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BEATALLICA: New Audio Interview Available

France's Radio Metal conducted an interview with the Milwaukee-based band BEATALLICA — a satirical mashup act whose hilarious schtick marries the songwriting prowess of THE BEATLES to the deep-throated rock growl of METALLICA — on December 17 in Lyon. Listen to the chat at this location. BEATALLICA'...

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JADED HEART: 'Sinister Mind' To Receive U.S. Release Next Month

German melodic hard rock masters JADED HEART will have their latest CD, "Sinister Mind", released in the U.S. on February 12 via Locomotive Records. According to a press release, "the sound on the album is definitely heavier and more in your face, still keeping intact the elements that has created t...

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SOULFLY's MARC RIZZO Offering Guitar Lessons

SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo is offering guitar lessons out of his hometown in New Jersey. Says Rizzo, "I'm accepting all levels of ability, from beginner to advanced. If you want to learn how to shred, flamenco finger picking or just your basic scales, contact me if you can get to New Jersey. Lesso...

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SABBAT Guitarist Issues Year-End Update

Guitarist Simon Jones of the reactivated British thrashers SABBAT has issued the following update. "Well, here we are ... New Year's Day 2008 and we can look back at 2007 with a feeling of pride and thankfulness. Proud once again to be part of SABBAT, proud of what we've achieved this past year and...

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CAVALERA CONSPIRACY: Final 'Inflikted' Album Details Revealed

BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal the final track listing for the debut album from CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, the new project featuring SEPULTURA founding members Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavalera (drums) alongside vocalist Joe Duplantier (bass) of the French progressive death metallers GOJIRA...

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CHARLIE BENANTE, STEVEN ADLER Featured In 'The Most Ferocious Drummers Ever' Trailer

A trailer for "The Most Ferocious Drummers Ever" — a featured television special currently in production which chronicles the lives and careers of over 50 legendary drummers in jazz, funk, rock, metal, and alternative music — can be viewed at this location [link removed]. Among the musicians that ap...

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GLENN HUGHES: Photos From New Album Recording Sessions Posted Online

Legendary bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (ex-DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) and friends recorded a new album in the final weeks of 2007. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS' Chad Smith played drums on the CD, and Luis Carlos Maldonado is one of the guitar players on it. Also, George Nastos, who played on the "Feel" a...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer On New Album's Internet Leak: 'I Understand The Fans'

Imhotep webzine recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Imhotep: How did you feel when you learned that "Systematic Chaos" had leaked onto the web weeks or months after its release? What's your opinion on this whole MP3-file...

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KRISIUN Begins Work On New Material

Brazilian death metal veterans KRISIUN have commenced work on material for the follow-up to 2006's "AssassiNation", tentatively due next summer via Century Media Records. To view photos of the band practicing at DaTribo Studios in São Paulo, Brazil, go to this location. Gino Alache of RockumRadio.co...

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Leave Messages For Members Of DREAM THEATER, MEGADETH, MACHINE HEAD, LAMB OF GOD

DREAM THEATER's Mike Portnoy, MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine, MACHINE HEAD's Adam Duce and LAMB OF GOD's Chris Adler have Live Line phone numbers where you can leave messages, hear personal updates and even sign up to receive text messages. For more information, visit www.theliveline.com. (Thanks: NJthras...

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BLACK SABBATH Drummer BILL WARD Discusses His Work with MAX HAVOC, ENGLAND'S GLORY

An excerpt from an extensive 24-page interview with BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward, taken from music writer Joel Gausten's new book, "The Sabbath Interviews", is now available at this location. In the excerpt, Ward talks about his initial post-SABBATH work with the bands MAX HAVOC and ENGLAND'S GLO...

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RUSH's NEIL PEART Named 'Drummer Of The Year'

Neil Peart proves that he is still percussively pertinent to a younger generation of drummers by winning DRUM! magazine's "Drummies 2007" "Drummer Of The Year". He also won four other awards. Neil Peart, who turned 55 on September 12, received some pretty cool belated birthday presents from Enter Mu...

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THROWDOWN: Singing With MAX CAVALERA And Destroying South America

Frontman Dave Peters of the Orange County, California-based hardcore/metal act THROWDOWN has issued the following update: "Singing with Max Cavalera and SOULFLY… destroying South America... and actually they happened completely independently of each other in spite of the fact that Mr. Cavalera hails...

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SEPULTURA's KISSER Talks About IGOR's Departure, Possibility Of Reunion With MAX

Rockinvasion.de conducted an interview with SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser during the band's German tour this past summer. A short two-minute preview clip can be viewed below. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rockinvasion.de: Why did [drummer] Igor [Cavalera] leave [SEPULTURA]? It was...

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MANIFEST: Video Footage From 'Hedonism' Recording Sessions Posted Online

Norwegian thrashers MANIFEST have posted a six-minute video clip containing footage from the recording sessions for the group's recently released album, "Hedonism". Watch the clip below. "Hedonism" came out in Norway on December 3 via Morningstar Records. A wider European release is planned for earl...