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SEVENDUST STARTS A NEW CHAPTER
Is there a harder working band than SEVENDUST? Including the CD/DVD combo Retrospective 2, their latest disc, Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow, is their third release in the last 13 months. Reveling in the freedom and creativity coming from the formation of their own record label, they have followed the ambitious, aggressive Alpha (2007) with an album that ranges from pummeling (“Inside”) to soft and soothing (“The Past,” featuring Chris Daughtry) to experimental (“Hope,” featuring ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti). This latest chapter covers all facets of the band, building on everything that has come before. Vocalist Lajon Witherspoon called in to talk with Live-Metal.net’s Greg Maki about the new album, the spring tour with SALIVA and more.
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INVITRO'S MIKEY DOLING
Guitarist for SNOT, SOULFLY and now INVITRO; producer; Gridiron Records co-founder. Mikey Doling has built an impressive resume during his decade and a half in the music business. Talk to him or watch INVITRO on stage and it’s easy to see the secret to his staying power (aside from his obvious musical talent). It’s all about having fun for him and his bandmates, whose debut album, When I Was a Planet, is wonderfully wacky as it hops from genre to genre, rocking all the way. INVITRO’s touring schedule has included a stint opening for Doling’s old friends SEVENDUST, a slot on the 2007 edition of the Family Values tour and they just finished a spring run with DEVILDRIVER and NAPALM DEATH. A few days after the tour rolled through Jaxx in Springfield, Va., Doling checked in with Live-Metal.net’s Greg Maki.
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ROCK N' ROLL GOES AIRBOURNE
During the band’s headlining tour with ENDEVERAFTER and STONERIDER, vocalist/guitarist Joel O'Keeffe checked in with Live-Metal.net to discuss AIRBOURNE's sound and influences, their new album, Runnin' Wild and more. Get to know them now because you’re going to hear a lot more from them very soon.
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DEVILDRIVER: Kind words with guitarist Jeff Kendrick
With its 2007 effort, The Last Kind Words, DEVILDRIVER has continued to carve out its niche in the metal world. The disc effectively builds on the band’s sophomore release, The Fury of Our Maker’s Hand (2005), by upping the ante with more intricate and skilled guitar work yet sacrificing none of the relentlessly heavy attack. On stage, the band, led by frontman Dez Fafara, is nothing short of ferocious, consistently stealing the show as a support act and giving fans a full dose of DEVILDRIVER on its second U.S. headlining tour. Support on the run comes from the legendary NAPALM DEATH, as well as 36 CRAZYFISTS, INVITRO and STRAIGHT LINE STITCH. When the tour stopped at Jaxx in Springfield, Va., guitarist Jeff Kendrick sat down with Live-Metal.net for a pre-show interview.
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Getting dirty with EVERY TIME I DIE
Whether it’s Cadbury Eggs, fights with security guards or dreaming about shooting mutated animals in Russia, life is always interesting in the world of EVERY TIME I DIE. Since the release of their latest album, The Big Dirty, last September, the band has performed live on national television, toured with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and headlined the latest edition of the Take Action Tour, also featuring FROM FIRST TO LAST, THE BLED, AUGUST BURNS RED and THE HUMAN ABSTRACT. Now their sights are set on a spring headlining run across Europe and, looking ahead to the summer, their second stint on the Warped Tour. When the Take Action Tour stopped at Baltimore’s Rams Head Live, guitarist Jordan Buckley sat down with Live-Metal.net’s Greg Maki to discuss all things ETID. He wants you to know he was high on PCP.
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ALL THAT REMAINS:
Politically incorrect with vocalist Phil Labonte
Since the release of The Fall of Ideals in July 2006, ALL THAT REMAINS has established itself as a force in the metal world. The band has supported the album relentlessly on the road with a touring schedule that has included Ozzfest 2006, support slots for bands such as BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and AS I LAY DYING, and two headlining jaunts across the United States. Live-Metal.net caught up with frontman Phil Labonte at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., on the second-to-last night of a tour with CHIMAIRA, BLACK TIDE and LIGHT THIS CITY. In a free-wheeling discussion, Phil touched on politics, touring, the music industry, the follow-up to his band’s breakthrough record and more.
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Round and Round with THE DONNAS
For more than 15 years, THE DONNAS have brought their unique brand of balls-out rock n' roll to the masses. These lovely, yet hard-rocking ladies are currently on tour supporting their seventh studio album, Bitchin', on the latest leg of their "Feather the Nation Tour." Jason Price of Live-Metal.Net recently caught up with guitarist Allison Robertson when the band stopped in New York City. She tells us all about how the band has managed to remain such a tight unit for so long, what it is like to perform alongside one of there biggest idols (Stephen Pearcy of RATT) and clues us in on the future of the band. Allison pulls no punches and quickly proves THE DONNAS are more than just a bunch of pretty faces.
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Bleeding it out with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
Frontman Ivan Moody’s throat problems forced FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH off the road for a couple months in early 2008, but not even that could stop the band’s momentum. Their debut album, The Way of the Fist, is selling better than ever, re-entering the Billboard Top 200 and climbing close to the top of the Heatseekers chart, while the first single, “The Bleeding,” has become a rock radio staple. This summer will find FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH as part of what looks to be the hottest ticket in heavy music, the inaugural Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival headlined by SLIPKNOT and DISTURBED. Drummer Jeremy Spencer recently checked in from Los Angeles with Live-Metal.net’s Greg Maki to discuss how the band has spent its break from the road, its soon-to-resume touring schedule and more.
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WARBRINGER: Thrash 'til death
Who doesn't miss the glory days of thrash metal? I'm talking old METALLICA, MEGADETH and SLAYER, TESTAMENT, EXODUS, KREATOR, Clash of the Titans, bullet belts, jean jackets, skateboards, long curly hair and real circle pits--not this hardcore dancing crap we see today. Well, you don't have to miss it as much anymore. Ventura, California's WARBRINGER leads a pack of bands carrying the torch for thrash metal--right where it left off. A new revolution is well underway and WARBRINGER's debut album War Without End was recently released on Century Media Records. Live-Metal.net talked with guitarist John Laux about getting signed to a label, their new album and what they bring to thrash metal in 2008.
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