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KEEL Frontman Talks About Upcoming Reunion Tour

Bring Back Glam! recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ron Keel of the reactivated '80s hard rock band KEEL. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Bring Back Glam!: Tell me how the reunion got rolling. Ron Keel: The band members always remained really good friends, unlike so many other ban...

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Music Is Medicine For AC/DC Frontman

SunNewspapers.net reports that AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson was welcomed by Sarasota Memorial Hospital president and CEO Gwen MacKenzie, Healthcare Foundation president and CEO Alex Quarles and Jennifer Mayer, medical director of All Children's at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, as they opened the new B...

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M.A.N Bassist Undergoes Gallstone Surgery

Bassist Rob Hakemo of M.A.N — the group formed out of the ashes of Sweden's TRANSPORT LEAGUE (featuring former MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich) — underwent "gallstone" surgery at the Östra hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden on Tuesday, December 16. Rob is currently recovering and will soon be back on h...

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SERPENTCULT: 'Weight Of Light' To Receive U.S. Release In January

Belgium's SERPENTCULT, the new band featuring former members of THEE PLAGUE OF GENTLEMEN and WELKIN, will release its full-length debut, "Weight of Light", will in North America on January 27, 2009 via Rise Above Records. A four-piece from Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, SERPENTCULT delivers punishing, down...

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TANK: New Lineup Announced

The legendary British power metal mercenaries TANK have re-grouped and are ready for battle once more. The release of the "Dogs of War" boxed set last year on Metal Mind Productions was a great success, which led to the inevitable re-release of the entire back catalog. This has proven very popular w...

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God Complex

Answering one of the great burning questions on the metal world's mind — where did keyboardist and programmer John Bechdel go after being in PRONG in the 1990's? — we're graced with the debut of his FALSE ICONS project. That's not entirely fair, of course; the man has done time in MINISTRY and Burto...

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Beware The Circling Fin

A metaphorically appropriate name on many levels, EARLY MAN is a musical translation of that scene from "2001: A Space Odyssey" where the prehistoric ape-man discovers that the leg bone of his fallen comrade made for a handy weapon and proceeded use the blunt instrument to bash the living fuck out 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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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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AC/DC Singer Gives Pediatric Patients the Rock Star Treatment

The new Brian Johnson Music Therapy Room in the pediatrics department at Sarasota Memorial Hospital is being dedicated on Monday, December 22, 2008. The musical equipment, memorabilia and room enhancements were donated to Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation, Inc. by the John Entwistle Foundation...

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CHRISTIAN OLDE WOLBERS: FEAR FACTORY Will 'Come Together Eventually'

MetalSucks recently conducted an interview with FEAR FACTORY guitarist Christian Olde Wolbers. Olde Wolbers recently handled vocal production for New Jersey metallers GOD FORBID's new album "Earthsblood" (Feb. 24, Century Media) and is currently recording with his side project ARKAEA, which also fea...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, SEVENDUST, DOPE: More Tour Dates Announced

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will embark on the 2009 Black Label Bash across North America this spring with support from SEVENDUST and DOPE. The tour itinerary has been expanded and now includes the following dates: Mar. 06 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore Mar. 07 - Sparks, NV - The New Oasis Mar. 09 - ...

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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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MINISTRY Mainman Comments On Fifth GRAMMY Nomination

"I'm becoming the Susan Lucci or Martin Scorsese of metal," laughs MINISTRY's founder Al Jourgensen of his five Grammy nominations, but no wins — yet. Jourgensen and MINISTRY just snagged a nomination in the Best Metal Performance category for the track "Under My Thumb" from their album "Cover Up",...

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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...