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ICED EARTH'S JON SCHAFFER Talks About Upcoming Box Set, DVD

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Asylum: Now that Matt [Barlow, vocals] is back in the band, have you thought of going back and re recording the vocals for "Framing Armageddon"? You also mentione...

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AEROSMITH Drummer To Appear On Boston's FOX 25 NEWS Today

Check out AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer and Rob Stull (Boston-based illustrator and comic book industry veteran) on Boston's Fox 25 News today (Thursday, September 25) at 5:45 p.m. EST. Joey and Rob are promoting a very special event happening at Technical Shops in Boston on Saturday, September 27....

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TARJA TURUNEN To Utilize BLIND GUARDIAN's Session Bassist For Upcoming Tour

A new audio interview with former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen conducted by Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock is available for download at this location (MP3, 4 MB). An excerpt from the chat follows below. Tangra Mega Rock: The occasion to have you with us on the radio is this ...

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MEGADETH Mainman Is 'Still Eyeing' The Top Spot On BILLBOARD Chart

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I am sending you this post from Maui, Hawaii, where I currently am, to get one last vacation in before I start my next record. "We also are going to be announcing some really maj...

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TROUBLE To Resume Writing New Album This Week

Legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE announced at last night's (Sunday, September 21) concert at the Bottom Lounge in the band's hometown that they will resume work on writing a new record sometime this week. In a recent interview with Rock N Roll Experience, TROUBLE guitarist Rick Wartell was asked...

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DEVILDRIVER Writing 'Bigger, Stronger' New Material

Bassist Jon Miller of the Santa Barbara, California-based metal band DEVILDRIVER has issued the following update: "As you all know, DEVILDRIVER has been laying low over the past couple of months... so we wanted to give you a heads-up on what has been going on over the summer of 2008 up until now. "U...

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DREAM THEATER, OPETH Members On How They Got Into METALLICA

Rick Florino from ARTISTdirect recently spoke to a number of "prominent fans" — including members of OPETH, DREAM THEATER, MACHINE HEAD, DRAGONFORCE, DEVILDRIVER and DAATH — about how they first got into METALLICA. A couple of excerpts follow below. Mikael Akerfeldt, OPETH: "I first took notice of t...

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TROUBLE Guitarist On New Singer KORY CLARKE And METALLICA's 'Death Magnetic'

Rock N Roll Experience recently conducted an interview with TROUBLE guitarist Rick Wartell. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Rock N Roll Experience: Are you going to record a new TROUBLE record with [the band's new frontman] Kory [Clarke of WARRIOR SOUL] singing? Rick: "Yes...we started writi...

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A Conversation With CANNIBAL CORPSE's ALEX WEBSTER

By: Scott Alisoglu CANNIBAL CORPSE is a band of the people; well, the death metal people anyway. Since forming in 1987, the unit has always given the fans what they've wanted — consistently good albums, gore-drenched lyrics, and staggering levels of brutality. The quintet's dedication, work ethic, a...

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HELMET: Video Interview Available

Tulsa's Z-104.5 The Edge conducted an interview with HELMET guitarist/vocalist Page Hamilton in July 2008. Watch the chat below. HELMET earlier in the year announced the addition of guitarist Dan Beeman to the group's ranks. Beeman replaces the band's most recent axeman, Jimmy Thompson, who reported...

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ALESTORM Announces New Guitarist

Scottish folk/power metal band ALESTORM has announced the addition of guitarist Tim Shaw to the group's ranks. The band states, "The more eagle-eyed watchers of the underground amongst you may know him as the mastermind behind the epic black metal project FYRDSMAN, and as the guitarist of the now-de...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN Reaches Out To SAMMY HAGAR Over G.O.P.'s Use Of 'Right Now'

According to The Pulse of Radio, Sammy Hagar says that Sen. John McCain using VAN HALEN's song "Right Now" in his campaign ads has made he and long-feuding ex-bandmate Eddie Van Halen get in touch with each other. Eddie and Alex Van Halen, who co-wrote the song with Hagar and Michael Anthony, have o...

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Former WHITE ZOMBIE Drummer Comments On Upcoming Box Set

Former WHITE ZOMBIE drummer Ivan de Prume has commented on the upcoming release of a WHITE ZOMBIE box set, tentatively due before the end of the year. He said, "Finally, man!! There is so much material before we were signed to Geffen and put out 'La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1' [1992] and it show...

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ALESTORM Guitarist Quits

Guitarist Gavin Harper has announced his departure from the Scottish folk/power metal band ALESTORM. He commented: "In my time in this band, from doing the first ever recording to not appearing on the latest one, I have always strived to make ALESTORM my priority and put it ahead of many other thing...

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Former QUIET RIOT Drummer FRANKIE BANALI: Insights From A Metal Legend

The Ludwig Drums web site recently conducted an interview with drummer Frankie Banali (QUIET RIOT, FREAKSHOW). An excerpt from the chat follows below. Ludwig: What is your schedule like for the next few months? Frankie Banali: I continue to do sessions. I expect the usual slowdown in November, and t...