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DISTURBED Drummer: New Material Is 'Signature <b>DISTURBED</b> On Steroids'

DISTURBED drummer Mike Wengren recently spoke to Ferrante's Power Equipment about the songwriting process for the group's third album, tentatively due next year. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Ferrante's Power Equipment: Have you completed your recording sessions for the new CD (do...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE To Ring In New Year On 'Tonight Show'

ABC ePrep is reporting that MÖTLEY CRÜE will help ring in the New Year on the Dec. 31 installment of "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno". The band will perform on the show, and they're scheduled to make a special announcement during their appearance. The show will feature comedian Tom Green live from T...

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SLAYER: Universal Amphitheate Photos Posted Online

Several photos from SLAYER's last stop of their Jagermeister Tour at Universal Amphitheate in Universal City, CA on Friday (Dec. 17) have been posted online at DirtJunior.com. Among the photos is a close-up of Kerry King's guitar with a sticker tribute to DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Da...

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MIKE PATTON Says MR. BUNGLE Is Officially Done

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine, former FAITH NO MORE singer Mike Patton revealed that after a five-year recording break, experimental rockers MR. BUNGLE are officially done. "I'm at a point now where I crave healthy musical environments, where there is a genuine exchange of ideas...

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Ex-ANTHRAX Singer JOEY BELLADONNA 'Butchers' National Anthem At NFL Game

According to Tom Powers of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, former ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna "butchered the words" to the national anthem at the Minnesota Vikings vs Seattle Seahawks National Football League (NFL) game on December 12 at the Minneapolis Metrodome. Says Powers: "I knew it was going to...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Confirmed For NEW ENGLAND METAL AND HARDCORE FESTIVAL

Maniacal Canadian extremists STRAPPING YOUNG LAD have been confirmed for next year's edition of the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, a three-day metal and hardcore extravaganza set to be held Friday-Sunday, April 22-24, 2005 at The Palladium in Worcester. Also scheduled to perform at the fes...

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Were PANTERA Planning A Reunion?

Singer Mike D. Williams of EYEHATEGOD, which features in its ranks SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist Jimmy Bower, has posted the following message at his Southern Nihilism Front web site: "I know by now you've all heard this bullshit [about Dimebag being shot to death]... It's sad as fuck. I can't even pu...

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Buffalo DAMAGEPLAN Fans Stunned By DIMEBAG's Murder A Day After Local Show

Jeff Miers of The Buffalo News reports: When "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott rolled into Buffalo's Icon club Tuesday for a gig with his band, DAMAGEPLAN, the guitarist couldn't have known the show would be his last. Within 24 hours, the legendary musician would be dead, the victim of a crazed fan's deadly...

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Notorious Concert Gang FSU Eyed In Massachusetts Beatdown

Tom Farmer and Dave Wedge of BostonHerald.com are reporting that a vicious beatdown in a Brockton, MA nightclub Friday night is being blamed on the notorious FSU gang which has produced DVDs showing patrons being pummeled in Boston-area clubs. According to friends of Jarrod Kenney, 22, of Raynham, K...

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BALLISTIC Frontman To Form 'Punk' Project

BALLISTIC mainman Tom Gattis (ex-DEUCE, TENSION, WARDOG) has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "The positive: [2004] in retrospect was everything I had hoped for. Once again Europe did not fail to deliver the metal fans they are so famous for, and the fantastic people tha...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Finalize Track Listing For 'Alien'

Maniacal Canadian extremists STRAPPING YOUNG LAD have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Alien", tentatively due on March 22, 2005 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to the group's critically acclaimed 2002 release, "SYL", was recorded at the Armoury and Greenhouse Studios (both...

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MACHINE HEAD's ROBERT FLYNN Gets Dissed By SLAYER's KERRY KING

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted another installement in his online "diary" at the group's official web site. An excerpt from the entry follows: "Played in Paris with SLIPKNOT and SLAYER. MASTODON opened the show, which was really cool. Hung with them for a while, really nice guys, drin...

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PARAGON Set Tentative Track Listing For 'Revenge'

German power metallers PARAGON have set the tentative track listing for their new album, "Revenge", due in February/March 2005 through Remedy Records. "Revenge" marks the follow-up to the band's successful album "The Dark Legacy", released by Remedy last year. The new record was recorded in part at...

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Former MÖTLEY CRÜE Singer Completes Work On Autobiography

Former MÖTLEY CRÜE singer John Corabi's authorized autobiography is finished, and is reportedly being bid over by several publishers. Expect a summer 2005 release date. In April 2005, co-author Jake Brown will begin work with HANOI ROCKS members Michael Monroe and Andy McCoy on the band's authorized...

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SLAYER's TOM ARAYA Guest DJs On Sirius Satellite Radio's 'Hard Attack'

Sirius Satellite Radio's "Hard Attack"/27 channel surrenders this weekend (12/3-12/5) to an "Eternity of SLAYER", playing a SLAYER song at the top of every hour (72 songs total). Defying doctor's orders after recently suffering throat damage, Tom Araya will return to the "Hard Attack" studios with h...