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MICHAEL MONROE Taps Legendary Producer JACK DOUGLAS For New Solo Album

Former HANOI ROCKS singer Michael Monroe has tapped legendary producer Jack Douglas (AEROSMITH, JOHN LENNON, CLUTCH, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, NEW YORK DOLLS) to helm his new solo album, tentatively due in early 2011. Monroe and his band spent a week earlier this month writing and recording demos at the Sea...

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VOYAGER Signs With CREATOR-DESTRUCTOR RECORDS

Creator-Destructor Records has announced the signing of Massachussetts' ambient-doom masters VOYAGER. The band plans to enter Planet Z studios in Hadley, Massachusetts with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris (SHADOWS FALL, THE ACACIA STRAIN, ARSIS) to begin recording its new album for an early 2011 relea...

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PANTERA: Previously Unreleased Track Available For Streaming

A previously unreleased PANTERA track, "The Will to Survive", can now be streamed on the band's official Facebook page (at "music" tab). Also available is a custom "Cowboys From Hell" 20th-anniversary edition listening party featuring the following songs: * Cowboys From Hell (Disc 1) * Psycho Holida...

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FILTER: New Video Interview With RICHARD PATRICK

Ben Main of STEREO JUGGERNAUT and The Wicked Witch of Sonic Shocks recently conducted an interview with FILTER mainman Richard Patrick. You can now watch the chat in four parts below. "The Trouble With Angels", the fifth studio album from FILTER, sold around 6,300 copies in the United States in its...

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DEVILDRIVER: Ninth 'Chapter' Of Full-Length Documentary Posted Online

Filmmaker Daniel J. Burke (a.k.a. Bruce Wayne),sole proprietor of Mbarrier Productions at House of Slor Studios in Southern California, has uploaded the ninth of around 25 parts (see below) of a recently completed full-length DEVILDRIVER documentary. Eight years in the making, the documentary — ent...

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LIV KRISTINE: Audio Samples Of Four Solo Tracks Posted Online

Audio samples of four tracks ("Twofold", "Train to Somewhere", "The Rarest Flower" and "Love in Grey") from "Skintight", the new solo album from the Norwegian singer Liv Kristine (LEAVES' EYES, ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY),can be streamed on her MySpace page. Kristine's track-by-track descriptions of the...

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VOIVOD: Nottingham Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of VOIVOD performing the song "Ravenous Medicine" on August 9, 2010 at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham, England can be viewed below (courtesy of Dave Ingham a.k.a. YouTube user "triptykon"). VOIVOD has scheduled a special free performance on Saturday, September 4 in Montreal,...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO To Be Honored At First-Ever CLASSIC GOLD MUSIC AWARDS

Legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio — best known for his work with BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW and his own band DIO — will be posthumously honored at the first-ever Classic Gold Music Awards (CGMA),set to take place August 27-30 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Flor...

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BEN MOODY: The Truth About Why I Left EVANESCENCE And Formed WE ARE THE FALLEN

EVANESCENCE co-founder Ben Moody (guitar),who last year formed a soundalike band called WE ARE THE FALLEN with other former EVANESCENCE members (John LeCompt on guitar and Rocky Gray on drums) along with "American Idol" powerhouse vocalist Carly Smithson and bassist Marty O'Brien (DISTURBED, KELLY...

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MELECHESH Mainman Talks About Forthcoming Album In New Video Interview

The Wicked Witch of Sonic Shocks recently conducted an interview with mainman and founding member Ashmedi of Sumerian thrashing black metallers MELECHESH. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. MELECHESH's fifth album, "The Epigenesis", will be released on October 1 via Nuclear Blast Records...

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PANTERA: Previously Unreleased Track To Make Online Debut Next Monday

A previously unreleased PANTERA track, "The Will to Survive", will make its online debut on August 30 at noon EST on the band's official Facebook page. To celebrate the 20-year anniversary of PANTERA's classic major-label debut, "Cowboys From Hell", the band's official webstore is offering a limited...

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SHAGRATH Says DIMMU BORGIR Is Now Officially A 'Three-Piece' Band

The Wicked Witch of Sonic Shocks conducted an interview with vocalist Shagrath (real name: Stian Tomt Thoresen) of Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR on August 23, 2010 in London, England. You can now watch the chat below. When asked which musicians will be included in the band's new t...

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DAVE MUSTAINE On Why He Didn't Attend METALLICA's HALL OF FAME Induction

Ryan Stewart of SuicideGirls.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. SuicideGirls.com: Did you ever lose anything important that you attribute to drugs? Mustaine: Yes, a lot of things. My job in METALLICA. I also died...

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KORN Touring Guitarist SHANE GIBSON Departs For Solo Project

KORN touring guitarist Shane Gibson has announced his departure from the band to pursue his solo project, the Los Angeles-based aggressive-progressive, experimental, instrumental metal power trio STORK, with "super drummer" Thomas Lang. Combining thrash metal with progressive rock, STORK's self-titl...

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CRYSTAL VIPER: 'Legends' Artwork Unveiled

Polish female-fronted traditional heavy metal act CRYSTAL VIPER will release its brand new studio album titled "Legends" on October 22 via AFM Records. As the title suggests, all the lyrics on the CD are based on the original Polish legends from the middle ages. The effort was recorded and mixed at...