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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Guitarist: 'We Are Honored' To Play This Year's OZZFEST
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD guitarist Jed Simon has posted the following message on the band's official MySpace.com page: "I guess most of you know by now that we have Ozzfest this summer... so there is your big touring news! We are extremely excited and can't wait to blow the doors of stage two every day!...March 12, 2006
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Begin Recording New Album
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD guitarist Jed Simon has issued the following update on the recording process for the group's follow-up to last year's "Alien": "Got most everything done on drums [on Tuesday, March 7]... Gene [Hoglan] will amaze you, as usual, with some sick drumming! [On Wednesday, March 8] we f...March 10, 2006
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SEBASTIAN BACH Sings GWEN STEFANI's 'Hollaback Girl': Video Available
A video clip of former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach performing a cover of GWEN STEFANI's "Hollaback Girl" on the set of the WB series "Gilmore Girls" has been posted online at YouTube.com. Bach plays Gill of the fictional band HEP ALIEN on the show, which is currently in its sixth season. Long ....March 7, 2006
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GENE SIMMONS: ACE FREHLEY Is 'The Laziest, Most Self-Destructive Person I've Ever Met'
Britain's Uncut magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with KISS mainmen Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Simmons: "What was the first sign that we'd made it? Simply, the girls. As soon as we'd started KISS, girls were turning up backstage and wa...March 1, 2006
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer: 'I Play Best When I'm Angry'
Drum! magazine (web site) recently conducted an in-depth interview with SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan for a cover story that was published in its March 2006 issue. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On being preoccupied with "The End of the World": "You're always concerned that the end of...February 28, 2006
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Guitarist Checks In With Songwriting Update
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD guitarist Jed Simon has issued the following update on the songwriting process for the group's follow-up to last year's "Alien": "[The songwriting is] going great, got too many song ideas, haha! About 6 are complete, and the rest are very close... "Most of you probably know that...February 14, 2006
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NAPALM DEATH Frontman Reveals Working Album Title, New Songtitles
Zach Palmer of Doomsday Music recently conducted an interview with NAPALM DEATH frontman Mark "Barney" Greenway. An excerpt from the chat follows: Doomsday Music: You guys have been playing for nearly 20-25 years, somewhere in that area. Do you ever get to the point where you just want to go home an...February 2, 2006
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DEVIN TOWNSEND Says New STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Album Will Have 'Different Aesthetic'
Zoltan Koncsok of Metal Express Radio recently conducted an interview with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mainman Devin Townsend. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Express Radio: [STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's] "Alien" was your most brutal album to date in my opinion. Where did all that aggression come...January 28, 2006
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD To Release New Album This Summer
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We have just commenced writing for the follow-up to 'Alien'. We're only a week in, and we're already up to four wicked new tunes! I'm really psyched with the new stuff, hell, we all are. And J...January 12, 2006
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Wake Pig
Not (thank the gods) the '80s delete-bin staple featuring ELP alumni Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer, this 3 is in fact a weird, proggy upstate New York band that pals around with COHEED AND CAMBRIA and gets compared to THE MARS VOLTA. Fans of either of these groups, PORCUPINE TREE, or the late and la...January 9, 2006
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More Musicians Pick Best Albums Of 2005
Roadrunner Records has posted a list of some of their artists' picks for the best albums of 2005. Check it out below: Acey Slade (MURDERDOLLS): 01. CHELSEA SMILES - Easy Ride EP 02. LARS FREDERICKSON AND THE BASTARDS - Viking 03. TURBONEGRO - Party Animals 04. SOCIAL DISTORTION - Sex, Love and Rock...December 19, 2005
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Synchestra
As much as I enjoy STRAPPING YOUNG LAD I always find myself enjoying THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND more. It is something about the way Canada's resident musical genius wraps beautiful melodies around layers of soulful wisp and intense emotion. Much like "Accelerated Evolution", "Synchestra" takes repeat l...December 19, 2005
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OPETH's 'Ghost Reveries' Named Best Album Of 2005 By Canada's UNRESTRAINED! Magazine
Canadian metal magazine Unrestrained! has named OPETH's "Ghost Reveries" the No. 1 Album of 2005 in their year-end issue that will be on stands December 15. Click here to view the cover of issue #29. Unrestrained! Top 20 Albums Of 2005 (as chosen by the staff): 01. OPETH - Ghost Reveries (Roadrunner...December 11, 2005
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GENE HOGLAN Talks About Songwriting Process For Next STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Album
MetalEater.com recently conducted an interview with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan. An excerpt from the chat follows: MetalEater.com: What are your plans for Christmas? Gene Hoglan: "Well, I'm going home for a few days. I come back before the first (of January) and then we start writing the...December 6, 2005
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IN FLAMES, SEPULTURA, MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY Members Reveal Their Favorite Albums Of 2005
In the December/January issue of the Swedish magazine Close-Up, a number of heavy metal/hard rock musicians list their favorite albums of 2005. Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA): BIOHAZARD – "Means to an End" CLAUSTROPHOBIA – "Fulminant" EXODUS – "Shovel Headed Kill Machine" Anders Fridén (IN FLAMES): NINE...December 1, 2005
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