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MARILYN MANSON's 'Born Villain' Projected To Sell 35K-40K First Week

MARILYN MANSON's long-awaited new album, "Born Villain", is likely to sell between 35,000 and 40,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores...
May 5, 2012
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No Matter Where it Ends

You'd better be a sludge lover. BLACK SHEEP's "No Matter Where it Ends" is not a blended affair; it's not sludge-like, sludge-infused, or sludge-esque. It is sludge metal in its definitive form: harsh, abrasive, and pissed off beyond belief. Not even the occasional speed romp or mid-tempo groove bre...
May 1, 2012
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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN: How I Got METALLICA's LARS ULRICH To Write Foreword To My Book (Video)

Video footage of SLIPKNOT mastermind/percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan talking to the Artisan News about how he got METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich to write the foreword to his photo book "Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey" can be seen below. "Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey", which will be published by...
May 1, 2012
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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN Talks 'Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey' Photo Book (Video)

Video footage of SLIPKNOT mastermind/percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan talking to the Artisan News about his photo book "Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey" can be seen below. "Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey", which will be published by MTV Books in June, is a collection of explorations in darkness an...
April 20, 2012
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DEAD TROOPER Parts Ways With Guitarist

Norwegian thrashers DEAD TROOPER have parted ways with guitarist/vocalist Birger Larsen. Commented Larsen: "After 10 wonderful years in DEAD TROOPER, I have decided to leave the band. The reason for me leaving is that it takes a lot of time, and effort, to make DEAD TROOPER the band it is today, and...
March 23, 2012
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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN: 'When We're On Stage, It's Church'

SLIPKNOT mastermind/percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan will appear at this year's South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas next week, premiering his photo book "Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey" with a press party and question-and-answer session on Thursday, March 15. Earlier that afternoo...
March 14, 2012
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Enslaved

All these years later and SOULFY still brings it proper with the kind of tribal-infused thrashing aggression and groove that could only be connected to one man, guitarist/vocalist Max Cavalera. He wasn't the only reason SEPULTURA blazed trails, as evidenced by the more than respectable catalogue of...
March 4, 2012
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NECROWRETCH Signs With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

Century Media Records has announced the signing of France's NECROWRETCH. Combining influences from the early works of bands such as MERCILESS, MORGOTH, GROTESQUE and tons of others unforgettable acts with their own vision, NECROWRETCH is currently one of the most promising young death metal bands. N...
February 6, 2012
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True Traitor, True Whore

This is the sound of venomous contempt, to say the very least. One-man black metal boundary-pusher Jef Whitehead (aka "Wrest") returned to the scene to use LEVIATHAN to express his deepest hatred toward the individual that he claims turned his life upside down with her allegations. There is need to...
December 17, 2011
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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR At Oxford University; Fourth Part Of Lecture Posted Online

SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor appeared as a guest speaker on June 8, 2011 at the Oxford University. Taylor addressed the 120 or so students in the grand hall of Oxford Union, Oxford Universitys famous debating society. Corey's message for the crowd was to forget about following their dre...
November 30, 2011
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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR At Oxford University; Third Part Of Lecture Posted Online

SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor appeared as a guest speaker on June 8, 2011 at the Oxford University. Taylor addressed the 120 or so students in the grand hall of Oxford Union, Oxford Universitys famous debating society. Corey's message for the crowd was to forget about following their dre...
November 23, 2011
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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR At Oxford University; Second Part Of Lecture Posted Online

SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor appeared as a guest speaker on June 8, 2011 at the Oxford University. Taylor addressed the 120 or so students in the grand hall of Oxford Union, Oxford Universitys famous debating society. Corey's message for the crowd was to forget about following their dre...
November 16, 2011
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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR At Oxford University; First Part Of Lecture Posted Online

SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor appeared as a guest speaker on June 8, 2011 at the Oxford University. Taylor addressed the 120 or so students in the grand hall of Oxford Union, Oxford Universitys famous debating society. Corey's message for the crowd was to forget about following their dre...
November 10, 2011
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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR At Oxford University; Full Lecture To Be Released In Four Parts

SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor appeared as a guest speaker on June 8, 2011 at the Oxford University. Taylor addressed the 120 or so students in the grand hall of Oxford Union, Oxford Universitys famous debating society. Corey's message for the crowd was to forget about following their dre...
November 7, 2011
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NOVEMBERS DOOM, TRILLION RED Members Join Forces In KING CARNAGE

Patrick Brown, guitarist/vocalist of the dark ambient duo TRILLION RED, has teamed up with NOVEMBERS DOOM/ex-THESE ARE THEY drummer Sasha Horn to form KING CARNAGE. The project, whose musical direction Brown describes as "aggressive new heavy crust death," draws inspiration from the likes of old-sch...
August 24, 2011