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Former IRON MAIDEN Singer DI'ANNO Talks About Being A Muslim

David Lee Wilson of Egypt Today recently conducted an interview with former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Egypt Today: The U.K. is having a bit of its own paranoia at the moment as well. Paul Di'Anno: "Yes. Let me tell you, it has been crazy. I ...

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MAYHEM Drummer Talks About Upcoming Album

Tatiana Godarska of Imhotep webzine recently conducted an interview with MAYHEM drummer Jan Axel Von Blomberg (a.k.a. Hellhammer). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Imhotep: If "Grand Declaration of War" was written [from] hearts then explain to me, why did you return with "Chimera" to the...

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CALIFORNIA METAL FEST Moves Location

The organizers of the first annual California Metal Fest — which is scheduled to take place May 13 and May 14, with a warm-up day May 12 — have issued the following update: "Due to high advanced ticket sales and the city of Whittier doing everything they can to try and prevent the first annual ...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer Says Radio City Music Hall Recordings Are Sounding 'Amazing'

DREAM THEATER's very last show of the band's 20th Anniversary Tour 2005/2006 on April 1, 2006 at the Radio City Music Hall was recorded and filmed for an upcoming 20th anniversary DVD and CD release. The band's drummer, Mike Portnoy, has issued the following update regarding the upcoming set: "I've...

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DESTRUCTION Frontman Says Poor Distribution Is To Blame For Low U.S. Sales

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Asylum: How successful was your tour with KREATOR in the States a few years ago? Was there a lack of audience the reason why DESTRUCTION has not...

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MEGADETH Mainman Confirms New Album Is Being Recorded In England

Chad Bowar of About.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. An excerpt from the chat follows: Q: Will there be a Gigantour 2 this summer? Mustaine: "Yes. We've already started confirming some of our acts and working out what the routing is for the festival, like the...

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WEDNESDAY 13 Signs New Record Deal, Parts Ways With Band

Horror rock king WEDNESDAY 13 has signed a new worldwide record deal with Rykodisc/Restless Records. Rykodisc has set a tentative summer release date for the new album, "Fang Bang", the follow-up to 2005's "Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying and the Dead". As reported earlier this month, Warn...

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PAUL STANLEY's Lead Guitarist Talks About KISS Frontman's New Solo CD

Thomas S. Orwat, Jr. of Glam-Metal.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Brad Fernquist, who performed most of the lead guitar on the new solo album from KISS frontman Paul Stanley. An excerpt from the chat follows: Glam-Metal.com: Another one of my favorite artists that you have worked...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Off ROB ZOMBIE Tour

According to one BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor, music fans who showed up at Detroit's State Theater on Friday, April 7 to see ROB ZOMBIE, LACUNA COIL and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE were informed that BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE had been taken off the bill. Speculation at the concert was that they had been kicke...

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GENE SIMMONS: 'My Life Is An Open Book'

Rod Harmon of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune recently conducted an interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. The question-and-answer session follows: Q: Why are you coming to [the Sarasota Film Festival], and what are you going to be doing once you get here? Gene: Well, first of all, "Funny Mo...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Frontman Slams Headliner ROB ZOMBIE: 'We Are Sh*t To Him'

Guitarist/vocalist Matthew "Matt" Tuck of the Welsh metalcore act BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE — who are currently on the road in North America as the opening act on a three-band package also featuring LACUNA COIL and headliners ROB ZOMBIE — has posted the following message on his group's official messag...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Announces New Album Title, Says He's 'Too Big' To Play Small Clubs

Alberta, Canada's Shining Star Radio recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Shining Star Radio: You're set to appear in the new VH1 reality show "SuperGroup" along with some other famous names, including Ted Nugent. I'...

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Operation: Mindcrime II

Great concept albums, such as THE WHO's "Tommy", PINK FLOYD's "The Wall" and, yes, QUEENSRŸCHE's "Operation: Mindcrime", are great because they're made up of superb songs first and foremost, which are then linked together to tell the story or provide the overall theme. Most of the songs on all of th...

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Terra

If it walks like a BORKNAGAR album, quacks like a BORKNAGAR album, and is comprised entirely of members of BORKNAGAR, who can it be? Uh, CRONIAN, apparently. That's being a bit glib — there are differences between this two-man project (featuring Øystein G. Brun and Mr. V, a/k/a Vintersorg) and the b...

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KITTIE's MORGAN LANDER: 'It's Time For Us To Reclaim Our Female Heavy Metal Throne'

Charlie Steffens of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with KITTIE frontwoman Morgan Lander. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: You're still working out your demons through your music? Lander: "Absolutely. Like I've said, we've had a lot of crazy stuff happen to us and we're...