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Former NEVERMORE/TESTAMENT Guitarist Issues THE ESSENESS PROJECT Debut

THE ESSENESS PROJECT, which features in its ranks acclaimed guitarist Steve Smyth (NEVERMORE, DRAGONLORD, TESTAMENT, VICIOUS RUMORS),will release its debut album on November 5 through Smyth's own Two Louder Music label. The CD was mixed by Kent Matcke (METALLICA, JOE SATRIANI, SAMMY HAGAR) at his P...

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EXODUS Guitarist: 'I'm Not Interested In Sounding Like I Did In 1985'

Peter Jandréus of Sweden's Critical Mass recently conducted an interview with EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Critical Mass: Tom Hunting is back behind the drums on the new album. What happened to Paul (Bostaph)? Gary: Well, you know, nothing happened to Paul. All th...

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TESTAMENT, RUDY SARZO, GRAHAM BONNET: NAMM Interview Snippets Posted Online

A three-minute sampler of the thrilling conclusion of Reality Check TV's coverage of the 2007 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) convention — featuring interviews with members of LAAZ ROCKIT, THE RUFFIANS, TESTAMENT, DUBLIN DEATH PATROL, DIO's Rudy Sarzo, Graham Bonnet (ex-RAINBOW, MSG)...

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HATCHET Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of Bay Area thrashers HATCHET. According to a press release, HATCHET is "an onslaught of five thrash metal fanatics from the San Francisco Bay Area; a starting point for infamous thrash bands like METALLICA, EXODUS, TESTAMENT, and VIO-LENCE, just to name...

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LACUNA COIL Guitarist Joins EXTREMA For MOTÖRHEAD Cover

Long Live Rock n Roll has uploaded fan-filmed video footage of the Italian thrash metal band EXTREMA performing a cover of MOTÖRHEAD's "Ace of Spades" with LACUNA COIL's Marco "Maus" Biazzi guesting on second guitar. The footage was filmed this past Saturday (October 27) at Alcatraz in Milan, Italy...

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DUBLIN DEATH PATROL Schedules Mexico City Concert

DUBLIN DEATH PATROL (DDP) — the new band featuring TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy and former EXODUS vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza — has scheduled a concert at Hard Rock Live in Mexico City, Mexico on January 28, 2008. Fan-filmed video footage of DUBLIN DEATH PATROL (DDP) performing at the Underworld in...

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WOE OF TYRANTS Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announce the signing of Chillicothe, Ohio's WOE OF TYRANTS. According to a press release, WOE OF TYRANTS is "comprised of five guys dead-set on playing metal the way they want to, never listening or caring what scene they belong to or what sells the most records; who mix the...

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GORGOROTH Recruits Drummer NICK BARKER For European Tour

Nick Barker (ex-DIMMU BORGIR, CRADLE OF FILTH, TESTAMENT) will play drums on GORGOROTH's upcoming tour across Europe beginning November 2007. In addition to Nick, guitarist Teloch (NIDINGR, UMORAL, 1349) will again return to GORGOROTH's live assault, while guitarist Sykelig completes the group's 200...

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Ex-CRADLE OF FILTH/DIMMU BORGIR Drummer NICK BARKER Available For Session Work

Drummer Nick Barker (ex-CRADLE OF FILTH, DIMMU BORGIR, TESTAMENT) is offering his professional drumming services for any serious/working bands out there in the metal universe that require a studio or touring session player in the very near future. "Now that I'm not involved in the whole TESTAMENT th...

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DETHKLOK Bassist Shreds The Axe; Video Available

A seven-minute video clip of bassist Bryan Beller (STEVE VAI) is performing as William Murderface from DETHKLOK and teaching metal and thrash bass techniques can be viewed below (video courtesy of FPE-TV). DETHKLOK's "The Dethalbum" CD features several full-length songs from Adult Swim's most metal...

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THE CULT: UK Dates Announced

THE CULT has scheduled the following UK dates: Feb. 22 - Forum London Feb. 28 - Carling Academy Birmingham Mar. 01 - Manchester Academy Vocalist Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy of THE CULT will guest on controversial national talk radio host Bubba the Love Sponge's weekday show on Tuesday, Oct...

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MEGADETH Mainman Checks In From Indonesia

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "Well, as if the making of the Gigantour 2006 DVD wasn't stressful enough, this morning in Indonesia, where I am en route to at the moment, had another 6.0 earthquake. "I can only...

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THE ABSENCE Parts Ways With Drummer

Drummer Jeramie Kling has left Tampa, Florida's THE ABSENCE due to personal differences. The band has reportedly recruited another drummer from the Tampa metal scene for its upcoming tour with DYING FETUS which is scheduled to kick off November 1 in Baltimore. HeavyMetalSource.com conducted an inter...

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New KORN Song To Coincide With Launch Of 'Haze' Video Game

According to HEXUS.gaming, Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, has announced that the multi-platinum selling, ground-breaking hard rock band KORN has written and recorded an original song inspired by Ubisoft's upcoming Haze video game. The song will be launched to radio and vi...

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MICK MARS, GARY HOLT, JAMES MURPHY Interview Clips From NAMM Posted Online

Reality Check TV has just posted a three-minute sampler of its coverage of this year's National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) convention, which took place in January 2007. You'll see interviews with Jerry Only (MISFITS),ICARUS WITCH, USURPER, Tommy Bolin (WARLOCK, NYC),James Murphy (ex-TES...