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Bassist ROGER NILSSON Quits THE QUILL

Bassist Roger Nilsson (ex-SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, FIREBIRD) has officially quit Sweden's THE QUILL. His statement on the matter reads as follows: "Well, I guess the cat is out of the bag. Yes it's true, I've decided to leave THE QUILL. After almost 12 years and four albums with the band I feel the need t...

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Peace Among the Ruins

Seventies-inspired melodic rock and roll is the order of the day on PRESTO BALLET's impressive debut album. Masterminded by METAL CHURCH axeman Kurdt Vanderhoof, and featuring most of the lineup from the 1997 VANDERHOOF album, PRESTO BALLET will go down a storm among fans of STYX, KANSAS, URIAH HEEP...

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Report: MÖTLEY CRÜE File Suit Against NBC For Banning Them Because Of An Expletive

The New York Times is reporting that MÖTLEY CRÜE filed suit against NBC Tuesday (May 24) alleging that the network violated the group's free-speech rights and weakened its sales by banning it after Vince Neil, the lead singer, used an expletive on the air in a Dec. 31 appearance on "The Tonight Show...

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KORN Frontman Says New Album Is 'Funky, Heavy And Dark'

Despite previous reports to the contrary, the title of KORN's forthcoming CD is not "Souvenir of Sadness". KORN frontman Jonathan Davis has told MTV.com that the upcoming disc hasn't been given a proper title just yet; although, he admits, "Souvenir of Sadness", one of the album's cuts, is in the ru...

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DAN LILKER To DAVE MUSTAINE: 'Break Up MEGADETH And Pursue Your New Love For Jesus On Your Own'

NUCLEAR ASSAULT/ex-ANTHRAX bassist Dan Lilker has slammed MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine for threatening to pull out of several festival appearances in Greece and Israel because two of the support acts on the bill were "full-on Satanic" bands called ROTTING CHRIST and DISSECTION. Mustaine, who conve...

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SUIDAKRA Explain Split With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

Metal Temple magazine recently conducted an interview with SUIDAKRA vocalist/guitarist Arkadius. An excerpt from the interview follows: Metal Temple: Can you tell us what happened with Century Media [Records]? Arkadius: "Yes, of course. As I have mentioned before there were several problems with the...

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MESHUGGAH To Return To 'More Traditional' Songwriting Approach On Next Album

Blistering.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with MESHUGGAH drummer Tomas Haake. Several excerpts from the interview follow: On the criticism that the new group's new album, "Catch Thirty Three", is yet another confusing slab of extreme music: "Confusing? That's great! (Laughs) I don't kn...

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ALICE COOPER To MICHAEL JACKSON: Lose The Lipstick

The New York Post's "Page Six" reports: A novel take on the Michael Jackson trial, from rocker Alice Cooper: "He can't possibly go to any jail that exists right now," Cooper tells itv.com. "My idea was that they build him a fantasy jail like Captain Hook's ship because he's so into this Peter Pan th...

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LULLACRY Guitarist: New Album Will Be 'More Rock-Oriented'

LULLACRY guitarist Sami Vauhkonen has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "I just came back from Astia studio for the last time, considering the upcoming masterpiece. "Whooa, I can say that I've been waiting this day to happen for a while… Anssi [Kippo, engineer/producer]...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist: New Album Sounds 'Huge'

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "I am writing this studio update in Derbyshire, U.K …breathing in the fresh country air and looking at cows and sheep in the fields! Yes, we have moved to Andy Sneap in England for the mixing of the...

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VELVET REVOLVER Frontman Hits Back At 'Dishonest' Journalists

VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland has issued the following statement: "Lately I have felt an increasing need to set the record straight since false information and gross distortions continue to get proliferated through the media in many forms by dishonest and disingenuous writers/journalists wh...

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DISSECTION To DAVE MUSTAINE: 'We Are The Antithesis To Cowards Like You'

Reactivated Swedish death metallers DISSECTION have officially cancelled their previously announced appearance at the Metalist Festival in Israel. A statement on the matter from DISSECTION mainman Jon Nödtveidt reads as follows: "I unfortunately have to inform you about the fact that DISSECTION have...

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WHITESNAKE Announce New Bassist

WHITESNAKE have announced the addition of bassist Uriah Duffy to the group's ranks. This young up-and-coming bassist has established himself as one of the few top-choice working musicians in all of the California Bay Area, having previously played with CARMINE APPICE/PAT TRAVERS, CHRISTINA AGUILERA,...

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Photos Of DAVID WAYNE Requested For Online Tribute

DAVID WAYNE'S METAL CHURCH webmaster Brian has posted the following message on the METAL CHURCH discussion board: "We truly appreciate the outpouring of support. It is quite apparent that David is still remembered when the name METAL CHURCH is uttered. "I would like to create a tribute in honor of D...

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EDGUY Hard At Work On New EP

German melodic metallers EDGUY are hard at work on their new EP, "Superheroes", tentatively due in September via Nuclear Blast Records. Producing the effort is Sascha Paeth (KAMELOT, AINA, RHAPSODY) at the Gate Studio in Wolfsburg. Apart from the mid-tempo title track none of the featured songs will...