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CIRCUS OF POWER: Video Interview Available

A short video interview with CIRCUS OF POWER's Alex Mitchell (vocals) and Marc Frappier (bass),conducted by Reality Check TV, has been posted online at YouTube. 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...

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Former AC/DC, JUDAS PRIEST Lighting Designer Named Senior VP Of PRG

Former lighting designer for such bands as JUDAS PRIEST and AC/DC, Mickey Curbishley has been named senior vice president of Production Resource Group's (PRG) concert touring group. He will work out of PRG's offices in Greenford, UK, and Los Angeles. Curbishley most recently served as director of sa...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Confirmed For Guest Spot In Jersey On SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND

Massachusetts' ALL THAT REMAINS has been confirmed as a special guest for the July 14 Sounds of the Underground show at Sayreville, N.J.'s Starland Ballroom. "We're wicked excited to be a part of this year's Sounds of the Underground at the Starland Ballroom," frontman Phil Labonte said in a stateme...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Joins CELTIC FROST On Stage In Los Angeles

Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST are currently out on a month-long trek with the legendary TYPE O NEGATIVE and Century Media labelmates BRAND NEW SIN. According to Tartarean Desire, longtime CF fans Phil Anselmo (DOWN, SUPERJOINT RITUAL, PANTERA) and Johnny Kelly (TYPE O NEGATIVE) joi...

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Makers Of 'Get Thrashed' And Ex-EXODUS Singer ZETRO SOUZA On Hand For L.A. Screening

Director Rick Ernst and associate producer Rat Skates (ex-OVERKILL drummer) will attend the West Coast premiere of "Get Thrashed: The Story Of Thrash Metal" at the Silver Lake Film Festival in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 5. After the screening, there will be a question-and-answer session with Ernst...

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DEF LEPPARD: Video Interview Available

DEF LEPPARD members Joe Elliott and Phil Collen appeared on WAGA-TV Channel 5 in Atlanta, GA mid-April to talk about their summer tour. Click here to view the interview (requires the latest version of Flash). Following on the heels of their massively successful 2006 concert tour, DEF LEPPARD recentl...

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SLAYER Frontman Answers Fans' Questions

SLAYER frontman Tom Araya recently answered questions from registered members of the group's official forum. A couple of excerpts follow: Q: Did SLAYER really do a song with Phil Anselmo called "Unscathed"? Tom (answering through a moderator): No idea. If it was done, it wasn't with Tom. If it was,...

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GODSMACK Interview From VH1 'Rock Honors' 2006 Available Online

The latest episode of "Talking Metal", entitled "Best of VH1 Rock Honors 2006", features the podcast premiere of interviews host John Ostronomy conducted with GODSMACK and FOO FIGHTERS as well as "black carpet" interviews Ostronomy conducted with Ian Hill, K.K. Downing, and Scott Travis of JUDAS PRI...

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SHINING Mastermind KVARFORTH: 'Death Is Always To Be Glorified'

StayMetal.net recently conducted an interview with SHINING mastermind Niklas Kvarforth. A few excerpts follow: StayMetal.net: "V - Halmstad" is just around the corner and it will be the first release by your new and highly respected label, Osmose Productions. What were your reasons for leaving Avant...

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'Get Thrashed' Producer, Director To Guest On KNAC.COM's 'The Vault' Sunday

Director Rick Ernst and associate producerRat Skates (ex-OVERKILL drummer) of "Get Thrashed" — the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — have been scheduled as the special phone-in guests of DJ Will, host of KNAC.COM's...

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SKINLAB: Tour Changes Announced

Bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel of reactivated San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB has issued the following update: "Hey guys, few things changing here on the tour front. "We've been left with no choice but to carry on the tour without our buds WILL HAVEN. Sorry to all the WILL HAVEN fans that...

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SACRED REICH Frontman Says First Rehearsal In 10 Years Went 'Surprisingly Well'

The original lineup of SACRED REICH — Phil Rind (bass, vocals),Wiley Arnett (lead guitar),Jason Rainey (rhythm guitar) and Greg Hall (drums) — will reunite for several shows in Europe this summer, including an appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival on August 4. The band has also lined up two "...

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LED ZEPPELIN, QUEEN Members Among U.K.'s Richest Rockers

Phil Miller of The Herald reports that the leading rock and pop bands in Britain account for nearly £3bn of the country's wealth, it has been revealed. In a list of the richest people in the UK to be published this weekend, THE ROLLING STONES account for more than £570m, with U2 not ...

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ARCH ENEMY, CHIMAIRA, ALL THAT REMAINS Vocalists Featured On 'The Zen Of Screaming II' DVD

ARCH ENEMY's Angela Gossow, CHIMAIRA's Mark Hunter, ALL THAT REMAINS' Phil Labonte and UNEARTH's Trevor Phipps are among the vocalists who are featured on the "The Zen Of Screaming II" DVD from vocal coach Melissa Cross. "Learn the three different scream mechanisms (Fry, False Cord and Death) plus l...

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MACHINE HEAD Guitarist PHIL DEMMEL: DIMEBAG 'Was Pretty Much Immortal'

Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tangra Mega Rock: It seems that MACHINE HEAD are back among the hot shots of metal, huh? How do you feel with this new album of yours? Yo...