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NIKKI SIXX: 'I'm So Healthy It's Ridiculous'

Caitlin Hotchkiss of ChartAttack.com recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: ChartAttack.com: What do you think of some of these younger bands that are so focused on bringing sex, booze and drugs to the forefront? Nikki: Well, i...

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LED ZEPPELIN Reunion: JIMMY PAGE Hints At New Material

John Kryk of the Sun Media reports that Jimmy Page has hinted that LED ZEPPELIN may begin working on new material following their one-off reunion gig. The band will reform for a show at the O2 Arena in London on November 26. The gig is being held to raise money for the Ahmet ...

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SERJ TANKIAN Wants To Take His Sound In 'More Orchestral' Direction

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has told MTV.com that he'd like to take his sound in a more orchestral direction with his second solo album, with jazz numbers interspersed throughout. "I have some songs written and recorded for it, and I think it will be a more jazzy, orchestral record, which...

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KING'S X Frontman DOUG PINNICK: New Solo Album Details Revealed

KING'S X bassist/vocalist Doug "dUg" Pinnick will release his visceral, loose, jam-heavy new solo effort, "Strum Sum Up", on November 20 via Magna Carta Records. Like a slice of Pinnick's raw essence, "Strum Sum Up" is so free, so instinctual; it's Pinnick, as you've never heard him before. This raw...

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DARK NEW DAY Guitarist: New Album Is 'Coming Out Great'

DARK NEW DAY/ex-SEVENDUST guitarist Clint Lowery, who has spent most of this year fulfilling his touring duties with KORN, has issued the following update: "Well, it's time for another update on the new DARK NEW DAY record. It's coming out great. Troy [McLawhorn, guitar; EVANESCENCE, ex-DOUBLE DRIVE...

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MEGADETH Mainman: 'We Have The Kewlest Fans In The World!'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "This is the last weekend I will be at my home until Thanksgiving. "It was two Thanksgivings ago that my life felt upside down from the separation, and celebrating Thanksgiving al...

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TED NUGENT To Guest On 'The Simpsons'

Ted Nugent will be a guest voice (playing himself) on "The Simpsons" this Sunday, October 14. The all-new episode, entitled "I Don't Wanna Know Why The Caged Bird Sings", airs at 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. Central on Fox. A synopsis of the episode follows: "Marge fears for her safety after breaking a p...

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RAVAGE To Open For OVERKILL In New Hampshire

Boston, MA-area power metallers RAVAGE have been added to the bill in support of underground metal stalwarts OVERKILL at their stop at Mark's Showplace in Bedford, New Hampshire on October 20. Also appearing on this night of metal mayhem will be none other than New England '80s classic metal heroes...

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Immortalis

OVERKILL have been around for over 20 years and 14 studio albums, and they're sounding pretty damn good on their latest opus, "Immortalis". One of the leading lights of the New York/New Jersey thrash scene of the Eighties (which included ANTHRAX, NUCLEAR ASSAULT, WHIPLASH, CARNIVORE, BLOOD FEAST and...

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Beyond the Permafrost

It would be one thing if only the band's logo and artwork on its new album reeked of vintage heavy metal and ripping thrash, but considering that the music on "Beyond the Permafrost" actually comes with a metal-as-hell attack makes it required listening for the true ‘heads. Beyond the fact that Athe...

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MUDVAYNE Frontman Discusses Upcoming Album

MUDVAYNE frontman Chad Gray has told MTV.com that the band won't be done with its fourth studio LP for a while — despite earlier reports that the CD would be finished in time for an early 2008 release. "We basically have a record done, but I stepped away from it for a while, ...

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AMEN's UK Tour In Jeopardy

AMEN's previously announced UK tour (taking place October 18 - November 22) is in danger of falling through over financial issues, according to the group's booking agent Dean. He says, "the problem we have is that to make this tour happen, each promoter on the tour has to pay 50% of the bands fee UP...

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NORTHER: In Mixing Mode

Finnish metallers NORTHER have finished recording their new album at Astia Studios with producer Anssi Kippo. "Despite all the problems with our schedule everything went fine in the end," the band writes on its web site. "We are really damn happy with the results. We are now in Studio Fredman in Hys...

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Rise To Ruin

Holland's death metal leaders GOREFEST returned to form with 2005's excellent "La Muerte", a disc that didn't get nearly enough attention on this side of the Atlantic (as has been the case with their entire career, really). The inimitable bellow of Jan-Chris De Koeyer, the leaden heaviness of the gu...

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In These Veins

If the new ENTOMBED left you flat, and you're looking for "death and roll" (really, is there a dumber name for a subgenre?) with plenty of speedy punk beats, out-of-left-field melodies, and seemingly boundless energy, then your new favorite band has just delivered your album of the year. HEARSE has...