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A Disease for the Ages

The term "doom" gets tossed around pretty loosely these days and it takes an album like MOURNING BELOVETH's "A Disease for the Ages" to remind us what that style of music is really all about. The Irish band has always had a knack for creating the sound of crippling melancholia and utter hopefulness...

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DROWNING POOL Frontman Says PAPA ROACH, ALTER BRIDGE Suffer From 'Short-D**k Syndrome'

DROWNING POOL frontman Ryan McCombs has posted the following message on the band's official MySpace blog: [UPDATE: This particular blog entry has since been removed.] "The powers that be have been after me for some time to write another blog. Hell, at one point it was even suggested that I try to st...

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'Encyclopedia Of Swedish Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Vol. 3' On The Way

Having just finished doing the layout and additional research for an encyclopedia of Swedish punk written by Peter Jandreus, Swedish musician/author Janne Stark (LOCOMOTIVE BREATH, OVERDRIVE, SALT) has commenced work on the third "Encyclopedia of Swedish Hard Rock And Heavy Metal" for Premium Publis...

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DAVE GROHL Says His Message To METALLICA Wasn't Meant To Be 'Open Letter'

Former NIRVANA drummer and FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl has posted the following semi-denial of his purported "open letter" to METALLICA: "Just wanted to write a quick note to clear up this whole 'Open letter to Metallica' fiasco... For the record, I never 'wrote' anything to METALLICA. I was as...

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DRY KILL LOGIC: Recharging Batteries

DRY KILL LOGIC frontman Cliff Rigano has posted the folowing message on the band's MySpace page: "Just wanted to hit you all up and let you know that we are NOT dead, broken up or MIA. When you bleed the dream for 18 years like we have, at some point you need downtime to decompress, ...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Somewhere Back In Time The Best Of: 1980-1989' Artwork Available For Download

The cover artwork for IRON MAIDEN's new collection, "Somewhere Back In Time The Best Of: 1980-1989", is available for download as a PDF file at this location. This very special album, which is being released today (May 12) via EMI Records, charts the first decade of the band's extraordinary career....

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TURISAS: Two Shows Cancelled

Finnish folk/metal overlords TURISAS have issued the following update: "We know that this comes a bit late, but tonight's [May 11] show [at The Cell Block in Phoenix, Arizona] has been cancelled, as well as the one on May 13 [at The Launchpad in Albuquerque, New Mexico]. Sorry for the late informati...

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Heavy Metal And Violence: More Than A Myth?

James Donkin of CNN.com reports: Violence and heavy metal seem to have been inextricably entwined since the dawn of the metal genre. JUDAS PRIEST, MARILYN MANSON and BLACK SABBATH are just some of the household metal names to have come under public fire for supposedly inciting teenagers to commit mu...

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BUCKCHERRY Prepares To Hit The Studio

BUCKCHERRY guitarist Keith Nelson has issued the following update: "Today is the day. We started writing and rehearsing for [the new BUCKCHEERY album] recording sessions a few months back, and now the time has come to put this baby on wax! We have so many songs now, the biggest challenge is what NOT...

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HAIL OF BULLETS: Entire Debut Album To Be Streamed On MySpace

"Of Frost And War", the debut album from HAIL OF BULLETS the new band featuring GOREFEST drummer Ed Warby, THANATOS guitarists Stephan Gebdi and Paul Baayens, former PESTILENCE/ASPHYX singer Martin Van Drunen and former HOUWITSER bass player Theo van Eekelen will be streamed in its entirety on the g...

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TIAMAT Mainman: I Would Play Baghdad If Someone Paid For Our Plane Tickets

Ofir Messer of Israel's Metalist magazine [recently conducted an interview with TIAMAT mainman Johan Edlund. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metalist: Speaking of the new album, it seems that you have put some minor Middle Eastern influences in it... was this because of your current livin...

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WHITESNAKE Guitarist: 'You Won't Be Able To Survive If You Are Just Going For The Quick Dollar'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with WHITESNAKE guitarist Doug Aldrich. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisited: You have been with a lot of different bands. How do you write in the style of Whitesnake? Doug: This is similar to where I s...

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JANE'S ADDICTION At NME AWARDS: Red-Carpet Interviews, Performance Footage Available

Possum from Altitude TV has filed a three-minute video report from last week's (April 23) NME Awards USA, including red-carpet interviews and footage of JANE'S ADDICTION's reunion show with bassist Eric Avery. Watch the clip below. JANE'S ADDICTION was presented with the Godlike Genius Award at the...

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Unblessing the Purity

Sweden's BLOODBATH just keeps on churning out their modernized old school (if that makes any sense) brand of death metal. Yet the detractors are sure to bitch when they find out that new EP "Unblessing the Purity" no longer includes what many considered to be the driving force of the act, Dan Swanö....

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When You Were Shouting At the Devil

Rip-roarin' lowbrow good times from what amounts to STRAPPING YOUNG LAD without Devin Townsend (and I wouldn't put ten bucks down on his not actually being credited singer "The Heathen", either). Imagine the grinding post-nuke riffs of Jed Simon and Byron Stroud and the thundering apocalypse of Gene...