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THE HAUNTED Frontman: All The Rage

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "There's something about Glasgow. "I remember walking down the river one rainy morning back in 1994 or 95. Alone, feeling not quite as miserable as I mostly did back then. The feeling I've always had about this...

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Ethnolution A.D.

Remarkable consistency, great vocal lines, and a "less is more" approach to melodic power metal is what you get with Germany's MOB RULES. On this, their fifth album, they go the "half a concept album" route (most successfully done in recent years by RAGE) — lyrically, it's no great shakes, but the m...

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Take Another Life

On "Take Another Life", Finland's KILL THE ROMANCE offers up ripping and melodic modern thrash with usually well done clean vocals that owe more to SOILWORK than the typical 'core thrash band. With searing guitar lines and forceful, up-tempo arrangements the musical effect throughout is quite strong...

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GENE SIMMONS Discusses 'House Of Horrors' Anthology

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently spoke to Comic Book Resources about his own quarterly horror anthology, "Gene Simmons House of Horrors", which kicks off in July with a deliriously gruesome cover image by the legendary creator of "Spawn", Todd McFarlane, based on an idea by Simmons. "I ha...

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'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK Working On 'The Heaviest And Most Insane Output I Have Done Musically'

Guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM, SEBASTIAN BACH) has issued the following update: "With much metal pleasure, I would like to announce the launch of brand new www.metalmike.net. We have reworked everything to give you the best online metal experience that we possibly can. You wi...

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MOTÖRHEAD Confirmed For London's MELTDOWN Festival

MOTÖRHEAD is among the first confirmed bands for PULP frontman Jarvis Cocker's Meltdown festival, which will take place on the London South Bank in June. Also scheduled to appear are IGGY & THE STOOGES, THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN and THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS. Cocker told The Observer: "It's pretty...

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QUO VADIS To Release 'Live In Montreal' Two-CD Set

Canadian technical metallers QUO VADIS have issued the following update: "It gives us great pleasure to announce a show in Montreal at the Medley on May 12. This is our first show in our home town since the recording of the DVD two years ago!! QUO VADIS will share the stage with MARTYR, BLINDED BY ....

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Keyboardist Says He Is 'Sick' Of Playing Band's Biggest Hit 'Black No. 1'

DreadCentral.com, one of the nation's premier horror web sites, recently conducted an interview with TYPE O NEGATIVE keyboardist and album producer Josh Silver. A couple of excerpts follow: On TYPE O frontman Peter Steele's surprising conversion to Catholicism (he was formerly an atheist) and what e...

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Report: Everything's Heavy About '80s Hair-Band Tribute METAL SKOOL

Michael Tunison of iF Magazine reports: Big-haired '80s glam-metal may have gone out with cassette tapes, headbands and MTV playing actual music videos, but it seems somebody forgot to tell METAL SKOOL, who performs tomorrow tonight at iF Magazine's relaunch party in Hollywood . The teased-tressed q...

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10 YEARS Drummer Gives New Album Update

Launch Radio Networks reports: 10 YEARS drummer Brian Vodinh has posted an update at the band's MySpace page about the progress of their second album. He indicated that the group has written 30 to 40 songs and is looking for a new producer after the initial production team didn't work out. As for th...

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MACHINAE SUPREMACY Goes Classical

Spinefarm Records has announced an exciting and unlikely partnership between Swedish metallers MACHINAE SUPREMACY and The Royal Symphonic Philharmonic Orchestra. "PLAY! A Video Game Symphony" is a ground-breaking world tour extravaganza, which sees classical music, video games and heavy metal collid...

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OBITUARY: Video Of 1990 Concert Explosion In Milwaukee Posted Online

While performing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 7, 1990 as part of a North American tour also featuring SEPULTURA and SADUS, legendary Florida death metallers OBITUARY used unauthorized pyrotechnics on stage during their classic song "'Til Death". The flash pot device used to contain the pyrote...

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TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED Signs With RISING RECORDS

Rising Records has annuounced the signing of the Bath, U.K.-based based extreme metal band TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED. The group's debut album will be recorded in August/September for a November release. The CD will be produced by Mark Daghorn (CRADLE OF FILTH, ONE MINUTE SILENCE, RAGING SPEEDHORN, MENDE...

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GOTTHARD: 'Domino Effect' E-Card Available

An e-card for GOTTHARD's new album, "Domino Effect", has been made available at this location. The CD is scheduled for release on April 27. According to singer Leo Leoni, "it is the best GOTTHARD album ever to be released". "Domino Effect" track listing: 01. Master of Illusion 02. Gone Too Far 03. D...

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Doomsday L.A.

I can really get used to these compact DVD packages that make the live performance the focal point and keep the extras to a minimum. When the live performance comes courtesy of a revamped and recharged DECIDE, it is even better. If the band's excellent 2006 work, "The Stench of Redemption", did not...