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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Guitarist To Focus On Solo Project TENET

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD has emerged from this year's Ozzfest as one of the festival's most-talked-about acts primarily due to the sheer abrasiveness and intensity of their live performances. The group will now take a short break as frontman Devin Townsend (vocals, guitars) welcomes his first child into...

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IMMORTAL Frontman's I Project: World Premiere Scheduled For Tonight

Norwegian rock/metal show "Pyro" will present an exclusive world premiere of a track from I, the new band featuring former IMMORTAL frontman Abbath (real name: Olve Eikemo),original IMMORTAL drummer Armagedda, ENSLAVED guitarist Arve Isdal and GORGOROTH bassist King ov Hell. The song "The Storm I R...

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DEAD TROOPER: New Song Available Online

Norwegian thrashers DEAD TROOPER have posted a new song, entitled "Reaping of Your Cries", on their MySpace page. The track will be premiered live during the band's appearance at the Hole In The Sky festival on August 23 in Bergen, Norway. DEAD TROOPER recently announced the addition of drummer Mari...

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GRIMFIST Announces New Members

Norway's GRIMFIST has issued the following update: "As many of you know, Frediablo sent out a statement a couple of weeks ago, about how fed up he is with being in a metal band, the genre and all that goes with it. Since we were already booked to do the Hole In The Sky festival ...

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FREDIABLO Officially Quits GRIMFIST

GRIMFIST vocalist Frediablo (GORELORD, ex-NECROPHAGIA) has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "So it has come to this. I have officially quit GRIMFIST. The motivation and drive I once possessed is dead... for now. I am stepping down allowing a hungrier man to fill my shoes, and ho...

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THE HAUNTED, AKERCOCKE To Headline U.K.'s DAMNATION FESTIVAL

Extreme legends THE HAUNTED and death metal overlords AKERCOCKE will headline this year's Damnation Festival, set to take place October 15 at Jilly's Rockworld and Music Box in Manchester, England. Ragga-punks SKINDRED and the debauched MISTRESS will join them to complete two stages of uncompromisin...

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IMMORTAL Frontman's I Project To Release 'Between Two Worlds' In The Fall

I, the new band featuring former IMMORTAL frontman Abbath (real name: Olve Eikemo),original IMMORTAL drummer Armagedda, ENSLAVED guitarist Arve Isdal and GORGOROTH bassist King ov Hell, has completed work on its debut album, "Between Two Worlds", due this fall through Nuclear Blast Records. The CD...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE, ANTHRAX, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Tracks Added To GUITAR HERO II Music Game

According to IGN, covers of MÖTLEY CRÜE's "Shout at the Devil", ANTHRAX's "Madhouse" and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS' "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" are the newly added tracks to RedOctane's forthcoming Guitar Hero II, the sequel to one of the best, most popular and certainly most rocking music games...

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Born In Hell

From THE DARKNESS to ANDREW W.K. to MANITOBA'S WILD KINGDOM and all the way back to SPINAL TAP, the question has been raised — how deliberately flat-out corny and ironic can a band be and still rock? Swaggering U.K. cock-rockers VIKING SKULL (yeah, I know, I thought it was gonna be power metal too)...

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ATHEIST Storms Through The U.K. And Brings Down The Stage In Italy... Literally!

Seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST kicked off their summer European tour run July 14 at England's Bloodstock FEstival and July 16 at Italy's Evolution Festival. The band's first live appearances in over 13 years were greeted with rabid enthusiasm as the group blazed through classics like "Unqu...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Says He's Working On Two New Albums

Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times recently conducted an interview with Ozzy Osbourne. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Chicago Sun-Times: Tell me about playing on the second stage, Ozzy. Ozzy: "Well, I'm trying to have fun, because the SABBATH thing came to an end. Initially, it was great,...

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SLIPKNOT Percussionist Comes Out On Top In Charity Golf Tournament

SLIPKNOT percussionist Chris Fehn was one of more than two dozen celebrities hacking for charity in the Regency MDA Golf Classic on June 11 at Glen Oaks Country Club in West Des Moines, Iowa. According to a posting on SLIPKNOT's official web site, Fehn's team shot a 58 and they took home first place...

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GRIMFIST Vocalist FREDIABLO: 'I Am Fed Up As Hell With Sh*t Regarding Metal Music'

GRIMFIST vocalist Frediablo (GORELORD, ex-NECROPHAGIA) has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "The time I knew would come has arrived. I am fed up as hell with shit regarding metal music. I have no inspiration left whatsoever!!!! Just the thought of having to be 'productive' makes...

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WRATH To Headline Missouri's SEX, DRUGS, & DEATH METAL FESTIVAL

Chicago-area act WRATH have been confirmed as the co-headliners of the Sex, Drugs, & Death Metal Festival, set to take place August 19, 2006 at Just Bill's in Overland/St. Louis, Missouri. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABOMINANT ANAGNORISIS ASSISTING SORR...

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MORBID ANGEL: Guitarist ERIK RUTAN To Rejoin Band For European Tour

Guitarist Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL) will be rejoining MORBID ANGEL for the band's upcoming European summer festival tour. "This will certainly be an exciting event with the 'Domination' lineup together for the first time in 10 years!" the band write in a statement. "We look forward to seeing you all...