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Update: Video Report On OPETH Bus Driver's Arrest Available Online

WTSP, Tampa Bay's 10 News, has posted a video report on the arrest of OPETH's bus driver Leon Rodney Whitman Jr. (photo, charge report) on charges of several counts of unlawful activity with a minor, computer pornography and interference with custody, all felony charges. Watch the report online at

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ARCH ENEMY Get Bands To Sign Their Book

According to Metal Hammer, Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY are on the road with the "Doomsday Book", a massive leather-bound book for bands and fans to sign. The plan is that one lucky fan will get the chance to win the book at the end of the tour. So far the book has been signed ...

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OPETH Bus Driver Arrested On Porn Charges; Accused Of Having Sex With 16-Year-Old

Shannon Colavecchio-Van Sickler of the St. Petersburg Times has issued the following report: The case against Leon R. Whitman (photo, charge report) started early Sunday, when a Tampa police officer on patrol near the Wyndham Westshore Hotel encountered a distraught 16-year-old who said she had just...

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Their Rock Is Not Our Rock

I've never understood the big deal about FIREBALL MINISTRY. The quartet is a solid rock band with a decent sense of melody, but they aren't the saviors of rock and roll. Maybe I haven't been exposed to enough of the music on previous releases (though I did recently see a strong live performance from...

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Drummer SHAWN DROVER Pens More MEGADETH Riffs

MEGADETH/EIDOLON drummer Shawn Drover has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of MEGADETH's official web site: "Next Thursday, I will be flying up to Toronto for several reasons — one of them being our appearance at the Toronto Music Expo. Glen [Drover, MEGADETH/EIDOLON guitarist] a...

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OPETH To Guest On Norwegian Radio

On Tuesday, November 15, OPETH will be guests on Norwegian National Radio P3. The program is called "Pyro", and two of the band's members will play their favorite songs from the history of rock. "Pyro" airs between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. CET. OPETH will be guests in the last hour, and the show can...

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PARADISE LOST Guitarist Says 'Media' Is To Blame For Band's Diminished Popularity In U.K.

Metal Temple magazine's Chris Downie recently conducted an interview with PARADISE LOST axeman Gregor Mackintosh. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Temple: Many longtime fans felt that the decision to move to major label EMI in 1998 was a bad one. Without wanting to start a debate on...

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OPETH To Guest On This Weekend's 'Headbanger's Ball'

Sweden's OPETH will be the featured guests on this weekend's episode of "Headbanger's Ball". The two-hour program will air Saturday, November 5 beginning at 10:00 p.m. on MTV2. OPETH are currently touring in support of their new album, "Ghost Reveries", available now on Raodrunner Records. As previo...

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OPETH Frontman Offers Lesson In Death Metal Growling: Video Available

A video clip of OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt teaching the crowd how to growl death metal-style at the band's October 30 show in Worcester, MA has been posted online at this location. OPETH are currently touring in support of their new album, "Ghost Reveries", available now on Roadrunner Records....

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36 CRAZYFISTS: In Pre-Production Mode

36 CRAZYFISTS guitarist Steve Holt has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Today [Oct. 31] marks the official beginning of pre-production for us. Our producer Sal Villanueva [THURSDAY, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, VISION OF DISORDER] flew in last night from New Jersey so we figured...

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MEGADETH Drummer Working On New Material

MEGADETH/EIDOLON drummer Shawn Drover has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of MEGADETH's official web site: "It doesn't take me long to start sniffing around for something productive to do, so after winding down after this world tour, the inevitable question I always ask myself,...

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BURST Finish Filming New Video

Sweden's BURST have finsihed shooting a video for "Where the Wave Broke", the lead-off track from the bands new record "Origo". Drummer Patrik Hultin comments, "The video shoot for 'Where the Wave Broke' was all in all a great experience. To have someone outside the band visualize our music was a ne...

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NEVERMORE, BEHEMOTH, WATCH THEM DIE, MANNTIS Confirmed For CHRISTMAS BALLS

Seattle's NEVERMORE have been confirmed as the headliners of The Century Family's second annual Christmas BallS, set to take place Wednesday, December 7 at the Key Club in Hollywood, California. Support at the show will come from BEHEMOTH, WATCH THEM DIE and MANNTIS. Following last year's successful...

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Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions

You have to give a project like this credit for sheer balls alone, not to mention the amount of frequent-flyer miles annihilated in the name of tribute. Four "team captains" — ex-FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares, MACHINE HEAD mainman Robert Flynn, SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison and TRIVIUM frontm...

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OPETH To Guest On INDIE 103.1 FM

OPETH guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt and guitarist Peter Lindgren will be interviewed on "Chaos" on Indie 103.1 FM (KDLD) tonight (Oct. 19) between 10:00 p.m. and midnight PST. The show can be streamed online at www.indie1031.com. OPETH are touring in support of their new album, "Ghost Reveries...