) has forged a deal with Profound Lore Records to release its sophomore album, "Eater of Birds". Taking the band's vicious and unconventional sound paradigm that was witnessed on its "Hammerfight" debut E...

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The Blackening

"The Blackening", MACHINE HEAD's sixth studio album, is quite simply the band's best effort since its shattering 1994 debut, "Burn My Eyes", and may even surpass that modern classic. It may also be the best all-out metal recording of 2007. This is a no-holds-barred, brutally heavy, uncompromising al...

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SKINLAB: 'Face Of Aggression Tour' Lineup Revealed

Bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel of reactivated San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB has issued the following update: "Things have been going strong in the SKINLAB camp. We've been rehearsing a sick 15-song set that is sounding heavy as hell. We're all looking forward to getting back on the road...

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MORTAL SIN To Support SLAYER In Sydney

Reactivated Australian thrashers MORTAL SIN will support SLAYER and MASTODON on April 17 at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney. "If you ain't inside the venue early to catch our show I will personally whip your ass!" vocalist Mat Maurer joked in an online posting. "We wanna show some Aussie metal pride!...