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SAXON's Appearance On 'Get Your Act Together' U.K. TV Show To Re-Air This Weekend

SAXON appearance on the "Get Your Act Together with Harvey Goldsmith" documentary series on U.K.'s Channel 4 — in which legendary Live Aid and Live 8 promoter Harvey Goldsmith attempted "to help revive the fortunes of six entertainment businesses in desperate need of a boost, and set them back on th...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Team With SHEPARD FAIREY For 'Zeitgeist' Cover

To capture the mood of our times with the album cover for "Zeitgeist" — the forthcoming album by the SMASHING PUMPKINS — the band turned to acclaimed Obey Giant graphic designer and illustrator Shepard Fairey. After being given the album's title to work with, Fairey came up with a haunting image: it...

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MEGADETH's Outspoken DAVE MUSTAINE Spreads 'Abomination'

Dave Wedge of BostonHerald.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts follow: On the fact that he's waged high-profile verbal warfare with a who's who of heavy metal, including members of METALLICA, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, PANTERA and SLAYER: "It isn't...

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Exacerbated Gnostic Manifestation

I swear, the death metal warriors in Latin America and Eastern Europe almost always get it right. This time the album that knocks the earth off its axis is "Exacerbated Gnostic Manifestation" by Chile's THORNAFIRE. It is yet another example of Ibex Moon head honcho and INCANTATION main man John McEn...

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DARK FORTRESS Parts Ways With Singer, Seeks Replacement

German black metal outfit DARK FORTRESS has issued the following update: "We are sorry to announce that Azathoth [vocals] will no longer be a part of DARK FORTRESS. We all came to the decision that we have to go separate ways, due to various — non-musical — reasons. Nevertheless we do wish Azathoth...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Says He Has No Intentions Of Retiring

Ozzy Osbourne recently spoke to Kara A. Medalis of WWE.com about his upcoming appearance on World Wrestling Entertainment's "SmackDown" and his new album, "Black Rain". A few excerpts follow: On his involvement with WWE: "Working with WWE, it's fun, you know. I'm not new to wrestling. I started doin...

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AKERCOCKE's MENDONCA Discusses Controversy Surrounding 'Antichrist' CD

Metal Hammer magazine has just spoken to AKERCOCKE's Jason Mendonca about the furor surrounding the band's latest album, "Antichrist". Jason talks candidly about the fact that the U.S. printing press refused to print their booklet, how the Irish Catholic Church are up in arms about it, and how the B...

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Cryptic Implosion

Anyone that has spent any amount of time with the technically proficient extreme bands on the Willowtip roster will not be surprised to find out that "Cryptic Implosion" from Santa Cruz, California's ODIOUS MORTEM is a awe-inspiring slab of accomplished death metal aggression. Jumping from well-resp...

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Ex-MAYHEM Frontman MANIAC To Guest On LYDIA LASKA Mini-CD

Maniac (SKITLIV, TEAM ARMSTRONG, ex-MAYHEM) has contributed guest vocals to the upcoming mini-CD from Norwegian punk rockers LYDIA LASKA, entitled "We're Nothing Compared to Ourselves". The four-track effort, which will also include additional guest vocals from Emil Nikolaisen (SERENA MANEESH) and a...

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Reactivated TYRANN Working On New Material

TYRANN, the reactivated Norwegian band featuring Draugluin (TSJUDER),Seidemann (1349, PANTHEON I) and Anti-Christian (TSJUDER, GRIMFIST, GOTHMINISTER, THE CUMSHOTS),will reportedly enter the studio later this month to begin work on a new CD. The finished product is expected to see the light of day...

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SAXON: New BIFF BYFORD Video Podcast Available

SAXON frontman Biff Byford has uploaded a new video podcast from the ferry to Helsinki, Finland. Download the one-minute video file at this location (10 MB). SAXON has just released its "anti-gun-crime" single, "If I Was You", in the U.K. via SPV Records. All proceeds from the single will be split e...

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Reunites At COACHELLA; Photos, Setlist Available

NME.com reports that RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's first show in almost seven years brought Coachella to a stunning close Sunday night (April 29). Under a simple red star backdrop, the staunchly political quartet treated the biggest crowd of the weekend to an explosive set that spanned the whole of the...

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SAXON: New Video Podcast From BIFF BYFORD Available

SAXON frontman Biff Byford has uploaded a new video podcast from Zlin, Czech Republic. Download the two-minute, 15-second video file at this location (14 MB). SAXON has just released its "anti-gun-crime" single, "If I Was You", in the U.K. via SPV Records. All proceeds from the single will be split...

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DEAD KENNEDYS Legend JELLO BIAFRA To Guest On 'Maximum Threshold'

DEAD KENNEDYS legend Jello Biafra will be the featured guest on the "Maximum Threshold" show this Monday, April 30 at 8:00 p.m. EST. Also scheduled to appear is James from the Cleveland metal band SCALERA. To hear the program, go to this location and click on the "Listen to the Show" button or ...

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SAXON Drummer Looks Back On The Tour So Far

SAXON drummer Nigel Glockler has posted the following message on his web site: "It's April 26th, and I'm sitting in my hotel room in Vienna looking back on the tour so far. "It seems eons ago that we were in production rehearsals in Bad Soden, near Frankfurt — there were so many things to do ...