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JOEY VERA: Touring With ANTHRAX Will Be Killer

ARMORED SAINT/FATES WARNING bassist Joey Vera has posted the following message on his official web site: "As most of you have heard, I will be going on tour with ANTHRAX filling in for the recently departed bassist Frank Bello. The band has asked me to do their upcoming tour of Japan and Australia w...
April 2, 2004
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KITTIE In The Studio Mixing 'Until The End': Video Available

HeavyMetalSource.com has uploaded six video clips of KITTIE in the studio mixing their third full-length album, "Until the End". Check out the clips here. As previously reported, "Until the End" was recorded and mixed with producer Steve Thompson (METALLICA, KORN, SIMPLE PLAN, GUNS N' ROSES) and eng...
April 2, 2004
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DEEP PURPLE Become One Of The First Rock Bands To Play China

Veteran British rockers DEEP PURPLE became one of the first hard rock bands to grace the stage in China when they performed in Beijing Wednesday (March 31),according to JapanToday.com. Chinese officials have long frowned upon the rock-and-roll genre, fearful that electrified songs of protests and s...
April 1, 2004
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DEEP PURPLE Bassist Checks In From The Road

DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover has posted the following message on his official web site: "Well, it's been a while. Some would say an era, others have probably not noticed, but it's about time I wrote a report. Indeed I haven’t really noticed. Time has a way of inexorably tick-tocking away when on...
March 31, 2004
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KITTIE Discuss Approach To Recording New Album 'Until The End'

With just three weeks to make an album, KITTIE, producer Steve Thompson, and engineer Ian Hatton retreated to Longview Farm Studios to record an album with a live in-your-face feel. "Making this record was definitely a challenge because we had three weeks to record an album that should take two mont...
March 29, 2004
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JUDAS PRIEST Begin Recording New Album With Producer ROY Z

JUDAS PRIEST Management Co-ordinator Jayne Andrews has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Hi - Jayne here again! I haven't had a chance to post any messages on the board recently as I've been up to my eyes what with sorting out the new record deal, arranging the world tou...
March 23, 2004
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ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN: 'We've Got No Plans To Hold Bassist Auditions'

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted the following message on the band's official web site (as part of his regular online column, dubbed "Alpha Mail"): "Comrades, I've been returning emails at a feverish pace the last few days and so many of them are from Perth and New Zealand. We're coming all th...
March 23, 2004
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Former THE CULT Singer IAN ASTBURY Working On Solo Material

In between appearances with the DOORS 21ST CENTURY, former THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury has also been busying himself working on solo material with STROKES producer Gordon Raphael in London, according to www.tourdates.co.uk. Members of Gordon's own band BLACK LIGHT and London's C33X have reportedly...
March 19, 2004
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DON AIREY Talks About LIVING LOUD, Joining DEEP PURPLE

The online rock journal "The Fuze" conducted an interview with DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey a month ago in Vancouver. The following are some of the highlights of that conversation: On adding his personality to the band's sound: "I had an idea to start 'Perfect Strangers' with a big church organ...
March 10, 2004
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ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN: Lineup Changes Suck

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted the following message on the band's official web site (as part of his regular online column, dubbed "Alpha Mail"): "Comrades, the emails have been pouring in and I'd like to thank you all very much for your words of support. Seriously, thank you so much. I read...
March 10, 2004
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Report: Australian Recording Studio Used By Banned German Skinhead Group

Ian McPhedran of Australia's Herald Sun is reporting that a Melbourne recording studio is producing hate songs for a skinhead band that preaches white supremacist messages via "heavy metal" music. The modest St Andrews Studio (where groups such as MORTIFICATION, PEGAZUS and ABOMINATOR have previousl...
March 10, 2004
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'Get Thrashed' Thrash Metal Documentary: Second Preview Clip Posted Online

The makers of "Get Thrashed", the upcoming documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted the second preview clip via the project's official web site. The second clip features Danny Lilker (NUCLEAR ASSAULT, ex-S.O.D., BRUTAL TRUTH) t...
March 9, 2004
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ANTHRAX Announce 'Warm-Up' Show In Hollywood

ANTHRAX have announced a one-off date on Thursday, April 8 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California, The gig, which will serve as a "warm-up" concert for their Japanese/Australian tour, "is a show not to be missed" guitarist Scott Ian writes on the band's web site. "We're letting [the fan...
March 6, 2004
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ANTHRAX Comment On FRANK BELLO's Departure

ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante and guitarist Scott Ian have issued separate statements confirming the departure of bassist Frank Bello. What follows are Charlie and Scott's statements in their entirety: Charlie Benante: "Hey everyone in Anthraxland, I know things are getting out of control and I wa...
March 4, 2004
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Rumor Rundown Of The Day: NINE INCH NAILS, ANTHRAX, SKID ROW

The following are unconfirmed rumors that should be taken with a grain of salt: Rumor #1: NINE INCH NAILS mastermind Trent Reznor is said to have begun a new project with Ian Astbury of THE CULT/THE DOORS fame. Several songs have reportedly been completed, and Trent and engineer Leo Herrera are said...
March 3, 2004