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SCUM OF THE EARTH Ready Single For Rock Radio, Embark On U.S. Tour

After landing themselves a top 10 spot on the FMQB metal chart, SCUM OF THE EARTH's latest single, "Get Your Dead On", is going for adds to Modern and Active Rock radio stations nationwide on June 27. Aside from former ROB ZOMBIE guitarist Riggs, the single features guest performances by former POWE...

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HELMET Fill Bassist Slot

HELMET have enlisted Jeremy Chatelain (ex-HANDSOME, JETS TO BRAZIL) to handle the bass duties during the band's current European tour. Chatelain fills the slot left vacant by the departure of Frank Bello, who has since gone on to rejoin the reunited classic lineup of ANTHRAX. HELMET are continuing t...

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PANTERA, WHITE ZOMBIE, QUEENSRŸCHE Featured On 'Whatever: The '90s Pop Culture Box' Collection

PANTERA, WHITE ZOMBIE, QUEENSRŸCHE, MINISTRY and HELMET are among the bands featured on the box set "Whatever: The '90s Pop Culture Box", due July 26 from Rhino, according to Billboard.com. "Whatever: The '90s Pop Culture Box" will span seven discs with 130 songs that collectively defined the commer...

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GAVIN ROSSDALE Says INSTITUTE Debut Will Be 'Heavier' And 'Stronger' Than BUSH

INSTITUTE, the new band fronted by former BUSH frontman Gavin Rossdale, will release their self-titled debut album in the early fall. The first single, "Bulletproof Skin", is expected at radio later this summer. Rossdale's first post-BUSH project was produced by HELMET mastermind Page Hamilton and f...

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Original ANTHRAX Singer Says He 'Didn't Feel Any Warmth' From CHARLIE BENANTE

Maximum Metal recently conducted an interview with original ANTHRAX singer Neil Turbin. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Maximum Metal: How would you describe your new album? Neil Turbin: "It's a combination of different points in my career. It's something that represents what I am ca...

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HATESPHERE Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING

Danish thrashers HATESPHERE have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 24-26 in Dessel, Belgium. HATESPHERE will perform on Sunday, June 26 between 1:20 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. on the Marquee II stage. The billing for the 10th-anniversary edition of the Graspop Meta...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Comments On San Francisco Benefit Concert

TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy has issued the following update: "The [San Francisco] Bay Area is our hometown and people have been asking us to play a hometown show so here it is. We are going back to Europe in July. So we decided to do a warm-up show the weekend before we left. We were ...

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The Wreck of the Minot

You may actually have to do a little digging to find the new album from this under-underground Boston trio. But put in the time, and you'll be rewarded with some of the most potent, crushing, timeless hard rock and roll to come down the pike this year. WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE marry clenched-fist riffs a...

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SCUM OF THE EARTH, BRAND NEW SIN, SOCIETY 1: More U.S. Tour Dates Announced

More dates have been announced for the forthcoming U.S. tour featuring SCUM OF THE EARTH (the band founded by former ROB ZOMBIE guitarist Riggs),BRAND NEW SIN and SOCIETY 1. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jun. 10 – Manchester, NH @ Manch Vegas Rockfest (SCUM only) Jun. 14 - Springfield, MO...

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HELMET Guitarist Auctioning Gear

HELMET guitarist Chris Traynor is currently auctioning a whole bunch of his pedals, guitars, rack equipment, and more via eBay, accoring to a posting on the group's web site. There's too many items to link to each of them, but you can view the seller's auction list here. Most of the items there ...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Suffering From Flu And Viral Throat Infection

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn is suffering from flu and a severe viral throat infection and as such, the band were unable to perform Thursday night (May 12) in Cleveland, OH. "Despite strict doctors orders to rest his voice completely for four straight days, the band are doing everything they c...

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TESTAMENT: Live Video Of Reunited Original Lineup Posted Online

France's VS-Webzine.com has uploaded a live video of the reunited TESTAMENT — Chuck Billy (vocals),Eric Peterson (guitar),Alex Skolnick (guitar),Greg Christian (bass),and Louie Clemente (drums) — performing the song "Practice What You Preach" on May 9 in Paris, France. Check out the video at thi...

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TESTAMENT To Play Benefit Concert In San Francisco

TESTAMENT and friends will be playing a benefit concert on July 9, 2005 at The Pound in San Francisco. Proceeds from "Thrash of the Titans"-style show — the band's first in the San Francisco area in over two years —will benefit a family who had a child with cancer. For more information, click

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Blood Run

There's a classic left-brain, right-brain dilemma at work when trying to review UNSANE albums. From a strictly analytical point of view, all their shit pretty much sounds the same — Chris Spencer writes a bunch of harsh, angular riffs and yells a lot over them, and the rhythms are all angular and qu...

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TESTAMENT: First 'Reunion' Photos Posted Online

A bunch of photos of the original lineup of TESTAMENT — Chuck Billy (vocals),Eric Peterson (guitar),Alex Skolnick (guitar),Greg Christian (bass),and Louie Clemente (drums) — rehearsing in the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday (May 2) have been posted online at this location. The reunited TESTAMEN...