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ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN, SKID ROW's SNAKE To Perform With MEAT LOAF's Daughter Tonight

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian will be backing his fiancée Pearl Aday's band MOTHER PEARL at the House Of Blues Sunset Strip Foundation Room tonight (August 23) at 10:00 p.m. Also playing with Pearl will be her new guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo (SKID ROW). Ian said, "It's a reunion of sorts for Snake and...

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VELVET REVOLVER, DEFTONES, ALICE IN CHAINS Members Featured On BEATLES Compilation

On October 24, 2006, Restless Records will release "Butchering The Beatles" — featuring the biggest, the baddest, the heaviest all-star line-up ever assembled to honor what is arguably the greatest band ever — THE BEATLES. All-in-all, over 50 internationally known recording artists bring their uniqu...

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Kiss of Death

At 61 years old, Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister isn't about to go out of his way to win over those few, pathetic, soulless bints who don't like MOTÖRHEAD. The band has a well-worn groove, and they've settled into it, releasing a string of albums over the last decade so consistent, it's easy to forget someti...

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Godfather

If "Godfather" by Poland's ELYSIUM sounds this derivative of the Swedish thrash/death sound (specifically, AT THE GATES and contemporaries),then I have to wonder what the first four albums sounded like. Of course, there is that whole thing about imitation being the sincerest form of flattery. And y...

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SCORPIONS: WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance Available For Download

The "Wacken Radio" broadcast of German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS' headlining appearance August 3 at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany — where they were joined by special guests and former bandmates Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker and Herman Rarebell — has been made available for down...

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Norwegian Black Metallers MAYHEM Comment On Controversial GATES OF METAL Appearance

Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM have commented on the controversy surrounding their appearance at last weekend's Gates of Metal festival in Sweden. Pig heads and other animal parts decorated the stage during the band's performance (Photo#1, Photo#2, Photo#3) — a violation of the Swedish animal by-p...

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Swedish Animal-Rights Organization Slams MAYHEM Over Use Of Animal Parts

Animal Rights Sweden, the country's largest animal-rights organization with 36,000 members, has launched an attack against the organizers of the Gates of Metal festival over Norwegian black metal band MAYHEM's use of animal parts during their performance at the event (Photo#1, Photo#2),which took p...

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LED ZEPPELIN, AC/DC And METALLICA Are Among Top-Selling Artists Of All Time

LED ZEPPELIN, AC/DC, GUNS N' ROSES and METALLICA have released some of the top-selling albums in the United States of all time, according to the figures released by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Here is a list of the all-time top selling albums (number in perenthesis indicate...

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Unsaved

In the caffeinated meat grinder that passes for popular culture these days, it may already be time for some 1990's nostalgia. Supermodels aren't wearing ironic updates of flannel yet, but bands like CRACKER, GIN BLOSSOMS and SPIN DOCTORS are already taking their amiably bland acts out on the rib-fes...

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SCORPIONS Perform With ULI JON ROTH, MICHAEL SCHENKER, HERMAN RAREBELL At WACKEN

German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS were rejoined by special guests and former bandmates Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker and Herman Rarebell during their headlining appearance Thursday night (August 3) at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. The group's setlist for the show — dubbed "A Ni...

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SCORPIONS Perform 'Lovedrive' In Czech Republic: Video Available

Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS were videotaped performing "Lovedrive" live in Malá Skála, Czech Republic on Friday (July 28) for the Benátská Noc 2006 Festival. Watch the performance at YouTube.com. As previously reported, SCORPIONS will have their Wacken Open Air performance broadcast live o...

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SEPULTURA's DERRICK GREEN: 'You Are What You Eat'

SEPULTURA frontman Derrick Green recently sat down with PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals) to discuss animal rights, vegetarianism and the concept for their controversial video "Convicted in Life". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: PETA: What prompted you to go vegetarian? D...

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SCORPIONS: WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance To Be Webcast

German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS will have their Wacken Open Air performance broadcast live on the Internet via IZ-Radio (web site) on Thursday, August 3 beginning at 9:45 p.m. CET (time zone converter). SCORPIONS has reportedly tapped songwriter/producer Desmond Child — who has worked with such...

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Report: Heavy Metal Adopts Political, Social Messages In New Millennium

Justin M. Norton of the Associated Press has issued the following report: Heavy metal singer Chris Barnes didn't know what people would think of the anti-war song "Amerika the Brutal" he wrote after his cousin deployed to Iraq in 2003. He heard a number of complaints — but also received supportive e...

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SCORPIONS To Release New Album Next May

Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS have posted the following message on their official web site: "We are looking forward to the Wacken [Open Air] show where we are going to play with our old friends, Michael [Schenker], Uli [Jon Roth] and Hermann [Rarebell]. This is going to be a very special eve...