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ZAKK WYLDE Not Charged With Club Damage
06 May 2005
According to the United Press International, Idaho concert club officials say they will not press charges against guitarist Zakk Wylde for allegedly damaging the club with a baseball bat.
Police in Boise, Idaho, said considerable damage occurred at The Big Easy and witnesses said the damage was caused by Wylde, Boise police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower told the Idaho Statesman. Police detained Wylde and another man, Charles Hurd, but they were later released. Wylde, a longtime guitarist for OZZY OSBOURNE, was to play at The Big Easy with his band, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, but the concert was canceled.
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OPETH: Keyboardist PER WIBERG Officially Joins The Band
06 May 2005
Sweden's OPETH have posted the following update on their official web site:
"Per Wiberg [keyboards] has now officially joined OPETH as a permanent member of the band. As most of you know he's been touring with OPETH since their 'Damnation' record. SPIRITUAL BEGGARS fans should not despair as he will continue playing and recording with them. "The band is currently hard at work in Fascination Street studios [in Örebro, Sweden]. Nine titles have been recorded and at this moment Hammond organs and Mellotrons are being put down to tape. The recording is being supervised and engineered by Jens Bogren and produced by the b ... |
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NEURAXIS Begin Recording New Album
06 May 2005
Montreal-based metallers NEURAXIS have entered the studio to begin recording their fourth album, "Trilateral Progression". Yannick St Amand (DESPISED ICON) will be recording the album, while Jason Suecof (CAPHARNAUM) will be handling the mixing duties. "Trilateral Progression" will be released in North America on September 13 via Willowtip Records. A European release will follow through Earache Records. A North American tour is in the works for the fall.
For more information, visit www.neuraxis.org.
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ANTHRAX: Reunion With A 'Serious Purpose'
02 May 2005
The following press release was issued by ANTHRAX's publicist, Maria Ferrero of Adrenaline PR:
The news is spreading; not the disease. ANTHRAX, the heavy metal band has reunited with a serious purpose. Having had a very well-attended press conference at Sirius Satellite in New York City April 1, 2005, ANTHRAX continues to lead the heavy metal industry into taking up social causes. ANTHRAX is beating the drum about the forced vaccination of our soldiers with experimental drugs. The Anthrax Vaccine is allegedly one of the major causes of the mysterious Gulf War Syndrome. A few hours prior to their first Chicago performance ... |
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NAPALM DEATH's HARRIS Says Guitarist JESSE PINTADO Is Officially Out Of The Band
02 May 2005
NAPALM DEATH guitarist Mitch Harris recently spoke to Australia's The Metal Forge webzine about the group's recent performance in Indonesia and the departure of guitarist Jesse Pintado, among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow:
On playing Indonesia: "It's cool to see that there are so many people that really knew how much we had put into the scene, y’know? They studied detail and knew lyrics down to the very last word. It was really amazing to see, because you never know quite how many albums you would sell in a country like that or how your word ge ... |
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CELTIC FROST Recording Final Production Demos For New Album
02 May 2005
CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog:
"We recorded vocals for one of the songs for the final production demos for our new album yesterday, and we'll continue with two more on Saturday. Martin [Ain, bass] and I have worked on a variety of lyrics for months now… and some of the lyrics even go back much further than that. I had spent weeks preparing the vocal lines at my place and then took them to our rehearsal studio to practice them in absolute solitude, but with the energy of a live performance. As has always been true for CELTIC FROST, numerous rewrites became necessary to make eve ... |
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NIGHTWISH Beer Now Available In Germany
27 Apr 2005
The official NIGHTWISH "beer," which was sold last year at Kitee's (NIGHTWISH's
hometown in Eastern Finland) K-Market Kupiainen shop and from Kitee's
Kievari restaurant, has now been made available in Germany, according
to a posting on the group's web site. The lager-type beer, which is
brewed by Pirkanmaan Uusi Panimo (PUP), features a label that says "A Megabueno Cerveza" and includes a NIGHTWISH photo. You can now purchase the beer from the following "cult" store in St. Pauli, Hamburg:
Kapanen.De Davidstrasse 5 St.Pauli 20359 Hamburg Germany Tel. #: +49-40-380 196 96
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Vocalist MIKE DIMEO Officially Quits RIOT
27 Apr 2005
After a number of years and several album recordings with the band, vocalist Mike DiMeo has officially quit RIOT to devote himself full-time to THE LIZARDS (featuring drummer Bobby Rondinelli of BLUE ÖYSTER CULT/BLACK SABBATH/RAINBOW fame). Mike commented, "I have done more with THE LIZARDS in the past six months then with RIOT for the past six years."
Hot off the heels of a successful tour of Europe, Scandinavia, Greece, and Turkey, opening for ex-DEEP PURPLE bassist Glenn Hughes, THE LIZARDS are currently performing a series of gigs with the IAN HUNTER BAND (ex-MOTT THE HOOPLE) ... |
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KISS Issue Warning To Bootleggers: 'We Will Find You And We Will Take You Out'
27 Apr 2005
The following message has been posted at the official KISS web site, KissOnline.com:
"Last August, the attorneys for KISS obtained an injunction against the sale of counterfeit KISS merchandise and seized bootleg videos of KISS concerts that were being offered for sale at a KISS Expo in North Carolina. Our attorneys (Ray Scott and William Randolph), following up on that seizure, obtained last week a permanent injunction against defendant Roy Damm and damages awarded to Kiss Catalog of $7,000,000, plus attorneys' fees. "We hope that this judgment sends a clear message that KISS will not tolerate being ... |
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NAGLFAR to release new album in July.
21 Apr 2005
Swedish black metal titans NAGLFAR's new beast, "Pariah", will be unleashed in the U.S. July 12 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Sheol", "Pariah" is described in a Century Media press release as "a flawless work of iniquitous hell-spawned art filled with raging guitar riffs, bludgeoning drums, demonic vocals, that combine with haunting melodies to capture hell's eternal depravity. Battle axemen guitarists Andreas Nilsson and Marcus Norman return with their triumphantly vicious six-stringed assault, while drummer Mattias Grahn relentlessly drives the band's frenetic attack. Assuming vocal duties is founding member and bassist Kristoffer Olivius replacing Jens Rydén, who ... |