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Virginia Tech Killer Named Play After GUNS N' ROSES Song 'Mr. Brownstone'

23-year-old Korean student Cho Seung-Hui, who has been identified as the gunman at the Virginia Tech University massacre, wrote a play which takes its name from the GUNS N' ROSES song "Mr. Brownstone" and tells of a crew of 17-year-olds who skip school to gamble at a casino and fantasize about killi...

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Inside Extremities: Mixes, Rehearsals and Live

The early 1990s were a triumphant and chaotic period for KILLING JOKE. The influential band, fathers to a hundred punk, metal, alternative, new wave and goth bastard children, had disintegrated amid usurious record deals and nervous breakdowns. PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. drummer Martin Atkins arrived to see...

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SINGLE BULLET THEORY To Record New Demo

Vocalist/guitarist Matt Difabio of the Philadelphia-based metallers SINGLE BULLET THEORY has issued the following update: "SINGLE BULLET THEORY is happy to announce a few things. 1) The final master of the 'The Killing Floor' as well as the bonus live material has been sent to the label and we will...

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EXCITER Bassist Reveals Tentative Track Listing For 'Thrash Speed Burn'

MetalDogma.com recently conducted an interview with EXCITER bassist Robert "Clammy" Cohen. A couple of excerpts follow: MetalDogma.com: So EXCITER just got done going through a pretty drastic change again with the departure of singer Joseph Paul Jacques Belanger. This isn't the first time that he ha...

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TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY Confirmed For MILWAUKEE METALFEST

TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY, the new band featuring former MEGADETH/current F5 bassist David Ellefson, ex-W.A.S.P. drummer Stet Howland, guitarist Peter Scheithauer (BELLADONNA, KILLING MACHINE) and vocalist Todd Barnes (13-A),will play the Milwaukee Metalfest on Friday, May 11 set at the Waukesha Expo Cen...

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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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BLACK SABBATH, SHADOWS FALL, STATIC-X First-Week Sales Revealed

SHADOWS FALL's Atlantic Records debut, "Threads of Life", sold just over 24,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 46 on The Billboard 200 chart. This is substantially less than the 39,000 first-week tally registered by its predecessor, "The War Within"...

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VOIVOD: 'Katorz' Demos Available For Download

Four demo tracks for VOIVOD's "Katorz" album have been posted online at the Voivodfan.com web site. Download the songs "Mr. Clean", "The Getaway", "Red My Mind" and "After All" at this location. VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin recently commented on the rumors that the band is planning to embar...

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Reunited MEAT PUPPETS Finish First Album In Over A Decade

Launch Radio Networks reports: MEAT PUPPETS have completed their first album in over a decade to feature both guitarist/singer Curt Kirkwood and his brother, bassist Cris Kirkwood. The new disc, titled "Rise to Your Knees", will be released on July 17, according to Billboard.com. The Kirkwoods last...

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Zen and the Art

A few years ago I said some album or band was "more underground than Rich Hoak in a mine shaft." The former BRUTAL TRUTH man has more than lived up to my lame joke since that band's initial dissolution — as a member of TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION, he carries on their tradition of thinking man's ...

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ROB ZOMBIE's 'Halloween': First Official Trailer Released

The first official trailer for Rob Zombie's upcoming remake of the 1978 horror classic "Halloween" has been posted online at Yahoo! Movies. "Halloween" is due in theaters on August 31, 2007. The movie is Zombie's third feature film as a director after 2003's "House of 1000 Corpses" and 2005's "The D...

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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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SOULFLY Mainman Discusses Upcoming Album

For the past month, SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera has been holed up inside his home in Arizona writing songs for the band's next album, recording demos, and letting his creativity flow. The following question-and-answer session with Max was posted on the group's official web site, SoulflyWeb.com: Q:...

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Ex-MEGADETH Bassist ELLEFSON To Guest On KNAC.COM Today

Former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson will call into KNAC.COM today at 3:00 p.m. PST / 6:00 p.m. EST to speak with Philthy Phil about his new project/band, TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY. TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY's lineup is rounded out by ex-W.A.S.P. drummer Stet Howland, guitarist Peter Scheithauer (BELLADONNA,...

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CHRIS CORNELL Visits KROQ In L.A.; Audio Interview, Performance Available

Former SOUNDGARDEN/AUDIOSLAVE singer Chris Cornell was in the KROQ studios in Los Angeles recently to talk with Kevin and Bean and to perform acoustically. Listen to the interview and performances of the tracks "Like a Stone" (AUDIOSLAVE),"No Such Thing", and the SOUNDGARDEN hit "Black Hole Sun" at...