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OZZY OSBOURNE: 'My Wife Couldn't Push Me To Do Anything I Don't Want To Do If She Tried'

Chris Riemenschneider of StarTribune.com recently conducted an interview with Ozzy Osbourne. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On performing at Minneapolis' Target Center on Halloween night: "There's going to be a lot of [expletive] tricks and treats." "I never really was into Halloween as a kid,...

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DOWN Drummer Says Band Is Working On 'Really Unique' DVD

Lord of The Wasteland of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with DOWN drummer Jimmy Bower. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: I read that the band has a bunch of acoustic stuff in the can. Are you guys throwing around the idea of possibly releasing an acoustic album?...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Talks About Playing With METALLICA, Hanging Out With LARS ULRICH

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn has posted a lengthy new "diary entry" on the band's official web site. An excerpt from his posting follows: "[Supporting] METALLICA at Wembley Stadium [in London in early July]. Duuuuuude!? DUUUUDE!?!?!? Such an honor. Handpicked. Last minute [as the replacement for...

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'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK Schedules 'Metal Day' Workshop And Guitar Clinic

Guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, SEBASTIAN BACH, PAINMUSEUM) has issued the following update: "Wanted to invite you to participate in my 'Metal Day' workshop and guitar clinic event to take place Saturday, November 24 at Pro Line Music in Fairless Hills, PA. "The concept is very simple. I'...

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DIMMU BORGIR: Glasgow Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Norwegian black metallers DIMMU BORGIR performing the song "The Serpentine Offering" on October 3, 2007 at QMU in Glasgow, Scotland, UK can be viewed below (video courtesy of Ragnarok Radio). In the second part of the band's ongoing tour diary from The Invaluable Darkness...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: There Was Only One DIMEBAG

Headbanger's Blog recently conducted an e-mail interview with DOWN/ex-PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo. A couple of excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow: Headbanger's Blog: Everyone knows about the recent low points in your life — the death of Dime, your agonizing back pain, Hurricane...

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MARILYN MANSON's New Zealand Concert Evacuated

According to Stuff.co.nz, fans attending MARILYN MANSON's concert in Auckland, New Zealand Wednesday night (October 3) were made to evacuate the venue just four songs into the shock rocker's set. Manson, who was playing a sold-out show in Auckland Town Hall, left the stage and security came on to as...

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CANDLEMASS: Athens Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS performing the song "Devil Seed" on Septemebr 30 at Gagarin 205 in Athens, Greece can be viewed below. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Marche Funebre 02. The Well Of Souls 03. At The Gallows End 04. Solitude 05. Emperor Of The Void 06....

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Death is this Communion

Another in a recent batch of strong discs reviewed this week, HIGH ON FIRE's "Death is this Communion" sees the band expanding its sound, if only slightly, but continuing to serve up its patented smoke-billowing locomotive metal. The disc is the trio's most varied to date, weaving atmospheric elemen...

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TOOL Members Open Up In Their 'Longest, Most Revealing' Interview

Elusive art-rockers TOOL recently opened up in an exclusive interview with veteran journalist Bryan Reesman (web site). The seven-page cover story spearheads the relaunch issue of Metal Edge magazine (web site),and according to the band itself, is the longest in their 17-year history. Reesman, who...

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SLAYER Frontman Talks About MARILYN MANSON Tour, Songwriting Process

David Priest of OnTrackMagazine.com recently conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. A few excerpts from the chat follow: OnTrackMagazine.com: There seemed to be a little bit of animosity that you guys were goin' on first (before MARILYN MANSON) and that you would even be on t...

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RITCHIE BLACKMORE Guests On CNN's 'Quest For Rock 'n' Roll'; Video Available

Legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, ex-DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW) appeared on Richard Quest's show "Quest for Rock 'n' Roll" which aired recently on CNN International. According to a posting on the DEEP PURPLE fan site TheHighwayStar.com, "the segment runs for 10 minutes and is rath...

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III - Over The Under

The first DOWN album, "NOLA", released in 1995, was a nearly perfect mix of brutal Nineties power groove metal, druggy retro/stoner psychedelia and swampy New Orleans attitude. The mix of personalities from PANTERA, COC, EYEHATEGOD and CROWBAR gelled seamlessly and made the album into an instant cla...

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GILLAN: 'The Singles' Box Set Details Revealed

Following the highly successful issues of the GILLAN albums, Demon/Edsel now present a box set of all eleven singles by GILLAN in CD-sized replicas of their original 7" sleeves. The box also includes a bonus DVD of seven promo videos, which have never been commercially released in any format, and ha...

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DEEP PURPLE Singer IAN GILLAN: Deluxe Tour Edition Of 'Gillan's Inn' Due Next Month

Legendary DEEP PURPLE lead singer Ian Gillan took time off from touring with DEEP PURPLE in 2006 and hit the road in the U.S. and Canada, leading an exciting new band through a blistering mix of PURPLE favorites and well-loved tracks from his numerous solo recordings. Celebrating 40 years as a touri...