Trujillo, a former member of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and OZZY OSBOURNE, fills the slot left vacant by the departure of Jason Newsted.

"We've all known, and have been huge fans of Rob since the early '90s when he was a part of the legendary hardcore/metal band SUICIDAL TENDENCIES," the band said in a statement posted at www.metallica.com. "We got to know Rob when we played together with SUICIDAL in Europe 1993, during the 'Nowhere Else To Roam' tour. We were impressed by Rob's roaring bass style and his very cool, unique vibe onstage, things we got to see again during the '94' 'Summer Shit' tour when SUICIDAL joined forces with us.

"My visions of Rob are when we did Summer Shit 94 To ...

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GREAT WHITE's management are denying a widely-circulated report that the band are planning on resuming their U.S. tour in the next few days with a replacement guitarist following Thursday night's tragedy in West Warwick, Rhode Island that claimed the lives of 97 people, including GREAT WHITE guitarist Ty Longley. Although stopping short of refuting the authenticity of GW singer Jack Russell's web posting indicating that the band would hit the road again sometime this week, the group's manager has apparently stated that the band are back in Los Angeles and are devastated by the events of last week. "It will take some time for everybody to recover," he reportedly said. DOKKEN frontman Don ...

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For those of you who weren't aware, Strange Fruit is the label releasing these sessions. After speaking to a representative there it seems that as long as the territories go for it, it should be available world wide, yes including the States. The average price should be somewhere around £10-£11 depending on the mark up by individual dealers. And as strange fruit are offering it to all territories for the same figure, you should not have to pay anymore in other countries.

Recorded at Liverpool Royal Court for 'Sunday Rock Show' on December 04, 1993

Embers Fire, Remembrance, Gothic, Mortals Watch the Day, Widow, Eternal, The Joys of the Emptiness, As I Die, True Belief, & Pity the Sadness

BBC Sessions

Pity The Sadness, The Word Made Flesh, Mortals Watch The Day, As I Die, Shadow Kings, Once Solemn, Yearn For Change and Sweetness

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Guitarist Chris DeGarmo has rejoined QUEENSRŸCHE during the recording sessions for the band's forthcoming album, the Seattle-based group have confirmed via their official web site (www.queensryche.com). While it cannot be confirmed at this time whether Chris has officially returned to the band as a full-time member, the group is writing as a complete unit for the first time in seven years. A representative for DeGarmo confirmed the original lineup is "creating the next QUEENSRŸCHE studio release". QUEENSRŸCHE have amassed numerous gold and platinum awards and were nominated for a Grammy for their Top Ten Single "Silent Lucidity" in 1991.

QUEENSRŸCHE's upcoming full-length disc is slated for an early summer release. It follows their Sanctuary Records debut, "Live Evolution", which was released in 2001. The "Live Evolution" DVD debuted at # 11 on Billboard's top music video sales chart.

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Former IRON MAIDEN vocalist Paul Di'Anno is in the studio recording the first all-acoustic album of MAIDEN classics, due later in the year. As a way to get the fans excited about the upcoming collection, Di'Anno and his band, dubbed KILLERS, recently recorded acoustic versions of "Wrathchild" and "Remember Tomorrow" at XFM Radio's London studio. The XFM recordings will be aired for the first time on Ian Camfield's show on Saturday, March 15 between 8:00 p.m. and midnight.

Metal Reviews Note: Come on Paul, you've been riding on Maiden's coat tails ever since you were booted out over 20 years ago. You've already re-recorded and re-hashed old Maiden stuff to death already but....ACOUSTIC IRON MAIDEN!!!..now I've seen it all........Marty.

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BALLISTIC, the new band featuring former DEUCE / TENSION / WARDOG mainman Tom Gattis, along with JAG PANZER members Rikard Stjernquist (drums) and Chris Broderick (guitar), are on the verge of inking a North American deal with the New York-based AR Records. The group, who recently signed with Metal Blade Records for the European territory, are aiming for a July release date for their self-titled debut album. The band formerly known as AFTERBURN will begin work on their debut full-length CD at a Phoenix studio in March with longtime co-producer John Herrera before traveling to Germany to mix the effort with Achim Köhler (PRIMAL FEAR, SILENT FORCE, PEGAZUS). According to the group, the upcoming CD will be "much heavier and faster" than the band's 2002 "Gone Ballistic" three-song demo.

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Norway's LIMBONIC ART have officially split up. According to the group's official web site (www.limbonic.com) "We feel that we have reached as far as we could in our collaboration, and do not feel as inspired as we should when it comes to [producing] new quality music. There is no reason to go on making music we would not be comfortable with, and we fulfilled our contracts with NAP (Nocturnal Art Productions). Everything is set for a new beginning for the both of us [guitarist Morfeus and guitarist/vocalist Daemon], and we desire to explore other aspects of our musical interests, so it is time to stop now. The circle is complete, begin an ...

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Dimmu Borgir are scheduled to enter Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden on March 3 to begin tracking the drum parts for their forthcoming CD, due later in the year. According to guitarist Silenoz, "All the new material is ready and we have also mastered our own pre-production and it sounds awesome in our ears. We rehearse like we are possessed every day and will continue to do so until we go into studio.

"There haven't been decided any album title, but we are working on it. As you may have heard before we are having a huge orchestra in studio with us and at the moment we are negotiating with two big east European orchestras, nothing is decided yet."

Among the tracks set to appear on the album are the following:

01. Allegiance
02. Cataclysm Children
03. Progenies of The Great Apocalypse
04. His Inexorable Excellency

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Band manager Steve Warner comments: "Zetro and the rest of the band had some great talks over the course of the last few days, and we all want the same thing. Zet and everybody else have worked out an arrangement that everyone will be able to live with for this year in regards to promoting the new album." The new album, to be released through CCC Records, will include, among others, the following tracks: 'War Is My Shepherd', 'Crime Of The Century', 'AnGary', 'Throwing Down', 'Death Row' (re-recording), 'Impaler' (re-recording), 'Tempo Of The Damned', 'The Way It Never Was' and 'Culling The He

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Readers of Rock Hard, Germany's premier metal magazine voted Thunderstone Newcomer of the Year 2002!!!

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