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ORANGE GOBLIN: In Writing Mode

British doomsters ORANGE GOBLIN have begun writing material for their new album, tentatively due next May via Sanctuary Records. Four tracks have already been completed and lots of ideas are coming together. The band says that the next record will definitely be a progression from 2004's "Thieving fr...

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SLAYER Guitarist Looking Forward To Playing Venues 'Where We Can Be Right In The Fans' Faces'

SLAYER will hit the road on January 24 for a four-week North American tour. The dates are in support of "Christ Illusion" (August 8, American Recordings),the original band's first new studio album since 1990's "Seasons In The Abyss", and its highest-charting album ever (#5 on Billboard's Top 200 Al...

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PAPA ROACH Is 'Slayin' It' On The Road

Launch Radio Networks reports: PAPA ROACH had two days to recover from its opening stint for GUNS N' ROSES, which ended last Friday (November 10),before kicking off its headlining run on this year's Zippo Hot Tour last night (Monday, November 13) in Norfolk, Virginia. Singer Jacoby Shaddix told Lau...

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STUCK MOJO: Another New Song Posted Online

Atlanta-based rap-metal pioneers STUCK MOJO, who recently announced the addition of vocalist Lord Nelson to the group's lineup, have posted another new track, entitled "Home", on their MySpace page. Also available at the same location are the songs "Metal is Dead" and "That's When I Burn". "All thre...

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DIVINITY DESTROYED: Lineup Change Announced, New Video Posted Online

Toms River, New Jersey-based progressive metal band DIVINITY DESTROYED has issued the following update: "DIVINITY DESTROYED has always taken chances in their seven-year history and now they have done it again... completely on their own. Mark Ward has retired his duties on guitar and vocals and moved...

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MOONSPELL: More Festival Appearances Announced

Portuguese metal band MOONSPELL has been added to the X-Mas Festivals bill at the 013 in Tilburg, Holland on December 17. Other bands on the bill include GOREFEST, TRAIL OF TEARS, BELPHEGOR, DARZAMAT, HEVEIN, HEIDEVOLK, THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT and DEVIOUS. MOONSPELL has also been confirmed for the Wi...

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AUDIOSLAVE Guitarist To Guest On 'Real Time With Bill Maher'

AUDIOSLAVE/ex-RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello will be a guest on "Real Time With Bill Maher" next Friday, November 17. The show will air live at 11 p.m. EST on HBO. In other news, Morello's solo alter ego, THE NIGHTWATCHMAN, has lined up the following appearances: Nov. 14 - Hollywood,...

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CHRIS POLAND: 'MEGADETH Is Still Is The Most Important Music I Have Recorded To Date'

Former MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the MEGADETH fan site Take No Prisoners: "My time with MEGADETH is still is the most important music I have recorded to date and I am proud of every note. No regrets. I remember more than you would ...

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ALICE COOPER Takes A Page From GROUCHO And ALLEN For His Talk Show

Clea Simon of The Boston Globe reports: If Groucho Marx had a radio show today, would it sound like Alice Cooper's? That's the theory ghoulish rock luminary Cooper proposed recently, when he visited the WZLX-FM (100.7) studios to discuss his "Saturday Night With Alice Cooper" show, which runs Saturd...

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KROKUS Drummer Completes Tour Despite Ruptured Hernia

According to a posting on KROKUS' official web site, the band's drummer, Stefan Schwarzmann (ex-ACCEPT, U.D.O., HELLOWEEN),played the group's entire first leg of the European "Hellraiser" tour with a ruptured (umbilical) hernia. Stefan reports that he will get the hernia operated sometime in the fi...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO Says HEAVEN AND HELL Will Do 'A Year Of Touring'

Legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) has revealed to Classic Rock magazine that HEAVEN AND HELL — the new band featuring Dio alongside original BLACK SABBATH members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward — will likely headline next year's Monsters of Rock fes...

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GODSMACK To Take Break In January For Birth Of Bassist's Daughter

GODSMACK bass player Robbie Merrill told The Coloradoan that the band will take a break in January when Merrill's wife is due to give birth to the couple's first child — a baby girl. "We're very excited," said the proud papa-to-be. But before he's pacing the maternity ward, Merrill said he will cont...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS' BILLY CORGAN Unveils New Tunes During Solo Set

MJI Interactive reports that SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan played four new songs that could end up on the band's forthcoming reunion album during an intimate club show Tuesday (Nov. 7) in Los Angeles. Pete Townshend of legendary rock group THE WHO also was on the gig's bill, and reportedly...

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CHORD To Play One-Off Red Cross Benefit In NYC

Chicago drone collective CHORD (which includes members of PELICAN) will play a one-off Red Cross benefit sponsored by Decibel magazine in New York (Water Street Lounge, 66 Water Street, Brooklyn) on Saturday, November 11. Also on the bill are GROWING and THE AUSTERITY PROGRAM (HydraHead). Any given...

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CELLADOR Guitarist To Shoot Instructional DVD

Bill Hudson, lead guitarist for Nebraska-based extreme power metallers CELLADOR, will shoot a promotional DVD for "Chops from Hell" this weekend. The video will be around 60 minutes long and will cover the most useful techniques, as well as improvisation and how to use your technique in service of y...