Former Adema Frontman Working On Solo Effort

Former ADEMA frontman Marky Chavez is currently working on a solo album, tentatively due early next year via Thru The Roof Records. According to a posting on his MySpace page, the lineup for the project consists of the following musicians:

Marky Chavez - Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Joe Davis - Guitar, Drums
Adam Stahl - Guitar

Chavez — who is the half-brother of KORN's Jonathan Davis — left ADEMA in 2004 while the band was working on material for its third album. He was reportedly in talks about returning to the group after the departure of his replacement, Luke Caraccioli, but those plans have since been abandoned.

ADEMA's new album, "Kill the Headlights", was released on August 21 via Immortal Records. The CD was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Marshall Altman (MARC BROUSSARD, ZEBRAHEAD). Mastering duties were handled by Eddie Schreyer at Oasis Mastering in Burbank.

ADEMA last year announced the addition of vocalist Bobby Reeves of the Los Angeles-based band LEVEL to the group's ranks.

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Orange Goblin Record 4 Songs For BBC Radio

British doomsters ORANGE GOBLIN recorded four songs ("Scorpionica", "They Come Back [Harvest of Skulls]", "The Ballad of Solomon Eagle" and "Blue Snow") at the legendary Studio 4 at BBC Maida Vale Studios in London on August 17 for an exclusive BBC Radio 1 "Rock Show" session to be aired at a later date as part of Daniel Carter's program.

In other news, ORANGE GOBLIN has scheduled a special Christmas show on Saturday, December 8 at the Islington Carling Academy in London. Support at the gig will come from North Carolina sludge-meisters SOURVEIN and hard-rocking U.K. hopefuls JOSIAH.

ORANGE GOBLIN's new CD, "Healing through Fire", was released in May through Sanctuary Records. The album was initially released as a CD with a bonus DVD featuring live footage from the band's headline show at London's Mean Fiddler in December 2006.

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Cannibal Corpse Footage From Lima Posted

Fan-filmed video footage of CANNIBAL CORPSE performing the song "Make Them Suffer" last night (Saturday, August 25) in Lima, Peru can be viewed below.

Peruvian news agency Andina reported that CANIBAL CORPSE had asked their fans to donate food and other supplies during Lima concert to aid the victims of the magnitude-8 earthquake which shook the southern coast of Peru, killing over 500 people and injuring 1500.

To celebrate Metal Blade's 25th anniversary, the label reissued CANNIBAL CORPSE's 1996 fifth studio album — the first to feature current vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher — "Vile", with an additional four-track DVD filmed at San Francisco's Berkeley Square on February 3, 1997. The CD features a 12-page booklet and completely revised artwork. More...

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Twisted Sister & Steelheart Frontmen Help Charity

Dee Snider of TWISTED SISTER and Michael "Mili" Matijevic of STEELHEART were just some of the celebrities who came out to the home of the Coney Island Cyclones in KeySpan Stadium in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, August 25 to help raise awareness about autism and funds for autism research at the second annual Autism Speaks Celebrity Softball Game and silent auction.

Snider and Matijevic both played on the CW11 team which went on to win the game 2-0 against NBC.

All proceeds from ticket sales and the silent auction benefit Autism Speaks, the nation's leading autism advocacy organization.

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P.O.D. Bassist Schedules Clinic Dates

P.O.D. (a.k.a. PAYABLE ON DEATH) bassist Traa has scheduled the following clinics at Carvin stores in California:

Monday, August 27, Sacramento, CA (6:00 p.m.)
Wednesday, August 29, Santa Ana, CA (6:00 p.m.)
Thursday, August 30, Hollywood, CA (6:00 p.m.)
Friday, August 31, Covina, CA (6:00 p.m.)
Saturday, September 1, San Diego, CA (2:00 p.m.)

For details on each location, click www.carvin.com/clinics.

Commented Traa: These are free events and space is limited so show up early. Stick around so I can meet any of you that come down. I will be going over some of the songs off 'Payable On Death' and also 'Set Your Eyes To Zion', and maybe something from 'Testify'. Anyway, I am looking forward to spending time with you all. If you don't live in the California area... the crew will be videotaping some of this and will put it up on our YouTube page."

P.O.D.'s new album, "When Angels and Serpents Dance", is due late 2007/early 2008 via INO/Columbia. The CD is expected to feature a guest appearance by SUICIDAL TENDENCIES frontman Mike Muir.

A photo of Sandoval and Muir in the recording studio laying down tracks for the new P.O.D. CD, tentatively due in the fall, can be found at this location.

"Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years", P.O.D.'s final release through Atlantic Records, arrived in stores in November.

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Tesla Announce First World Tour In 16 Years

California-based rockers TESLA have confirmed their first world tour in 16 years as they plan to hit Europe, Japan and Australia in October/November. Dates in support of their new covers album, Real To Reel, are as follows:

October
18 - Sydney Australia - Forum
19 - Melbourne Australia - Hifi
21 - Tokyo Japan - Loud Park
24 - Amsterdam Holland - Paradiso
25 - Vossalaar Belguim- Biebob
27 - Copenhagen Denmark - Vega Jnr
28 - ochum Germany - Matrix
30 - Aschaffenburg Germany - Colos-Saal
31 - Pratteln Switzerland - Z7

November
2 - Barcelona Spain - Apolo
3 - Madrid Spain - Arena
5 - London England - Islington Academy
6 - Glasgow Scotland - Garage
8 - Nottingham England - Rock City
9 - Dudley England - JB's
10 - Minehead England - Hard Rock Hell Festival

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New Venom Album To Be Released In Early 2008

UK black metal icons VENOM have decided to re-record some of the tracks for their new album and have changed the release date until early 2008. Drummer Antton explains: "During the Scandinavian Tour we played through some of the new tracks in the sound-checks, there's something about the energy you deliver when playing on a stage that differs greatly from recording in a studio. All fired up we tore the tracks to shreds. We tried to organize a mobile studio to get to the next shows, but it was way too late notice, so on our return to the UK Cronos (bass/vocals) hired some small venues for us to record some new backing tracks to work on. At the end of the day it's all about recording a great album, and this new album is sounding absolutely awesome. The band are also preparing some samples to stream from the website, as well as some choice recordings from the tour."

In other news, work has started on a special DVD release of Venom's classic videos. The Hammersmith show from 1984 (The 7th Date of Hell) and the Nightmare video to name a few, are set to feature along with new interviews from various members and 'never before seen' footage from the band members personal archives are also set to be included. Further information and updates are forthcoming.

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