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Age of Tyranny

Throughout their long and storied career, PRO-PAIN has clung to their metallic hardcore formula with dogged tenacity, long before anyone talked about "crossover" (in the 1990s sense) or "metalcore." There have been times where it seemed like the band was phoning it in, but they really turned a corne...

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VELVET REVOLVER Guitarist SLASH Discusses Making Of 'Libertad'

Guitarist magazine recently conducted an interview with former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Guitarist: What can we expect from you on "Libertad"? Slash: "I actually spent from August to when the record was finished listening to nothi...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Checks In From HEAVEN AND HELL Tour

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has issued the following update: "I write to you from the beautiful city of Cleveland, Ohio in the United States of muthafuckin' America. We have been out with the HEAVEN AND HELL and MEGADETH guys now for almost three weeks, and man, what can I say... it's pretty...

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OVERKILL Founder RAT SKATES Revisits Thrash Metal's Old School In New Film

"Born in the Basement", a documentary from filmmaker/OVERKILL founder Rat Skates, will be released on May 12, 2007 by Kundrat Productions. Written and narrated by Skates, this is an autobiographical journey that begins in 1980, when the East Coast of North America experienced a massive culture clash...

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JÄGERMEISTER Mobile Stage Showcases PEAVEY VERSARRAY Sound System At OZZFEST 2007

Jägermeister has chosen a Peavey Versarray line array sound system and 207,000 watts of Crest Audio power to make its state-of-the-art traveling stage scream at Ozzfest 2007. Housed in a 44-foot trailer that opens into a fully self-contained stage measuring 34 feet wide, 16 feet deep and 20 feet hig...

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CIRCUS OF POWER: Video Interview Available

A short video interview with CIRCUS OF POWER's Alex Mitchell (vocals) and Marc Frappier (bass),conducted by Reality Check TV, has been posted online at YouTube. CIRCUS OF POWER has announced a "20th anniversary show" in Los Angeles at The Knitting Factory on June 1. The concert will be the first in...

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PREJUDICE: New Album Update

Belgian death metallers PREJUDICE recently returned to Excess studio in Rotterdam, Holland to begin recording the vocals for their fourth album, due later in the year via Greece's Sleaszy Rider Records. Mixing duties will be handled by Tue Madsen at his Antfarm studios in Århus, Denmark. Artwork wil...

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QUEEN Guitarist BRIAN MAY Rules Out Reality TV Casting

QUEEN guitarist Brian May, a co-producer and musical supervisor on "We Will Rock You", fashioned around 31 of QUEEN's greatest hits, revealed in an interview with Whatsonstage.com that his team have been approached about doing a similar TV program for their musical, which celebrates its fifth birthd...

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THE PANIC CHANNEL Goes 'On Hiatus'

THE PANIC CHANNEL/ex-JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro has issued the following update: "I have been asked a lot about the music lately, so here is the latest. Steve Isaacs [THE PANIC CHANNEL frontman] has decided to move to New York and begin a new chapter of his life. We wish him the best of...

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MARILYN MANSON On SLAYER Tour: 'I Think Our Differences Complement Each Other'

Marilyn Manson told MTV.com that there was a point not too long ago — but before news of the dissolution of his marriage to Dita Von Teese went public in late January — that he realized he just didn't want to live anymore. His life was in utter turmoil, he had hit a ...

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KONKHRA To Re-Record New Album Tracks

Guitarist/vocalist Anders Lundemark of the Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA revealed yesterday that the band has encountered technical difficulties in completing its long-awaited new album. According to Anders, "the harddrive with our new record on is fucked. Apparently the backup disk has rewritten...

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GOON MOON Featuring NINE INCH NAILS, MASTERS OF REALITY Members: New Song Available

GOON MOON, the project featuiring Jeordie White (NINE INCH NAILS, ex-MARILYN MANSON) and Chris Goss (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE producer, MASTERS OF REALITY mainman),will release its full-length debut, "Lickers Last Leg", on May 8 via Mike Patton's (FAITH NO MORE) Ipecac Recordings. According to a pre...

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KONKHRA's Studio Nightmare

Guitarist/vocalist Anders Lundemark of the Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA has issued the following update: "'Studio Nightmage' nust be an appropiate title for the little story I'm about to vomit: The harddrive with our new record on is fucked. Apparently the backup disk has rewritten every file un...

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SCOTT WEILAND's 'Beautiful Day' Chosen As First Single Off 'Bug' Movie Soundtrack

VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland's solo track "Beautiful Day" will reportedly be the first single off the "Bug" movie soundtrack. The CD, which will be released on May 22 through Lions Gate Entertainment, will also include new music from SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Serj Tankian. "Bug" (cover) movie sou...

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LIFE OF AGONY Guitarist Admits 'Broken Valley' Was Heavily Influenced By VELVET REVOLVER

Metal Israel recently conducted an interview with LIFE OF AGONY guitarist Joey Z. An excerpt from the chat follows: Metal Israel: Let me ask you. "River Runs Red" is an album that got me through school, got me through a lot. But…well… it's negative as hell, brother! I understand what you're saying,...