Tonight’s (Wednesday, November 12) edition of Norway’s “Tinitus” radio show, which will air between 20.00 CET (8:00 p.m.) and 22.00 CET (10:00 p.m.) on Norway’s P3, will include a special report from the SLIPKNOT / MACHINE HEAD / CHILDREN OF BODOM gig at the Oslo Spektrum earlier this week where SATYRICON frontman Sigurd “Satyr” Wongraven interviewed SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison.
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Paul Friswold of the Riverfront Times recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett.
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According to Contactmusic.com, METALLICA frontman James Hetfield is counting the ways his rock ‘n roll lifestyle has taken its toll on his body….
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RED RIVER REVIVAL – the new Southern-US act featuring Rev. James Atwell (guitar, vocals – MOSES JONES), D Wayne Slocum (vocals – ARTIMUS PYLEDRIVER), Kevin…
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Jason Gregory from Gigwise.com is reporting: Listening to stressful or disturbing music can be bad for the heart, according to a new study. An American…
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METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich was interviewed earlier today (Wednesday, November 12) by Lynn Hernandez of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s 97.5 KMOD radio station.
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BLAZE BAYLEY (ex-IRON MAIDEN) HQ has issued the following update: “Just a quick blog to keep you up to speed on what is happening here in…
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New Jersey thrash metal legends WHIPLASH have uploaded a pre-production demo version of the song ‘Madman At The Helm’ to their MySpace page.The…
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FATALIST ? the band formed by ex-members of EXHUMED, UPHILL BATTLE, and STUMP to play old-school Swedish death metal in the vein of ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER and UNLEASHED ? are currently finishing up work on their debut album, titled “The Depths of Inhumanity”, for Ibex Moon Records.
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According to a band update, “due to Rich Vose being missing and not being able to be contacted etc, original VIKING SKULL guitarist Darren Smith…
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Rehearsal-room video footage of the instrumental song “Mountain Haze” by SIGNUM REGIS ? the metal band founded by Ronnie König (also mainman of Slovak heavy metal band VINDEX) and featuring legendary vocalist Göran Edman (ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JOHN NORUM, GLORY) ? is available for vieweing below.
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland and drummer Eric Kretz were recently sued by the group’s label, Atlantic Records, who allege that the pair have issued threats to stop performing unless their recording contract is changed.
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