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Report: Heavy Metal And Jazz Meet At The Extremes

Greg Burk of the Los Angeles Times reports: The common factors between metal and jazz? Technique: the wonderfully unnatural feats the human limbs and brain are forced to accomplish when running down riffs at quicksilver speed, or playing 11th chords in 11/8 time. Improvisation: Always at the root of...

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BRUCE KULICK Checks In From GRAND FUNK RAILROAD Tour

Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick has posted a lengthy update on his web site regarding his recent activities. An excerpt follows: "I have been rocking with GRAND FUNK in so many cities it is hard to remember what state I am in. The wonders of flying for sure... exce...

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CONSTRUCDEAD To Headline Sweden's PRETZEL TOWN FESTIVAL

Swedish metallers CONSTRUCDEAD have been confirmed as the first-night headliners of the three-day Pretzel Town Festival, set to take place August 16-18 at Stadsparken in Södertälje, Sweden. For more information, click here. CONSTRUCDEAD is scheduled to enter the studio later in the year to record it...

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WARPED Tour Organizer Says 'Free' OZZFEST Is Nothing But 'A Ploy'

Alan Sculley of KansasCity.com reports: In 1996 Ozzfest became the first full-fledged touring heavy metal festival. This year, courtesy of select sponsors, it's the first free major festival tour. OZZY OSBOURNE, LORDI and HATEBREED are fronting the bill that's stopping Monday at Verizon. It's obviou...

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KISS Guitarist TOMMY THAYER Rocks For Charity

Nancy Townsley of The Forest Grove News-Times reports: In or out of makeup, Tommy Thayer is a colorful guy. The Beaverton native and lead guitarist for the rock band KISS has no shortage of gigs on his electronic calendar. Last week he was on stage in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., performing in a ...

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CHEVELLE Announces New Tour Dates

Launch Radio Networks reports: CHEVELLE has announced a new set of tour dates for the late summer and early fall, beginning on August 25 in Graylake, Illinois. The trio has shows confirmed through September 16 in Dayton, Ohio. CHEVELLE is touring in support of its fourth album, "Vena Sera". Followin...

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Hardworlder

After stumbling drunkenly into a club one evening and experiencing the vintage heavy metal bombast (with stunning and tight dual-guitar fireworks) of SLOUGH FEG I decided it was high time to check out a band that I've heard a slew of critics and fans raving about. And boy, were those fans and critic...

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Short Sharp Shock

There sure are a lot of youngster picking up ye olde thrash gauntlet and going the old school route. Considering Earache's grand slam in picking up the mighty MUNICIPAL WASTE it should come as no surprise that England's thrash punkers SSS have also found a home on the storied label. The strain of th...

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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Added To Japan's SUMMER SONIC Festival

Long-running Venice Beach, California thrash/punk band SUICIDAL TENDENCIES has been added to the Summer Sonic festival in Japan in early August. Also scheduled to appear are THE OFFSPRING, MOTÖRHEAD and AVENGED SEVENFOLD, among many others. The details are as follows: Aug. 11 - Osaka, Japan @ Maishi...

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ROCK FEST Counterfeit Ticket Scam Uncovered

Rod Stetzer of Chippewa Falls, WI's Chippewa.com reports: A man affiliated with one of the bands playing at Rock Fest in Cadott has been arrested Friday for selling counterfeit VIP tickets to the fest. A small amount of what was thought to be be meth was also found in a search of Randy ...

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Report: ALICE COOPER And Partners Dream Big For Phoenix Area Teens

Lawn Griffiths of EastValleyTribune.com reports: His four decades of shock-rock music with snakes slithering across his shoulders, fake blood and macabre black makeup would not suggest Alice Cooper entertains thoughts about providing a haven of activities for teens on a Christian college campus. But...

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BRAND NEW SIN: New Song Posted Online

Syracuse-based quintet BRAND NEW SIN has posted a new song, entitled "Let Me Down", on the band's MySpace page. The track was recorded in El Paso, Texas with producer Tony Battaglia. A video interview with BRAND NEW SIN, conducted recently by Possum from Altitude TV's "Metalogy 101" show, has been p...

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Former MORDRED Singer PAUL KIMBALL Interviewed

Mordred - The Band, a blog dedicated to spreading information on the late '80s/early '90s San Francisco Bay Area funk-metallers MORDRED, recently conducted an interview with Paul Kimball, who sang on MORDRED's "The Next Room" album. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Q: What did you do befor...

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MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY, THROWDOWN, SANCTITY: More Tour Dates Announced

MACHINE HEAD and ARCH ENEMY will team up for "The Black Tyranny Tour" beginning in early September. Support on the trek will come from THROWDOWN and SANCTITY. MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn states: "Man, it's just an endless stream of good news here in MACHINE HEAD-land, we are so fucking stoked t...

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SINGLE BULLET THEORY, ASHES OF YOUR ENEMY Confirmed For INDIANAPOLIS METAL FEST

SINGLE BULLET THEORY and ASHES OF YOUR ENEMY have been confirmed for the Indianapolis Metal Fest, set to take place September 22 at two different venues — KOC Grand Ballroom and Birdie's Live, both in Indianapolis, Indiana. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: OBITUARY FULL BLOWN CHAOS ALA...