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KING DIAMOND Prepare To Record 'The Puppet Master'
KING DIAMOND have finished writing 12 songs for their next studio album, "The Puppet Master", tentatively due in October through Metal Blade Records. According to the band's official web site, "King wrote nine songs this time and finished writing the music for those songs about two weeks ago. [KING...January 29, 2003
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JAG PANZER Guitarist Joins BALLISTIC
BALLISTIC, the new band featuring former DEUCE / TENSION / WARDOG mainman Tom Gattis and JAG PANZER drummer Rikard Stjernquist, have parted ways with guitarist Peter Petev and have replaced him with JAG PANZER axeman Chris Broderick. The group, who were previously known as AFTERBURN, are set to begi...January 29, 2003
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VOIVOD Work With GEORGE LUCAS Team On New Video
VOIVOD shot their parts for the "We Carry On" video in the San Francisco Bay Area last weekend, and have since handed the footage over to the workers at George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) for editing and post-production. ILM, who are said to be longtime VOIVOD fans and have also worke...January 28, 2003
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PHILM Announce Additional Date
PHILM, the new band featuring SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo, CIVIL DEFIANCE/KKLEQ MUZZIL guitarist/vocalist Gerry Paul Nestler, and KKLEQ MUZZIL bassist Juan Antonio Perez, have added a date in Lombardo's hometown of Victorville, California at the end of February. Confirmed dates so far are as follow...January 28, 2003
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MACHINE HEAD's FLYNN: 'The Guitars Are Fucking Back'
MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted the following message via the band's official web site, www.machinehead1.com: "All that I will tell you about the new MACHINE HEAD demo is that: "THE GUITARS ARE FUCKIIIIIIIING BACK!!!!!! "We're talking B-I-G, fat, meaty, slicing fuckin' guitars. The typ...January 26, 2003
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DAVE LOMBARDO's New Project Launch Official Web Site
PHILM, the new band featuring SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo, CIVIL DEFIANCE/KKLEQ MUZZIL guitarist/vocalist Gerry Paul Nestler, and KKLEQ MUZZIL bassist Juan Antonio Perez, have launched their official web site at this location. Described as "a potent combination of Lombardo's signature drumming morp...January 24, 2003
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KING'S X Name New CD
KING'S X have set "Black Like Sunday" as the title for their upcoming CD, tentatively due in April/May through Metal Blade Records. ...January 23, 2003
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FALCONER Split With Singer, Announce Replacement
Swedish melodic power metallers FALCONER have parted ways with vocalist Mathias Blad and have replaced him with DESTINY frontman Kristoffer Göbel. According to the band's official web site, Kristoffer is "not a Mathias wannabe but [has] his own style, which also gives the band a chance to evolve." B...January 21, 2003
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NECRONOMICON To Commence Work On New CD
Quebec-based death metallers NECRONOMICON will enter the studio on Feb. 1 to begin recording the follow-up to 1999's "Pharaoh of Gods", due later in the year. Entitled "The Sacred Medicines", the album will be recorded in the band's hometown region of the Saguenay, in North-Eastern Quebec and will b...January 16, 2003
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SIX FEET UNDER Prepare To Record New Album
SIX FEET UNDER frontman Chris Barnes (ex-CANNIBAL CORPSE) has posted the following message via the group's official web site: "Hey all you sick fucks!!!! Just wanted to say what's up and let you all know what's been goin' on with SIX FEET UNDER. First off, the X-Mass festivals that we've just comple...January 15, 2003
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CALLENISH CIRCLE Set Release Date For 'My Passion // Your Pain'
Dutch melodic death metallers CALLENISH CIRCLE have set May 5 as the release date through Metal Blade Records for their fourth full-length album, "My Passion // Your Pain". The CD is currently being recorded at Stage One studio in Bühne, Germany with producer Andy Classen, who had previously worked...January 15, 2003
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JOHN ARCH Speaks Out On 'A Twist Of Fate'
Former FATES WARNING frontman John Arch, freshly signed to Metal Blade Records as solo artist, recently commented on the musical and the lyrical direction of his much-anticipated debut EP, "A Twist Of Fate", due later in the year. "I think the music has a good feel to it," Arch said. "There are a lo...January 14, 2003
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CALLENISH CIRCLE Off Europe's NO MERCY/EASTER FESTIVALS 2003
Dutch melodic death metallers CALLENISH CIRCLE have been officially removed from the lineup of acts performing at this year's No Mercy/Easter Festivals 2003, according to the band's record label, Metal Blade Records. "They got dropped off the tour [by booking agent/promoter] Metallysee because there...January 14, 2003
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MIKE PORTNOY Says Ex-FATES WARNING Singer Sounds 'Better Than Ever' On Upcoming EP
DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy spent two days last May recording at the Carriage House in Stamford, Connecticut for the hugely-anticipated solo debut from original FATES WARNING vocalist John Arch, due later in the year through Metal Blade Records. "I must say that it is soooo great to hear one...January 13, 2003
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Former FATES WARNING Singer Inks Solo Deal!
Former FATES WARNING vocalist John Arch has inked a solo deal with Metal Blade Records. The singer's first release through the label will be a 20-minute EP, "A Twist Of Fate", featuring FATES WARNING guitarist Jim Matheos, FATES WARNING/ARMORED SAINT bassist Joey Vera and DREAM THEATER drummer Mike...January 9, 2003
