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FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES Announces Fill-In Drummer For Australian Tour

Long Island post-hardcore act FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES has recruited Joe Zizzo of Victory recording artists THE SLEEPING to replace drummer Jeff Gretz on the band's upcoming Australian tour. Gretz has been forced to sit out the remainder of the band's European trek and the Australian dates after breakin...

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ALTARIA Parts Ways With Label, Bassist

Finnish melodic metallers ALTARIA have issued the following update: "ALTARIA has parted ways with record company Metal Heaven and is currently negotiating a new contract. Material for the fourth album, which earlier was scheduled to be released in 2007, is basically ready just waiting to be recorded...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman On Touring, Songwriting And Covering Other Bands' Material

Terrorizer assistant editor Louise Brown recently conducted an interview with CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On covering other people's songs: "We just did a SUICIDAL TENDENCIES cover. We are massive fans of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES. We were told we...

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DRILLER KILLER Is Back With New Lineup

Brutal Swedish "crust core" act DRILLER KILLER has issued the following update: "Well, 2007 turned out to be just as fucked up as the year before... It started of with a cancelled U.S. tour and a cancelled European tour.... All because of the 'promoters.' "However, we did play at Truckstop Alaska (R...

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MASTODON To Be Featured On 'Human Giant: The Complete 1st Season' DVD

According to Pitchfork, MASTODON's performance on MTV's "24 Hours of Human Giant", which aired in May 2007, will be included on the "Human Giant: The Complete 1st Season" DVD, due on March 18 via MTV and Paramount Home Entertainment. In addition to the eight episodes (with commentary from the cast a...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Gets His First Cell Phone

World Entertainment News Network reports that Ozzy Osbourne received a special gift for Christmas — his first-ever cell phone at the age of 59. The singer now loves his new mobile phone, and calls daughter Kelly incessantly — and recently phoned her just to inform her he was a fan of her 2005 album...

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STRATOVARIUS Mainman Completes Work On 'Saana' Classical Rock Opera

STRATOVARIUS guitarist Timo Tolkki has issued the following update on his upcoming classical rock opera, "Saana - Warrior of Light Part 1: Journey to Crystal Island": "After spending 21 or so days in the studio, I got the mixes done. It was the weirdest mixing session I have ever done. Only assembli...

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CREMATORY: European Tour Dates Announced

German gothic metallers CREMATORY have scheduled the following dates: "Pray Over Europe Tour 2008": Mar. 28 - D-Bad Salzungen, KW70 Mar. 29 - D-Osnabrück, N8 Apr. 30 - D-Wuppertal, LCB May 01 - D-Gießen, MUK Gießen May 02 - D-Glauchau, Alte Spinnerei May 09 - D-Bremen, Tivoli May 10 - D-Hannover, Mu...

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STRATOVARIUS Mainman Issues Update On 'Saana' Clasical Rock Opera

STRATOVARIUS guitarist Timo Tolkki has issued the following update on his upcoming classical rock opera, "Saana - Warrior of Light Part 1: Journey to Crystal Island": "I have been mixing 'Saana' at Sonic Pump in Helsinki for four days now. First three days went pretty much just to get all the materi...

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ARGUS To Record Cover Of TROUBLE Classic

ARGUS, the Pennsylvania-based metal band featuring former PENANCE vocalist Brian "Butch" Balich, has issued the following update: "In late January 2008, the Miskatonic Foundation will release a vinyl-only 10" release entitled 'Sleeping Dogs'. This EP will include four of the five songs from our spri...

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DREAM THEATER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY Members Reveal Favorite Albums Of 2007

Members of DREAM THEATER, OPETH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD are among the Roadrunner Records artists whose favorite albums of 2007 have been posted on the Roadrunner web site at this location. A few musicians' selections can be found below. Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER...

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ILLDISPOSED Parts Ways With Guitarist

Danish extreme metallers ILLDISPOSED have issued he following update: "On December 15th Martin [Thim, guitar] will play his last show with us. Martin doesn't have the time it takes to play with us anymore, his normal job and private life is his priority. He is the first ILLDISPOSED member ever who w...

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ICED EARTH Drummer Issues Final 'Road Rage' Report

ICED EARTH drummer Brent Smedley has posted the final entry in the "Road Rage Reports" section of the band's official web site. An excerpt follows: "Sometimes at the end of the tour people can get touritis...which is a condition where you begin to get a little loopy, crazy, silly or whatever. Tim [T...

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MONSTER MAGNET: New DAVE WYNDORF Audio Interview Posted Online

The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interviews host Mark Strigl conducted with MONSTER MAGNET mainman Dave Wyndorf. Interview topics include the group's new album, "4-Way Diablo", touring, songwriting, Wyndorf's sleeping pill addiction, SOUNDGARDEN, KID ROCK, and a discussion on what i...

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MEGADETH Drummer: 'Turkey?? What Turkey??'

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has issued the following update: "Turkey?? What turkey?? "I hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving yesterday. I, unfortunately, slept through most of it. I fell asleep during the second quarter of the Green Bay/Detroit game, and woke up during the fourth quarter of th...