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Man Sentenced To 14 Months In Jail For 'Handling' 27 Phones Stolen From LIMP BIZKIT Concert

According to DailyMail.co.uk, a 30-year-old man was sentenced to 14 months in jail after pleading guilty to being in possession of 27 smartphones that were stolen from a LIMP BIZKIT concert. The phones worth £9,000 (approximately $15,180) were taken from fans in the crowd during the band's show at T...

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LOSTPROPHETS Singer IAN WATKINS Loses Bid To Reduce Sentence For Child-Abuse Crimes

According to BBC News, former LOSTPROPHETS frontman Ian Watkins' appeal to have his prison sentence reduced was denied. Watkins was sentenced to 29 years in prison for child-abuse crimes, including the attempted rape of an 11-month-old baby. The appeal judges in Cardiff stated that the offenses were...

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ENSIFERUM To Record New Album In The Fall

Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM have spent the summer of 2014 on tour in Europe, and will also perform in Japan this winter. In the midst of bringing its melodic folk-infused attack to stages worldwide, the band has been crafting songs for its sixth studio album (their Metal Blade debut),and the w...

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BURZUM's VARG VIKERNES Found Guilty Of Hate Crime In France

According to The Local, BURZUM mastermind Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh) has been slapped with a fine and suspended prison sentence for allegedly inciting racial hatred and glorifying war crimes. Vikerenes, 41, who has been living in France for the past four years, and his wife were arreste...

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NECROPHOBIC Featuring Returning Singer ANDERS STROKIRK: Footage Of SWEDEN ROCK Performance

Fan-filmed video footage of NECROPHOBIC's June 7 performance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden can be seen below. NECROPHOBIC was recently rejoined by vocalist Anders Strokirk. Anders was in NECROPHOBIC during the years 1992-1994 and sang on the band's legendary debut album "The Noct...

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KORN's BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH: 'We Are All Capable Of Bad Choices Under The Weight Of Heavy Circumstances'

According to The Pulse Of Radio, KORN's Brian "Head" Welch has admitted that he isn't much different from AS I LAY DYING's Tim Lambesis — who was sentenced to six years in prison for attempting to hire a hit man to murder his wife. Welch shared a post on Loudwire where he revisited a moment ...

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IAN WATKINS' Former LOSTPROPHETS Bandmates 'Have No Interest' In Speaking To Him Again

Former LOSTPROPHETS guitarists Mike Lewis and Lee Gaze have no desire to ever reconnect with the band's frontman Ian Watkins after the singer was sentenced to 29 years in prison for child-abuse crimes, including the attempted rape of an 11-month-old baby. Watkins began serving his sentence in Decemb...

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AS I LAY DYING Guitarist NICK HIPA Says TIM LAMBESIS Is 'A Sociopathic Narcissist In Definite Need Of Rehabilitation'

AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis — who will spend six years in prison after being sentenced last Friday (May 16) for hiring a hit man to kill his estranged wife, Meggan — spoke to AltPress.com about the case, his troubled marriage and his future in music. During the long interview, he ...

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AS I LAY DYING's TIM LAMBESIS Explains How He Started Entertaining The Idea Of Having His Wife Killed

AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis — who will spend six years in prison after being sentenced earlier today (Friday, May 16) for hiring a hit man to kill his estranged wife, Meggan — spoke to AltPress.com about the case, his troubled marriage and his future in music. Asked how things get ...

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AS I LAY DYING Singer TIM LAMBESIS Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison

AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis was given a six-year prison sentence without probation for his role in a murder-for-hire plot. The singer's ex-bandmates Nick Hipa, Phil Sgrosso and Josh Gilbert were present in the San Diego Superior courtroom earlier today (Friday, May 16) when Judge Carlos Arm...

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WOVENWAR Featuring AS I LAY DYING Members: First Clip From The Studio

WOVENWAR, the new band featuring the talents of Jordan Mancino (drums),Nick Hipa (guitar),Phil Sgrosso (guitar) and Josh Gilbert (bass) of San Diego, California based metal act AS I LAY DYING, and Shane Blay (vocals) of OH, SLEEPER, documented the recording process of its self-titled debut album....

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Sentencing Of AS I LAY DYING's TIM LAMBESIS Delayed Two Weeks

According to the San Diego Reader, the sentencing of AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis for his role in a murder-for-hire plot was delayed from this morning, May 2, until May 16. Lambesis told the judge today, "Yeah," confirming that he will return to San Diego's North County Superior Courthouse i...

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LOSTPROPHETS Members Resurface With New Project

The Pulse Of Radio reports that the members of Welsh band LOSTPROPHETS have tentatively started making new music together following the conviction and sentencing of former frontman Ian Watkins on multiple child sex crime charges. According to Radio Cardiff, singer Geoff Rickly of the punk act THURSD...

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Heavy Metal Singer Resigns From Police Force Before Pleading Guilty To Fraud

According to the New York Daily News, a former Port Authority New York police officer has pleaded guilty to fraud after he was busted moonlighting on the road as the lead singer for the Brooklyn-based heavy metal band called COUSIN SLEAZE while collecting disability payments from the police departme...

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WOVENWAR Featuring AS I LAY DYING Members: First Single 'All Rise' Available For Streaming

Jordan Mancino (drums),Nick Hipa (guitar),Phil Sgrosso (guitar) and Josh Gilbert (bass) of San Diego, California-based metal act AS I LAY DYING have teamed up with vocalist Shane Blay (previously lead guitar/clean vocals in OH, SLEEPER) to create the new band WOVENWAR. Over approximately the last...