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ANNIHILATOR Mastermind Looking To Produce Metal Bands

ANNIHILATOR mainman Jeff Waters is making himself available to produce/engineer and/or to mix metal bands, according to a posting on the group's web site. All bands interested in obtaining "a powerful metal production and/or some hot metal mixes" should send an e-mail to Watersound Studios Inc. (wat...

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EXCITER: Early Albums To Be Remastered, Reissued

Original EXCITER members Dan Beehler (drums, vocals) and Allan Johnson (bass) have joined forces with Megaforce Records and ANNIHILATOR chief Jeff Waters to re-master and re-release the first six EXCITER releases. The new versions of the classic early EXCITER albums will be re-mastered by Waters and...

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ANNIHILATOR Guitarist, Former EXCITER Singer To Guest On CKCU FM 93.1

ANNIHILATOR mastermind Jeff Waters and former EXCITER drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler will be the special guests on Ottawa's CKCU FM 93.1 on Monday, Sept. 27 beginning at 10:30 p.m. EST. To tune in, go to www.ckcufm.com and click on the "listen live" link (you will need Real Player to listen). Question...

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THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND Drummer, Ex-ANNIHILATOR Bassist Guest On Prog-Metal CD

Drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen (THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND) and bassist Russell Bergquist (ex-ANNIHILATOR) have joined forces with French composer Vivien Lalu (SHADRANE) for the making of "Oniric Metal", a new "heavy-prog" effort in the vein of DREAM THEATER and SYMPHONY X. Also featured on this record a...

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ANNIHILATOR Guitarist JEFF WATERS Plans DVDs, Side-Projects

ANNIHILATOR mastermind Jeff Waters is in talks with three different companies about releasing the group's first-ever DVD. "The Campbell Brothers will be doing it so it will be a really entertaining DVD," Waters writes on the band's web site. "Well worth the 15-year wait for a video/DVD release from...

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Former HALFORD Axeman Announces Guitar Clinic

Former HALFORD and current TESTAMENT/PAINMUSEUM guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak will partake in a heavy metal guitar clinic presented by Jackson Guitars and M & M Music, Vineland, New Jersey. Metal Mike will perform live selections from his three solo instrumental albums, answer questions and t...

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Ex-ANNIHILATOR Bassist RUSSELL BERGQUIST: Solo Track Available For Download

Former ANNIHILATOR bassist Russell "The Woodsman" Bergquist has posted the following message on his web site: "First off I would like to say sorry for being away for a while but there has been a lot going. The Vivien Lalu sessions were to start a few weeks back but there were some computer / hard .....

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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND Drummer To Record Solo Album

DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has posted the following message on his web site: "Since I recently left my band of 8 years, GOD AWAKENS PETRIFIED, I've decided to do a solo album with all the idea's and riffs I never ended up using with GOD AWAKENS PETRIFIED or outside of GOD AWAKE...

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Heavy Metal's Premier Guitarists Pick Their Dream G3 Lineups

Norway's Imhotep zine recently asked more than 100 guitarists to choose their own dream G3 lineups. "The respect that the guitar players have for Joe Satriani and Steve Vai is a proven fact," writes the magazine's Thiago Pinto Corrêa Sarkis (also of Brazil's Whiplash). "Anyway, talking with some mus...

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ANNIHILATOR: 'All For You' Video Posted Online

ANNIHILATOR's video for the track "All For You" has been posted online at this location. "All For You" is the title track of ANNIHILATOR's new album, available in Europe since May through AFM Records. The CD, which was produced, mixed and engineered by ANNIHILATOR mastermind Jeff Waters at Watersoun...

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MERENDINE ATOMICHE Commence Songwriting Process For New Album

Italy's MERENDINE ATOMICHE will take much of the next year to compose the follow-up to 2003's "Walk Across Fire", with plans to return to the recording studio in the summer of 2005. "This choice came up for take care to all the parts of the production and try to pull out from themselves all the ...

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Portrait Of The Abyss Within

Although you might not hear their name spoken in the same reverential tones as, say, RHAPSODY or LABYRINTH, fellow Italian power metal diehards ELDRITCH have been there (since '91),seen it, done it and slain just as many dragons along the way. Probably. Although not nearly as prolific as Luca Turil...

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JUDAS PRIEST: Live DVD In The Works, Album Scheduled For Nov. 9

Garry Sharpe-Young, editor of www.rockdetector.com — the world's biggest rock and metal database (with more than 25,000 bands covered) — spoke to JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford upfront of the band's Barcelona gig. JUDAS PRIEST has ranked No. 1 on the Rockdetector user charts for a straight seven mo...

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JUDAS PRIEST, ANNIHILATOR Perform In Berlin: Photos Posted Online

JUDAS PRIEST and ANNIHILATOR performed at the Trepow Arena in Berlin, Germany on Tuesday (June 8). Check out pictures from LFI. JUDAS PRIEST's next live appearance will take place on Saturday (June 12) at the Arrow Festival in Lichtenvoorde, Holland. ...

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ANNIHILATOR's JEFF WATERS: 'I Don't Think I Am That Hard To Work With'

In a recent interview with Holland's Lords Of Metal, ANNIHILATOR mastermind Jeff Waters spoke out about why so many people have left his band over the years. "Haha, I don't think I am that hard to work with," Waters said. "I only fired someone from my band twice to be honest all of ...