"The Metal Show", heard live on Sundays between 10:00 p.m. and midnight EST on 92.3 WXRK in Cleveland, Ohio, has a very special edition of the program in store for listeners this week. The show, normally hosted by The Warlock and Chris Akin, will feature a very special guest host in Warlock's place — Andreas ...
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SEPULTURA began rehearsing for their upcoming European tour last week with former SOULFLY drummer Roy Mayorga standing in for founding member Igor Cavalera, who is taking a break from the group's touring activities to spend time with his second wife and their new son (who was born in January). Check out pictures from the rehearsal ...
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SPV Records has released six new SEPULTURA e-cards, each featuring a different track from the band's upcoming "Dante XXI" CD in the background, and each one connected to the other. You have to answer the questions right and enter the code to get to the next one. And if you make it to the end, ...
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A video interview with SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera (ex-SEPULTURA), conducted by Face Culture on February 13, 2006 at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has been posted online at FaceCulture.nl. Topics range from the new SOULFLY album, "Dark Ages", to album titles, to Orthodox priests, to BAD BRAINS, and much more. Another interview ...
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HATEBREED's new song "To the Threshold" has been posted online at www.myspace.com/hatebreed. A video for the track was shot on Saturday, February 25. "The video tells a story of young kid who uses our music to escape the abuse of a man his mother is seeing," says HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta. "We shot ...
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SEPULTURA members Andreas Kisser (guitar) and Derrick Green (vocals) recently spoke to the U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine about the persistent rumors of a possible reunion with founding member and current SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera for a spot on this summer's Ozzfest. "This rumor has been going around for fucking years, man," answered Andreas with a world-weariness ...
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HATEBREED shot a video for their new song "To the Threshold" on Saturday, February 25. "The video tells a story of young kid who uses our music to escape the abuse of a man his mother is seeing," says HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta. "We shot our performance stuff at a really cool place called Fastlane ...
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The Sepularmy (as SEPULTURA fans are affectionately called) has developed a flash minisite for SEPULTURA's new album, "Dante XXI", where you can find information related to this release, including audio samples and historical information behind each part of the book that the album is based on (the epic poetic masterpiece "The Divine Comedy", written by ...
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After the disappointing and rambling 2003 album "Roorback", SEPULTURA does indeed roar back with "Dante XXI", a concept album based on Dante Alighieri's classic work of literature, "Divina Comedia (The Divine Comedy)". Conceptual ideas aside, however, "Dante XXI" thrashes with an intensity that was missing from "Roorback" and was not quite as present on its ...
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Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA filmed a video for the song "Convicted in Life" (mp3) over a two-day period this past weekend in São Paulo, Brazil. Check out pictures from the shoot at this location. "Convicted In Life" comes off the group's upcoming album, "Dante XXI" (view cover here), due in ...
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San Antonio's long-standing cult cable show, "Robb's Metalworks", has now posted its January 2006 episode online at www.robbsmetalworks.com. The one-hour episode was the debut for Time Warner cable's STUF-TV in the region, as the program left public access at the end of 2005. The episode includes a one-on-one interview with Max Cavalera of ...
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Another new SEPULTURA song, entitled "Buried Words", has been posted online at www.myspace.com/sepultura. Also available at the same location is the track "Ostia", taken from the group's new album, "Dante XXI" (view cover here), due in North America on March 14 via SPV. An MP3 of the album song "Convicted In ...
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TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 42 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. The episode features an 18-minute interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with "Racing Rocks" and classic "Headbanger's Ball" host, Riki Rachtman. Interview topics include NASCAR, MTV and VH1, Axl Rose and GUNS N' ROSES, Hollywood's legendary Cathouse, and FASTER PUSSYCAT singer Taime Downe. ...
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SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo is showing off his skills in the "Bet You Can't Play This" section of the April 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine (Joe Satriani on the cover), in stores now. Click here to take the audio lesson. SOULFLY are currently touring Europe until the end of March in support ...
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According to a posting on SOULFLY's official web site, the band will be undertaking a short West Coast tour beginning in early April, immediately following the band's current European headlining trek. Support on the West Coast dates will come from INCITE (featuring SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera's stepson Ritchie), Century Media recording artists MANNTIS, and Victory ...
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In a recent interview with MTV News, SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser said he's heard all the rumors about SEPULTURA reuniting with founding member and current SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera for a spot on this summer's Ozzfest. He's even heard the one that involves the band's "plans" to perform three different sets from the main stage ...
