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Former MEGADETH Co-Manager Dies Of Esophageal Cancer

Bud Prager, president of E.S.P. Management, Inc. — who co-managed MEGADETH from 1995 to 2001, helping them to their first major commercial radio success and co-writing a number of songs — lost his year-plus long battle with esophageal cancer at his home in Montauk, N.Y. on December 22. Born in New Y...

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REDEMPTION: DVD Title, Release Dates Announced

REDEMPTION — the Los Angeles-based progressive metal band led by guitarist/songwriter Nicolas van Dyk and featuring vocal legend Ray Alder of FATES WARNING — has set "Frozen in the Moment: Live in Atlanta" as the title of its new concert DVD, which will be released on the following dates: Germany, A...

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METALLICA's 'Death Magnetic' Is REVOLVER Magazine's 'Album Of The Year'

Revolver magazine has named METALLICA's "Death Magnetic" the "Album of the Year," and recently talked to frontman James Hetfield about the record and the critical acclaim it's been winning. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Revolver: What did it take, personally, between the four of your to ma...

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DOWN, HANK WILLIAMS III, EVIL ARMY, WEEDEATER Tour To Kick Off In February

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on November 12, DOWN will team up with hellbilly rocker Hank Williams III (ASSJACK, SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ARSON ANTHEM) for a U.S. tour in February/March. Also scheduled to appear on the bill are EVIL ARMY and WEEDEATER. DOWN bassist Rex Brown has told Billboard.com t...

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A Spell for the Death of Man

As far as one-man black metal projects go, WOE's "A Spell for the Death of Man" stands on solid ground. Xos (a.k.a. C. Grigg) does a commendable job with the guitars, vocals, and perhaps most pleasantly surprising, the drums. The engineering job of Xos and Joe Smiley is far better than a lot of blac...

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Your Drug of Choice

Here we have the (eighth? ninth? do we count that remix album?) full-length effort of muscled down, grown up thrash metal from these Swiss scene veterans (anyone remember POLTERGEIST, besides me and whoever empties the dumpsters at Century Media?). GURD may have zero profile here in the States, but...

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The Fathomless Mastery

Swedish "superstar" death metallers BLOODBATH have been the critical darlings of extreme metal for quite some time now, even more so since the release of the "Unblessing the Purity" EP and the "The Wacken Carnage" CD/DVD. At least some of that has to do with the now widely accepted role of OPETH's M...

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Shogun

Far be it from me to defend the likes of a band who has achieved such a high level of success by doing little more than filtering the highlights of METALLICA's career into a watered-down glass of Kool-Aid for the metalcore kids to slurp down like they were rockin' it in Jonestown. On top of ...

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CHICKENFOOT Resumes Work On Debut Album

According to bassist Michael Anthony (ex-VAN HALEN),work has resumed on the debut album from his new collaboration with Sammy Hagar (ex-VAN HALEN),guitar legend Joe Satriani and drummer Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS). "Chad and I just got back this week from recording in the San Francisco area...

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NIFELHEIM: We 'Approved' Anti-CLIFF BURTON, -DIMEBAG Comments Before They Were Published

Swedish black metallers NIFELHEIM have released a statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET insisting that they "approved" the comments that were attributed to them in the latest issue of Sweden Rock magazine where they appeared to be disrespecting the memories of both METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton and PANTERA...

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Drummer JOSH FREESE: Why I Am Leaving NINE INCH NAILS

Drummer Josh Freese has released the following statement regarding his decision to exit NINE INCH NAILS' current lineup at the end of its current North American tour: "So, I've been wanting to write something for a while now explaining why I am leaving NINE INCH NAILS at the end of the year. Not tha...

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NIFELHEIM: Anti-CLIFF BURTON, -DIMEBAG Comments Were A 'Bad Joke' That Was Taken Out Of Context

Swedish black metallers NIFELHEIM have released a statement clarifying the comments they made in the latest issue of Sweden Rock magazine where they appeared to be disrespecting the memories of both METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton and PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. In the Swed...

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AEROSMITH’s STEVEN TYLER Renames Motorcycle Line

According to Luxvelocity.com, AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler announced a name change for for his motorcycle line at the New England International Auto Show press conference on Wednesday (December 3). The new name will be Dirico Motorcycles, named after the companies lead engineer and Tyler's brothe...

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AEROSMITH Frontman's Motorcycles At New England International Auto Show; Video Available

From December 3 through December 8, AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler's Red Wing Motorcycles are on display at the New England International Auto Show at the Boston Convention Center in South Boston. Eight bikes will be in the display. Check out a video report from Boston.com below. Tyler launched Red...

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NIFELHEIM Bassist Disrespects DIMEBAG, CLIFF BURTON

The latest issue of Sweden Rock magazine features an interview with the Swedish black metal band NIFELHEIM conducted in late September during the group's Finnish tour with WATAIN. "MÖTLEY CRÜE and MUNICIPAL WASTE are likely the worst bands in the world. Next to METALLICA," the group's bassist Tyrant...