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Symphonies of Slackness
Australian metal fans seem to really love their grindcore and the bands playing the style more often than not get it right. CAPTAIN CLEANOFF is one of those bands. On the lightheartedly titled "Symphonies of Slackness", the boys do so with the pointed truculence of the forebears and a lyrical approa...January 12, 2009
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KATAKLYSM Frontman's EX DEO: New Demo Track Posted Online
EX DEO, the new band led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono, has posted a demo version of the track "Cry Havoc" on the group's MySpace page. The song will appear on the group's forthcoming debut album, "Romulus", tentatively due in September via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD is being produced by...January 11, 2009
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Former BLACK SABBATH Drummer BEV BEVAN Loves His Jag
Sunday Mercury reports that English rock musician Bev Bevan, who served as the touring drummer for BLACK SABBATH from 1983 to 1984 and played percussion on "The Eternal Idol" album in 1987, is drumming up support for the Jaguar Land Rover campaign. THE MOVE, ELO and BLACK SABBATH drummer owns a flee...January 10, 2009
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SKINDRED To Release 'Electric Avenue' This Monday
Welsh ragga-metallers SKINDRED will release "Electric Avenue", a cover of the classic EDDY GRANT song, through MySpace this Monday, January 12. "Electric Avenue" became a cross-Atlantic smash, topping the charts in both the U.S. and U.K. The original most recently gained notoriety by being prominent...January 10, 2009
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JUDAS PRIEST's K.K. DOWNING, GLENN TIPTON Talks 'Nostradamus', Metal Guitar
Greg Prato of GuitarSite.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarists K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GuitarSite.com: How did the idea of "Nostradamus" come up? Downing: I thought if we don't do [a concept album] now, maybe we won't...January 9, 2009
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DEAN ZELINSKY Unveils 68 New DBZ Guitar Models
DBZ Guitars, Inc. founders Dean Zelinsky and Jeff Diamant announced today the official launch of their debut web site, DBZGuitars.com. Zelinsky, who also founded and eventually sold Dean Guitars, is taking a decidedly more sophisticated direction with his 2009 guitar designs, while still evoking tho...January 8, 2009
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RHINO BUCKET Needs Your Help In 'Raising Dough' To Finish Album
RHINO BUCKET — the Bon Scott-era AC/DC sound-alike band that recorded two albums for Warner Bros./EMI back in '90 and '92 and an independent album in '94 with former AC/DC drummer Simon Wright — started recording a new CD last April for what was to be a fall release. Well, fall fell and Christmas ca...January 8, 2009
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AC/DC, METALLICA Among Top-Selling Artists Of 2008 In Canada
Nielsen SoundScan Canada, the entertainment industry's data information system that tracks point-of-purchase sales of recorded music product and Nielsen BDS, the music industry's leading music performance monitoring service, have announced their 2008 Canadian year-end sales and airplay monitoring da...January 7, 2009
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WARRANT Guitarist To Guest On MAJIC 100's 'Mitch Minute'
Guitarist Erik Turner of California rockers WARRANT will be the very special guest on the "Mitch Minute" on Friday, January 23 as part of "That '80s Show" hosted by Codi Jefferies on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's station Majic 100. Erik will discuss (among other things) the band's new DVD, "They Came Fr...January 7, 2009
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LIVING COLOUR: 'The Paris Concert' Two-CD Set Due In March
LIVING COLOUR's "The Paris Concert" two-CD set will be released on March 10 via Inakustik. The package features all the 17 songs from the band's July 2007 concert at the legendary New Morning in Paris, France which was released on DVD in November. The masters of groove deliver all their greatest hit...January 6, 2009
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SCOTT WEILAND's Musical Director: Why You Shouldn't Scream For STP Songs At WEILAND Solo Shows
Los Angeles-based producer/engineer/guitarist Doug Grean, who is a guitarist, keyboardist and musical director for STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland's live solo band, has issued the following update: "So we've finished the first set of [Scott Weiland solo] tour dates. These...January 6, 2009
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EDDIE VAN HALEN Talks EVH Wolfgang Guitar; Video Available
Eddie Van Halen was interviewed by USA Today about the all-new EVH Wolfgang electric guitar, which is being made available worldwide this month. The EVH Wolfgang guitar represents Eddie's 35 years of experimenting with guitars, over two years of intense research and development, and a full year of b...January 6, 2009
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METALLICA, MOTÖRHEAD Members Interviewed For New SAXON Documentary; Trailer Available
U.K.'s Coolhead Productions is working on a new documentary about the legendary British heavy metal band SAXON called "Heavy Metal Thunder - The Movie". The film, which is expected to be released later in the year, will include interviews with members of METALLICA and MOTÖRHEAD. A two-minute trailer...January 5, 2009
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SVARTSOT Guitarist 'Making A Fresh Start'
On December 17, 2008, Michael Lundquist Andersen (guitar),Niels Thøgersen (drums),Claus B. Gnudtzmann (vocals) and Martin Kielland-Brandt (bass) announced their departure from the Danish folk/viking metal act SVARTSOT. They explained in a statement, "We are sorry to announce that because of differ...January 5, 2009
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SCORPIONS Featuring Guest Appearance By SEPULTURA Guitarist: Pro-Shot Footage Available
Professionally filmed video footage of SCORPIONS' September 7, 2008 concert in Recife, Brazil can be viewed below. The show, which originally aired on Brazilian TV, featured guest appearances by the following musicians: Guests: Mikael Mutti (keyboards) Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA) (guitar) Daniela Agu...January 2, 2009
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