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SPEED\KILL/HATE Begins Rehearsing With New Bassist

Old-school thrashers SPEED\KILL/HATE, featuring OVERKILL guitarist Dave Linsk, have issued the following update: "We have begun rehearsals with new bassist Dave Bizzigotti ... what a great player. Bob [Barnack, vocals] just sounds unbelieveable, and Tony [Ochoa, drums) is insane. SPEED/KILL\HATE has...

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NIGHTWISH, SONATA ARCTICA, CHARON Members Join Forces In NORTHERN KINGS

NORTHERN KINGS, the new Finnish band consisting of four well-known metal musicians — J. Ahola (TERÄSBETONI),Marco Hietala (TAROT, NIGHTWISH),Tony Kakko (SONATA ARCTICA),J-P Leppäluoto (CHARON) — will release a special covers album on October 24. According to MetalFromFinland.com, the CD will cont...

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APOCALYPTICA: New Album Listening Session Available

Finnish metal cellists APOCALYPTICA have issued the following update: "Today sees the start on MySpace of an exclusive pre-listening session for the new APOCALYPTICA album, 'Worlds Collide', up for release on September 14th! "In the Orkus magazine advance listening test, the album has shot straight...

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Ex-GRIM REAPER Singer STEVE GRIMMETT: New Video Interview Available

A two-minute video interview with former GRIM REAPER/ONSLAUGHT singer Steve Grimmett promoting his solo band's appearance at the Firefest 4 on October 26-27 in Nottingham, England can be viewed below. THE STEVE GRIMMETT BAND will release its debut album, "Personal Crisis", on October 26 via Metal He...

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SLASH Says DAVE MUSTAINE Is 'An All-Time Genius Heavy Metal Guitar Player'

Last week, guitarist VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash was interviewed for the cover of a new Sam Ash catalog. In the interview Slash was quoted as saying, "I still think that [MEGADETH's] Dave Mustaine is an all-time genius heavy metal guitar player. He's amazing and he always picks...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Interviews Himself; Video Available

A nine-minute tongue-in-cheek video clip of SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian conducting an interview with himself can be viewed below. As previously reported, Tankian has asked a collection of video and film directors, painters, and digital artists to each create a video for one of the 12 trac...

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M.A.N: New Album Title Announced

M.A.N, the new band formed out of the ashes of Sweden's TRANSPORT LEAGUE (featuring former MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich),will enter Grand Recordings in Gothenburg, Sweden with producer/engineer Svein Jensen on October 19 to begin recording its new album, entitled "Swastika Sweetheart". Songtitl...

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GODSMACK Side Project Touring With ALTER BRIDGE

The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: ANOTHER ANIMAL, the band featuring GODSMACK members Tony Rombola on guitar, Robbie Merrill on bass and Shannon Larkin on drums, will hit the road with labelmates ALTER BRIDGE. The previously announced dates begin on October 2 in Tallahasse...

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MINISTRY & CO-CONSPIRATORS To Release 'Cover Up' In April

Al Jourgensen's band MINISTRY may be releasing their final studio album — "The Last Sucker" — on September 18 on 13th Planet/Megaforce Records, but that doesn't mean Jourgensen is saying good-bye to the inside of a recording studio. As a matter of fact, Jourgensen plans to spend significantly more t...

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CANDLEMASS: First Footage From Headlining Tour Posted Online

Fan-filmed footage of CANDLEMASS' September 1, 2007 headlining performance at The Rock in Copenhagen, Denmark can be viewed below. A four-minute video interview with CANDLEMASS members Leif Edling and Robert Lowe conducted at the Jalometalli 2007 festival — which took place place August 17-18 at Clu...

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Drummer TONY LAUREANO Unable To Tour With NACHTMYSTIUM

Drummer Tony Laureano (DIMMU BORGIR, NILE, ANGELCORPSE) has issued the following update: "I am unable to take part in NACHTMYSTIUM's current tour with SKELETONWITCH due to the fact that it conflicts with the rehearsal schedule for DIMMU BORGIR's European tour which begins later in September. Apologi...

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Some Enchanted Evening

It's one of those moot points that'll get any music message board worth its salt into a good and ugly debate, but I hold fast to the idea that if BLUE ÖYSTER CULT had imploded like BLACK SABBATH Mark I did, at the end of the 1970's, we'd talk about the former with the same ...

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New TONY IOMMI Audio Interview Posted Online

The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with legendary guitarist Tony Iommi. Topics include HEAVEN AND HELL, BLACK SABBATH, Ronnie James Dio, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Martin, Glenn Hughes, Ian Gillan, LED ZEPPELIN, Eddie Van Halen, LUNARM...

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AT THE GATES: 'Slaughter Of The Soul' Featured In TONY HAWK's 'Proving Ground' Video Game

The title track to one of the most influential metal albums of all time, AT THE GATES' "Slaughter of the Soul", will be one of the songs featured on Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, the newest title in Activision's popular Tony Hawk video game franchise. "Slaughter of the Soul" is a standout among the 50...

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TONY IOMMI: 2008 BLACK SABBATH Tour Not Set 'In Stone' Yet

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: There's plenty of talk about a BLACK SABBATH reunion for 2008. It's just not coming from the band members themselves. Guitarist Tony Iommi tells Billboard.com that even though "everybody's been talking to me" about the much-reported regrouping, "there's nothing i...