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Father Blames 'Dark And Evil' Death Metal Music For Son's Suicide

BBC News has issued the following report: The father of a heavy metal rock singer who killed himself has blamed the band's "dark and evil" music for his suicide. Gareth Bonetto (photo),29, was known as Mad Eddie Richards in his role as singer with Pontypridd band BLOOD RETCH. ...

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IN FLAMES, SEPULTURA, MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY Members Reveal Their Favorite Albums Of 2005

In the December/January issue of the Swedish magazine Close-Up, a number of heavy metal/hard rock musicians list their favorite albums of 2005. Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA): BIOHAZARD – "Means to an End" CLAUSTROPHOBIA – "Fulminant" EXODUS – "Shovel Headed Kill Machine" Anders Fridén (IN FLAMES): NINE...

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VENOM To Release 'Metal Black' In March

British black metal pioneers VENOM have set "Metal Black" as the title of their new studio album, due in March 2006 via Castle Records/Sanctuary Group. According to an official press release, "Metal Black" "sees original founder band member Cronos creating a new masterpiece of metal together with [d...

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TWISTED SISTER Manager Offers Help To Troubled Former WARRANT Singer

In the wake of Metal Sludge's continuing coverage (Report#1, Report#2) of former WARRANT frontman Jani Lane's apparent difficulties performing at full capacity on the ongoing VH1 Classic's "Metal Mania: Stripped Across America Tour 2005", TWISTED SISTER manager Daniel Stanton of Coallier Entertainme...

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MANOWAR: More European Tour Dates Announced

MANOWAR have announced more dates for the "Demons, Dragons and Warriors World Tour 2006", featuring support from the Magic Circle Music artists RHAPSODY and HOLYHELL. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Mar. 25 - Athens, Greece - Stadium Peace & Friendship Mar. 27 - Winterthur, Switzerland -...

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MANOWAR Schedule Greek Dates

Heavy Metal giants MANOWAR will play two dates in Greece this coming March as part of the band's "Demons, Dragons & Warriors Tour 2005-2006". This information was confirmed by both the Greek concert-promotion company Neo Revma and the offficial Greek MANOWAR fan club. The "Demons, Dragons &...

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CANDLEMASS Bassist Checks In From The Road

CANDLEMASS mainman/bassist Leif Edling has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We still live and breathe after a week on the road [with German thrashers DESTRUCTION]. It's been good and a bit bad too. "The bad things first: Had to cancel two shows: Oslo (Norway) and Oulu (...

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Their Rock Is Not Our Rock

I've never understood the big deal about FIREBALL MINISTRY. The quartet is a solid rock band with a decent sense of melody, but they aren't the saviors of rock and roll. Maybe I haven't been exposed to enough of the music on previous releases (though I did recently see a strong live performance from...

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RHAPSODY Guitarist To Release New Solo Album

RHAPSODY guitarist Luca Turilli is currently putting the finishing touches on a new solo album, tentatively due in January/February 2006. Turilli's last solo CD, "Prophet of the Last Eclipse", came out in 2002. RHAPSODY will be releasing their first live album ever in early 2006. The recordings will...

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Long-Running ICED EARTH Fan Site Shuts Down, Webmaster Says SCHAFFER 'Has Lost It'

Tobi, webmaster of the long-running German ICED EARTH fan site Iced Realm, has decided to shut down the site for good, citing several reasons for his decision, including "the general atmosphere" of the site's discussion forum, money, and his less-than-favorable view of the band's recent musical outp...

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NOCTURNAL RITES Guitarist To Perform At Japan's Musical Instruments Fair

Swedish melodic metallers NOCTURNAL RITES have posted the following message on their official web site: "Nils Norberg [guitar] is going to Japan later this week for a combined promotion and guitar trip! He will be shredding his Caparison guitars at the Musical Instruments Fair for a few days and the...

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CRYPTOPSY Frontman Talks About Smoking 'Snake Ribs', Eating Worms

When original CRYPTOPSY vocalist Lord Worm recently rejoined the band, having left the Canadian death metal act in 1998, it also marked the return of one of metal's most bizarre frontmen. "I got my nickname Lord Worm a long time ago, before CRYPTOPSY existed," the vocalist tells the Swedish magazine...

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Ex-THE HAUNTED Frontman Says 'Drug Abuse' Was The Real Reason Behind His Departure

Two years after leaving Swedish thrash titans THE HAUNTED, current FACE DOWN vocalist Marco Aro has reaveled the real reason behind his departure. "It was the only alternative for me," Aro told the Swedish magazine Close-Up. "I had some problems, or I should say that I had a really fucking hard time...

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, GOD FORBID, MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD Featured On 'Video Archive Vol. 2' DVD

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, GOD FORBID, 100 DEMONS and MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD are among the artists that are featured on the "Video Archive for the Ages – Vol. 2" DVD, set for release on November 15 via Music Video Distributors. This is the second volume in the AMP Magazine line of DVDs that aim to ...

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KORN: 'See You On The Other Side' Final Track Listing Revealed

BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal the final tracklisting for KORN's new album, "See You on the Other Side". It is as follows: 01. Twisted Transistor 02. Politics 03. Hypocrites 04. Souvenir 05. 2-Way 06. Throw Me Away 07. Love Song 08. Open Up 09. Coming Undone 10. Getting Off 11. Liar 12. For...