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RATT Drummer Says Reunion With STEPHEN PEARCY Is 'Very Close' To Becoming Reality

Gerry Gittelson of the L.A. Daily News recently conducted an interview with RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer. Several excerpts from the chat follow: On the possibility of a RATT reunion tour with the group's original singer Stephen Pearcy, who quit five years ago in an ugly split: "We're trying to come to...

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HATEBREED To Debut Two New Tracks On Upcoming Tour

HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta recently spoke to MTV.com about his two side projects — ICEPICK, with CROWN OF THORNZ and SKARHEAD frontman Lord Ezec; and KINGDOM OF SORROW, known formerly as CROWBREED, with CROWBAR singer/guitarist Kirk Windstein. "I had to get these two other records out of my syst...

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RAM Set Release Date For Full-Length Debut

RAM, the traditional Gothenburg, Sweden-based heavy metal band featuring Leif Larsson (ex-FROZEN EYES, NME WITHIN) and Morgan Pettersson (ex-B-THONG),have set a November 25 release date for their full-length debut, "Forced Entry". The first 1,000 copies will be released through Black Path Metal Rec...

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Former STATIC-X Guitarist Is A Free Man — For Now

MTV.com is reporting that former STATIC-X and DOPE guitarist Tripp Eisen was released from a California state prison last week, a little more than six months after his arrest on a single crimes-against-children count. Eisen's freedom could end up being short-lived, depending on what next week brings...

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Former STATIC-X Guitarist Pleads Guilty To Sex With Minor

RollingStone.com is reporting that former STATIC-X and DOPE guitarist Tripp Eisen has pled guilty to having oral sex with a minor and will serve one year in California State prison on that charge. On June 24 Eisen accepted a plea bargain in California for "having oral sex with a person younger than...

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Priest Satisfied With Australian Black Metal Fan's Three-Year Sentence

Australia's News.com.au has issued the following report: A priest whose century-old church was burned to the ground by a drunken teenage heavy metal fan said today he was satisfied with the three-year sentence the arsonist received. Reverend Ron Rosinsky said a "lingering sadness" remained in his Me...

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GREAT WHITE Tour Manager Receives Legal Help From Top Specialist

The Associated Press is reporting that an attorney who represented former Providence Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci Jr. in his appeal of a corruption conviction is joining The Station nightclub fire criminal case. John "Terry" MacFadyen will help defend Daniel Biechele, the former tour manager for the...

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Australian Black Metal Fan Apologizes For Church Torching

Danny Rose of News.com.au has issued the following report: A heavy-metal music fan who torched a 108-year-old church, and who maintained during his court appearances that remorse was a sign of weakness, said today (Sept. 13) he was sorry. Novak Majstorovic (photo),19, of St Albans in suburban Melbo...

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RAM Announce New Album Title

RAM, the traditional Gothenburg, Sweden-based heavy metal band featuring Leif Larsson (ex-FROZEN EYES, NME WITHIN) and Morgan Pettersson (ex-B-THONG),have set "Forced Entry" as the title of their full-length debut, tentatively due before the end of the year through an as-yet-undetermined label. The...

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As the Weird Travel On

The very definition of the word "cult," DECEASED have been slogging it out for close to two decades now, their brand of rough 'n ready metal finding an audience that's as devoted as it is tiny (even by underground standards – longtime label home Relapse bailed on the band after, admittedly, nearly 1...

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MANTAS Part Ways With Vocalist BRI?

Vocalist Bri is rumored to have left MANTAS, the British band featuring former VENOM guitarist Jeff "Mantas" Dunn. A replacement singer has yet to be announced. Prior to Bri's departure, MANTAS were gearing up to record their second album through Demolition Records. The follow-up to the group's accl...

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Wife Of Man Fatally Stabbed At CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Concert Files Lawsuit Against Club

Candace Rondeaux of the St. Petersburg Times is reporting that the wife of the man that was fatally stabbed during a CORROSION OF CONFORMITY concert at Ybor City, Florida's Masquerade club in late June has filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging the club's owners were "negligent" when they allowed M...

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DEATHCHAIN: New Album Samples Available For Download

Finnish death/thrash metal act DEATHCHAIN have uploaded several audio samples from their upcoming sophomore album, "Deathrash Assault", at their official web site. The follow-up to 2004's "Deadmeat Disciples" is scheduled for release on October 12 in Finland and October 31 in the rest of the world....

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TOMMY LEE's 'College' Reality TV Show Continues To Tumble In Ratings

Jeff Korbelik of the Lincoln Journal Star is reporting that it appears America has tired of MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee's college antics. The rocker failed to post "killer" ratings for the second straight week with his NBC reality show. The fifth episode of "Tommy Lee Goes to College" drew just 4...

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Former ATOMKRAFT Guitarist Says TONY DOLAN's 'Constant Moaning' Is 'Getting Embarrassing'

Former ATOMKRAFT guitarist Rob Matthew (currently in AGANKAST) has sent the following message to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "It's been on my mind for a few days now after reading the public lambasting of Tony Dolan [ATOMKRAFT mainman, formerly of VENOM/MANTAS] after his latest outburst on the web. It is prov...