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Malaysian Police Chief: 'Black Metal' Concert Organizers Did Not Have Permit
Rizalman Hammim of Malaysia's The Malay Mail has issued the following report: "They can lodge police reports and we will investigate them. If they want to sue us, then we can only wait." This was the response of Brickfields police chief Assistant Commissioner Dzuraidi Ibrahim to the possibility of b...January 3, 2006
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Should MAYHEM Be Allowed To Perform In Singapore?
Kor Kian Beng of Singapore's The Electric New Paper is reporting that a local record label is trying to get Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM to perform in Singapore on February 5. The record company has already applied for the license. The Media Development Authority (MDA) confirmed that it has rece...January 2, 2006
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SILVERCHAIR Confirmed For Australia's THE GREAT ESCAPE Festival
Australia's SILVERCHAIR will perform as part of a ground-breaking Festival called "The Great Escape" over the 2006 Easter long weekend (April 14-16, 2006). "The Great Escape" offers three days of non-stop music, arts, markets, comedy, film and loads of camping at another character-rich location: the...December 18, 2005
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Malaysia's LANGSUYR Delay Album Release in Wake Of 'Black Metal Witch Hunt'
Malaysia's premier "oriental death metal" act LANGSUYR have pushed back the release date of their debut album, entitled "Asyik". Originally scheduled to be released in November, the album was delayed due to the "black metal witch hunt" in Malaysia, according to a press release. LANGSUYR were already...December 13, 2005
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DEICIDE: More 'When London Burns' DVD Details Revealed
Earache Records has set a January 23, 2006 release date for DEICIDE's "When London Burns" DVD. Featuring an incendiary live set filmed on November 29, 2004 before a rabid, sold-out crowd of maniacs at The Mean Fiddler in London, Glen Benton and Co. rip the place apart with a smoking set, featuring c...December 10, 2005
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Malaysian Black Metal Concert Organizer Denies Planning Activities Against Islam
Malaysian national news agency Bernama.com has issued the following report: The organizer of the black metal "Battle of the Bands" concert at the Negeri Sembilan Ceylonese Association Hall that was raided by police last Saturday, Friday denied that they were planning activities that contravened the...December 9, 2005
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CHRIS CORNELL Becomes Third-Time Dad
E! Online is reporting that AUDIOSLAVE frontman Chris Cornell and wife Vicky welcomed a son Monday night, his publicist has announced. Christopher Nicholas Cornell was born in Los Angeles at 7:08 p.m., tipping the scales at 8 pounds, 6 ounces, and measuring 21 inches. The 41-year-old singer and his...December 6, 2005
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Judge Refuses To Dismiss Manslaughter Charges In GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire
The Associated Press has issued the following report: A judge on Monday refused to dismiss any of the manslaughter counts against the three men charged criminally in a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people. The decision by Superior Court Judge Francis J. Darigan Jr. means that prosecutors can p...December 5, 2005
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Former MEGADETH Guitarist To Guest On New PHARAOH CD
PHARAOH, the Pennsylvania-based four-piece featuring veteran vocal powerhouse Tim Aymar (best known for his work with Chuck Schuldiner's CONTROL DENIED),have completed work on their second full-length album, "The Longest Night", for a February 2006 release via Cruz del Sur. The close of the mixing...November 30, 2005
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Black Wings of Destiny
With TESTAMENT plagued by periods of frustrating dormancy, founding guitarist Eric Peterson resurrects his DRAGONLORD black metal side project, last seen on record racks with a respectable debut ("Rapture") in 2001. It's surprising that "Black Wings of Destiny" has been such a relatively low-profile...November 28, 2005
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SILVERCHAIR Working On New Material
Australia's SILVERCHAIR have confirmed rumours that they are currently making music together in regional New South Wales. The band has also announced that they plan to record a new album and do at least a few gigs during 2006. The trio has sold more than six million albums during the last ten years....November 19, 2005
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Judge Allows Lawsuit Against KISS Bassist GENE SIMMONS To Proceed
Samuel Maull of Newsday.com has issued the following report: A woman who claims to be a former girlfriend of KISS rocker Gene Simmons can proceed with a defamation lawsuit in which she says he made her sound like a "sex-addicted nymphomaniac" during a VH1 television show, a judge has ruled. State Su...November 11, 2005
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Stainless
Formed in 1995 and having released three demos since, Pensacola, Florida's PARABELLUM now release their first full-length album, "Stainless". The band's self-described (and unoriginally named) "swamp metal" tries with varied results to fill the listener with misery and dread, as the compositions cra...October 23, 2005
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'OZZY OSBOURNE' Jailed For Murder
U.K.'s Life Style Extra is reporting that a rock fanatic who changed his name to Ozzy Osbourne then stabbed a friend to death inside his own flat was jailed for life Tuesday (Oct. 4). Gary Ozzy Osbourne, 42, was born Gary Bacon — but changed his name by deed poll to mirror that ...October 4, 2005
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KITTIE Frontwoman Apologizes For Chicago Concert Cancellation
KITTIE frontwoman Morgan Lander has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "I wanted to come on here and personally apologize to everyone who bought a ticket to the show and spent their hard-earned money on travel arrangments to come out to see the show in Chicago [for the Win...October 3, 2005
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