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TESTAMENT Part Ways With Guitarist STEVE SMYTH

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT have parted ways with guitarist Steve Smyth and are looking to secure a temporary replacement in time for their upcoming European tour, BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal. Although no official word has yet come down on the matter, it is believe...

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The metal world was shocked last year when SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera effectively fired his entire band, but then again, SOULFLY had never been what one could call a stable entity. Unlike Cavalera's previous band, SEPULTURA, SOULFLY has been squarely his sole vision, with any other musicians seem...

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SLAYER, DAMAGEPLAN, OTEP: More Canadian Dates Leaked

SLAYER, DAMAGEPLAN and OTEP will be teaming up for a handful of Canadian dates in early June. Also rumored to be appearing on the bill are Newfoundland's BUCKET TRUCK. The trek is shaping up as follows: Jun. 10 - Halifax, NS @ The Halifax Metro Centre Jun. 11 - Moncton, NB @ The Moncton Coliseum ...

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SKINLAB Part Ways With Drummer And Guitarist, Seek Replacements

SKINLAB bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel has issued the following update on the band's activities: "Hey there everyone. Sorry it's been awhile since the last official update. Even though we've been laying low since the completion of the Jagermusic tour with SLAYER, HATEBREED and our labelmates ARCH E...

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HATEBREED To Play Summer Dates With SLAYER, JUDAS PRIEST

HATEBREED have announced that they will be playing a bunch of dates with SLAYER and JUDAS PRIEST on "off" days during this year's Ozzfest tour. Club dates with DEVILDRIVER are also a possibility. HATEBREED are in the middle of the "Headbanger's Ball Tour" with DAMAGEPLAN, DROWNING POOL and UNEARTH....

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AFTER FOREVER Confirmed For Holland's DYNAMO OPEN AIR Festival

Dutch "gothic metal sensation" AFTER FOREVER have been confirmed for Dynamo Open Air, a one-day Dutch heavy metal festival scheduled to be held Saturday, June 5 in the Goffertpark in Nijmegen, Holland. Also scheduled to appear are headliners SLAYER, plus LIFE OF AGONY, DIMMU BORGIR, NIGHTWISH, DEICI...

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Spokesperson: DAMAGEPLAN In Talks To Open For SLAYER In Canada

A spokesperson for DAMAGEPLAN has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that talks are underway for the group to open for SLAYER on a short Canadian tour in June (as first reported here yesterday). A third group will reportedly be added to the bill as well. So far, only one date appears to have been leaked:...

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PHILIP ANSELMO 'Clears Things Up' On All Things OZZFEST

SUPERJOINT RITUAL/ex-PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo has posted the following message in the "Tour Diary" section of SUPERJOINT's web site: "This is the most infamous Philip H. Anselmo, writing to you fucks on the computer. Just to clear things up, a few hilariously dick headed (what else?) supposed...

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SLAYER And DAMAGEPLAN To Tour Canada In June?

SLAYER and DAMAGEPLAN will reportedly be teaming up for a 10-date run through Canada in June prior to SLAYER's appearance at this year's Ozzfest. No further information is available at this time. SLAYER are currently in the studio recording their first album with the original lineup since 1990's "Se...

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SLAYER To Perform On MTV's 'Viva La Bam'

SLAYER will appear on MTV's "Viva La Bam" on Sunday, May 2. The MTV show airs at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT. As previously reported, SLAYER are sharing the cover of the current issue of Revolver magazine with Bam Margera, the star of "Viva La Bam", which was named "Best TV Show" in the Revolver Readers' Poll....

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'Get Thrashed' Thrash Metal Documentary: Third Preview Clip Posted Online

The makers of "Get Thrashed", the upcoming documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a third preview clip via the project's official web site. The third clip features guitarist Scott Ian (ANTHRAX, ex-S.O.D.) sharing an interesti...

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TOOL Drummer: New Album Will Be Heavier Than 'Lateralus'

TOOL drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones and bassist Justin Chancellor have been jamming together for the past few months and they've already got the framework for 10 to 12 new songs, according to MTV.com. "They're very much in the infant stage, where we have all these different jams and we st...

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VELVET REVOLVER: Video Clip Posted Online

VELVET REVOLVER's official web site is currently hosting the first of several weekly video clips to be released prior to the release of the group's debut album, "Contraband". Download the first clip at this location. "Slither", the first single from "Contraband", will go for radio adds on April 12....

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VELVET REVOLVER: 'Slither' Full-Length MP3 Available For Download

"Slither", the first single from VELVET REVOLVER's much-anticipated debut album, "Contraband", has been made available for download in MP3 format at this location (courtesy of FMQB.com). "Contraband", due on June 8 through RCA Records, will include twelve of the more than fifty tracks the band co-wr...

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Exclusive: New DIMMU BORGIR Drummer Speaks Out!

DIMMU BORGIR's session drummer Reno Kiilerich has spoken exclusively to BLABBERMOUTH.NET about landing a job with what is arguably the most commercially successful black metal band in the world. Kiilerich, who hails from Denmark, was previously a member of several acclaimed death metal groups, inclu...