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SLIPKNOT/SLAYER Tattoo Artists To 'Set Up Shop' At New York's Hard Rock Cafe

On Saturday, January 28, internationally acclaimed celebrity tattoo artists from Last Rites Tattoo, including Paul Booth and Dan Marshall, will appear at Hard Rock Cafe New York (at Times Square) to captivate fans, rockers and passers-by with their creative and bold tattoo skills. The artists from L...
January 26, 2006
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ARMY OF ANYONE: FILTER/STP Supergroup Just Wants To Make Music

Launch Radio Networks reports: ARMY OF ANYONE is the first new "supergroup" of 2006, featuring FILTER frontman Richard Patrick, ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS bassist Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo, and former DAVID LEE ROTH drummer Ray Luzier. Robert DeLeo told Launch that the four veteran musicians joined fo...
January 24, 2006
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ATHEIST Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

Seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST are the second confirmed band for the Hole in the Sky – Bergen Metal Fest VII, set to take place August 23-26 in Bergen, Norway. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are CELTIC FROST. More acts will be announced soon. For more information on the Hole in...
January 23, 2006
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SLAYER, SLIPKNOT, PANTERA, FEAR FACTORY Members At NAMM: Photos Available

Around 70 photos taken at this weekend's NAMM convention (National Association of Music Merchants) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California have been posted online at DirtJunior.com: Galery#1, Gallery#2. Included in the batch are pictures of the following metal musicians: Vinnie Paul...
January 23, 2006
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One (Hellbound)

One could say that Indianapolis' DEMIRICOUS and Chicago's HURTLOCKER are cut from the same gasoline-soaked cloth. While not stylistically identical, both bands do produce a bullshit-less and trend-free form of go-for-the-throat thrash. Whereas HURTLOCKER goes for more of a THE HAUNTED attack, DEMIRI...
January 23, 2006
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EXODUS' GARY HOLT: Signature Model Guitar To Be Unveiled At NAMM

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt will be signing autographs at the Bernie Rico Jr Guitars exhibit booth #5250 at this year's NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) convention on Saturday, January 21 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Bernie Rico Jr will also be unveiling Gary...
January 20, 2006
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BURST Bassist Recounts Meeting With SLAYER's KERRY KING

According to a feature in the current issue of Resound magazine (the free magazine/mail-order catalog of Relapse Records),SLAYER guitarist Kerry King has been dropping the name of Sweden's BURST in recent interviews as one of his new favorite artists. While sincerely flattered by the endorsement, B...
January 19, 2006
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DEAD TROOPER Part Ways With Drummer, Seek Replacement

Norwegian thrashers DEAD TROOPER have parted ways with drummer Are Sorknes. According to a posting on the band's web site, Sorknes "didn't have enough time for both DEAD TROOPER and his other projects. He will be missed, the search for a new drummer has begun." As previously reported, DEAD TROOPER h...
January 17, 2006
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Former GRIP INC. Bassist Resurfaces In THE ALLKNOWING

Former GRIP INC./HEATHEN bassist Jason Vie Brooks has launched a brand-new Ohio-based project called THE ALLKNOWING. Joining Jason in the new group are vocalist Billy Cox, drummer Sean Harford and guitarist John Lynn. Commented Vie Brooks: "After I left GRIP INC. I felt like a sitting duck reading a...
January 17, 2006
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SWORN ENEMY: New Album Listening Party To Be Hosted By AOL MUSIC

After a successful run with ANTHRAX and GOD FORBID, Queens, New York-based SWORN ENEMY will continue to stay busy in support of their new album, "The Beginning of the End". To coincide with the album's Jan. 24 release via Abacus Recordings, AOL Music will host a full-CD listening party where you can...
January 16, 2006
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GOAT HORN: New Album Will Rival METALLICA's 'Master Of Puppets'

Canadian metallers GOAT HORN will be entering the studio this spring to record the follow up to their "Threatening Force" EP. The band are currently in talks with a handful of labels about a possible release of their new CD, which is expected this fall. In other news, GOAT HORN's upcoming CD has bee...
January 16, 2006
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ARMY OF ANYONE: Debut CD From FILTER/STP Supergroup Mixed By ANDY WALLACE

ARMY OF ANYONE, the new band featuring FILTER's Richard Patrick (vocals),former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS members Dean (guitar) and his brother Robert DeLeo (bass),and ex-DAVID LEE ROTH drummer Ray Luzier, are currently mixing their debut album with Andy Wallace (NIRVANA, WHITE ZOMBIE, SLAYER, KORN, DIS...
January 16, 2006
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The Beginning of the End

After the first spin I must admit that I wasn't too sure of the markedly more metallic direction SWORN ENEMY had gone in on "The Beginning of The End" until I realized that the progression made was a natural one. "As Real as it Gets" hinted at it. The 2003 release may be a hardcore ...
January 16, 2006
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SLAYER's KERRY KING: 'We're Not Close To Hanging It Up'

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King recently spoke to Decibel magazine (web site) about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's much-anticipated follow-up to 2001's "God Hates Us All", tentatively due late summer/early fall via American Recordings. According to King, the upcoming CD doesn't...
January 15, 2006
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METALLICA, KORN, SLAYER, SLIPKNOT Members Join Forces For DIMEBAG DARRELL ART TRIBUTE

Some of the biggest names in hard rock — including members of such acts as METALLICA, KORN, LINKIN PARK, SLIPKNOT, MUDVAYNE, ROB ZOMBIE, DISTURBED — have joined forces for an amazing art exhibit in remembrance of late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and to support music educati...
January 15, 2006