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GWAR's 'Gross' Concert Fluids Clean Up 'Real Easy'
Hearne Christopher Jr. of The Kansas City Star reports: Just how messy was that recent GWAR concert at the Beaumont Club in Westport? You know the band that dresses up like over-the-top sci-fi movie monsters and spews simulated blood and other variously gross fluids on its heavy metal music-loving f...March 7, 2005
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MAX CAVALERA Says New SOULFLY CD Is 'A Very Heavy, Brutal Album'
SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera spoke to the SOULFLY fan site SoulflyWeb.com last Saturday (Feb. 19) about the group's upcoming DVD release, "The Song Remains Insane", their forthcoming studio album and their future touring plans, among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview follow: SoulflyW...February 23, 2005
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KORN Sign Partnership Agreement With Orlando-based SPEEDQUEST RACING
Eric Burch of WhoWon.com has issued the following report: In the spirit of the longstanding association between fast cars and rock 'n' roll, Orlando-based SpeedQuest Racing has reached an exclusive partnership agreement with the multi-platinum recording giant KORN. "We play fast, live fast and...dri...February 18, 2005
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Former AT VANCE Singer To Release Solo Album
Former AT VANCE singer Oliver Hartmann (AVANTASIA, AINA, GENIUS) will release his solo debut, "Out in the Cold", on April 25 via Frontiers Records. "For me, it's a kind of permanent step to compose and produce for my solo releases," stated the German singer and guitar player. "Although the material...February 18, 2005
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KISS Frontman PAUL STANLEY Attends Pre-GRAMMY Party: Report, Photos Posted Online
According to a posting on the KISS fan site KissNews.de, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley was among the attendees at the annual Clive Davis pre-Grammy party at the Beverly Hills hotel last Saturday (Feb. 12) in Beverly Hills, California — one day prior to the 47th Grammy Awards. Stanley attended...February 15, 2005
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Alien
"Well, aren't you just a traveling shitstorm?" A more appropriate quote couldn't be found for Devin Townsend, nor STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's new one, "Alien". This release has untouchable frenetic speed, fuming and frenzied honesty at its purest, a radical shift in what we've come to know as "extreme" me...February 10, 2005
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NIGHTWISH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, LACUNA COIL Confirmed For 'The Cave' Soundtrack
NIGHTWISH's "Nemo" (from the group's "Once" release) will be the lead single from the upcoming film "The Cave" (and track No. 2 on its accompanying soundtrack). The film opens April 8 in about 2,500 theaters, and the soundtrack comes out a couple weeks earlier on March 22 (Lakeshore Records). Should...February 7, 2005
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Stabbing The Drama
Utter the name SOILWORK and there'll usually be two decisive responses, the "I don't get what this band is all about," or the "SOILWORK rules!" crowd. You get it or you don't, love it or hate it. No matter what category you fall under, the band has to be commended for having the capacity to ...January 30, 2005
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SODOM: DVD To Arrive In May, New Album Due In September
German thrashers SODOM have pushed back the projected release date of their first DVD to May from the previously announced March. According to SODOM frontman Thomas "Angelripper" Such, the DVD's concert footage will contain 23 songs. An overview of the band's career thus far and additional bonus fea...January 24, 2005
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SWALLOW THE SUN To Enter Studio Next Week
Finnish melodic death/doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN will enter Sam's Workshop studios in Lutakko, Finland on January 24 with producer Sami Kokko to begin recording their second album. A single from the CD will be released in the spring, and the full-length album will be released in September. The s...January 20, 2005
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JOHNNY RAMONE Statue Unveiled: Photos Available
RollingStone.com is reporting that several of Johnny Ramone's friends — including Rob Zombie, Eddie Vedder (PEARL JAM),Pete Yorn, John Frusciante (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS),Anthony Kiedis (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) and Nicolas Cage — gathered at Los Angeles' Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Friday, January...January 18, 2005
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DAMAGEPLAN Shooting: What Happened The Night DIMEBAG Was Murdered?
The following story by John Futty was published in the January 16, 2005 edition of The Columbus Dispatch: His high-pitched scream spoke to all of the things William Wever couldn't say. "It was like he suddenly realized, 'I've got another man's blood on me,' " said his friend Crystal Levings, 25, of...January 16, 2005
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SODOM: Early Album Picture Disc Reissues Due This Month
At the end of January, the first two SODOM picture discs in a series of five will be released on the GMR/Vinyl Maniacs label. The "Agent Orange" and "In the Sign of Evil" discs are limited to 1,000 copies each. As previously reported, SODOM has been confirmed to perform at next year's Minneapolis Ma...January 14, 2005
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SEBASTIAN BACH: Remembering DIMEBAG DARRELL
Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has issued the following statement in memory of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "My relationship to this sick series of events goes way back, some 18 years. I joined a band from Detroit called MADAM X back in 1986 and the very first p...December 30, 2004
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SODOM: South American/Mexican Tour Dates Announced
Legendary German thrashers SODOM will be embarking on a South American/Mexican tour in February/March. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 18 - TBA (Brasil) @ TBA * Feb. 19 - Belo Horizonte/MG (Brasil) @ Lapa Multishow * Feb. 20 - São Paulo/SP (Brasil) @ Direct TV Music Hall * Feb. 22 - Novo Hambur...December 29, 2004
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