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ANNIHILATOR: Video Of JEFF WATERS' MEGADETH 'Audition' Posted Online

A video of ANNIHILATOR guitarist Jeff Waters playing the solo to the MEGADETH track "Symphony of Destruction" has been posted online at this location. In the following posting on ANNIHILATOR's official web site, Waters describes the circumstances that led to him to make the video and talks in greate...

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AUDIOSLAVE Help Fan Pop The Question

Mike Ross of The Edmonton Sun is reporting that AUDIOSLAVE helped a Canadian fan propose to his girlfriend onstage during the group's performance at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta Saturday night (Oct. 1). The band issued backstage passes, signed a congratulatory photo, provided a magnum of champa...

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SANCTIFICATION Announce New Bassist

Swedish death metallers SANCTIFICATION have announced the addition of former DYSPLASIA bassist Kristoffer Hell to the group's ranks. According to a posting on the group's official web site, Hell (yes, that is apparently his real name) is "doing a great job learning the songs." Upcoming SANCTIFICATIO...

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WOLF HOFFMANN Says UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Is Standing In The Way Of Future ACCEPT Plans

Metal-Rules.com recently conduced an in-depth interview with ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann. Several excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: Well I must ask again. After this [reunion] tour is over, is that the real end of ACCEPT? Wolf: "Well, I hope it would happen again, honestly. I wish w...

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Girl Suicides Raise Worries Over 'Black Metal' Music

The AFP has issued the following report: The joint suicide of two teenage girls who hurled themselves from a 17th-floor window (photo) in a Paris suburb has raised troubling questions about the influence of "black metal" — a form of modern rock music that glorifies violence and death. Last Friday af...

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French Black Metal Band ANOREXIA NERVOSA's Lyrics Cited By Suicidal Teenager

BBC News is reporting that France has reacted with horror as details emerged this week of the twin suicide of two teenage girls who bound their hands together and jumped from the 17th-story window of a block of flats (photo) in Paris. The 14-year old girls, who have been named only ...

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RUSH's GEDDY LEE, MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY Interviewed For 'Ringers: Lord Of The Fans' DVD

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, RUSH bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee and MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister are among the musicians interviewed for the "Ringers: Lord of the Fans" DVD, an award-winning film which charts the incredible influence and ripple-effect that "Lord of t...

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JOE LYNN TURNER: 'It Would Be Great To Work With RITCHIE BLACKMORE Again'

RockSomething.com recently conducted an exclusive interview with legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN). An excerpt from the chat follows: RockSomething.com: Are you enjoying the song writing experience more as a solo artist, or were there perhaps times...

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American Currency

Much like PISSING RAZORS, I always had the feeling that BRICK BATH never got much love; maybe I just happened to come across a few particularly scornful reviews. The quartet never tried to be anything but a blistering American metal band with heavy grooves, hard-ass vocals, and screaming solos. And...

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SAVAGE CIRCUS Drummer THOMEN STAUCH Explains Distribution Problems

SAVAGE CIRCUS drummer Thomen Stauch (ex-BLIND GUARDIAN) has posted the following message on the group's web site regarding the relative unavailability of the band's debut album, "Dreamland Manor", in the European record shops: "After talking to our record company again, I figured out that there is a...

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RANDY CASTILLO Benefit Concert To Be Held In Cleveland

Drummer Tommy Amato will join Cleveland rock bands for a very special concert to offer their support to the family of fellow musician Randy Castillo, who passed away from cancer. Randy played drums for OZZY OSBOURNE, MÖTLEY CRÜE and LITA FORD. Tommy Amato will reunite with his former bandmates for a...

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BLOODBATH Launch Vocalist Search

Swedish death metal supergroup BLOODBATH are looking for a new singer to replace Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN),who left the band in February due to "conflicting schedules." The following message was posted on BLOODBATH's web site: "BLOODBATH is looking for a new singer that will equal or outdo t...

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DEEP PURPLE Guitarist Reports On Norwegian Blues Festival

DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse has posted the following message on his official web site: "I'm in the New York area the day after the anniversary of 9/11. I'm about 20 hours into this trip for various reasons, but I'm headed home for a few days. I just got the mark of the Devil when ...

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POISON Guitarist, DAVID COVERDALE's Ex-Wife Confirmed For Next Season Of 'The Surreal Life'

POISON guitarist C.C. DeVille and WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale's ex-wife, Tawny Kitaen, are among the seven celebrities who are moving on up to a deluxe mansion in the Hollywood Hills as part of the sixth season cast of VH1's ratings juggernaut "The Surreal Life". They will join other castamt...

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MNEMIC: New Album To be Produced By PETER TÄGTGREN

Danish modern metallers MNEMIC have commenced work on material for their third album, which is untitled at the moment. "The band is full motion writing the new material and it’s coming along as butter on bread!" the group write in a press release. "The new album will be produced by someone in Sweden...