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EDGUY Frontman Discusses AVANTASIA Project

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet recently gave an interview to his webmaster about "The Scarecrow", the third installment of his AVANTASIA solo project. The album is being produced by Sascha Paeth, who also played the rhythm guitar on the CD. The drums were laid down by KISS/ALICE COOPER drummer Eric Si...

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ALICE COOPER: Audio Version Of 'Golf Monster' Biography Due Next Month

An audio version of the forthcoming ALICE COOPER biography, "Alice Cooper, Golf Monster" (cover) — read by Alice himself — will be made available on May 1 (the same day that the book's regular version will be released). You can hear a clip of the recording here. The book can be ...

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Zen and the Art

A few years ago I said some album or band was "more underground than Rich Hoak in a mine shaft." The former BRUTAL TRUTH man has more than lived up to my lame joke since that band's initial dissolution — as a member of TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION, he carries on their tradition of thinking man's ...

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Vena Sera

CHEVELLE has always been in a strange place. Catching the tail end of the grunge era, heavily influenced by both that and especially early TOOL, the band managed to carve out a niche for itself despite coming along at the height of the rap-metal movement. The Chicago- based trio's sound has never ha...

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KISS, OZZY OSBOURNE Among Artists Who Have Never Topped BILLBOARD Album Chart

James Montgomery of MTV.com reports: Landing the #1 spot on the Billboard albums chart is pretty easy — provided your name is ELVIS, THE BEATLES or, uh, "Now That's What I Call Music!" For anyone else, it's a rather difficult thing to accomplish because, despite some of the "luminaries" who've occup...

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BLACK SABBATH's GEEZER BUTLER: THE BEATLES Changed My Life

Mark Voger of the Asbury Park Press recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal bassist Geezer Butler (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL). A few excerpts from the chat follow: On whether it was a tough decision for BLACK SABBATH to fire Ozzy Osbourne following the recording of 1978's iro...

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MEGADETH: Full-Length Version Of 'A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)' Available For Streaming

MEGADETH's new version of the song "A Tout Le Monde", now retitled "A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)", is available for streaming in its entirety at this location (Windows Media). "A Tout Le Monde", which originally appeared on the 1994 CD "Youthanasia", has created controversy because the song was cit...

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MEGADETH: 'A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)' Audio Sample Available

A 35-second audio clip of MEGADETH's new version of the song "A Tout Le Monde", now retitled "A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)", has been posted online at this location (Real Media). "A Tout Le Monde", which originally appeared on the 1994 CD "Youthanasia", has created controversy because the song was...

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MEGADETH: CRISTINA SCABBIA Talks About 'A Tout Le Monde' Recording, Video Shoot

A video has been uploaded to LACUNA COIL's MySpace profile in which singer Cristina Scabbia talks about the video shoot for MEGADETH's new version of the song "A Tout Le Monde", now retitled "A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)", which took place March 8-9 in Los Angeles. Watch the clip online at

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Rock The Rebel / Metal the Devil

Denmark's VOLBEAT exploded onto the European scene with a smashing debut called "The Strength/The Sound/The Songs" that was reviewed by yours truly on this very site (7.5/10). The band's spirited blend of Elvis Presley vocals (from vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen),hard rockin' riffs, '60s-style...

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MEGADETH: Photos From 'A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)' Video Shoot Available

MEGADETH shot a video for the new version of the song "A Tout Le Monde", now retitled "A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)", at a downtown Los Angeles studio on Thursday, March 8. Check out pictures from the shoot at Wire Image, Film Magic, Getty Images. "A Tout ...

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MEGADETH Mainman On New Album, Touring With HEAVEN AND HELL

Steve Newton of Vancouver, British Columbia's Straight.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On a common bond that keeps heavy metal popular: "Let's go back to where it's just metal. There's a common theme for all of these bands...

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DAVE MUSTAINE On METALLICA: 'There's No More Sour Grapes'

Cassandra Szklarski of the Canadian Press recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the song "A Tout Le Monde" — long misinterpreted as pro-suicide when in fact it was written about the sudden death of his mother — which inspired a d...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Is Among 'Worst Singers Of All Time'

World Entertainment News Network reports that Ozzy Osbourne, Mariah Carey, and Celine Dion have been branded the "worst singers of all time." The poll, carried out by British music magazine Q, lauds Elvis Presley as "the greatest voice of all time", but singles out popular stars such as Dion and Car...

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MEGADETH's New Version Of 'A Tout Le Monde' To Feature LACUNA COIL's SCABBIA

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has revealed that the first single off the group's upcoming "United Abominations" album will be a re-recorded version of the band's "Youthanasia" classic "A Tout Le Monde". The 2007 version is a duet with LACUNA COIL's Cristina Scabbia and is said to be more uptempo th...