Maynard James Keenan updates us on Puscifer

TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan has issued the following update on his PUSCIFER project:

“OK, music fans. Let the games begin. It’s been a long time coming and we thank you for your patience. The ‘Cuntry Boner’ CD single is now available for pre-order exclusively at www.puscifer.com and will be shipped the first week of October.

As promised there will be even more music to follow. We’re just now finishing up the video for ‘Queen B’ and that should be up on iTunes in a few weeks. We’re also putting together a pre-release EP for iTunes called ‘Don’t Shoot The Messenger’.”

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Blabbermouth – Former PANTERA/current DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo has slammed VH1‘s “Behind the Music” special on PANTERA as “awful,” claiming that “they glossed over everything that PANTERA did to and for metal.”

The “Behind the Music” PANTERA episode, which had its premiere in May 2006, included interviews with the surviving members of PANTERA — Vinnie Paul Abbott (drums), Philip Anselmo and Rex Brown (bass) — along with appearances by Guy Sykes (tour manager), Walter O’Brien (manager), Terry Date (producer), about five members of PANTERA‘s/DAMAGEPLAN‘s crew, and Rita Haney (“Dimebag” Darrell Abbott‘s girlfriend).
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan has issued the following update on SCARS ON BROADWAY, his new project with SYSTEM OF A DOWN‘s Daron Malakian (guitarist, vocalist, songwriter):

“Yesterday [Thursday, Sept. 27], Daron and I began recording SCARS ON BROADWAY‘s debut album. We’ve gone in with close to 18 songs. The music is expansive, experimental, and sometimes in your face…

“We’re very excited to get it down and get it out to all of you.”

Malakian co-produced (with Rick Rubin) SYSTEM OF A DOWN‘s multi-platinum albums “Toxicity” (2001) and the dual-disc “Mezmerize/Hypnotize” (2005), all three of which hit the No. 1 spot on The Billboard 200 chart.

SYSTEM OF A DOWN has been on hiatus since last year, with its members working on various side projects. This has naturally led to rumors that the band was breaking up permanently. But bassist Shavo Odadjian told The Pulse of Radio that SYSTEM OF A DOWN is far from over. “SYSTEM is alive and well,” he said. “We’re just not working together right now. We kind of like split up at first, but you know, we’re brothers, man, we’ll take bullets for each other. So it’s like, you kind of miss each other after a while and you, one guy makes the first move, then another starts making phone calls….this is a juggernaut, man. SYSTEM OF A DOWN is my lifeline. It’ll never go away. We could not make a record for 10 years — that’s not gonna happen, but I’m just saying we could — and we’ll come back strong.”

SYSTEM OF A DOWN vocalist Serj Tankian will release his first solo CD, titled “Elect the Dead”, on October 23.

World Entertainment News Network reports: Ozzy Osbourne has reportedly agreed to a suicide pact with wife Sharon — because she doesn’t want to go through the pain her father Don Arden did when he suffered from Alzheimer’s.

Sharon, 54, claims she and Ozzy, 58, made the mutual decision earlier this year after music mogul Arden lost his struggle with the neurodegenerative disease and died in July, aged 81.

She says, “We believe 100 per cent in euthanasia, so have drawn up plans to go to the assisted suicide flat in Switzerland if we ever have an illness that affects our brains. If Ozzy or I ever got Alzheimer’s, that’s it — we’d be off.

“We gathered the kids around the kitchen table, told them our wishes and they’ve all agreed to go with it. There’s no way I could go through what (my father) did, or put my kids through that.

“My father deteriorated at such a rapid speed he became a shell of himself.

Some say the disease is hereditary so at the first sign I want to be put out of my misery.” And Sharon believes their decision will spare their kids Aimee, 24, Kelly, 22, and 21-year-old Jack the burden of the illness.

She adds, “It’s taken away some of the fear of our ending and is a final gift of love to our kids.”

Blabbermouth – Brent Hinds hospitalised after fight with other band’s members.As previously reported, more details have been revealed about the beating suffered by MASTODON singer/guitarist Brent Hinds following the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas on September 10.

According to a police report based on firsthand accounts and security video footage, an inebriated Hinds was leaving the Mandalay Bay Hotel And Casino around 3 a.m. when he encountered SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian and musician William Hudson.

Police say that Hinds took off his shirt and hit Odadjian with it, then struck Hudson in the face and chest, prompting Odadjian to tell him “to relax” several times.

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Jordison produced 3 Inches Of Blood?s recent album ‘Fire Up The Blades’. Watch a great vid about it!

Joey Jordison on 3 Inches of Blood


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Blabbermouth – Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has revealed that Megadeth’s latest has landed him in traffic school.

MEGADETH bassist James Lomenzo has posted the following message in the “Forums” section of the band’s official web site

“I ran into an old friend of mine in the hotel lobby in Portland a week and a half ago, Slash [VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES]. We chatted a bit and then he got serious (seemingly) and said, ‘Thanks to MEGADETH I’ve got to go to traffic school!’

I asked, ‘Why?’ and he explained, ‘I love the new album ['United Abominations']. Every time I drive I’ve got it crankin’ in my car… I’ve gotten two speeding tickets thanks to you guys and now I’ve got to go to fuckin traffic school!’ Of course, I apologized and then thanked him.”

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Album: United Abominations
Artist: Megadeth

Blabbermouth – Orange County, California’s ATREYU constantly wants to grow musically with each new record. Many of their fans have noticed a change in the vocals from Alex Varkatzas on the group’s latest CD, “Lead Sails Paper Anchor”. In the new behind-the-scenes video, Alex explains the new direction he took and where he wants to see ATREYU go in the future: Real Media, Windows Media, Quicktime.

ATREYU recorded “Lead Sails Paper Anchor” this spring with producer John Feldmann (THE USED, GOOD CHARLOTTE) who worked with the band to create their most infectious, ambitious and musically challenging disc yet. While the band’s juxtaposition of hardcore-influenced chaos and rock-influenced melody is still present, the gulf between the two styles is diminished, making the passages flow in a smoother and more naturalistic manner. “Lead Sails Paper Anchor” was mixed by Andy Wallace (NIRVANA, SLIPKNOT, LINKIN PARK).

Album: Lead Sails Paper Anchor
Artist: Atreyu

Dino Cazares has a dream? to make a classic metal album to rival metal?s greatest!

Speaking recently to MetalReview.com, the former Fear Factory guitarist said, “I definitely feel competitive with myself and what I created back in the day. I would love to write another “Demanufacture” classic album.

Not something of the same style, but a classic metal record. I think that is something that all musicians strive for. To have that METALLICA “Master of Puppets”-, SLAYER “Reign in Blood”-, FEAR FACTORY “Demanufacture”-, PANTERA “Vulgar Display of Power”-type album. That’s my goal for this band; to try and write that record. Read more »

Former KORN guitarist Brian “Head” Welch was a guest on the Christian program “The Harvest Show” recently to talk about his past drug abuse and his new memoir, “Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story”.

Watch the interview in two parts below:

Part 1:
Part 2:

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