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METALLICA: 'So What!' Book Cover Posted Online

METALLICA's official web site has uploaded a "sneak peek" at the cover for the group's first-ever official book, "So What! The Good, The Mad And The Ugly". Check it out at this location. Due in August via Broadway Books, "So What! The Good, The Mad And The Ugly" will be issued as an ...
March 23, 2004
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VALUME NOB To Release 'The Most High' Next Month

VALUME NOB, the Louisiana based band featuring CROWBAR/DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein on bass, have completed work on a new CD, entitled "The Most High", due on April 13 through the group's own label. A video for the song "Boots" will be released in early summer. The group, who describe their music a...
March 18, 2004
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Report: METALLICA Drummer's Decade-Long Art Obsession

Lydia Adetunji of the Financial Times reports that METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich does not fit the stereotypes of the heavy-metal musician. For one thing, he is a serious art collector. As METALLICA became more successful and began to tour the world, he took to slipping into galleries on his days off...
March 8, 2004
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METALLICA: 'This Monster Lives' Book Due In November

"Metallica: This Monster Lives", a book chronicling filmmaker Joe Berlinger's three years spent with METALLICA making the "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" documentary, is due in November via Martins Press. "It will be designed to tie into the DVD release of the film, which will be [in early 2005],"...
March 4, 2004
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VALUME NOB: Live Schedule Updated

VALUME NOB, the Louisiana based band featuring CROWBAR/DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein on bass, have added a Baton Rouge show to their upcoming itinerary. The group's schedule is shaping up as follows: Apr. 02 - Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA Apr. 03 - Zeppelins - Metairie, LA As previously reported,...
March 4, 2004
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Review: METALLICA Played With Energy To Spare At Tour Kick-Off

Michael Senft of The Arizona Republic has reviewed METALLICA's U.S. tour-opening performance at America West Arena in Phoenix Tuesday night (March 2). "Conspicuously scarce [in the group's set] were tracks from the quartet's new album, 'St. Anger'," he wrote. "Perhaps the band realizes that its newe...
March 3, 2004
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METALLICA's HETFIELD Comments On The Fate Of The 'Presidio' Recordings

METALLICA frontman James Hetfield gave a short phone interview to Scoop of the Columbus, Ohio radio station The Blitz 99.7 FM Wednesday (Feb. 25). Asked to comment on the recent reports that some of the material written and recorded in 2001 shortly before he went into rehab might end up on an upcomi...
February 26, 2004
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VALUME NOB Hit The Studio, Schedule Shows

VALUME NOB, the Louisiana based band featuring CROWBAR/DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein on bass, will be entering the studio March 14 to begin recording some new material for a spring release. In the meantime, the band have announced the following shows in April: Apr. 02 - T.B.A. Apr. 03 - Zeppelins -...
February 26, 2004
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TOOL Drummer To Jam At L.A. Jazz Club

Danny Carey (TOOL),John Ziegler (PIGMY LOVE CIRCUS),Kirk Covington and Lance Morrison will be performing at the La Ve Lee jazz club on Thursday night, February 26. The club is located at 12514 Ventura Blvd (at Whittset),Studio City, Ca. For more information, go to www.laveleejazzclub.com. ...
February 24, 2004
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METALLICA To Release 'Presidio' Material On Upcoming Soundtrack

METALLICA frontman James Hetfield has revealed that plans exist for the band to release some of the material written and recorded in 2001 shortly before he went into rehab. Speaking to Sweden's Close-Up magazine for its February 2004 issue, Hetfield said, "There's tons of stuff left over from the Pr...
February 13, 2004
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CLIFF BURTON's Former Bandmate Sets Record Straight About 'Lost' Video

A former bandmate of late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to set the record straight about a rare video of Burton performing with his pre-METALLICA band TRAUMA that was recently made available online. The video, which captures a performance that was said to have been re...
February 9, 2004
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FEAR FACTORY: New Tour Report Posted Online

FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell has posted the following tour report on the band's official web site: "Aussie, aussie, aussie! OI, OI, OI!!! "The Big Day Out in Melbourne had the biggest turn-out on record. The grounds were teaming with people, like army ants en masse. It was really something t...
January 28, 2004
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GUITAR WORLD's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists Of All Time

The March 2004 issue of Guitar World magazine includes a list of the 100 greatest heavy metal guitarists as selected by the magazine's staff. "This is not a list that ranks who can play the fastest or with the most taste, feeling or technique (although many players on our list have all of those arro...
January 23, 2004
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METALLICA's TRUJILLO: We Don't Think About How Many Records We Can Sell'

METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo has told the Australian Associated Press that he sees the group's current Australian tour as a welcome break. "We've just done a huge arenas tour in Japan and Europe," he said. "Next we are going to take that to the US (17 stadiums in March),but in between, we get...
January 22, 2004
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METALLICA's HAMMETT Talks Next Single

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett revealed during a recent interview with the U.K.'s Scuzz TV that the group's next "St. Anger" single will most likely be either "Dirty Window" or "Invisible Kid". The band have been playing "Dirty Window" regularly since their world tour kicked off in Japan last Nove...
January 17, 2004