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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: New CD To Feature Guest Appearance By ZZ TOP Guitarist?

Billboard.com is reporting that QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE were joined this week in a Los Angeles studio by ZZ TOP guitarist Billy F. Gibbons. According to QOTSA's official web site, Gibbons "rolled into the studio ... at the stroke of midnight and left at 5 in the A.M." It is unknown if Gibbons' contr...
July 23, 2004
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DIMMU BORGIR: Quebec City Live Photos Posted Online

Quebec-based webzine Capitale du Metal has uploaded a bunch of photos from DIMMU BORGIR's headlining gig in Quebec City on Tuesday night (July 13). Check them out: Gallery#1, Gallery#2. Commented Capitale du Metal's Alain Gagnon: "It was an off date from [DIMMU BORGIR]'s Ozzfest participation and th...
July 15, 2004
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THEUDHO: Cover Of UNLEASHED's 'Execute Them All' Posted Online

Belgian "pagan metal" project THEUDHO will release their debut album through the Flemish label Nepherex in the fall. The new material combines the musical elements that formed the foundations of the music on the group's demo CDs with more folk-oriented and progressive influences. A number of guest m...
July 12, 2004
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SLAYER, DAMAGEPLAN: Quebec City Live Photos Posted Online

Quebec City-based webzine Capital of Metal has uploaded a bunch of photos of SLAYER and DAMAGEPLAN performing live at Agora Du Vieux-Port in Quebec City Monday night (June 14). According to Alain Gagnon of Capital of Metal, "SLAYER destroyed the city ... played lots of old songs from the early days...
June 15, 2004
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AUDIOSLAVE Singer CHRIS CORNELL Ties The Knot

The New York Post's Page Six reports: "Rocker Chris Cornell and his girlfriend, Paris-based publicist Vicky Karayiannis, were wed last weekend in Paris. Talent superagent Jeff Kwatinetz was best man, and brought along his fiancée, Brittany Murphy. Cornell's band AUDIOSLAVE joined other guests at the...
May 13, 2004
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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE To Get Help From DISNEYLAND MARCHING BAND On New CD

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE will enter the studio on May 24 to begin work on their next CD. In addition to the band's current lineup of Josh Homme, Alain Johannes, Troy Van Leeuwen, and Joey Castillo, Homme recently revealed to ABC News Radio (ABCeprep.com) that the group will get some help from the Dis...
May 6, 2004
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BLOODSHED: Promo CD Samples Posted Online

Swedish death/black metallers BLOODSHED have uploaded audio samples from their recently completed three-song promotional CD, entitled "Blade Eleventh", at their official web site, www.bloodshed.info. The tracks available for download are as follows: 01. Living Palindrome (mp3, 6:36 min. 6.04 MB) 02....
April 28, 2004
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JOSH HOMME's DESERT SESSIONS To Make Live Debut

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE mainman Josh Homme is making plans for the full-fledged live debut of his ongoing DESERT SESSIONS project, which has released eight volumes of music in recent years, according to Billboard.com. The group will play a full set May 1 at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Fest...
February 24, 2004
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MORTIIS Checks In With Recording Update

MORTIIS frontman/namesake has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Better late than never, right? "I probably should have left some sign of life up here a long time ago, and we probably should have done more to the website a long time ago as well. "One of the reasons being...
January 23, 2004
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EXTOL, HARMONY, ORATORIO Confirmed For Sweden's BOBFEST 2004

EXTOL (progressive thrash/death masters from Norway),HARMONY (melodic metal from Sweden),ORATORIO (melodic metal wonder from Finland),KEKAL (black metal from Indonesia) and SHADOWS OF PARAGON (fresh black metal from Sweden) are the first five bands confirmed for Bobfest 2004 (Europe's biggest Chr...
December 28, 2003
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ELENIUM Set Release Date For Full-Length Debut

Finnish "progressive death" metallers ELENIUM have set a November 10 release date through England's Rage Of Achilles Records for their full-length debut, "For Giving - For Getting". The CD was recorded in July at Sonic Pump studios and will be mastered on August 28 at Finnvox studios by Mika Jussila...
August 23, 2003
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ELENIUM Name Debut Album

Finnish "progressive death" metallers ELENIUM have set "For Giving - For Getting" as the tentative title for their upcoming full-length debut, due in late 2003 through England's Rage Of Achilles Records. The CD, which is scheduled to be recorded in July at Sonic Pump studios, will contain the follow...
May 25, 2003
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ZONATA Split Up

Swedish power metallers ZONATA have officially split up. "[A couple of weeks ago] the rest of the band decided to call it quits and so it did happen," manager Jonas Hagström said in a statement. "I spoke to [singer/vocalist] Johannes Nyberg . . . about all this and he said that maybe someday in the...
April 28, 2003
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MONDO GENERATOR To Release Sophomore CD In The Summer

MONDO GENERATOR, the side project of QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's Nick Oliveri and Josh Homme, have set "A Drug Problem That Never Existed" as the title for their sophomore album, due in June/July through Ipecac Records. Upcoming MONDO GENERATOR tour dates w/ TOMAHAWK, THE MELVINS: Apr. 28 - San Diego,...
April 2, 2003
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TWIGGY RAMIREZ Confirms METALLICA Audition, Discusses A PERFECT CIRCLE Gig

Former MARILYN MANSON bassist Twiggy Ramirez (a.k.a. Jeordie White) has confirmed that he auditioned for the vacant slot in METALLICA prior to officially landing his current gig with A PERFECT CIRCLE. Twiggy, who never heard back from the METALLICA camp after auditioning for the group, discovered th...
February 12, 2003