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HOUWITSER Parts Ways With Bassist, Seeks Replacement

After a five-year tenure with Dutch death metal veterans HOUWITSER, bassist Ramon Ploeg has left the band. He states, "I can't combine the band with my jobs anymore. Thanks to everyone who supported me and I've met in the last years! It was a great time! I wish all the guys of HOUWITSER all the ...

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SYMPHONY X Frontman Says He's Been Working On Solo Album For Last Four Years

Zach Shaw of Metal Insider recently conducted an interview with SYMPHONY X/ADRENALINE MOB vocalist Russell Allen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Insider: "Iconoclast" marks [SYMPHONY X's] first album via Nuclear Blast Records. Looking back almost a year after the album's rele...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist DJ ASHBA On The First 'Real' Rock Star He Ever Met

Leslie Michele Derrough of GlideMagazine.com recently conducted an interview with SIXX: A.M./GUNS N' ROSES guitarist DJ Ashba. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GlideMagazine.com: You came from kind of a religious family. How did you discover rock and roll? Ashba: You know what's weir...

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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN: 'When We're On Stage, It's Church'

SLIPKNOT mastermind/percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan will appear at this year's South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas next week, premiering his photo book "Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey" with a press party and question-and-answer session on Thursday, March 15. Earlier that afternoo...

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ATROCITY: 'Die Gottlosen Jahre' DVD Trailer Available

Long-running German metallers ATROCITY will release a new DVD, "Die Gottlosen Jahre" (English translation: The Godless Years),on March 30. Commented the band: "After years of preparation, rediscovering old treasures and unveiling unforgettable memories of our musical adventures, we are finally able...

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VAN HALEN Singer Stops Manchester Show, Berates Fans For Fighting

VAN HALEN frontman David Lee Roth stopped the band's concert earlier tonight (Tuesday, March 13) in Manchester, New Hampshire to berate fans who had been fighting in the crowd. The rock icon was doing his thing during VAN HALEN's performance of the ROY ORBISON classic "(Oh) Pretty Woman" at the Veri...

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ECHOTERRA Parts Ways With Singer MELISSA FERLAAK

Vocalist Melissa Ferlaak (VISIONS OF ATLANTIS) has confirmed her departure from ECHOTERRA, the band featuring keyboardist Jonah Weingarten (PYRAMAZE),guitarist Yan Leviathan (AVIAN),bassist Sam Van Moer (GRACEPOINT) and drummer Adam Sagan (INTO ETERNITY). She says, "[There is] no real drama, it ju...

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VAN HALEN: Video Footage Of Entire Indianapolis Concert Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of VAN HALEN's entire February 22 performance at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. You Really Got Me (THE KINKS cover) 02. Runnin' With the Devil 03. She's The Woman 04. Romeo Delight 05. Tattoo 06. Eve...

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VOIVOD Vinyl-Only Live Album To Be Released By ROADBURN Festival

Roadburn Festival has announced the upcoming release of VOIVOD "Live At Roadburn 2011". The festival's first official album captures the metal innovators from Canada during their Midi Theatre and Main Stage performances at last year's event. "Live At Roadburn 2011" takes the listener on a trip throu...

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ORPHANED LAND Receives Turkish Peace Award

While playing several shows in Turkey at the end of February, Israeli oriental metal ambassadors ORPHANED LAND received the Friendship And Peace Award from the Turkish government — despite the fact that the two countries have no diplomatic relations at the moment. Commented ORPHANED LAND vocalist Ko...

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VOIVOD Drummer's Art Exhibition At Holland's ROADBURN Festival

The exhibition "Worlds Away - The Art of Michel Langevin" will be part of this year's edition of the Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands. The exhibition will feature work by VOIVOD drummer and artist Michel "Away" Langevin, who, along with his bandmates, is curating the special Au-delà du Réel...

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VAN HALEN Performs 'Hang 'Em High' In Boston (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of VAN HALEN performing the song "Hang 'Em High", from the band's 1982 album "Diver Down", this past Sunday (March 11) at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts can be seen below. According to online fan reports, VAN HALEN previously soundchecked "Hang 'Em High" and the 1979 cla...

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ZAKK WYLDE Interviewed On TRIPLE M's 'Distortion' (Audio)

On March 2, Higgo of "Distortion", which airs on Australia's long-running rock station Triple M, conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) when BLACK LABEL SOCIETY performed at the Soundwave Festival in Melbourne, Australia. You can now listen to the chat in the You...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND Reveals More 'Epicloud' Details

The next album from Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend to be released under the DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT banner is "Epicloud", a "poppy, proggy" record which will feature a guest appearance by former THE GATHERING frontwoman and previous Devin collaborator Anneke Van Giersbergen. The idea for "...

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CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD To Release Debut Album In June

In 2011, after more than 20 years of intense gigging and recording, Chris Robinson set off to shape something new, a fresh rock mythology, a breathing kaleidoscopic thing stuffed with chooglin' soul, bedrock boogie and shuffling wisdom birthed in intimate clubs and amongst the tall trees of the Gold...