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THE RED DEATH 'Dropped' By METAL BLADE RECORDS

New York metallers THE RED DEATH have parted ways with Metal Blade Records. "Yes, we were dropped by Metal Blade," guitarist Josh Williammee writes in a statement. "I can assure you that it was not because of 'instability within the band,' because if there is such an instability, then I'm blind to i...

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EDGUY Frontman: Corrupt Police Officers Disturb Band's Beauty Sleep

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Hello from a hotel room in Madrid. Everything is going great so far, almost every show has been sold out or was at least close. "Yesterday in Italy there was a weird thing going on. Around midnight, I gue...

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RIOT Deliver New Album To Japanese Label; Bassist PEREZ Gets 'Back On His Feet'

Veteran hard rockers RIOT have issued the following statement via their official web site: "Great news, fans. After a good rest, Pete Perez [bass] is back on his feet and is ready to get back into things again. The doctors in both Long Island and San Antonio cannot say why Pete fell down and blacked...

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Former GREAT WHITE Tour Manager Expected To Enter Plea Today: Video Available

Providence's WPRI Eyewitness News has issued the following report: In a matter of hours, the former manager of the band GREAT WHITE is expected to plead guilty to one hundred counts of involuntary manslaughter for his part in the deadly Station Fire. Former GREAT WHITE tour manager Daniel Biechele i...

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Call of the Mastodon

Before you do anything, take a close look at the track listing above. If a lot of it looks familiar, you probably already own the out-of-print "Lifesblood" EP — and only you can decide if four more early tracks, for a total of 28 minutes of music, is worth shelling out full price for. But ...

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GOREFEST Frontman Says Band Will Tour U.S. In The Fall

Karma E. Omowale of the FourteenG e-zine recently conducted an interview with GOREFEST frontman Jan Chris de Koeijer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: FourteenG: Do you think you'll tour the U.S. this year? Jan Chris: "There has been talk of the possibility of us opening for MORBID ANGEL i...

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ANTHRAX Frontman: 'We Have Been Asked' To Play This Year's GIGANTOUR

Ryan Ogle of Live 4 Metal recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Live 4 Metal: You guys toured with MEGADETH last summer. Joey Belladonna: "Yeah we did, the Gigantour, we did five shows." Live 4 Metal: How was that for you? Joey Bell...

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Bassist JOEY VERA: 'CLIFF BURTON Was A Bigger Force In METALLICA Than Anyone Realizes'

Cameron Edney of Australia's Inside_Out666 recently conducted an interview with current ARMORED SAINT/FATES WARNING and former ANTHRAX bassist Joey Vera. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Inside_Out666: I'd like to start by talking about some of the latest projects in your life. First off,...

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HATE ETERNAL To Film DVD In The Spring

HATE ETERNAL mainman Erik Rutan has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Long time no speak. Yes, HATE ETERNAL is alive and kicking. I have been busy producing at Mana Studios the new CANNIBAL CORPSE, TORTURE KILLER, INTERNAL SUFFERING and CELLADOR and we were all at NAMM....

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POISON To Release '20 Years Of Rock' Collection In April

POISON, one of hard rock's most iconic, enduring and controversial bands, celebrates 20 years in 2006. To commemorate this anniversary milestone and the band's career tally of more than 25 million albums and DVDs sold around the world, POISON and Capitol/EMI Music Catalog Marketing have partnered to...

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SPIRALARMS To Record New Demos With Former MACHINE HEAD Drummer KONTOS

Former FORBIDDEN/MANMADEGOD and current SPIRALARMS guitarist Craig Locicero has issued the following update on SPIRALARMS' current activities: "So much has happened between August of last year and now that it's hard to expain it all, but I'll try. "Since the conception of SPIRALARMS, we never really...

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FATES WARNING Singer Talks About Drummer Situation, Possible Side Projects

George Dionne of Rock Is Life recently conducted an interview with FATES WARNING frontman Ray Alder. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Rock Is Life: Metal Blade recently released a three disc special edition of "Awaken the Guardian", and I know you didn't sing on it, but did anybody in the band ....

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Singer TONY MARTIN Discusses New Solo Album, BLACK SABBATH Years

Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector.com recently conducted an interview with former BLACK SABBATH frontman Tony Martin. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rockdetector.com: I guess a question a lot of BLACK SABBATH fans are wanting to know is why you've been relatively quiet on the recording...

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AREA 54 Have No Plans To Release Cover Of 'GUNS N' ROSES Song 'Madagascar'

Frontman Lakis Kyriacou of the British melodic metal band AREA 54 has answered several "freqently answered questions" regarding the group's cover version of the unreleased GUNS N' ROSES song "Madagascar", laid down during a demo-recording session a couple of years back. The questions and Lakis' resp...

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FEAR THE FUTURE: Debut Album Shelved Due To Record Company Problems

Swedish black/death metallers FEAR THE FUTURE have posted the following message on their official web site: "[Holland's] Karmageddon [Media; formerly Hammerheart Records] has backed out and will not release the [group's long-completed debut] album 'The Bloody Beginning'. Why? Yes, it is a story abou...