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GWAR Frontman 'Officially' Confirms Band's Participation In 'Viva La Bands' Tour

GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus has issued the following update: "Humans, it is I, your Master, Oderus, lead singer of the most violent band in metal history, the mighty GWAR, with the latest update on our progress in the destruction of your world! "We are pleased to smugly announce our continuing rava...

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WITH PASSION Calls It Quits

Guitarist Jeff Morgan of the Sacramento-based technical metalcore outfit WITH PASSION has issued the following update: "Yes, it's true. September 22 [at the Underground in Roseville, California] is planned to be the last show we ever play as WITH PASSION. Many of you seem very upset by this, but it...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman: 'This Album Has No Barriers Between The Listener And Me'

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian recently spoke to Kerrang! magazine about his forthcoming solo album, "Elect the Dead", due out October 23 via Serjical Strike/Reprise Records. Serj: "It's definitely a rock record," explained Tankian. "It's a moving album with lots of up's and down, starts and...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist Reflecting On Life

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has issued the following update: "After the gig in Belgium we went to Holland. The two shows were really good; they were the only gigs we did on those countries, all sold out! We left Holland to a long trip till Spain, more precisely in Huesca, Aragon. We arrived a...

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Full Circle

It is difficult not to feel for a band that lost a member in Dave Williams so tragically, especially after such a rapid ascendancy to the top of the modern hard rock world with "Sinner". Replacing a singer with Williams' all-around presence is a near impossibility and though I've not heard sophomore...

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Live Consternation

Not a lot of surprises on this live set from the masters of dark, depressive heavy rock — unless you count the missing songs. It's understood that KATATONIA uses a lot of effects and production wizardry to create their mournful, massive melodies in the studio, and that some of those songs won't tran...

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God Luck and Good Speed

It is about damn time that the gods of leafy sludge boogie and doom destruction dropped its third release into the laps of the dedicated and the resin-coated. After several years of label searches and recording interruptions, due in part to vocalist/bassist Dixie Dave Collins' involvement in several...

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DEVILDRIVER Frontman: 'I Want To Do Something That's Not What's Popular Right Now'

FMQB recently conducted an interview with DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara. An excerpt from the chat follows: FMQB: You guys keep getting heavier with each album. What is the reason behind the progression? Dez: Personally, it's where I always wanted to go. When we first started the band everyone was...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO To Appear On New TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Album

Legendary hard rock vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN) has issued the following update via his official newsletter: "Jeff has just returned from Florida after spending a few days with the TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA creator and producer Paul O'Neill. It seems Jeff will be a...

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HATE ETERNAL Adds Second Guitarist

HATE ETERNAL has announced the addition of Shaune Kelley as the band's second guitarist. Commented leader Erik Rutan: "Shaune and I played together in for RIPPING CORPSE for over five years before my involvement in MORBID ANGEL and HATE ETERNAL, and have been friends for over 20 years. "I am totally...

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DETHKLOK: 'Dethalbum' Details Revealed

On September 25, Adult Swim will unleash the brand-new CD from legendary metal band DETHKLOK on an unsuspecting public. "Dethalbum" features several full-length songs from Adult Swim's most metal animated series "Metalocalypse" plus all-new tracks. To coincide with the premiere of the second season...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist Schedules Signing Session In Illinois

DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess will take part in a signing session at: Sam Ash Music 7780 South Cicero Ave. Burbank, IL 60459 708-499-3485 Date: Friday, August 10, 2007 Time: 12 noon to 1 p.m. For directions and more information, visit Sam Ash Music's web site. Magna Carta Records has set a...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO Performs With Y&T In California

Legendary hard rock vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN, JOURNEY) joined Y&T on stage this past Saturday, August 4 at the second of two special sold-out shows at the Little Fox in Redwood City, California that were arranged just for the longtime fans of the band. "There were man...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist: 'Free Tibet!'

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has issued the following update: "The show in Jena [Germany] was great — completely sold out with an amazing crowd. Danke Jena! Went to Cologne, it was very good also with two great opening bands: LAST ONE DYING and BORN FOR PAIN. "After Germany we went to France t...

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ENTOMBED Frontman: 'We're A Metal Band, And We'll Always Be'

ENTOMBED vocalist L.G. Petrov, in the second of two interviews (read the first at this location),recently spoke to Lucem Fero's Welsh interviewer Anthony Morgan. Topics of discussion included the circumstances surrounding the departure of guitarist Uffe Cederlund (current DISFEAR guitarist),the in...