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SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser spoke to Scoop of 99-7 The Blitz in Columbus, OH on Thursday (Jan. 26) as part of the promotional blitz (pun intended) for the group's upcoming album, "Dante XXI". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the new album, "Dante XXI": Andreas: "The album is done. It's coming out ...
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Former SOULFLY drummer Roy Mayorga has commented on his upcoming stint as the touring drummer for SEPULTURA while the band's regular skinsman Igor Cavalera stays at home to spend time with his wife and their newborn child. In an e-mail sent to the SEPULTURA fan site Tribus, Mayorga writes, "Things have been hectic, ...
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SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera has issued an official statement regarding his decision to sit out the band's upcoming European tour with IN FLAMES, which is scheduled to begin in March (as exclusively reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET on January 13). The statement reads as follows: "There are a lot of comments about me leaving the band, so ...
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SEPULTURA's official webmaster Estevam Romera has confirmed in an online posting that drummer Igor Cavalera will not be joining the band on their upcoming European tour (as exclusively reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET on January 13). Responding to a fan question regarding the lack of an official statement from the band addressing the situation, Romera wrote, "[I] ...
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SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera became a fourth-time father on Sunday (Jan. 15) when his second wife, Laima, gave birth to the couple's first child, Antonio Leyton Cavalera. Both mother and son are said to be doing fine. Igor has three children with his first wife, Monika. As previously reported, SEPULTURA will embark on their European ...
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SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser will be conducting a special clinic at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California on Wednesday, January 25. Kisser will be in town to lay down guitar leads on the upcoming album from ASESINO, the death metal/grindcore project featuring ex-FEAR FACTORY/BRUJERIA guitarist Dino Cazares and STATIC-X bassist Tony Campos (on bass/vocals). The ...
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Igor Cavalera is taking a break from Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA to spend time with his new wife while they await the birth of their first child together, but he has no intention of leaving the band, the drummer told BLABBERMOUTH.NET Friday night. Cavalera, who recently remarried after splitting up with his wife of 10 years, ...
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Drummer Igor Cavalera has left Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA, BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal. Replacing Igor on the band's upcoming European trek will be none other than former SOULFLY skinsman Roy Mayorga. Mayorga, who has yet to rehearse with SEPULTURA, spent quite a bit of time jamming with SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser in preparation for the recently ...
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Due to the overwhelming success of his solo instrumental tour so far, SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo has added three more shows before heading off to Europe with Max Cavalera and the rest of SOULFLY at the end of January in support of their latest Roadrunner release, "Dark Ages". The new solo dates are: Jan. 14 ...
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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn recently took time out to update the group's fans on the songwriting process for the group's new album, tentatively due in late 2006/early 2007 via Roadrunner Records. "So what does are new shit sound like?" Flynn wrote. "Well... it doesn't sound like [METALLICA's] 'Master of Puppets' [as Flynn was quoted ...
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ANNIHILATOR frontman Dave Padden has rejected speculation that he may be leaving the band as a result of his involvement with SILENT STRAIN, a side-project he recently formed with MNEMIC guitarist Mircea Eftemie Gabriel. Padden posted the following message earlier today on ANNIHILATOR's official forum: "Just a quick note on this: I was reading Blabbermouth ...
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Hailing from Canada, Denmark and Russia, Dave Padden (lead singer of ANNIHILATOR) and Mircea Eftemie Gabriel (guitarist of MNEMIC) have united with Cory McBain (guitarist), Igor Chiefot (drummer) and Rick Struve (bassist) to create SILENT STRAIN. The idea is simple: a furious metal outfit combining crushing "guitar-as-bulldozer" riffs, dreamy anthemic melodies and frenetic drumming to ...
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German metallers U.D.O., featuring former ACCEPT members Udo Dirkschneider and Stefan Kaufmann, kicked off their "Mission No. X World Tour 2006" in Dornbirn, Austria on Friday (January 6). Check out pictures at this location. The group's complete setlist for the show was as follows: 01. Mission No. X 02. 24/7 03. Independence Day ...
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SOULFLY's official web site has been updated with the following message: "Gloria [Cavalera, SOULFLY's manager] informs us that rumors are circulating that a videotape for the NAILBOMB track 'Wasting Away' has surfaced. NAILBOMB was a shortlived side project that Max Cavalera formed [with former FUDGE TUNNEL frontman Alex Newport] between the recording SEPULTURA's 'Chaos A.D.' ...
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