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WHITE WIZZARD: Sacramento Footage Posted Online

Capital Chaos has posted video footage of the unsigned up-and-coming Los Angeles, California-based classic heavy metal band WHITE WIZZARD performing on January 12, 2008 at the Old Ironsides in Sacramento, California. Watch the clip below. Following in the massive boot-steps of metal giants such as J...

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OBITUARY: New Audio Interview, Concert Footage Available

France's Radio Metal conducted an interview with Frank Watkins (bass) and Ralph Santolla (guitar) of OBITUARY on January 16 in Lyon. Listen to the chat at this location. OBITUARY recently shot a video for the song "Evil Ways" with comic book stalwart and director Hart D. Fisher. Check out the photos...

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METAL SKOOL Joined By JESSICA SIMPSON, TONY ROMO At Hollywood Gig; Video Available

According to Access Hollywood, '80s metal/hard rock tribute band METAL SKOOL was joined by Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and his lady love, Jessica Simpson, during the group's Monday night (Janury 28) concert at the Key club in West Hollywood, California. After some less-than-friendly chants...

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OBITUARY Members Check In From Europe

OBITUARY vocalist John Tardy has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "The show [Saturday] night [January 26] in Glauchau [Germany] was totally sick and packed! We really appreciate all the support from our German fans. I think we have played like six shows in Germany and al...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: 'Global Warning' Artwork Revealed

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, has revealed the cover artwork for its upcoming album, "Global Warning", due in Europe on March 21 via AFM Records (Locomotive Records in the U.S.). JON OLIVA'S PAIN drummer Christopher Kinder stated about the CD, "Some of these songs...

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METAL SKOOL Performs On 'Tom Green Live'; Video Available

'80s metal/hard rock tribute band METAL SKOOL recently made an appearance on "Tom Green Live", an Internet-based talk show hosted by Tom Green, as the program's first-ever house band. Watch the footage below. METAL SKOOL's lineup includes guitarist "Satchel" (real name Russ Parrish; ex-FIGHT) and si...

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Former OBITUARY Guitarist ALLEN WEST Released From Prison

BLABBERMOUTH.NET has learned that former OBITUARY guitarist Allen West (prison photo) was released from the Gainesville Correctional Institution in Gainesville, Florida on January 19, 2008 after serving eight months for driving under the influence (DUI). According to Headbanger's Blog, West has had...

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Ex-CIRCLE II CIRCLE Guitarist Joins JON OLIVA'S PAIN As Touring Member

DORIAN/ex-CIRCLE II CIRCLE guitarist Tom McDyne has joined JON OLIVA'S PAIN — the solo project of SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva — as a touring member for the band's 2008 European headlining trek. In a recent interview with Metal Express Radio, McDyne stated about his collaboration with Oliva, "Jon O...

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WHITE WIZZARD: West Coast Dates Announced

The unsigned up-and-coming Los Angeles, California-based classic heavy metal band WHITE WIZZARD has lined up the following West Coast dates in support of its soon-to-be-released debut CD: Jan. 10 - ReTox Lounge - San Francisco, California Jan. 12 - Old Ironsides - Sacramento, California Jan. 13 - Th...

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OBITUARY Frontman Discusses ALLEN WEST's Departure

Justin Donnelly of Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with OBITUARY frontman John Tardy. A few excerpts from the chat follow: "The reaction to 'Xecutioner's Return' has been awesome. From the moment the promos went out to all the press and those people, everything has been p...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN Is 'The Closest Thing To SAVATAGE That You're Going To Get!'

Guitarist Ralph Santolla (OBITUARY, ex-DEICIDE, DEATH, ICED EARTH) has recorded a guest appearance on the new JON OLIVA'S PAIN album, "Global Warning", playing lead on two songs: "Adding the Cost" and "You'll Never Know". Comments JON OLIVA'S PAIN guitarist Matt LaPorte: "I am so psyched to have my...

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Heavy Metal Singer Who Had Sex With Underage Girl Banned From Public Playing

Mike Johnson of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: The rock 'n roll life of a 21-year-old heavy-metal musician who had a sexual encounter with an underage girl he met through MySpace.com came to a crashing halt Friday after a judge ordered him not to play in public for five years. Randall Shest...

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DEICIDE's GLEN BENTON Recording Vocals For 'Till Death Do Us Part'

As the temperature drops everywhere else in the country, things are only getting hotter in Florida as the recording of DEICIDE's 2008 release, "Till Death Do Us Part", grows ever closer to completion. DEICIDE bassist/vocalist Glen Benton entered the doors of Morrisound studios in Tampa this week to...

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DROWNING POOL Bassist Rushed To Hospital, Diagnosed With Bell's Palsy

DROWNING POOL bassist Stevie Benton was rushed to the hospital early this morning suffering from paralysis. Benton began to feel ill during last night's performance at Stone's Throw in Eau Claire, WI, and after the show was rushed to the Luther Midelfort Hospital where Christian F. Peterson MD, ED P...

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KEVIN DUBROW: 'The Tour Bus' Tribute To Air This Weekend

The rock and roll community lost one of its most colorful personalities with the sudden passing of QUIET RIOT vocalist and '80s icon Kevin DuBrow. Envision Radio Networks' "The Tour Bus", a nationally syndicated radio show featuring party rock bands from the '80s, '90s and today, remembers Kevin wit...