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TESTAMENT Guitarist: 'Every Now And Then, Life Tosses You Reminders That Nothing Is Certain'

TESTAMENT/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Alex Skolnick has issued the following update: "I haven't posted in a while, since I've been on tour with TSO, and had planned to write all about that. But last night, I got an e-mail with the awful news that the night before, Sean Webber had been struck...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Recalls She-Male Near-Encounter

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "The last couple of weeks I was obsessing madly over sex. I get into periods of it. Naturally, being me it's not the 'Gee, that girl has a fine rack' kind of obsessing. It's more, me walking past a ...

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JOURNEY, Ex-WHITESNAKE Members Jam At ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION Benefit Concert

Former SOUL SIRKUS bandmates Jeff Scott Soto (vocals; JOURNEY, TALISMAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),Neal Schon (guitar; JOURNEY) and Marco Mendoza (bass; WHITESNAKE, THIN LIZZY) reunited on Friday, January 5 for a jam at the annual ARF (Animal Rescue Foundation) benefit concert run by Tony LaRussa (coach of...

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Ex-DEEP PURPLE Frontman Recalls Getting AC/DC Kicked Off Stage At Australian Festival

WHITESNAKE/ex-DEEP PURPLE frontman David Coverdale recently recalled an incident when a then-little-known band called AC/DC was kicked off the stage following PURPLE's appearance at an Australian festival. Said Coverdale: "[DEEP] PURPLE went to Australia in 1974 for one show... Yes, ONE show. It was...

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Switzerland's KRUGER Completes Work On 'Ass-Hooking' New Album

Swiss noisemongers KRUGER have finished recording their third studio album, "Redemption through Looseness", at Belle Fontaine studios in Lausanne, Switzerland. Mixing duties were handled by Kurt Ballou at Godcity studios in Salem, Massachusetts. A late March release via Listenable Records is expecte...

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MORS PRINCIPIUM EST: New Music Posted Online

Two songs from the forthcoming third album from the Finnish melodic death/thrash metallers MORS PRINCIPIUM EST, entitled "Liberation = Termination", have been posted online on the group's MySpace page. Check out the tracks "The Oppressed Will Rise" and "Sinners Defeat" at this location. Due later th...

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CANNAE Parts Ways With Drummer, Seeks Replacement

According to MTV.com, CANNAE drummer Colin Conway has left the band, prompting the remaining members to launch a search for his replacement. Interested applicants should e-mail [email protected] for more information. Players must be able to practice on weekends at least twice a month, be willing t...

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LILLIAN AXE Signs With METRO CITY RECORDS

After an extended hiatus that left many fans wondering if they'd ever see the group up and running again, melodic metallists LILLIAN AXE have risen from the ashes and are preparing their first all-new studio album since 1993's highly regarded "Psychoschizophrenia". Led by founding guitarist Steve Bl...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: What Happened To The Snow?

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "So we haven't seen any snow yet this winter. At ALL. Global warming, someone? Nah... It's just, um... a warm year? "I am so tired of that lame excuse for the ridiculously over-consumption of the average Urban J...

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SEVENDUST: More Tour Dates Announced

SEVENDUST has announced more shows for its 57-date North American tour, scheduled to begin on February 8 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Support on the trek will come from DIECAST. The tour will be in support of the Atlanta-based band's sixth studio album, "Alpha", which arrives on March 6. The CD's first s...

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Vocalist STEVE WHITEMAN: KIX 'Is Still A Nice Big Cash Cow'

Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with FUNNY MONEY/ex-KIX frontman Steve Whiteman. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: How do you feel the music FUNNY MONEY creates compares to the music you recorded with KIX? Steve: "Well, initially, on all of the previous FUNNY MON...

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AMON AMARTH Frontman: 'We Keep Struggling, Keep Going Forward'

Jeffrey Easton of The Metal Exiles recently conducted an interview with AMON AMARTH frontman Johan Hegg. An excerpt from the chat follows: The Metal Exiles: The new record, "With Odin on Our Side", is a tremendous effort. Where did the title come from first off? Johan: I wrote the lyrics song before...

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MORS PRINCIPIUM EST: 'Liberation = Termination' Final Artwork Unveiled

Finnish melodic death/thrash metallers MORS PRINCIPIUM EST have posted the cover artwork for their third album, "Liberation = Termination", at this location. Due in early 2007 via Listenable Records, the follow-up to "The Unborn" was recorded at Astia Studio in Finland and was mastered at Imperial M...

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ATOMIZER Mainman Mourns Drummer's Passing

Mainman Jason Healey of the Australian black/death/thrash metallers ATOMIZER has issued the following announcement: "I am saddened to announce that my friend and bandmate, Suds [Aaren 'Suds' Suttil], is no longer of this mortal realm. I knew Suds for the last eight years, during which we played toge...

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ANIMOSITY To Enter Studio In April

San Francisco-based death metal/hardcore act ANIMOSITY will enter Godcity studios in Salem, Massachusetts in April 2007 with producer Kurt Ballou of CONVERGE to begin recording its new album, "Animal", for a late summer/early fall release via Black Market Activities. ANIMOSITY released its first dis...