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KREATOR Frontman: DIMEBAG's Murder Could Only Have Happened In The U.S.

KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza recently spoke to Sweden's Metalshrine.se about the group's latest album, "Enemy of God", and the murder of PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Metalshrine.se: I've talked to a lot...

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RUSH Guitarist Issues Statement After Being Spared Jail In Florida New Year's Fracas

RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson released the following statement Thursday (April 21) to the Naples Daily News after he and his son Justin accepted a plea bargain related to a New Year's Eve 2003 altercation with Collier County sheriff's deputies: "Today closes a difficult and painful period in the lives...

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FORCE OF EVIL: 'Black Empire' MP3 Posted Online

FORCE OF EVIL, the new Danish band featuring guitarist Michael Denner (ex-MERCYFUL FATE),guitarist Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE),bassist Hal Patino (KING DIAMOND),drummer Bjarne Holm (MERCYFUL FATE),and vocalist Martin Steene (ex-IRONFIRE),have uploaded the title track of their recently release...

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The Gathering Wilderness

Distill the choicest elements of BATHORY, ENSLAVED and NEUROSIS, and add the mournful echoes of the sorrowful past of their native Ireland, and you'll at least have a starting point for dealing with PRIMORDIAL. The raw, bleeding emotion they wring from the most simple, hypnotic, swelling riffs is as...

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FALCONER: New Song Posted Online

A brand new FALCONER track, entitled "Purgatory Time", has been posted online at MetalBlade.de (Real Audio). "Purgatory Time" comes off the group's fourth studio album, "Grime Vs. Grandeur", due on May 2 via Metal Blade Records. "This song is the most 'power metallish' on the album which varies from...

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BRUCE DICKINSON: New Solo Album Samples Posted Online

Audio samples of two tracks from IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson's upcoming solo album, "Tyranny of Souls", have been posted online at his official web site. Check out the tracks "Abduction" (Windows Media) and "Soul Intruders" (Windows Media). As previously reported, "Tyranny of Souls" is schedu...

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DECEIVER Complete Work On Full-Length Debut

DECEIVER, the Swedish metal band featuring former members of MAZE OF TORMENT and XENOFANES, have completed work on their full-length debut, "Riding with the Reaper", tentatively due in early May on both CD and vinyl through Iron Fist Productions. The CD was recorded over a one-week period at the Aby...

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DREAM EVIL Postpone New Album Recording Sessions

DREAM EVIL, the Swedish band featuring acclaimed producer Fredrik Nordström (HAMMERFALL, IN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, etc.) and drummer Snowy Shaw (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME),have postponed the recording sessions for their fourth album until August/Septemb...

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Black Empire

I really thought FORCE OF EVIL would follow up a solid, if unoriginal, debut with an album that saw the band coming into its own and honing its craft. Nothing of the sort happens on "Black Empire". If anything, it's a step backwards; most of the songs sounding like tracks that didn't make it onto .....

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GAIA EPICUS Slam Label For Changing Song Order

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS have posted the following message on their official web site: "GAIA EPICUS has told Sound Riot Records to stop the release of their upcoming album 'Symphony of Glory', and to pull back all CDs that have been sent out. "The reason for this is that Sound Riot has...

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SLIPKNOT, MACHINE HEAD, SOULFLY Members To Appear On 'Roadrunner All-Stars' CD

Roadrunner Records is in the process of putting together a groundbreaking record to mark the label's 25th Anniversary. Tentatively titled "Roadrunner All-Stars", the full length release, a ‘master-class' in hard rock, will contain original tracks that are collaborations between past and present Road...

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EPICA: New Audio Sample Posted Online

An audio sample of a new EPICA track, entitled "The Last Crusade", has been posted online in MP3 format at this location. "The Last Crusade" comes off EPICA's sophomore album, "Consign to Oblivion", due on April 21 via Transmission Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Hunab K’u "...

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FORCE OF EVIL's New Album Inspired By Classic Works Of Horror

Classic works of horror, both film and fiction, are the primary inspiration behind the new FORCE OF EVIL album "Black Empire", scheduled for release on March 29, via Escapi Music. Virtually all the songs are directly based on works of horror. "Black Empire" is FORCE OF EVIL's second album. Denmark-b...

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RIOT's Set Cut Show At Spain's ATARFE VEGA ROCK Festival

Veteran American hard rock outfit RIOT have just returned from Europe where they performed at the 2005 edition of Spain's Atarfe Vega Rock festival. RIOT singer Mike DiMeo was unable to accompany the band to the festival in due to his commitment to THE LIZARDS (featuring drummer Bobby Rondinelli of...

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SIX Receive 'Explosive' Reaction To Debut Single

According to a press release, Huntington Beach, CA's SIX, featuring members of DROWN and CYPRESS HILL, have received an "explosive" reaction with their debut single, "Something's Gotta Give", as the song was added to 139 stations across the U.S. in its first week of release. "I'm very happy and extr...