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PUSHED Taps FIREBALL MINISTRY Bassist For Reunion Show

Southern California's PUSHED, the band featuring former TESTAMENT/SLAYER drummer Jon Dette, has tapped Johnny Chow (a.k.a. John Mark Bechtel, FIREBALL MINISTRY, ex-SYSTEMATIC, MY RUIN) to play bass for its upcoming one-off reunion show on Saturday, December 30, 2006 at the Jumping Turtle in San Marc...

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IRON MAIDEN To Play U.K.'s Donington Park In June?

According to Last.fm, IRON MAIDEN has booked the U.K.'s Donington Park for June 6, 2007 — two days before the Download festival kicks off. This would, of course, fit with the rumors lately about MAIDEN going on a festival tour next summer, and the fact that MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson has been a...

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DIMENSION ZERO Finishes Recording New Album; Photos Available

DIMENSION ZERO — the Swedish band featuring IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Strömblad (on bass),ex-MARDUK vocalist Joakim "Jocke" Göthberg, LUCIFERION/DIABOLIQUE drummer Hasse Nilsson, and PATHOS guitarist Daniel Antonsson — has finished recording its third album, tentatively due in early 2007. Songtitl...

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SLAYER Guitarist On Songwriting: 'If You Sit Down And Over-Think It, It's Usually Sh*t'

Luxi Lahtinen of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman. An excerpt from the chat follows: Metal-Rules.com: As you have probably heard from almost every possible direction many have said that the aggression and brutality of your old days have returned. So...

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SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON Featured On 'Unholy Alliance' CD+DVD: Release Date Announced

American Recordings has set a February 13, 2007 release date for the "Unholy Alliance" CD+DVD package. Filmed on July 13, 2006 at Vancouver's 18,000-seat General Motors Place, "Unholy Alliance" features performance footage from SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON, CHILDREN OF BODOM and THINE EYES BLEED. D...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION Guitarist: 'LAMB OF GOD Definitely Aren't Doing Nothing New'

HailMetal.Com recently conducted an interview with MALEVOLENT CREATION guitarist Jon Rubin. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: HailMetal.Com: How much work has been done on the new record? "Doomsday X" is the bands tenth studio release, is it not? How much have you contributed to it? Jon: We...

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DEFTONES in 'Total Control' Of OCTANE On SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO

DEFTONES members Chino Moreno and Abe Cunningham will be in "Total Control" of Octane on Sirius Satellite Radio on Wednesday, December 20 at 6:00 p.m. ET as they pick out, play and talk about some of their favorite songs from BAD BRAINS, JIMI HENDRIX, SEPULTURA, FUGAZI, DANZIG, TEAM SLEEP, SLAYER, G...

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STONE SOUR: European Tour Dates Announced

STONE SOUR has lined up the following European tour dates in February/March: Feb. 11 - Copenhagen, DEN - Pumpehuset Feb. 12 - Oslo, NOR - Rockefeller Feb. 14 - Helsinki, FIN - Nosturi Feb. 16 - Stockholm, SWE - Klubben Feb. 17 - Aarhus, DEN - Voxhall Feb. 19 - Brussels, BEL - AB Feb. ...

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ZAKK WYLDE, DRAGONFORCE's LI And TOTMAN Clean House In GUITAR WORLD Poll

According to Roadrunner Records, Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE),Herman Li and Sam Totman (DRAGONFORCE) cleaned house and kicked ass, winning most of the categories in the 2007 Guitar World Readers' Poll. Let's break down just how much ass they actually kicked: Zakk Wylde won the aw...

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Former SLAYER/TESTAMENT Drummer JON DETTE Announces PUSHED Reunion Show

Southern California's PUSHED, the band featuring former TESTAMENT/SLAYER drummer Jon Dette and TESTAMENT bassist Greg Christian, will play a one-off reunion show on Saturday, December 30, 2006 at the Jumping Turtle in San Marcos, California. Shane Monaghan will be filling in on bass for the upcoming...

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STONE SOUR, MASTODON Confirmed For United Arab Emirates' DESERT ROCK Festival

STONE SOUR and MASTODON have been confirmed for the Desert Rock 2007 festival, set to take place March 9-10, 2007 at the Dubai Country Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: March 9, 2007: CHILDREN OF BODOM IN FLAMES THE PRODIGY STONE SOUR MASTODON March...

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SLIPKNOT To Guest On SIRIUS SATELLITE's 'Hard Attack'

On Tuesday, December 19 at 4:00 p.m., SLIPKNOT percussionist M. Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown) will be interviewed by host of Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack, Jose Mangin, about other "so-called" metal bands, family, friends, foes, and his feelings after helming the group's latest visual assault,...

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BLACK SABBATH In The U.K.'s SUN Tabloid

In an almost unprecedented move for a tabloid newspaper, the Sun — the world's biggest-selling English-language newspaper, with over eight million readers a day — has acknowledged the world of heavy metal by reviewing a BLACK SABBATH biography in glowing terms. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", the new SABB...

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Former TOURNIQUET Members Recruit New Drummer

Former TOURNIQUET members Victor Macias (bass),Erik Mendez (guitar),and Gary Lenaire (guitar) have announced the addition of drummer Al Velasquez (DW Drums) to their brand new project 2050. The group, which cites its influences as BLACK SABBATH, SLAYER, MAGMA and MOTÖRHEAD, has a MySpace page at t...

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IMPIOUS: Two New Songs Available For Download

Swedish death/thrashers IMPIOUS have uploaded two full songs from their new album, entitled "Holy Murder Masquerade", at their official web site. Check out the tracks "Bloodcraft" and "Everlasting Punishment" at this location. "Holy Murder Masquerade" is scheduled for release on January 29, 2007 via...