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HAVOCHATE: New York Dates Announced
New York-based metal band HAVOCHATE, now featuring former TESTAMENT bassist Greg Christian, have lined up the following dates during the coming weeks: Mar. 18 - Nanuet, NY - Tower Records (free show) Mar. 19 - Nyack, NY - Olives Apr. 23 - Rockville Center, NY - Purple Haze HAVOCHATE have just releas...March 17, 2005
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TESTAMENT: 'Reunion' Tour Dates Announced
TESTAMENT lead vocalist Chuck Billy and founding guitarist Eric Peterson will be joined by original guitar player Alex Skolnick and original bassist Greg Christian (HAVOCHATE) for a 10-date European run in May. Handling the drums on the upcoming trek will be either previous TESTAMENT drummer Johnny...March 17, 2005
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TESTAMENT Guitarist: 'If We Do Another Record I'd Rather Have The Original Lineup'
TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson recently spoke to RockConfidential.com about the new DRAGONLORD CD and TESTAMENT's upcoming reunion tour with guitarist Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian and drummer Louie Clemente. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: RockConfidential.com: There's ju...March 16, 2005
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ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO Schedule Dates In Texas
ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the experimental band led by former TESTAMENT/SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, head from New York to Texas for an appearance at Austin's annual South By Southwest Music Festival, along with concerts in San Antonio and Houston. The group's SXSW showcase is on Saturday, March 19 a...March 14, 2005
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JOE STUMP, CHRIS CAFFERY, MIKE CHLASCIAK Confirmed For New York's SHREDFEST
Joe Stump (REIGN OF TERROR; solo artist),Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, DOCTOR BUTCHER; solo artist) and "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, TESTAMENT, PAINMUSEUM) have been confirmed to appear at the third annual summer Shredfest, set to take place May 20-21 at the Steel Music Hal...March 10, 2005
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WINTERSUN/IMPERANON Guitarist Working On New Project: Audio Available
WINTERSUN/IMPERANON guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari has launched a new project with 16-year-old Finnish keyboardist Risto Kupiainen (who has previously collaborated with IMPERANON frontman Aleksi Sihvonen). The first rough sample of the group's material, a track called "The Discovery of Time", can be dow...March 10, 2005
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Cycle of Pain
As much as I enjoyed HAVOCHATE's "This Violent Earth" for its old-school OVERKILL/TESTAMENT crunch grooves and hardass heavy metal attitude, I still thought it was a good, not great album. About half the album crushed convincingly (especially the excellent title track) and half I found to be just av...March 9, 2005
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Classic TESTAMENT And LAAZ ROCKIT Band Lineups Confirmed For Holland's DYNAMO OPEN AIR Festival
Following ANTHRAX's example, both TESTAMENT and LAAZ ROCKIT have confirmed appearances at this year's Dynamo Open Air festival in their classic '80s lineups. TESTAMENT lead vocalist Chuck Billy and founding guitarist Eric Peterson will be joined by original guitar player Alex Skolnick and original b...March 8, 2005
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TESTAMENT: 25 Copies Of 'Tilburg' DVD To Include CHUCK BILLY Autograph
25 copies of the new TESTAMENT official "bootleg" DVD, "Live in Tilburg, The Netherlands – End of the No Mercy Festival", will be autographed by singer Chuck Billy and will be randomly mailed out to 25 of the first 100 people who order it. So if you order it now, you will have a 1-in-4 ...March 8, 2005
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PAINMUSEUM/HALFORD Guitarist To Co-Host WDHA's 'Metal Mania' Show
PAINMUSEUM/HALFORD guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak will co-host the popular New Jersey "Metal Mania" show on March 11 on WDHA 105.FM with Matt Murray. The show will be a special "The Import Metal Edition", where Metal Mike will spin his favorite tracks NOT found on domestic U.S. releases. Here is y...March 6, 2005
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SEVENTH ONE Part Ways With Guitarist
Guitarist Johannes "Axe" Losbäck has officially left Swedish power metallers SEVENTH ONE. "It's a decision that didn't come lightly," Johannes said in a statement. "I was one of the founding members, [I] love the guys as friends and admire their mucisianship, [and I] would die for metal. The decisio...March 4, 2005
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DIMMU BORGIR, MONSTER MAGNET, SENTENCED Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA OPEN AIR Festival
DIMMU BORGIR, MONSTER MAGNET, SENTENCED, DESTRUCTION, PRIMAL FEAR, BAL-SAGOTH, LAKE OF TEARS and WINTERSUN are the latest bands confirmed for the eighth annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, set to be held July 15-17 at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki, Finland. The 2005 festival will once again present...March 3, 2005
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TESTAMENT: 2003 'Bootleg' DVD Featuring BORKNAGAR Drummer Now Available
San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT are currently offering a new "bootleg" in DVD format for sale in the "Merch" section of the group's official web site. "Live in Tilburg, The Netherlands – End of the No Mercy Festival" was filmed by Walter Morgan of Deadly Embrace Productions in Tilburg, Th...March 1, 2005
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NOVEMBERS DOOM: 'The Pale Haunt Departure' Video Posted Online
Chicago doomsters NOVEMBERS DOOM have posted their video for the track "The Pale Haunt Departure" at this location. The clip was filmed on Sunday, January 23 with the help of production company Autumn's End Entertainment. "The Pale Haunt Departure" is the title track of the group's new album, due on...March 1, 2005
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MORTAL SIN Frontman Talks About Touring With METALLICA, Upcoming Album
MORTAL SIN frontman Mat Maurer recently spoke to HailMetal.com about touring with METALLICA and TESTAMENT during the group's early years and their upcoming album, among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: HailMetal.com: If given a chance to tour with METALLICA again would y...March 1, 2005
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