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SLAVES ON DOPE: SEAL Cover Version Available For Download

SLAVES ON DOPE's cover of SEAL's "Crazy" has been posted online at this location. The song was originally recorded during the sessions for the group's new album, "Metafour", but was omitted from the CD's final running order. Plans to include the track on a special Christmas edition of "Metafour", fe...

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SLAVES ON DOPE Guitarist: MUSHROOMHEAD Ripped Us Off!

SLAVES ON DOPE guitarist Kevin Jardine has dropped us a brief note to let us know that he believes Cleveland's MUSHROOMHEAD "stole our idea to cover 'Crazy' from SEAL. We were at the same management firm when we did the demos for [the new SLAVES ON DOPE album] 'Metafour' with [producer] Troy [Van Le...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Says His Recovery Will Take Longer Than Previously Expected

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message to the band's official web site: "Looks like things weren't as great as I thought [following the motorcycle accident]: I went to the doctor on Wednesday, to get rid off the cast. She immediately proclaimed she definitely couldn't pr...

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STATIC-X: New Song Posted Online

A brand new STATIC-X track, titled "The Only", has been posted online at this location. "The Only" comes off the group's third full-length album, "Shadow Zone", due on October 7 through Warner Bros. Records. The follow-up to 2001's "Machine" was produced by Josh Abraham (STAIND, LIMP BIZKIT, UNWRITT...

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GODHEAD Officially Confirmed For PARADISE LOST's European Tour

GODHEAD, now featuring former STATIC-X drummer Ken Jay, have been officially confirmed as the support band for PARADISE LOST on their upcoming European tour, scheduled to kick off on October 22 in Stockholm, Sweden. Additional support at the Scandinavian dates will come from Finland's AMORPHIS. PARA...

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ANNIHILATOR/PRIMAL FEAR Drummer Explains Departure From REBELLION

ANNIHILATOR/PRIMAL FEAR drummer Randy Black has issued a statement addressing his departure from REBELLION, the German band featuring former GRAVE DIGGER members Uwe Lulis (guitar) and Tommi Goettlich (bass). "There has been some confusion in the last days about the future of REBELLION," begins Rand...

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FEAR FACTORY: Web Site Re-Launched, New Photos Posted Online

Brand-new pictures of FEAR FACTORY guitarist Christian Olde Wolbers have been posted online at the group's newly re-launched web site, www.fearfactory.com. Check them out: Christian#1, Christian#2. As previously reported, the reformed FEAR FACTORY — now consisting of Olde Wolbers (guitar),Raymond H...

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JELLO BIAFRA Turns Down Invitation From DEAD KENNEDYS To Perform At Anniversary Concert

Punk icon Jello Biafra has turned down an invitation from his former DEAD KENNEDYS bandmates to participate in what he called "their cash-in nostalgia show in Hollywood on August 19." "To put it mildly, this reeks of false advertising," he said in an official press release. "They obviously aren't se...

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ANGRA Bassist Apologizes For RHAPSODY Slam

ANGRA bassist Felipe Andreoli has issued a statement apologizing for his recent comments about Italian melodic metallers RHAPSODY in the pages of the Brazilian magazine Cover Baixo. In the interview, Andreoli and SHAMAN bassist Luis Mariutti implied that RHAPSODY were nothing more than a studio band...

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GENE SIMMONS' 'My Dad The Rock Star' Cartoon To Bow In September

Bill Brioux of the Toronto Sun reports that KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons is "the dude behind 'My Dad The Rock Star', one of several fall gems unveiled yesterday (August 12) in Toronto at a press conference for various Alliance Atlantis networks. " 'My Dad The Rock Star', featuring a platform-w...

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DON DOKKEN: New Material Sounds Like 'Tooth And Nail'

Don Dokken has posted the following message to DOKKEN's official web site: "Hi everybody, it's been a long time since I've posted a note. As you know we've been on tour almost a year and a half, and a lot has happened during that time. Member changes tough tours and law suits to boot! After ...

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NIKKI SIXX Says He Is Speaking 'Daily' With MÖTLEY CRÜE Bandmates

As first reported here Saturday (August 9),MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has now officially confirmed that BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION, his collaboration with L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns, vocalist London LeGrand, and drummer Scot Coogan (ex-PAUL GILBERT, ONI LOGAN/ROWAN ROBERTSON, SINÉAD O'CONNOR),...

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Former JUDAS PRIEST Drummer Denies Sex Charges

Former JUDAS PRIEST drummer Dave Holland has appeared in court charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy, according to BBC News. Holland denies one charge of attempted rape and four of indecently assaulting the teenager (see our previous coverage: story#1, story#2). All of the alleged offen...

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DEFTONES Singer Refuses To Apologize For Barbed Comments: 'I Was Talking Truth'

DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno has refused to apologize for the barbed comments he's made in the press about KORN and his Summer Sanitarium tourmates METALLICA, LIMP BIZKIT and LINKIN PARK, saying that he was simply speaking the truth and insisting that he doesn't "give a shit" if anybody else was o...

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PROBOT Album Pushed Back To November

NIRVANA drummer and current FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl has have pushed back the release date of his much-anticipated metal side project PROBOT to November through Southern Lord Records. "It's not a platinum seller, it's not going to change the world," he told Time magazine. "It's just my tribu...