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DESPISED ICON Prepare To Hit The Road With SUFFOCATION And CRYPTOPSY
The Montreal-based deathcore six-piece DESPISED ICON will embark on a massive North American tour this week alongside SUFFOCATION, CRYPTOPSY and ABORTED in support of "The Healing Process", their highly-acclaimed new album. The group’s explosive live performances on their first national U.S. tour al...September 26, 2005
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QUIET RIOT Guitarist To Star In FOX Series, Guest On New IGNITE Album
QUIET RIOT guitarist Alex Grossi was recently cast in a new Fox series. Shooting begins next week. No further information is currently available. In other news, Alex will enter the studio this fall with IGNITE to lay down lead guitar on their third full-length album. The band's first studio CD since...September 25, 2005
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VINNIE PAUL: 'There Never Was Gonna Be A PANTERA Reunion, Ever!'
Former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul was recently interviewed by Guitar World magazine for its December 2005 issue. In the interview Vinnie spoke about many subjects, including the possibility of a PANTERA reunion prior to Dimebag's death and the status of unreleased video and audio recordi...September 20, 2005
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RUSH Donate Equipment Money To Musicians Devastated By Southeast Asian Tsunami
According to a front-page article in the inaugural Saturday edition of the Wall Street Journal (dated Sept. 17, 2005),members of the Canadian rock band RUSH donated several thousand dollars for guitars to some of the musicians in Sri Lanka who lost their instruments in the Southeast Asian tsunami....September 19, 2005
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Once Was Not
It has taken a while for Canadian death metal techsters CRYPTOPSY to get back on track after the departure of Mike DiSalvo. The last studio album was 2000's "And Then You'll Beg", after which vocalist Martin LaCroix entered the picture, lasting long enough to perform on concert LP "None so Live" and...September 19, 2005
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POWER OF OMENS Call It A Day
San Antonio-based progressive metallers POWER OF OMENS have split up. An official statement on the matter by the group's guitarist, David Gallegos, reads as follows: "To all of our devoted fans… It comes with great sorrow the news I'm about to bring you. "For almost 12 years, this band has consisten...September 14, 2005
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DISILLUSION Part Ways With Bassist, Seek Replacement
DISILLUSION, the prog-death band from Leipzig, Germany, have parted ways with bassist Ralf Willis less than five months after he joined the group. "Although we were highly euphoric in the beginning, we now know that things simply did not go together," the group write on their web site. "In Willis, t...September 13, 2005
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ATARGATIS Putting Finishing Touches On Full-Length Debut
German gothic/dark metal band ATARGATIS, featuring female singer Stephanie Luzie (DARKWELL),are putting the finishing touches on their full-length debut, "Wasteland", at Hellion studios (DARKSEED, EQUILIBRIUM) in Munich, Germany. The CD will include a new version of the group's "hit" song "Angels C...September 5, 2005
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ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO To Donate CD Proceeds To AMERICAN RED CROSS
ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the experimental band led by former TESTAMENT/SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, have announced that all proceeds from their CD sales on CDbaby.com will be donated to the American Red Cross to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. CDbaby.com is contributing their cut as well, so that...September 5, 2005
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SAMMY HAGAR Discusses The Future Of VAN HALEN
Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an exclusive interview with Sammy Hagar. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisited: You were quoted [recently] as saying that you wanted to figure out how to play free concerts. Sammy Hagar: I do because I think it would be the ultima...September 3, 2005
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RUSH Guitarist To Take Part In GOLFAPALOOZA
RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson will be participating in the eighth annual Golfapalooza Tournament on September 2, 2005 at Angus Glen Golf Club Markham, Ontario. Golfapalooza features Canada's best musicians and sports heros joined together to golf, celebrate and raise money for Ronald McDonald House Ch...August 31, 2005
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ARMANI DEATH MACHINE To Support MESHUGGAH In Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia-based metallers ARMANI DEATH MACHINE have been confirmed as the support act for MESHUGGAH on Monday, November 7 at the Masquerade in Atlanta, Georgia. ARMANI DEATH MACHINE recently finished mixing their new four-song EP with Shawn Zuzek. The follow-up to the group's "Geared" full-le...August 31, 2005
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SAMAEL Begin Writing New Material
Switzerland's SAMAEL will spend the next few months writing material for the follow-up to last year's "Reign of Light" album. The group's as-yet-untitled new CD is not expected to surface until late 2006 at the earliest. In other news, SAMAEL's Vorph and Makro have secured an endorsement deal with E...August 30, 2005
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ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO: More Tour Dates Announced
ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the experimental band led by former TESTAMENT/SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, have announced the following dates in August: Aug. 23 - Chicago, IL @ Martyr's Aug. 24 - Milwaukee, WI @ Shank Hall Aug. 25 - Cincinnati, OH @ Sudsy Malone's Aug. 26 - Cleveland, OH @ Nighttown Aug. 2...August 22, 2005
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Coextinction
Fans of pavement-scraping New York hatenoise along the lines of UNSANE and early HELMET should already be familiar with the liverish slice of rancid loud that is JJ PARADISE PLAYER'S CLUB. Put simply, if you buy FUDGE TUNNEL CDs out of the dollar bin to impress upon unwary friends, and if the words...August 21, 2005
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