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SCOTT IAN On THE DAMNED THINGS: 'Nobody Cares Who's In The Band If You Make A Crappy Record'

Scott Ian of ANTHRAX and Joe Trohman of FALL OUT BOY recently spoke to MTV News about THE DAMNED THINGS — their collaborative project with Andy Hurley (FALL OUT BOY),Rob Caggiano (ANTHRAX) and Keith Buckley (EVERY TIME I DIE),Josh Newton (EVERY TIME I DIE). "It's gratifying," Trohman stated about...

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LAZARUS A.D.: New Album Details Revealed

Midwest thrashers LAZARUS A.D. have set "Black Rivers Flow" as the title of their second full-length album, due on February 1, 2011 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded in July and August 2010 at Belle City Sound with Chris Wisco and was mixed and mastered by James Murphy at Safehouse Produc...

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BLOOD MONEY Singer, JIM CARREY's Daughter Split

According to In Touch, Alex Santana, the singer of the Los Angeles-based death metal band BLOOD MONEY, has split from actor Jim Carrey's rock musician daughter Jane Carrey only a year after their wedding. "The couple will remain friends, as well as devoted parents to their 9-month-old son, Jackson R...

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From the Devil's Tomb

This is a big deal. I mean the follow up to 2009's superb "Drakonian Paradigm", one of the best black metal releases of that year. It was the album on which vocalist/guitarist/leader Vetis Monarch established WEAPON as a force to be reckoned with on the planetary scene, owing to his mystical and uni...

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High as the Sun

Good stoner rock/doom albums often have a way of slowly but surely overtaking the listener until you — at the risk of sounding terribly cheesy and cliché — become one with the album. Long trips down the existential highway in and of themselves accomplish nothing, except fatigue, earache, and dementi...

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FRANTIC AMBER: New Five-Song Demo Released

Stockholm, Sweden-based all-girl metal band FRANTIC AMBER has released a new five-song demo, "Wrath Of Judgement", via the group's revamped MySpace page and official web site. According to a press release, FRANTIC AMBER has "in a short period of time . . . risen from unknowns to be courted by smalle...

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DREAM THEATER's JORDAN RUDESS Announces 'Musical Mind Meld' Supergroup Event

DREAM THEATER's keyboardist Jordan Rudess and drum great Marco Minnemann appear on the BandCrashers.com platform in a two-hour live online streaming performance on December 15, 2010, from Chicago's premier Plant 10 Studios, at 8 p.m. CST (9 p.m. EST and 6 p.m. PST). The "Musical Mind Meld" features...

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PAUL STANLEY Joins 'NOH8' Campaign

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley has joined the "NOH8" campaign, started by American fashion photographer Adam Bouska as a response to Proposition 8, the notorious initiative that passed in 2008 and banned same-sex marriage in California. The "NOH8" campaign is a silent protest made up of photog...

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MAX CAVALERA Says PAULO JR. Didn't Play Bass On Any Early SEPULTURA Recordings

Cody Thomas of Revolver magazine recently conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, SEPULTURA). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Revolver: A few years ago, you reunited with [your brother and former SEPULTURA bandmate] Igor to form the CAVALERA CONSPIRAC...

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SYMFONIA: More Video Interviews Posted Online

Video interviews with bassist Jari Kainulainen (STRATOVARIUS, EVERGREY),keyboardist Mikko Härkin (SONATA ARCTICA, KOTIPELTO) and drummer Uli Kusch (MASTERPLAN, HELLOWEEN) about their new SYMFONIA project can be viewed below. SYMFONIA features former members of HELLOWEEN, STRATOVARIUS, ANGRA and SON...

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DRAGONFORCE Guitarist Says Band Has Yet To Choose New Lead Singer

DJ Marco Garavelli of the Italian web site LineaRock conducted an interview with Herman Li, guitarist, songwriter and producer of the Grammy-nominated British extreme epic power metal band DRAGONFORCE, in late November during Li's Italian clinic tour. When asked about DRAGONFORCE's split with lead s...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'Relentless' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Relentless", the new album from the legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, sold around 1,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. Yngwie's previous CD, "Perpetual Flame", opened with around 2,000 units back in October 2008, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Released on Nov...

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FIREBALL MINISTRY: Self-Titled Album To Be Made Available On Vinyl

Hard rock foursome FIREBALL MINISTRY will release the 180-gram white vinyl pressing of its March 2010 self-titled album, "Fireball Ministry" on December 22, 2010 via Restricted Release. Known by fans and critics alike as an uncompromising, unpretentious and entirely authentic hard rock force, FIREBA...

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SLIPKNOT Percussionist's THE BLACK DOTS OF DEATH Releases Video, New Song

After making their debut to the world last week, THE BLACK DOTS OF DEATH continue their attack on the status quo by releasing both a new song and video today. The "Let's Get Fucked Up" clip was directed by Fist Fight Films and can be viewed at this location (a teaser can be ...

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SODOM Parts Ways With Drummer

German thrash metal veterans SODOM have released the following statement: "After personal and private problems between Tom [bassist/vocalist Thomas 'Angelripper' Such] and Bobby [Schottkowski; drums], it was decided, by mutual agreement, to end the cooperation between SODOM and the drummer Bobby Sch...