MONSTER MAGNET have posted the cover artwork of their new album, "Monolithic Baby", at this location. Also available for viewing is the cover of the special limited-edition digipack version of the CD, featuring a bonus DVD. Both versions of the album are scheduled for release in Europe on February 16, 2004 ...
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MONSTER MAGNET will release a special limited-edition digipack version of their new album, "Monolithic Baby", featuring a bonus DVD. Both versions of the CD (which will feature different artwork) are scheduled for release in Europe on February 16, 2004 through SPV Records. A single containing the tracks "Unbroken (Hotel Baby)" and a cover version of ...
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Former FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares has spent the past two weeks in Portland rehearsing with death metallers BODYBAG for their reunion gig, which is scheduled to take place tonight (Nov. 7) at Club DV8 in Portland, Oregon. "Things are going great," says drummer BODY BAG drummer Jimmy Littlefield. "Dino is a true pro and ...
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STRATOVARIUS guitarist Timo Tolkki will be making appearance on the Finnish Top-40 program on the national Yle1 channel this Friday (November 7) beginning at 6:36 p.m. As previously reported, STRATOVARIUS have just inked a brand-new three-album deal with Sanctuary Records (parent company of Noise Records). The contract, which is said to be worth three million ...
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VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) says that the band are fully behind their lead singer, Scott Weiland (STONE TEMPLE PILOTS), who has once again run afoul of the law. Weiland was arrested on Monday morning (October 27) in Hollywood when he crashed his BMW into several parked cars. Although he tried to ...
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland was arrested on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs and misdemeanor hit-and-run following a traffic collision that occurred in Hollywood Monday morning, BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal. The singer, who turned 36 on Oct. 27, was driving alone near the corner of Melrose ...
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Holland's EPICA (formerly SAHARA DUST), the new group formed by ex-AFTER FOREVER guitarist Mark Jansen, ex-CASSIOPEIA guitarist Ad Sluijter and keyboardist Coen Janssen, have posted an MP3 clip of the previously unreleased song "Veniality" at this location. "Veniality" comes off the band's forthcoming single, "The Phantom Agony", which is scheduled for release on ...
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Timothy C. Barmann of The Providence Journal reports that GREAT WHITE drummer Derrick Pontier was involved in a head-on collision Saturday near Allentown, Pa., a few hours before the band was to perform in a charity concert there to benefit victims of The Station nightclub fire. Pontier, 36, of Huntington Beach, Calif., was driving in ...
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GREAT WHITE drummer Derrick Pontier was involved in a three-vehicle accident near Allentown, Pennsylvania Saturday (September 27), just hours before a scheduled evening concert, according to the Associated Press. Pontier was treated at a hospital for minor injuries and was released. GREAT WHITE were performing in West Warwick, R.I., in February when a pyrotechnics display ...
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The complete track listing has been announced for the first-ever "MTV2 Headbanger's Ball" album, due on October 7 through Roadrunner Records. The "MTV2 Headbanger's Ball" album will feature 40 tracks on 2 CDs for the cost of just one. The first disc will feature "unit movers" from the hard rock scene, the big names who've ...
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NIGHT RANGER guitarist Jeff Watson has elaborated further on his recent work on the latest MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG) CD, "Arachnophobiac", telling Dinosaur Rock Guitar that "It all started a couple of years ago when Michael was in that studio doing a record for Mike Varney [Shrapnel Records]. At the time Michael borrowed a couple ...
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JANE'S ADDICTION will release a new single to coincide with their forthcoming U.K. tour, according to NME.com. "True Nature", the second track to be lifted from the band's comeback LP "Strays", is scheduled for release on October 27, and will feature a number of bonus tracks across the formats, including a live version of the ...
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SLAPSHOT's long-awaited new album, "Digital Warfare", will be released in Europe on September 15 through I Scream Records. U.S. fans will be able to get the record through I Scream's American licensing partner Bridge 9 Records. SLAPSHOT's Oi side project STARS & STRIPES have also completed work on a new album and will be releasing ...
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GUNS N' ROSES bassist Tommy Stinson recently told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that there is no truth to the rumor that GNR frontman Axl Rose prevented him from joining Paul Westerberg in some semblance of a REPLACEMENTS reunion last year. "I can't tell you how supportive Axl has been in all this," Stinson said of ...
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GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Richard Fortus (ex-LOVE SPIT LOVE, PSYCHEDELIC FURS) was featured in the "Real Estate" section of the New York Times Sunday (August 17) with a spotlight on his two-bedroom apartment on Grand Street on the Lower East Side in New York City that he shares with girlfriend Jennifer Teichman. "This is my ...
