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TORI AMOS Issues Challenge To Metal Bands

Eccentric singer, songwriter and pianist Tori Amos who has just released a classically inspired album, "Night Of Hunters" told Spinner.com that she wasn't surprised when she learned that wrestling superstar Mick Foley was a fan of her music, claiming that the emotion in her songs is more powerful th...

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FAITH NO MORE To Perform Entire 'King For A Day' Album At Chile's MAQUINARIA FESTIVAL

Reactivated influential alt-metal act FAITH NO MORE will perform all of its classic fifth studio album, "King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime" at the Maquinaria Festival in Santiago, Chile on November 12. They will be joined at the concert by Trey Spruance, the guitarist who played on the original...

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CHIMAIRA, UNEARTH To Join Forces For 'The Jgermeister Presents Tour'

CHIMAIRA will join forces with UNEARTH for "The Jgermeister Presents Tour" beginning on October 10 in Kent, Ohio. Also appearing on the bill is SKELETONWITCH. "We are extremely excited to hit the road with our old friends in UNEARTH," says CHIMAIRA frontman Mark Hunter. "Crazy to think that our band...

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SINGLE BULLET THEORY Mainman Discusses 'Auctioneer Of Souls' Track (Video)

A video clip of SINGLE BULLET THEORY guitarist/vocalist Matt DiFabio detailing the epic shredders' free-for-all, "Auctioneer Of Souls", can be seen below. The song, which is featured on the band's new album, "IV", contains solos from DiFabio, new SINGLE BULLET THEORY guitarist John Ruszin and a laun...

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KERRY KING, ZAKK WYLDE Share Their Favorite ANTHRAX Memories (Video)

Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) spoke to members of SLAYER and ANTHRAX, along with Lady Starlight and "That Metal Show" co-host Eddie Trunk, for Revolver TV backstage at the "Metal Masters 2" clinic in New York City on September 12. The six-minute clip, which features the interviewee...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER Interviewed On 'Radioactive Metal' (Audio)

Canadian guitarist Glen Drover (MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND, EIDOLON) was interviewed for the latest edition of "Radioactive Metal". You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. "Radioactive Metal" is broadcast on Pure Rock Radio Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. EST at www.purerockradio.net...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Rejoined By Drummer KELLY DAVID SMITH

Long-running Arizona metallers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have parted ways with drummer Craig Nielsen and have been rejoined by Kelly David Smith. The band's current lineup is the same as the one that recorded the "Cuatro" (1992),"Drift" (1995) and "High" (1997) albums: Eric "A.K." Knutson - Vocals Ed Carl...

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MATT SORUM Selling THE CULT 'Beyond Good And Evil' Tour Bass Drums

Up for auction via eBay is a set (being sold individually) of DW 24x18 maple bass drums owned and used by Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES, THE CULT, DIAMOND BABY) on THE CULT's "Beyond Good And Evil" tour. Both drum heads have been signed by Matt with his signature and "The ...

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VAN HALEN Has Not Yet Signed With COLUMBIA

According to the usually reliable unofficial VAN HALEN web site Van Halen News Desk, VAN HALEN has yet to officially ink a deal with Columbia despite rumors that the band had signed with the label after spending its entire 35-year career at Warner Bros. An "inside source" tells VHND.com that "there...

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RAGNAROK Parts Ways With REGAIN RECORDS, Seeks New Label Home

Norwegian black metallers RAGNAROK have ended their collaboration with Regain Records and are currently seeking a new label home. Interested record companies can contact the band via their management at [email protected]. Formed in 1994, RAGNAROK's latest album, "Collectors Of The King",...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING Interviewed By 'The Music Zoo' (Video)

The day before the "Big Four" concert at Yankee Stadium in New York City, SLAYER's Kerry King came to The Music Zoo to show off some of new BC Rich guitars and chat with Tommy Colletti. You can now watch the interview below. Gary Holt of EXODUS has spent the last few months filling in ...

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Report: VAN HALEN Switches Record Labels After 35 Years

According to industry web site Hits Daily Double, VAN HALEN recently inked a deal with new label Columbia after spending its entire 35-year career at Warner Bros. The band's already completed new studio album its first in 27 years to feature original singer David Lee Roth is now expected to arrive e...

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DIAMOND HEAD, METALLICA Members Interviewed At U.K.'s SONISPHERE Festival

New Wave Of British Heavy Metal legends DIAMOND HEAD played one of the biggest shows of their career in early July at the U.K. installment of the Sonisphere festival at Knebworth House. The band opened for the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX who had...

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METALLICA Was Told To Keep Off The Grass At Yankee Stadium

METALLICA headlined the second-ever U.S. "Big Four" show on Wednesday (September 14),joined by SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX for the first heavy metal concert ever staged at the new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Photos showed that the infield diamond was kept clear of fans, and METALLICA frontman Jam...

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Legendary Doom Pioneers THE OBSESSED To Reunite For ROADBURN Festival

Legendary doom pioneers THE OBSESSED will reunite for an appearance at next year's edition of the Roadburn festival, set to take place from Thursday, April 12 to Sunday, April 15 (the traditional Afterburner) at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. The band's lineup for the concert will be Scott "Wino...