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SHARON OSBOURNE Lashes Out At QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Frontman

Blender.com reports: In our July issue (on stands June 19),Blender goes on a double-date with the hard rock's reigning king and queen, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, and hilarity ensues — as does dessert. We can't divulge too much about the epic meal/interview just yet, but here's a part of the encounte...

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A New Disease is Born

I found it rather interesting that NIGHTRAGE would make the jump from Century Media to Lifeforce concurrent with a change in style that has more in common with the modern Swedecore acts on the latter label's roster. We are not talking in relative terms here either, as "A New Disease is Born" has far...

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What We See When We Shut Our Eyes

In a review of WITH PASSION's debut album, "In the Midst of Bloodied Soil", I noted that it seemed the band's technical death/metalcore style lacked some direction, although impressive from the aspect of musicianship. Though in no way a bad album, a slight lack of songwriting focus and seeming confu...

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DERANGED Signs With REGAIN RECORDS

Swedish gore death masters DERANGED have inked a deal with Regain Records. The band, which parted ways with Listenable Records in February, will enter the studio in August to begin recording its new album, "The Red Light Murder Case", for a November 2007 release. Songtitles set to appear on the CD i...

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ATHEIST Frontman Reveals He Tried Out For 'Rock Star: Supernova' TV Show

ATHEIST frontman Kelly Shaefer has issued the following update: "Well, we had a very very good time out in La La Land [Los Angeles, California]. Hollywood came out in a big way for our appearance at this year's L.A. Murderfest last weekend. It was fairly star-studded as well.... at least in our worl...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Guitarist DUTKIEWICZ To Rejoin Band For WARPED Tour

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, who underwent emergency back surgery in January during the band's European trek, has issued the following update: "So it's become apparent that it will be time for me to rejoin the KILLSWITCH family this summer for the Warped Tour. Yes, I am looking forwa...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman: 'The Bay Area Is Back On The Map'

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has issued the following update: "The world loves that 'Bay Area Crunch'...GODDAMN!!!! "I mean, fuckin' WOW!!! "HOW 'BOUT IT?!?! The HEAD are the first Bay Area 'metal' band in the top ANYTHING in probably the last 10 friggin' years, let alone the top 12, 20, 30, 5...

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The Life Burns Tour

Every time the opportunity arises to listen to APOCALYPTICA I can be heard muttering something about having immense respect for the metal-by-way-of-cello group, but not having the patience for it. Then I listen to it and wonder what the hell I was thinking. The band's renditions of tunes by the like...

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Mullets Rock Too!

Here's one for the old school hard rock lovers, the retro wannabes, and those who appreciate the kind of great music that one hears on your regional AOR station. "Mullets Rock Too!" is the follow-up to the aptly titled double-disc "Mullets Rock", itself inspired by the David Spade film epic Joe Dirt...

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BEHEMOTH Mainman Checks In From European Tour

Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH are currently on the road in Europe as part of this year's No Mercy Festival tour alongside ROOT, DEW-SCENTED, NAPALM DEATH and MOONSPELL. The band's mainman Nergal has checked in with the following report: "It's the first touring experience in seven months for us,...

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WEDNESDAY 13: Setlist, Photos From Amsterdam DVD Shoot Available

WEDNESDAY 13 — the namesake band of the former frontman of the MURDERDOLLS — filmed its sold-out concert last night (Friday, April 6) at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, The Netherlands for a forthcoming DVD. Support came from the Sweden-based rock 'n' rollers MARYSLIM and Finland's THE 69 EYES. A number o...

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H.I.M. Frontman: New Album Is 'A Lot Heavier Than Anything We've Done Before'

H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo recently spoke to Chris Harris of MTV.com about the group's new album, tentatively titled "Venus Doom", which they've been working on with producer Tim Palmer (DREDG, OZZY OSBOURNE) in Helsinki. "There were too many things going on," Valo said of the band's previous releas...

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EVANESCENCE: 'Sweet Sacrifice' Video Available

EVANESCENCE's video for its new single, "Sweet Sacrifice", has been posted online at Yahoo! Music. In a recent interview with MTV.com, EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee said about the clip, "It's mostly live performance. It's not so much fluff and flying and tricks and wolves and stuff. It's more really ju...

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THE AGONIST Signs With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

It is extremely rare to find an up-and-coming metal band taking strong political stands, much less one that's led by a dominating, beautiful, edgy female. But it is exactly this unique dynamic that led Century Media Records to sign Montreal's THE AGONIST (formerly THE TEMPEST) to a worldwide deal. T...

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POISON To Release Covers Album 'Poison'd' In June

POISON, one of rock's most iconic and enduring bands, has recorded a new album of cover songs, featuring many of their favorite rock classics. "Poison'd", the band's first new studio album since 2002, will be released June 5 on CD and digitally by EMI America Records/Capitol. Featuring POISON's orig...