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SEVENDUST's new single, "Enemy", has generated over 30 major radio adds in its first 36 hours of availability and two full weeks ahead of its official add date, according to an official press release. "Enemy" comes off the group's fourth album, "Seasons", due on October 7 through TVT Records. The 12-track disc was produced by ...
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LIMP BIZKIT's video for their new single, "Eat You Alive", has been posted online in streaming Windows Media at this location. As previously reported, the clip features LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst taking the art of courting to a new level, kidnapping his crush (actress Thora Birch) and whisking her away "deep into ...
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SLAPSHOT will be teaming up with BLOOD FOR BLOOD and THE BLUE BLOODS for a European tour this fall. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Oct. 18 – Chemnitz, GER - AJZ Talschock Oct. 21 – München, GER - Feierwerk Oct. 22 – Schweinfurt, GER - Alter Stattbahnhof Oct. 23 – Berlin, GER - ...
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ROB ZOMBIE will release his first-ever career retrospective, titled "Past, Present & Future", on September 23 through Geffen Records. The two-disc set brings together a CD of 19 digitally remastered selections — including two new recordings — and a DVD of 10 music videos, including three previously unreleased. Produced by Zombie, who designed the 36-page ...
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OZZY OSBOURNE was a no-show at Saturday's (July 12) concert at the White River Amphitheatre near Auburn, Washington, reportedly recovering from laryngitis that had also sidelined him from a few previous shows. As was the case with Wednesday's (July 9) show in Maysville, California, KORN slipped into the headliner spot so Osbourne could take a ...
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DEATH ANGEL, SKINLAB, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and DRAGONLORD are among the artists confirmed to appear at Seattle Metal Fest, a two-day event set to take place August 22-23 at Studio 7 in Seattle, Washington. The complete list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: Friday, August 22: 12:00 p.m. - ...
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Acclaimed British metal producer Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, SKINLAB, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE) has posted the following update to his official forum: "Finished tracking new EXODUS album Tuesday night [June 24] 1am, flew home [to England] Wednesday which means I'm pretty useless until Monday [June 30], so having a few rare days off, then begin mixing ...
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German thrashers DEW-SCENTED have set "Impact" as the title for their new album, due via Nuclear Blast Records in the G.A.S. countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) on August 25 and the rest of Europe on September 1. A North American release will follow on October 7. The regular version of the album will feature the following ...
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BLACK CROWES singer Chris Robinson and wife/actress Kate Hudson ("Almost Famous") announced Thursday they are expecting their first child. The couple has been married since December 2000. The child is due sometime early next year, according to the couple's publicist, Brad Cafarelli. He refused to say how far along the pregnancy is. Hudson, 24, currently ...
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SAXON's upcoming "The Saxon Chronicles" DVD, previously scheduled for a Jan. 27, 2003 release, will finally surface on July 21. The two-DVD set will be released in both PAL and NTSC with region code 0. The complete details for the DVD are as follows: Run Time DVD 1: approx. 110 min Run Time DVD 2: ...
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BLIND GUARDIAN, PARADISE LOST, SAXON and IN FLAMES are among the artists confirmed to appear at Metalfest Vienna, a two-day event set to take place on Aug. 23-24 at Arena in Vienna, Austria. The list of acts currently scheduled to perform at the festival is as follows: BLIND GUARDIAN PARADISE LOST SAXON IN FLAMES DESTRUCTION ...
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Alaska's 36 CRAZYFISTS are set to enter a Fort Lauderdale, Florida studio on May 28 to begin recording their sophomore album for a tentative fall release through Roadrunner Records. The band will be collaborating with producer James Wisner, who has worked with such post-hardcore acts as DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL and FURTHER SEEMS FOREVER. Veteran British knob-twiddler ...
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German melodic black/death metallers SUIDAKRA have finalized the track listing for their sixth CD, "Signs For The Fallen", due in Europe on July 28 through Century Media Records. The album, which was once again produced by Andy Classen (KRISIUN, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, HOLY MOSES) at Stage One Studios in Bühne, Germany, will contain the following ...
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FATES WARNING/ENGINE frontman Ray Alder has been confirmed to make a special guest appearance at Progpower USA IV, which takes place at Atlanta's Earthlink Live on September 5 and 6. Alder will perform at the event with Sensory recording artists REDEMPTION, now featuring vocalist Corey Brown, formerly of PSYCO DRAMA and currently in MAGNITUDE NINE ...
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland helped produce nine of the 11 tracks on Ft. Myers, Florida rock band CINDER's forthcoming debut album, "Break Your Silence" (due June 10 through Interscope Records). He also contributed lyrics and vocals to a track titled "Lush". Listen to a three-track sampler of the disc — including "Lush" — ...
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