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EXODUS Frontman Puts Side Project On Hold To Focus On Upcoming CD

EXODUS frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza has decided to put his side project F-BOMB on indefinite hold in order to concentrate on the songwriting sessions for the forthcoming EXODUS studio CD, which is due to be recorded later in the year for an early 2003 release. Souza and his EXODUS bandmates—guitaris...

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TESTAMENT's CHUCK BILLY To "Follow The Hollow" At SOILWORK Gig

TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy will contribute his vocals to the "harsh" chorus parts of the track "Follow the Hollow" at SOILWORK's Cactus Club show in San Jose on June 6th. Also appearing on the bill will be HYPOCRISY and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. ...

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Former TESTAMENT/SAVATAGE Axeman Announces New York City Appearance

Former TESTAMENT/SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick will be performing with his ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO at Izzy Bar in New York City on Friday, June 7th. Izzy Bar is located at 166 1st Ave, (corner of 10th St.). ...

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Former TESTAMENT/FORBIDDEN Guitarist Outlines Upcoming Activities

Former TESTAMENT/FORBIDDEN guitarist Glen Alvelais has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET his current involvement with F-BOMB, the San Francisco Bay Area act that also features in its ranks EXODUS frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza, bassist Kevin Moore, drummer Jeremy Colson (who replaced VIO-LENCE drummer Per...

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TESTAMENT's CHUCK BILLY To Make Guest Appearance At SOILWORK Gig

TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy will be joining Sweden's SOILWORK ("one of my favorite bands," according to Billy) onstage to sing one track during the latter's performance at the Cactus Club in San Jose on June 6th. Also appearing on the bill will be HYPOCRISY and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. In related news,...

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Ex-TESTAMENT/FORBIDDEN Guitarist Joins Forces With EXODUS Frontman

Former TESTAMENT/FORBIDDEN guitarist Glen Alvelais has joined forces with EXODUS frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza in the latest incarnation of Souza's F-BOMB. In addition, Alvelais is keeping busy with his long-running BIZARRO project and plans are afoot for the guitarist to reactivate LD/50, which had...

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SKYCLAD, DORO, HELSTAR Confirmed For Holland's HOUDOE EN BEDANKT Festival

SKYCLAD, DORO and the reunited HELSTAR are among the artists confirmed for the Houdoe en Bedankt Festival, which is scheduled to be held on June 15th at the legendary Dynamo Club in Eindhoven, Holland. The festival, which will mark the club's 20th anniversary, will also serve as Dynamo's farewell me...

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TESTAMENT: Next Album Will Be Brutal

TESTAMENT have posted the following update via their official web site: "[Vocalist] Chuck [Billy] recently went in for a follow-up with his thoracic oncologist and was given a clean bill of health! Though there are few remaining pieces of tumor in his system, blood tests show low numbers in which th...

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THE SERVANTS, UNJUST, Others Set To Play San Francisco's The Pound

San Francisco Bay Area's THE SERVANTS, featuring former MACHINE HEAD/TESTAMENT drummer Chris Kontos, will perform at the Pound in San Francisco tonight, May 11th. Joining them on the bill will be ANGRY AMPUTEES, AMERICAN HEARTBREAK, UNJUST, and SIFT. ...

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JAMES MURPHY Confirms Upcoming SUMMON Collaboration

Former TESTAMENT/DEATH guitarist James Murphy, who is presently receiving treatment for a brain tumor with which he was diagnosed last August, has confirmed that he will be producing the forthcoming album from Michigan-based black metallers SUMMON, entitled The Blood Runs Black. The recording is ten...

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THE SERVANTS Prepare To Mix "Mostly Monsters" For June Release

San Francisco Bay Area's THE SERVANTS, featuring former MACHINE HEAD/TESTAMENT drummer Chris Kontos, will enter Laughing Tiger studios in mid-May to complete the final mixes of their debut album, entitled Mostly Monsters. Scheduled for release in June, the CD is being described by the group as "the...

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TESTAMENT/DRAGONLORD Guitarist Gets Ripped Off

TESTAMENT/DRAGONLORD guitarist Steve Smyth had several pieces of equipment stolen from a secure South of Market Street, San Francisco underground parking lot, on early May 6th, AM (possibly May 5th?). The missing items are as follows: 1) B.C. Rich Bich Guitar: Transparent Blood Red, Widow headstock,...

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SUMMON To Work With JAMES MURPHY On Forthcoming CD

Michigan-based black metallers SUMMON will be entering a Florida studio in June with producer James Murphy (i.e. former TESTAMENT/DEATH guitarist) to record the follow-up to No Thoughts From the Sky, tentatively entitled The Blood Runs Black. A late 2002 release through Seattle, Washington's Moribun...

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DEATH ANGEL/SWARM Frontman To Join THE DOORS Guitarist At San Francisco Gig

DEATH ANGEL/SWARM frontman Mark Osegueda will join legendary DOORS guitarist Robby Krieger for a rendition of one very special DOORS song during the latter's performance The Pound in San Francisco on Thursday, May 2nd. Also appearing on the bill are THE SERVANTS, featuring former MACHINE HEAD/TESTAM...

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ANDY SNEAP Offers Technical Opinion On SICK SPEED Vs. DK Entertainment Fiasco

Acclaimed metal producer Andy Sneap — whose list of clients includes MACHINE HEAD, TESTAMENT, STUCK MOJO, SKINLAB, BLAZE, NEVERMORE and ARCH ENEMY, among others — has jumped to the defense of SICK SPEED axeman Rich Ward (ex-STUCK MOJO) over the latter's criticism of the impending release of SICK SPE...