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MEGADETH Drummer Unable To Make Online Chat; Guitarist GLEN Steps In

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover will not be able to make the chat scheduled for May 7 at the MegaFanClub chat room. His brother — and MEGADETH's guitarist — Glen Drover has agreed to step in and take Shawn's place. The chat will take place at 7:00 p.m. EST / 4:00 p.m. PST (12:00 ...

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AUDIOSLAVE Guitarist: New Album To Contain Band's 'Most Political Song To Date'

AUDIOSLAVE frontman Tom Morello told RollingStone.com that the band's new track "Wide Awake", off their forthcoming third album, "Revelations", is "probably AUDIOSLAVE's most political song to date. The song deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the horrible way the administration has le...

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RUSH Begin Work On New Material

RUSH drummer Neil Peart has posted the following update on his official web site, www.neilpeart.net: "In early March, winter still ruled the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec. The snow was often at its deepest in that month, piling up through the blizzards of January and February until it covered the g...

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NEVERMORE Bassist To Undergo Crohn's Disease Treatment; Ex-MEGADETH Man To Fill In

NEVERMORE bass player and one of the founding members Jim Sheppard will soon be undergoing a minor procedure for Crohn's Disease, a condition he's managed for over 15 years. Unable to perform with the band during the first part of their upcoming tour with IN FLAMES, Sheppard is expected to rejoin th...

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SILENT FORCE Announce New Album Title

SILENT FORCE, the power metal band featuring ex-ROYAL HUNT singer D.C. Cooper, have set "Walk the Earth" as the title of their fourth album, tentatively due in October via AFM Records. The guitars, bass and keyboards for the new CD were laid down at Guitars from Hell studio in Krefeld, Germany, whil...

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BEYOND FEAR: New Audio Interview With TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Available For Download

Danish rock magazine www.revolution-music.dk has uploaded a brand new audio interview with BEYOND FEAR frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens (ex-JUDAS PRIEST, also currently in ICED EARTH). Download the 10-minute MP3 file at this location (14 MB). BEYOND FEAR is the new Ohio-based band featuring Owens alongsi...

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DEFTONES Frontman Says New Album Is 'The Most Diverse Record We've Done'

DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno has told MTV.com that "Hole in the Earth", the tentative first single from the DEFTONES' forthcoming, still-untitled LP, addresses the internal strife that paralyzed the band for a time while he focused on his experimental side project TEAM SLEEP. "We wrote it live, wi...

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Former MEGADETH Bassist To Tour With SPEED\KILL/HATE

BLABBERMOUTH.NET can reveal that former MEGADETH/ICED EARTH bassist James MacDonough will be joining SPEED\KILL/HATE for their upcoming Metal Crusaders North American tour with VADER, KATAKLYSM, DESTRUCTION, GRAVEWORM and THE ABSENCE. MacDonough will be filling in for regular SPEED\KILL/HATE bassist...

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Former MEGADETH Bassist Prepares To Hit The Road With Mystery Project

Will Beardmore, who runs the MEGADETH fan site www.RattleheadHQ.com, has just created the official web site for former MEGADETH bassist James MacDonough. Check it out at www.JamesMacDonough.net. A posting from James on the site reads as follows: "There are two projects in the works and in the next c...

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MOONSTONE PROJECT: Ambitious CD Project Finally Available

MOONSTONE PROJECT, the ambitious musical creature of Italian guitarist Matt Filippini, has finally released its debut album, "Time to Take a Stand". The CD is described as a collection of classic rock songs written by Filippini himself and played by his band, along with some rock legend guests: Ian...

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MEGADETH: Recording Update

MEGADETH guitarist Glen Drover has posted the following message in the "Forums" section nof the band's official web site: "We are now on day 7 of recording here in England and everything is going very well. Shawn [Drover] is recording a drum track as a write this letter to you, which will be his six...

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Memorial

Kudos to Portugal's MOONSPELL for creating goth with death metal propulsion that should have cross-genre appeal. You heard it on much of "The Antidote", but "Memorial" is a 59-minute gem of an album that manages to be very heavy without dispensing with that Vampire-esque gothic appeal. While I would...

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Bestial

Let's begin by giving thanks to the fine people at At a Loss Recordings for continuing to dredge up some of the angriest, angular, and utterly mind-fucking sonic trample in the universe. The trend ain't dead either. Now comes a two-man project called BLACK COBRA that fills every nook and cranny with...

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SEBASTIAN BACH To Enter Studio In Early May

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach will enter the studio on May 7 to begin recording his long-awaited second solo album, tentatively titled "Angel Down", for a September 2006 release through Spitfire Records. "We are recording the CD in Los Angeles and are putting together tour plans right now...

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DAWNBRINGER Complete Work On Third Album

Ten years after the release of their debut EP, "Sacrament", the Pennsylvania-based metallers DAWNBRINGER have completed their third full-length album. Entitled "In Sickness and In Dreams", the CD is scheduled for a June release via Battle Kommand Records. According to a press release, "In Sickness a...