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TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK Featured In New THE RIGHT TO ROCK Podcast

TheRightToRock.com has has issued its latest podcast (episode #7) featuring TESTAMENT/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA lead guitarist Alex Skolnick. Hosts Genghis and Ragman discuss everything from TESTAMENT to TSO with Alex, plus a little more. The interview is approximately 25 minutes long. Genghis and Ra...

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THE BERZERKER: 'Animosity' Limited Edition To Include Free Bonus Live CD

Australian grind deviants THE BERZERKER have announced a limited edition version of the upcoming album "Animosity", which includes a free bonus live CD recorded on the recent U.K. headline tour. The band's live set at London's Dome on December 16, 2006 was captured live by Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH...

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AFTER FOREVER: New Album Will Be A Self-Titled Affair

According to an article on the Dutch web site Metalfan.nl, the title of the forthcoming AFTER FOREVER album will be simply "After Forever" and NOT "Energized", as was previously reported. The song "Discord" will feature the Prague Symphonic Orchestra, while vocalist Doro Pesch can be heard dueting w...

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SPEAKERS FOR THE DEAD Guitarist Succumbs To Cancer

SPEAKERS FOR THE DEAD, a Fresno, California-based band that combines heavy metal, hard rock and brutal hardcore with alternate singing and shouting, has issued the following statement: "It is with an extremely heavy heart that we write this, but our brother Jason Garcia (guitarist for GRYP and SPEAK...

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Ex-CONTROL DENIED Frontman Talks About CHUCK SCHULDINER, Power Metal's Resurgence

Dom Coccaro of the Associated Content recently conducted an interview with former CONTROL DENIED and current PHARAOH frontman Tim Aymar. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Associated Content: Power metal has seen a resurgence in the past few years. To what do you accredit this to? Aymar: Bor...

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REALITY GREY Signs With RAZAR ICE RECORDS

Razar Ice Records has announced the signing of Italian death metal upstarts REALITY GREY. The band recorded and mixed its debut album, "Darkest Days Are Yet to Come", with GOLEM/WARCHILD/NATRON guitarist Ottavio Marzo. The first single, "Never Again", is available on the Razar Ice free compilation,...

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SKID ROW Guitarist On New Album: 'We're Stirring Up People's Emotions One Way Or The Other'

Ryan Sparks of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisited: What has the response been like to the new record "Revolutions Per Minute"? Snake: The response has been great. Most of the pe...

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Ex-CRADLE OF FILTH Guitarist To Perform With SCREAMIN' DAEMON In London

Guitarist Gian Pyres (DRAGONLORD, ex-CRADLE OF FILTH/EXTREME NOISE TERROR) will be joining U.K. "murder maniacs" SCREAMIN' DAEMON as special guest lead guitarist at their upcoming "Anti-Christmas Bash" show at London's Camden Purple Turtle on Friday, December 29, 2006. Also on the bill will be U.K's...

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HELSTAR Guitarist Talks About Classic 'Nosferatu' Album

Full in Bloom Music recently conducted an interview with HELSTAR guitarist Larry Barragan. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Full in Bloom Music: What are your memories of your classic record, "Nosferatu"? Larry: My memories of "Nosferatu"? Hazy! No seriously, that CD was hard work. The music was...

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ANNIHILATOR's JEFF WATERS, DORO PESCH Guest On New AFTER FOREVER Album

According to an article in the December 2006 issue of Holland's Aardschok magazine, ANNIHILATOR guitarist Jeff Waters and German hard rock singer Doro Pesch make guest appearances on the new AFTER FOREVER album, tentatively titled "Energized", due on March 23, 2007 via Nuclear Blast Records. Waters...

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GENE SIMMONS: 'Family Jewels' Collector's Set Available Exclusively At AMAZON

The "Gene Simmons Family Jewels: Season One" DVD will be released on December 19 and features all 13 original episodes from the debut season, exclusive interviews with the Simmons family, cast biographies, photo gallery, interactive menu and scene selection. Also available on December 19 is the "Gen...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'We've Never Considered Ourselves To Be Just A Thrash Band'

Justin Donnelly of Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On THE HAUNTED's new album, "The Dead Eye": "I think to fully understand 'The Dead Eye', you have to give the album some time to really sink in...

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METALLICA's 'Videos' Beats SLIPKNOT's 'Voliminal' On Music Video Chart

METALLICA's first-ever collection of all its music videos, called "The Videos 1989-2004", sold more than 28,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 3 on Billboard's Top Music Video chart. The DVD contains all 21 of the band's videos, from 1989's "One" to...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Manager: 'I Believe In AXL ROSE'

Former GUNS N' ROSES manager Merck Mercuriadis has issued the following "open letter" to the group's fans: "Along with all of the other GUNS N' ROSES fans around the world I read 'An Open Letter To The Fans From Axl' this evening with much interest. About half way through it occurred to me that I .....

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SEBASTIAN BACH Says What SKID ROW Is Doing Now Is 'Confusing To The Public'

C. Harris-Nystrom of the Chico News and Review recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Chico News and Review: You have a new album called "Angel Down" due sometime in the next year, correct? Sebastian Bach: Well, we now have...