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'The Birth of Grunge' Compilation Due In February

IGN Music reports: On February 7, 2006 Livewire Recordings will release "Sleepless In Seattle: The Birth of Grunge", a compilation of 20 rare recordings from some of the band responsible for setting the stage for the eventual emergence of the sub-genre of modern rock critics labeled "grunge." The se...

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Grand Illusion

Welcome to the "Grand Illusion". Oh come on, you know I had to do it. No surprises here, Sweden's NOCTURNAL RITES continue doing what they have done so well for 10 years, that being the creation of standard (though not run-of-the-mill) power metal that takes cues from (who else?) HELLOWEEN, yet emph...

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Lifetime Supply of Guilt

There's not a lot to be said about THE DUSKFALL that couldn't be said about thirty or forty other bands of young hopefuls kicking around the scene right now. They're a tight, competent band plying the trade of Swedish metal, mixing melodic riffing and buzzsaw guitars with harsh vocals and thrash roo...

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Prologue

Former HANGNAIL vocalist Heck Armstrong has been kicking around the scene for years, but he's still got that teen scream going on, the primal yowl of a pimply young Chris Cornell celebrating the onset of his first pubes by caterwauling along with his beat-to-shit ZEPPELIN tapes in the shower. It's a...

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MYSTIC CIRCLE Guitarist: 'We're Taking One Step Back To Our Early Black Metal Roots'

German "dark Satanic metal band" MYSTIC CIRCLE have finished recording their seventh full-length album, "The Bloody Path of God", due on February 27, 2006 via Dockyard 1, the new company formed by Dirk Putzke, Christine Stephan (both ex-Sanctuary/Noise Records) and Piet Sielck (IRON SAVIOR). The new...

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CRYPTOPSY, NAPALM DEATH, IMPALED Members Reveal Their Holiday Plans

Every family has its holiday traditions, from the holy to the secular, the materialistic to the generous and everything in between. Screaming through the holiday season Century Media artists prepare for eating, drinking and making merry! CRYPTOPSY's Flo Mounier: "Christmas is a time for family, frie...

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AL JOURGENSEN: New MINISTRY Album Is 'Fastest, Hardest, Most Maniacal Record I've Ever Done'

REVOLTING COCKS, the side project of MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen, have pushed back the release date of their new album, "Cocked and Loaded", to March 7, 2006 from the previously announced February 14. Produced by Al Jourgensen, the CD features the contributions of guest artists Jello Biafra (DEAD...

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RUSH: 'Exit…Stage Left' To Receive DVD Release In February

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, Zoe/Rounder has set a February 7, 2006 U.S. release date for the DVD version of RUSH's classic "Exit...Stage Left" concert film. "Everything's been remixed to 5.1, and that was the intention — to keep it all intact, except for the remix," gu...

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KISS' PAUL STANLEY: The First 'Review' Of New Solo Album Posted Online

Keith Leroux of KissAsylum.com has issued the following report: "Last Tuesday I received one of the best KISSmas gifts ever! Paul Stanley himself played me his new CD! Wow, just typing that line makes me laugh. If you had told me back in '78 when I was listening to his first solo record, ...

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UNEXPECT: New Songtitles Revealed

Montreal's eclectic black/classical/technical outfit UNEXPECT have revealed the tentative track listing for their upcoming The End Records debut, tentatively due in the first half of 2006. Entitled "In a Flesh Aquarium", the 60-minute effort will include the following songs: 01. Chromatic Chimera (b...

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KING DIAMOND Guitarist To Guest On New YYRKOON Album

KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy LaRocque has recorded an "amazing" guest solo on the song "Horror from the Sea" from the upcoming YYRKOON album, entitled "Unealthy Opera", according to a posting on the French thrash/death metallers' web site. The follow-up to 2004's "Occult Medicine" was recorded at Han...

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Former CELTIC FROST Guitarist Begins Writing Material For New SUBSONIC Release

Former CELTIC FROST/current SUBSONIC guitarist Ron Marks has issued the following update: "Industry legend Rick Wells of Minarik Guitars has kindly invited me to winter NAMM in Anaheim, CA. I'd met Rick last summer and he's a devoted proponent of SUBSONIC. Both Dan Laudo [SUBSONIC/ex-PRONG drummer]...

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New DVD Teaches Heavy Metal Stars The Art Of Roaring

James Parker of The Boston Globe has issued the following report: The origin of the "tortured throat scream" or "angry hell voice" is as hotly contested as anything else in the history of heavy metal. Does it derive from the "death grunt" — the subhuman ultra-low-frequency belch developed by Florida...

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SEPULTURA To Support IN FLAMES On European Tour

Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA will support IN FLAMES on their upcoming European tour, which is scheduled to kick off in March. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Mar. 18 - Hamburg, GER - Große Freiheit Mar. 19 - Berlin, GER - Columbiahalle Mar. 20 - Köln, GER - E-Werk Mar. 22 - London, UK @ ...

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GEORGE LYNCH Lead Singer In Screaming Match With PAT TRAVERS

GEORGE LYNCH band lead singer Andrew Freeman got into a shouting match with opening act, legendary '70s guitarist PAT TRAVERS on Dec. 3 prior to their show together at Jaxx, located in West Springfield, VA. Sources say the altercation began when Travers was asked to move his RV, which was blocking L...