Interview with Andreas Kisser from Sepultura

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New Exodus Album To Be A Two Parter

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As previously reported, San Francisco Bay Area thrash legends EXODUS have confirmed that Nuclear Blast will release their upcoming album, The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A, on October 28th in North America. The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A was produced at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA by Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, MACHINE HEAD, NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY) and features the following tracks: 'A Call To Arms', 'Riot Act', 'Funeral Hymn', 'Children Of A Worthless God', 'As It Was, As It Soon Shall Be', 'The Atrocity Exhibition', 'Iconoclasm', 'The Garden Of Bleeding', 'Bedlam 123'.

The band have issued the following update regarding the new album: "Why Exhibit A you might ask? Because we already have four songs recorded and finished for the next album, which we will resume recording some time around the end of the year, and this is a two part record. Part two being Exhibit B. So yes, there will be another Exodus album finished hopefully soon after the release of this one."

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Eight People Injured At Def Leppard Concert

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Severe thunderstorms that produced high winds and flying debris caused eight people to be injured and significant damage inflicted to the Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, where DEF LEPPARD was scheduled to perform Tuesday night (August 21st) in Raleigh, NC.

"The cancellation of the concert by Def Leppard, STYX and FOREIGNER also caused major traffic back-ups around the Amphitheatre, as thousands of fans tried to leave at once. A security guard at the Amphitheatre told WRAL there was some significant damage."

Venue management has issued a statement regarding the Def Leppard show cancellation and possible reschedule.
"The Def Leppard/Styx/Foreigner show scheduled to take place tonight, August 21, at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre was unable to take place due to severe weather and in the interest in public safety. We are making every effort to reschedule the date. More information regarding a possible rescheduled date will be announced soon. Patrons are encouraged to hold on to their tickets as tickets purchased for tonight's concert will be honored if the date is rescheduled. If patrons wish to refund their tickets, refunds will be available at point of purchase starting Friday, August 24."

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Drowning Pool Comments on Covering Billy Idol's 'Rebel Yell'

Drowning Pool guitarist CJ Pierce recently commented at the bands press conference on the selection of covering Billy Idol's 'Rebel Yell' for inclusion on the bands new CD "Full Circle." "That’s one of the songs that get covered a lot, but I love the way that we did it," stated CJ. "We just tried it out in the studio one day. There really wasn’t any kind of effort or thought into it. I think Mike came up with the idea while we were having beers at a restaurant one day. I mean any time that you go anywhere where there’s a live band playing, you play that song, if the band plays that song, the banker, the young professional woman or the older construction guy, all of a sudden they throw their drinks up in the air and they’re all singing along with the song. But we just always kind of thought it was a party tune, it’s from the era of when we were growing up with the ‘80’s rock. And we just thought it would be a fun song to play. Actually, we didn’t put a whole lot of thought into it. We didn’t start doing it until we were in the studio and it just became like a fun project."

Drowning Pool has recently set out on its North American tour in support of the bands new release "Full Circle." The new record is the band’s third effort and has proven to maintain the credulous continuity of energy from the bands debut.

The most greatest event in eastern Europe: THE FLAMING ARTS FESTIVAL 2007

It’s time to announce with proud line-up and schedule of biggest festival tour in Eastern Europe called THE FLAMING ARTS FESTIVAL 2007! We are happy to announce such great acts like VADER, ROTTING CHRIST, KRISIUN, INCANTATION and also strong supports in face of modern thrash metal from UK called AMENTI and Italian sympho black metal act RIUL DOAMNEI. Besides opener of gigs in Moscow and St-Petersburg will be young, but promising act from Moscow called AVOID.

THE FLAMING ARTS FESTIVAL TOUR 2007
VADER (Poland), ROTTING CHRIST (Greece), KRISIUN (Brazil), INCANTATION (USA), AMENTI (UK), RIUL DOAMNEI (Italy)

16.09.07- St-Petersburg (Russia) “Orlandina”
18.09.07 - Ufa (Russia) “Ogni Ufy”
19.09.07 - Ekaterinburg (Russia) “TBA”
20.09.07 - Magnitogorsk (Russia) “DK Ordzhonikidze”
21.09.07 - Samara (Russia) “Strokovski Park”
22.09.07 - Moscow (Russia) “Tochka”
23.09.07 - TBA (Belarus) “TBA”

Van Halen tour dates

Further breaking news on the Van Halen reunion tour. The dates are as follows:

Charlotte, NC Bobcats Arena (September 27)
Greensboro, NC Coliseum (29)
Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center (October 1)
Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre (7)
Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena (10)
Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse (14)
Chicago, IL Allstate Arena (16)
Chicago, IL United Center (18)
Auburn Hills, MI Palace of Auburn Hills (22)
Minneapolis, MN Target Center (24)
Kansas City, MO Sprint Center (26)
St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center (28)
Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden (30)
East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena (November 3)
New York, NY Madison Square Garden (13)
Los Angeles, CA Staples Center (20)
Glendale, Ariz. Jobing.com Arena (23)
San Diego, CA Arena (25)
Sacramento, CA Arco Arena (27)
San Jose, CA HP Pavilion (29)
Portland, OR Rose Garden (December 1)
Seattle, WA Key Arena (3)
Vancouver, BC Place (5)
Edmonton, AB Rexall Palace (9)
Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome (11)

Guns N' Roses DVD

Just in time for a Halloween treat, MVD will release a new Guns N' Roses Under Review DVD on October 30th. This DVD is a documentary film about the Use Your Illusion double set – the people who made them, the process of making of them, the tour that surrounded them
and, most crucially, the awesome music they contained.

It features rare footage of the band from that time, including exclusive backstage film rarely seen before; lengthy interviews from musicians and vocalists who were there working on the records and the tour; comment from friends of the group and scenesters from the L.A. rock underground; insight and critique from biographers, journalists and DJs who championed Guns N' Roses throughout their career, and many other notable contributors. Also includes seldom seen photographs, location shots, news footage and much more besides.