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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Prepare To Record New Album

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM are close to completing the songwriting sessions for their new album, tentatively due in early 2005 through Crash Music Inc. "We would still like to write two or three more songs going in, and the vocals still need to be completed, but the music so far is inspired and heavy and we...

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Bassist JOEY VERA Issues ANTHRAX European Tour Report

Bassist Joey Vera (FATES WARNING, ARMORED SAINT, ANTHRAX) has posted the following message on his web site: "Hey all, I'm in the end stages of tour decompression and feeling like I should write an update. I've been home now for a week but it feels like only a few days. Weird 'cause when I was ...

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ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO Cover JUDAS PRIEST, DIO On New CD

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the jazz ensemble led by former TESTAMENT/SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, will release their new album, "Transformation", on September 14 through Magna Carta's offshoot label Magnatude Records. Original compositions , which fill just over half the album, are accompanied by new...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Records Theme Song For New TV Show?

The New York Post is reporting that OZZY OSBOURNE has recorded the original theme song for the new TV show "Dog the Bounty Hunter", airing on A&E on Tuesday, Aug. 31, with back-to-back half-hour episodes starting at 10 p.m. "Dog the Bounty Hunter" follows the show's star, a bounty hunter named D...

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JUDAS PRIEST Bassist Says Reunion With ROB HALFORD Was 'Inevitable'

JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill recently spoke to KNAC.com about the group's reunion with Rob Halford, the upcoming studio album, and the band's decision to take part in this year's Ozzfest. Several excerpts from the interview follow: KNAC.com: Do you remember the first song JUDAS PRIEST performed wit...

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RAG MEN Reject Split Rumors

RAG MEN, the New York-based band featuring frontman Jorge Rosado (MERAUDER, GOD IS I),guitarist Mitts (SKARHEAD, CROWN OF THORNZ),bassist Ian "Bulldog" Edwards (FREYA, ex-EARTH CRISIS),and drummer Rigg Ross (SKARHEAD, ex-HATEBREED),have issued a statement refuting rumors that the group has broke...

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'Get Thrashed' Thrash Metal Documentary: Trailer Posted Online

A four-minute video trailer for "Get Thrashed", the upcoming documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, has been posted online at this location (Windows Media, 8 MB) (right-click and "Save Target As" and download the file to your hard drive)...

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ORANGE GOBLIN Drummer To Tie The Knot

Drummer Christopher Ian Turner of British doomsters ORANGE GOBLIN will marry Swedish girl Annelie Byström on September 4 in London. As previously reported, ORANGE GOBLIN have lined up several U.K. shows this month in support of their fifth album, "Thieving From The House Of God", available now on Ri...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Talks About The ATHENS OPEN AIR Festival Disaster

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has penned a column for the Greek-language Metal Hammer magazine about the disastrous events that led to a partial cancellation of the Athens Open Air festival in Athens, Greece in early July. A partial reprint of the article follows: "I will try to keep a long story shor...

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Ex-THE CULT Singer IAN ASTBURY Says He Was Asked To Audition For VELVET REVOLVER

Former THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury recently gave an interview to the Poptones web site about his work with THE DOORS 21ST CENTURY and his near-audition with VELVET REVOLVER, among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Poptones: Oliver Stone asked you to play Jim Morrison in his...

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SEPULTURA, CLASS OF ZERO To Support MOTÖRHEAD In Europe

As first reported here back in late May, Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA have been officially confirmed to support MOTÖRHEAD on their upcoming European tour. Opening the shows on the U.K. portion of the trek will be Simi Valley's own CLASS OF ZERO. Made up of Ryan Rainey (vocals),Ian Salvas (guitar),...

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The Economic Scale Of Heavy Metal And Drugs

Seb Hunter spoke with Entertainment Weekly about his memoir "Hell Bent For Leather: Confessions of a Heavy Metal Addict" (view cover here),profiling his time in failed bands RAG 'N' BONES and the TRASH CAN JUNKIES. Asked his most ridiculous tale of chemical excess, Hunter responded, "There's a slid...

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Weight Of The World

That characteristic chug from the Bay Area is perhaps as much of a reference point in these times as it was back in the heyday of scrotum-squeezing pants and decent METALLICA albums. Wisely, it could be argued, bands like TESTAMENT have brutalized their sound further to keep up with the seething new...

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METALLICA: 'So What' Book Preview Available Online

METALLICA's official web site has uploaded the first preview of the band's upcoming book, "So What: The Good, The Mad, and The Ugly". A posting at the site reads: "An example of how we have handled the massive task of grabbing sponsor section highlights. Each band member has two blasts within the bo...

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ICED EARTH: 'The Blessed And The Damned' Collection Due In August

Century Media Records has set an August 10 North American release date for the upcoming ICED EARTH "greatest hits" collection, entitled "The Blessed And The Damned". This double CD compilation contains 23 tracks featuring over two hours of remastered material spanning the band's Century Media career...