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TOMMY LEE Bassist MARTY O'BRIEN Records Song For Tsunami Relief
Bassist Marty O'Brien (TOMMY LEE, 3 FACED, ex-KILGORE) has posted the following message on his web site: "[Last Friday, Jan. 14] I recorded a song for tsunami relief. The song was written by Jason Miller [GODHEAD] and by the time all the vocals are recorded, the list of celebrity guest singers will...January 19, 2005
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PHANTOM-X: Demo Tracks Available For Download
PHANTOM-X, the new project featuring OMEN singer Kevin Goocher along with guitarist Russell D. Contreras (TYR),bassist Glenn Malicki (STRANGERS) and drummer Danny White (ASKA),have uploaded their three-song demo at their official web site. The demo, which was engineered and produced by Sterling Wi...January 18, 2005
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GODHEAD Frontman Records Song For Tsunami Relief Fund
GODHEAD frontman Jason Miller has written a song about the tsunami tragedy and is currently assembling a group of musicians to record the song, with all proceeds from the recording to be donated to the relief funds. Commented Miller: "In the days after the tsunami hit the coasts of Southeast Asia, I...January 16, 2005
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SKINLESS Announce New Singer, Prepare To Hit The Road
New York-based death metallers SKINLESS have announced the addition of singer Jason Keyser (DETRIMENT) to the group's ranks. Keyser, brother of SKINLESS bassist Joe Keyser, joins the band as the replacement for longtime vocalist Sherwood Webber, who left the group in November in order "to pursue oth...January 16, 2005
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ROUGH SILK Singer Produces Solo Album From RAGE Drummer
Singer Ferdy Doernberg of the German epic/melodic metallers ROUGH SILK has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "I produced and play dobro, trumpet (!!) and keyboards on Mike Terrana's [RAGE] new solo album, 'Man of the World'. It's an instrumental/fusion-album with great m...January 14, 2005
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DOMAIN: Korean Edition Of New Album To Feature Bonus Track
The Korean version of DOMAIN's upcoming CD, "Last Days Of Utopia", will feature the bonus track "Only You Can", guitarist Axel Ritt's very own interpretation of the main theme of famous Korean TV series "Winter Sonata". The group's Korean label, Melodic Heaven, will also re-release "One Million Ligh...January 10, 2005
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ALTARIA: Hard At Work On New Material
Bassist Marko Pukkila of the Finnish melodic metallers ALTARIA has revealed in an online posting that he and drummer Tony Smedjebacka have been busy writing and pre-producing material for the third ALTARIA album. "So far we have come up with a few great tunes and it looks like the third, as-yet-unti...January 10, 2005
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Graveyard Statue Honors Late RAMONES Legend
The Associated Press is reporting that late punk guitarist Johnny Ramone is being immortalized with a bronze statue at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Ramone, co-founder and guitarist of THE RAMONES, was 55 when he died of prostate cancer on Sept. 15, 2004, at his Los Angeles home. The statue is nea...January 6, 2005
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ANTHRAX To Play DIMEBAG MEMORIAL FUND Benefit With DISTURBED
ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante has posted the latest installment of his regular online column, dubbed "Blast Beat", on the group's official web site. A couple of excerpts from the column follow: "I've been playing my DimeSlime Gitar that Darrell [Abbott] gave me. The riffs are flying out of it. I'v...January 3, 2005
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ROUGH SILK: Lineup Revamped, Writing 'Heavy' Songs Again
Singer Ferdy Doernberg of the German epic/melodic metallers ROUGH SILK has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Hello friends. Well, I'm thinkin' 'bout how to begin this? I guess the best way is to just go for it!!! "Alright. As I'm writing this now I am the only 'survivin...December 27, 2004
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MASTERS OF REALITY Mainman Falls Ill, Is Hospitalized In 'Critical' Condition
MASTERS OF REALITY mainman/producer Chris Goss has fallen ill and is in critical condition in Palm Desert, CA, according to a posting on the QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE web site. Gifts and well wishes would be much appreciated. Send to: Eisenhower Memorial Hospital 39000 Bob Hope Dr. Rancho Mirage, CA 9...December 24, 2004
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GODHEAD: Special Hollywood Show Announced
GODHEAD will be appearing at the Whisky A Go Go on January 20, 2005. Support at the show will come from LOSER (featuring ex-MARILYN MANSON guitarist John 5) and THE DREAMING (featuring former STABBING WESTWARD frontman Chris Hall). GODHEAD are currently writing and recording their new album at front...December 22, 2004
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DIMEBAG Murderer's Mother Speaks Again: My Son's Killer Is A Hero
Chad Williamson of Marysville Journal-Tribune has issued the following report: On the wall of Mary Clark's apartment in Marysville is a wooden picture frame containing odd-shaped pictures of her three boys' typical pictures of smiling children that a mother would cherish. Carved above the pictures i...December 21, 2004
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THE RED DEATH Sign With METAL BLADE RECORDS
Metal Blade Records has officially inked a worldwide deal with the upstate New York metal band THE RED DEATH. Having previously released a six-song EP with Crooked Halo Records, band's first full-length album is scheduled to hit stores in the spring/summer of 2005. THE RED DEATH just finished up rec...December 19, 2004
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SHADOWS FALL Drummer Reports From DIMEBAG's Funeral
SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner has issued the following report from the funeral services and public memorial for slain DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, which were held on Tuesday (Dec. 14) in Arlington, Texas: "I have just gotten to my computer today after returning home...December 17, 2004