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DENIAL OF GOD Announce First Live Shows In Five Years

Long-running Danish "black horror metal" band DENIAL OF GOD have announced their first live appearances in five years. The details are as follows: Apr. 01 – Lichtschauspielhaus - Itzehoe, GER (w/ Aeba, Nordafrost, Dawn Of Blood) Apr. 02 - Club de B - Torhout, BEL (w/ DESTROYER 666, REVENGE, PARAGON...

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Former POISON IDEA Guitarist PIG CHAMPION Found Dead

Thomas "Pig Champion" Roberts, guitarist for POISON IDEA, died at his home in Portland, Oregon, Monday night (Jan. 30). He was 47 years old. A founding member of the seminal punk band, he continued to appear with POISON IDEA throughout the late Nineties and into the new millennium, despite officiall...

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Vol. 4

Sure, it'd be possible to get through a LULLACRY review without mentioning several international superstar bands who combine bubblegummy pop-metal with female vocals. But what would the fun of that be? Besides, find me a NIGHTWISH fan who doesn't like this band — if you do, they're either lying or b...

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GORGOROTH Begin Recording Vocals For New Album

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have posted the following update on their official web site: "Gaahl has now entered the studio in Bergen to record vocals for GORGOROTH's upcoming album, 'Ad Majorem Satanhas Gloriam'. The release date of the album is not decided yet, but it is expected to be rele...

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Hail Horror

I guess I should have paid more attention to Seattle's HIMSA in the past, assuming that albums like 2003's "Courting Tragedy and Disaster" are as solid as "Hail Horror". I suppose one could make an argument for a vague metalcore sound on "Hail Horror", but most of what I am hearing is modern, Swedis...

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New York's 3 To Be Joined By COHEED & CAMBRIA Drummer For Japanese Festival Appearance

Woodstock, NY-based post-metal band 3 will be joined by COHEED & CAMBRIA drummer Josh Eppard for their appearance at the the Independence-D Festival in Tokyo, Japan because the group's regular skinsman, Chris Gartmann, is unable to make the trip (reportedly "because of an unavoidable family comm...

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ACE FREHLEY: 'I'd Love To Do An Instructional Video'

Guitar World magazine (web site) recently conducted a short interview with original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Guitar World: What inspired you to play guitar: Ace Frehley: "I was raised in a musical household, so I was surrounded by music all day long. My parent...

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Wake Pig

Not (thank the gods) the '80s delete-bin staple featuring ELP alumni Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer, this 3 is in fact a weird, proggy upstate New York band that pals around with COHEED AND CAMBRIA and gets compared to THE MARS VOLTA. Fans of either of these groups, PORCUPINE TREE, or the late and la...

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VITAL REMAINS To Make Rare New England Appearance With GLEN BENTON

VITAL REMAINS will be making a rare New England appearance featuring Glen Benton of DEICIDE on lead vocals on January 28 at The Living Room in Providence, Rhode Island. The group's lineup will also feature Ralph Santolla (DEICIDE, DEATH, ICED EARTH) on lead guitar, Dave Suzuki on drums and Ron Green...

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ILLDISPOSED: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

Danish metallers ILLDISPOSED have set "Burn Me Wicked" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in Europe in March/April 2006 via Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to last year's "1-800 Vindication" was recorded at Combi Sound Studio in Aarhus, Denmark with producer Ziggy. "Burn Me Wicked" t...

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More Musicians Pick Best Albums Of 2005

Roadrunner Records has posted a list of some of their artists' picks for the best albums of 2005. Check it out below: Acey Slade (MURDERDOLLS): 01. CHELSEA SMILES - Easy Ride EP 02. LARS FREDERICKSON AND THE BASTARDS - Viking 03. TURBONEGRO - Party Animals 04. SOCIAL DISTORTION - Sex, Love and Rock...

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Cannibal Massacre EP

Awesome Chicago old-school filth revivalists release a sure-to-be-collectible limited-edition three-inch CD (also available on 7" single, obviously without the video track). It's great for the tchotchke value — can you really have too many three-inch CDs in your collection? But musically, it's a bit...

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VOMITORY, MISERY INDEX, ROTTEN SOUND To Appear On NAPALM DEATH Tribute CD

VOMITORY, MISERY INDEX, ROTTEN SOUND, PIG DESTROYER and RELEVANT FEW are among the bands that are scheduled to appear on an upcoming NAPALM DEATH tribute album, to be released sometime in 2006 through No Tolerance Records. The tentative lineup of acts expected to take part in the CD is as follows (i...

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MARILYN MANSON: More Wedding Details Revealed

Ireland's The Limerick Post is reporting that a Limerick-based company has won the contract for MARILYN MANSON's four-day wedding extravaganza. There has been worldwide speculation about the goth rockstar's wedding, including where it's on, who's going to it and who's doing the food and the cake. An...

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THE MIGHTY NIMBUS Working On Concept Album

Minnesota's THE MIGHTY NIMBUS are currently working on their second full-length album, "Chronicles of the Northern Beast", tentatively due in 2006 via Threeman Recordings (Candlelight Records in the U.S.). Commented frontman Alexander "The Yeti" Bones: "We are not fucking around. This is serious shi...