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OZZY OSBOURNE's Full BRISK Web Film Available
Brisk Iced Tea is revitalizing its legacy of animating iconic celebrities through clay puppet animation by partnering with rock icon Ozzy Osbourne and a few other A-list stars. To refresh the campaign and launch an online contest challenging consumers to tell their own brisk stories, they've recruit...January 18, 2011
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WATAIN Wins Swedish GRAMMIS Award For 'Best Hard Rock' Album
WATAIN was honored with the "Best Hard Rock" award at the Swedish "Grammis" gala, which was held this last night (Monday, January 17) in Stockholm. The nominees in the "Best Hard Rock" category were as follows: * GHOST - "Opus Eponymous" * KHOMA - "A Final Storm" * PASCAL - "Orkanen Närmar Sig" * SA...January 18, 2011
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DARK TRANQUILLITY, WATAIN Among MANIFEST Award Nominees
DARK TRANQUILLITY and WATAIN are among the nominees for a Manifest award in the "Hard Rock/Metal" category. Also up for the "Hard Rock/Metal" honor are GHOST and KHOMA. The Manifest Awards are held by SOM (Svenska Oberoende Musikproducenter) (Swedish Independent Musicproducers),an organization that...January 18, 2011
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NIKKI SIXX: Final 'This Is Gonna Hurt' Book Cover Revealed
The final cover image for MÖTLEY CRÜE/SIXX: A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx's new book, "This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx", can be seen below. The title is due on April 12 via the HarperCollins imprint William Morrow and is now available for pre-order...January 16, 2011
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COREY TAYLOR Talks Lyrical Inspiration In New Interview
Louis Pattison of Guardian.co.uk recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On lyrical inspiration: Corey: "I'm the guy that gets up at three in the morning to jot down an entire sheet of lyrics for something that...January 14, 2011
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UNANIMATED Hard At Work On New Material
UNANIMATED, the reunited Swedish melodic death metal band featuring former members of ENTOMBED and DISMEMBER, has issued the following update: "We are rehearsing again and [have] finalized five new songs already. We are confident to have a [new] full-length album ready after the summer. We are looki...January 13, 2011
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JANE'S ADDICTION Frontman Talks Next Album, Departure Of DUFF MCKAGAN
Andy Greene of RollingStone.com recently conducted an interview with JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the next JANE'S ADDICTION LP, tentatively titled "The Great Escape": "It's a strange mixture of that post-punk goth darkness that JANE'S h...January 13, 2011
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KHARIOT Completes Work On Debut Album
Perth, Western Australia-based "progressive extreme" metallers KHARIOT will release their debut album, "Disymposium", as a limited-edition digipak in March/April. Recorded at Southern Darkness Recordings from July to November 2010, the CD consists of "11 tracks of dissonant melodies, obscure twin ha...January 12, 2011
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SERJ TANKIAN, MIKE PATTON, IGGY POP Featured On New PRAXIS Album
On February 8, the eclectic, experimental hard rock project PRAXIS will release the latest creation, a bone-crunching new album titled "Profanation: Preparation For A Coming Darkness". The new album finds the trio once again collaborating with various musicians, this time with the spotlight clearly...January 12, 2011
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Black Metal Beer Now Available
Jester King Craft Brewery, the Austin, Texas-based brewery launched by former attorney Jeffrey Stuffing, has just released its first-ever seasonal beer — Black Metal Imperial Stout, a.k.a. Suds of Northern Darkness, a.k.a. Iron Sword, a.k.a. El Martillo del Muerte. Black Metal is a cruel and punishi...January 12, 2011
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Power of Darkness
You can talk all you want about today's crop of "kvlt" black metallers and retro thrashers playing a nihilistic version of 80s thrash/death, many of which are quite good, but in MINOTAUR's "Power of Darkness" you get one of the bands that formed in 1983 and were in the thick of the vaunted German th...January 11, 2011
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Midnight Wraith
Stormspell Records has carved out a nice little niche for itself, specializing exclusively in traditional/classic heavy metal, thrash, and doom. The winners are picked with consistency and DARKBLACK's "Midnight Wraith" provides yet another case in point. Though not quite as stellar as some of the la...January 11, 2011
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SIRENIA: New Song Available For Streaming
"Fallen Angel", a brand new song from Norwegian/Spanish female-fronted gothic metallers SIRENIA, can be streamed using the Soundcloud player below. The song comes off the band's new album, "The Enigma Of Life", which will be released on January 21 via Nuclear Blast Records. "The Enigma Of Life" trac...January 11, 2011
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BEFORE THE DAWN: First 'Deathstar Rising' Trailer Released
The first in a series of trailers for "Deathstar Rising", the sixth album from Finnish dark metal masters BEFORE THE DAWN, can be viewed below. The CD is scheduled for release on February 25 via Nuclear Blast Records. "Deathstar Rising" track listing: 01. The First Snow 02. Winter Within 03. Deathst...January 11, 2011
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WITHIN TEMPTATION: 'The Unforgiving' Track Listing Revealed
The track listing for "The Unforgiving", the long-awaited concept album from Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION, has been revealed. "The Unforgiving" was produced by Daniel Gibson and is based on a comic book story written by script writer Steven O'Connell (BloodRayne, Dark 4...January 11, 2011
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