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Italian Heavy Metal TV Show Cancelled Following Discussion Of Satanism

"Extreme Metal", the heavy metal video program which aired on the Italian satellite music channel Rock TV, has been officially shut down. The host of the show, ANCIENT/FAUST guitarist Aleister, was dismissed from Rock TV after a musician that made a guest appearance on "Extreme Metal" professed his...

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Triumph or Agony

If you were among those disappointed by BLIND GUARDIAN's streamlining of their sound this year, your luxury liner has come in. RHAPSODY OF FIRE have, if anything, gone even further off the deep end into operatic, cinematic, utterly bombastic and gaudy symphonic metal. Choirs swell, drums thunder, st...

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Former SKID ROW Drummer PHIL VARONE: 'If You Can't Laugh At Yourself, It's Pretty Sad'

Former SKID ROW/SAIGON KICK drummer Phil Varone, who recently retired from music in order to start a new career in stand-up comedy, has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "As I move on to a new career in comedy, I've been reminiscing about the old days being one of them damn rock and...

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EYES OF SHIVA: 'Kamisama' Video To Be Shown Before World Cup Game Tomorrow

"Kamisama", the first video from Brazilian band EYES OF SHIVA's second album, "Deep", will be seen by more than nine million viewers in Brazil and the U.S. through Globo network (TV Globo in Brazil / TV Globo Internacional in the U.S.) when it is aired this Monday (June 12) before the World Cup game...

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EYES OF SHIVA: 'Kamisama' Video To Include Appearance By SHAAMAN Singer

Brazilian band EYES OF SHIVA are currently producing the video clip for "Kamisama", the first single from their new album, "Deep". Filming for the clip, which pays homage to legendary Brazilian soccer player Zico (current coach of the Japanese national team),took place in a soccer stadium in São Ma...

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Drummer STET HOWLAND Quits W.A.S.P.

Drummer Stet Howland has announced his departure from W.A.S.P.. I na posting on the band's official web site, Howland wrote, "I appreciate the kind words and I am sorry if some of you are sad about my departure. Out of respect to the band and the upcoming tour, I didn't send out a press release ...

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The Dark Secret – Live In Canada 2005

Utterly ridiculous long before it was even remotely cool, Italian "film score metal" overachievers RHAPSODY have cultivated a slavishly devoted following around the world over a decade-plus of pomp and circumstance. They've also racked up just as many detractors who find their theatrics grossly exce...

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Members Of Italian Satanic Heavy Metal Cult Sentenced For Killings

Reuters is reporting that five Satanic cult members received heavy prison sentences on Tuesday for killing the singer of their amateur heavy metal band and two other women in brutal ritual murders that shocked Italy. Nicola Sapone, one of the leaders of the Beasts of Satan heavy metal cult, was sent...

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SHAAMAN Frontman Joins Forces With EYES OF SHIVA For Japanese TV Appearance

Vocalist André Matos (SHAAMAN, ex-ANGRA) and the Brazilian band EYES OF SHIVA recently teamed up to record an in-studio live performance for the Japanese show "Agenda+", which airs on IPC TV. Matos and EYES OF SHIVA played several songs on the program, including "Kamisama", a tribute to the legendar...

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EYES OF SHIVA: New Album To Feature Guest Appearances By SHAAMAN, ANGRA Members

Brazil's EYES OF SHIVA have uploaded tracks from their upcoming album, "Deep", at www.myspace.com/eyesofshiva. The CD, which features guest appearances by Andre Matos (vocals) and Hugo Mariutti (guitar) from SHAAMAN and Fabio Laguna (keyboards) from ANGRA, reportedly focuses on the current political...

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Former TOXIK Drummer, WRATHCHILD AMERICA Guitarist Join Forces In New Project

According to a posting on Tartarean Desire, former TOXIK drummer Tad Leger has launched a brand new project called LUCERTOLA (Italian for "lizard"). The group's musicial style is said to be a blend of Leger's biggest influences: doom, old VOIVOD and Italian horror soundtracks (Goblin, Fabio Frizzi)....

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Report: Investigating The 'Death Metal' Murders

Sam Bagnall, producer of the "Death Metal Murders" special which is scheduled to air tonight on BBC Two, has issued the following report via the BBC News web site: One man's relentless search for his missing son led him to uncover one of the most shocking crimes in post-war Italy — a tale ...

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DEICIDE, MAYHEM Featured In 'Death Metal Murders' BBC Documentary

DEICIDE frontman Glen Benton will feature in an hour-long BBC documentary called "Death Metal Murders" (part of the acclaimed "This World" series) which explores link between heavy metal music (specifically death and black metal) and Satanism and murder.The show will air at 9:00 p.m. (GMT) on Thursd...

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THEATRES DES VAMPIRES Keyboardist Hospitalized For Appendicitis

Keyboardist Fabio Necros of the female-fronted Italian goth band THEATRES DES VAMPIRES was rushed to Norwich hospital last night (Nov. 3) hours before they were set to play at the city's Ferryboat venue. Necros reportedly collapsed and was treated by paramedics before being admitted to hospital for...

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TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY To Open For DISTURBED; Debut Album Due In January

TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY, the new band featuring former MEGADETH/current F5 bassist David Ellefson, W.A.S.P. drummer Stet Howland, guitarist Peter Scheithauer (BELLADONNA, KILLING MACHINE) and vocalist Todd Barnes (13-A),will release their debut album, "Lethal Agenda", on January 13, 2006 via Demolition...