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MACHINE HEAD: Bassist Auditions 'Are Officially Over'
San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD recently began the process of searching for a temporary bassist for this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival in the U.S. Commented the band: "Auditions are officially over, and MACHINE HEAD would like to thank each and every person for their Y...April 22, 2013
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Disarm the Descent
Anyone claiming they always knew KILLSWITCH ENGAGE would reunite with original vocalist Jesse Leach witnessed neither the distressing circumstances surrounding their original separation, nor the commercial triumphs quickly enjoyed by the remaining band members and his very able replacement, Howard J...April 14, 2013
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TYPE O NEGATIVE Members 'Not Cooperating' In Telling Of PETER STEELE's Story
Jeff Wagner ("Mean Deviation: Four Decades Of Progressive Heavy Metal" book, former Metal Maniacs editor),is currently assembling his next book, "Soul On Fire - The Life And Music Of Peter Steele", about the late TYPE O NEGATIVE and CARNIVORE frontman who passed away on April 14, 2010 from heart fa...April 10, 2013
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PETER STEELE's Bass Guitar - A Talk With His Sisters CATHY And PAM RATAJCZYK
In February 2013, Jeff Wagner ("Mean Deviation: Four Decades Of Progressive Heavy Metal" book, former Metal Maniacs editor),author of the upcoming book "Soul On Fire - The Life And Music Of Peter Steele", spoke with Peter Steele's sisters, Cathy and Pam, about the do-it-yourself customizations of P...April 5, 2013
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MACHINE HEAD To Start Bassist Auditions
San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD will begin the process of searching for a temporary bassist for this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival in the U.S. For a limited time, the band will accept and review YouTube submissions that include the following: 1) Video: A standalone per...March 27, 2013
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Original MYSTIC-FORCE Singer BOBBY HICKS Dead At 52
Bobby Hicks, the original vocalist for the Baltimore, Maryland-based progressive power metal band MYSTIC-FORCE, passed away on Tuesday, March 5 in Virginia. The reported cause of death was an internal infection due to liver failure. Bobby was diagnosed a few months prior and was told he had less tha...March 17, 2013
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Dragged Down a Dead End Path
Boulder, Colorado's CALL OF THE VOID (formerly known as IRONHORSE, until legal issues intervened) require merely 25 minutes to impart their inaugural sonic judgment of our poor, pitiful planet, in the shape of their 2013 Relapse Records debut, "Dragged Down a Dead End Path". And with a title like th...March 10, 2013
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SYMPHONY X Drummer Thanks Fans For Their Support Following Health Scare
Drummer Jason Rullo of progressive metallers SYMPHONY X was admitted last month to the hospital for heart failure. Jason spent a week in the hospital, and has since been released. He has started a rehab program and has been told that his recovery will take a minimum of 3-6 months under doctors' care...March 3, 2013
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SYMPHONY X Drummer Suffers Heart Failure; Full Recovery Expected
Drummer Jason Rullo of progressive metallers SYMPHONY X was admitted last week to the hospital for heart failure. Jason spent a week in the hospital, and has since been released. He has started a rehab program and has been told that his recovery will take a minimum of 3-6 months under doctors' care....February 27, 2013
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MACHINE HEAD Frontman On Firing Of Bassist ADAM DUCE: 'I Just Couldn't Take It Anymore'
Guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD has posted the following message in the latest installment of his online blog, "The General Journals: Diary Of A Frontman... And Other Ramblings - Life Affirming": "2-11-13. That is the date we fired [MACHINE HEAD bassist...February 26, 2013
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TWISTED SISTER Guitarist Looks Back On Band's Early Years
TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French has issued the following update: "Within the next year, a documentary about the history of the first 10 years of TWISTED SISTER will finally be exhibited from the [German] filmmaker Andy Horn. "Andy has been working on this documentary for the last four years....February 12, 2013
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'Hair I Go Again' Filmmakers Interviewed On Flint's BANANA 101.5 (Video)
Tony LaBrie of the Banana 101.5 radio station in Flint, Michigan recently conducted an interview with Kyle Kruger, Jon Tanner and Steve McClure, the people behind the forthcoming "Hair I Go Again" "documentary." You can now watch the chat below. Film synopsis: "The year was 1985. Thousands of miles...February 10, 2013
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MUMAKIL Completes Work On New Album
Switzerland's maniacal grindcore death outfit MUMAKIL has completed the recording of its new LP, now bearing the confirmed title "Flies Will Starve", set for release later in the year via Relapse Records. Recorded at Terrier 5 Studio in Geneva, the MUMAKIL faction's first album in four years will de...January 31, 2013
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PETER STEELE Biography Due In October
Jeff Wagner ("Mean Deviation: Four Decades Of Progressive Heavy Metal" book, former Metal Maniacs editor) is currently assembling his next book, "Soul On Fire - The Life And Music Of Peter Steele". The book will be, in Wagner's words, "a thorough telling of Peter's life, from his "diaper days" to hi...January 30, 2013
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Video: JORDAN RUDESS Reunites With ROD MORGENSTEIN At NAMM
Video footage of Jordan Rudess' (DREAM THEATER, DIXIE DREGS) collaboration with Rod Morgenstein (WINGER, DIXIE DREGS, STEVE MORSE) at the Korg booth at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show as the duo reunited to perform the EMERSON LAKE & PALMER 1971 classic "Tarkus" c...January 28, 2013
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