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MARILYN MANSON Talks About New Album, Upcoming Tour

MansonUSA.com recently conducted an interview with Marilyn Manson. A few excerpts from the chat follow: MansonUSA.com: In 2005, you mentioned Tim [Skold] writing around 20 songs. Was earlier material scrapped altogether as by-products of false-starts, or has much of it survived from the initial 20-o...

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GODSMACK Rolling With The Times

Mark Lindsay of McClatchy Newspapers recently conducted an interview with GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the changing nature of the music industry — and the big questions those changes bring: "The market now, sales-wise and all that, is just crazy. You can h...

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OBITUARY Guitarist Forced To Sit Out Album Recording, Upcoming Tour

OBITUARY vocalist John Tardy has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We had four great shows in Mexico with SADUS and really want to thank all our fans for coming out and supporting us and our crew guys for their hard work! This trip took us through four cities and saw ...

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AKERCOCKE's MENDONCA Discusses Controversy Surrounding 'Antichrist' CD

Metal Hammer magazine has just spoken to AKERCOCKE's Jason Mendonca about the furor surrounding the band's latest album, "Antichrist". Jason talks candidly about the fact that the U.S. printing press refused to print their booklet, how the Irish Catholic Church are up in arms about it, and how the B...

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MTV2's 'Headbanger's Ball' To Air METAL BLADE RECORDS 25th Anniversary Special This Weekend

To celebrate with the 25th anniversary of Metal Blade Records, MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" will screen a special episode that will showcase some of the label's top talents — past and present. The episode, which airs this Saturday (May 12),will also feature exclusive interviews with Metal Blade bands...

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KING DIAMOND To Tour North America Next Spring

BLABBERMOUTH.NET has learned that KING DIAMOND is currently putting together a "blockbuster" North American touring package for the spring of 2008. More details, including other participating bands and exact cities/dates, will be announced soon. The cover artwork for KING DIAMOND's long-awaited new...

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Doom Legends TROUBLE Are Back With 'Simple Mind Condition'

Mark Fields of GASPetc.com recently conducted an interview with TROUBLE co-founders Bruce Franklin (guitar) and Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums). A few excerpts follow: GASPetc: I suppose some folks might be curious as to what transpired between the initial splintering in the mid/late-Nineties, the sporadic...

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KING DIAMOND To Headline Norway's SCREAMFEST

KING DIAMOND has been confirmed as the headliner of Oslo, Norway's Screamfest, set to take place on Saturday, November 3. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Oct. 17 - Aarhus, Denmark @ Voxhall Oct. 19 - Malmo, Sweden @ KB Oct. 20 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Amager Bio Oct. 29 - Stockholm...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Talks HEAVEN AND HELL

Launch Radio Networks reports: Ozzy Osbourne has nothing but good wishes for HEAVEN AND HELL, the BLACK SABBATH offshoot featuring founding members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, along with the man who replaced Osbourne in SABBATH, Ronnie James Dio. Ozzy, who's toured in recent years with the origina...

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KING DIAMOND: 'Give Me Your Soul ... Please' Artwork Revealed

The cover artwork for KING DIAMOND's long-awaited new album, "Give Me Your Soul ... Please", has been posted online at this location. Revolver magazine recently reported that KING DIAMOND's new CD was inspired by a painting called "My Mother's Eyes" which the band's distributor in Denmark stumbled a...

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STEVE VAI Holding Open Auditions This Week

Steve Vai has scheduled a tour of Europe for this June-July and the USA in September-October. Vai is putting a new band together and in addition to private invite-only auditions, Steve will be holding open auditions on May 2 and May 3 from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in Los Angeles. At this time Steve ....

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Going To The Gay Sauna

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "The Cockpit, Leeds — yes, it is a shit venue, with crap sound. But everyone who works there are fucking ace and the Leeds crowd is insane. One of the downsides of the place is the lack of showers. ...

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KROKUS Frontman Talks About His RAINBOW Audition

Sweden's Metalshrine webzine recently conducted an interview with KROKUS frontman Marc Storace. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metalshrine: Do you miss those days, when you toured in the '80s and sold millions of records? Storace: No, I don't miss it, but I'm happy I went through it. The...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Is Digging The 'City Of Angels'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "A couple of weeks ago I get off the bus in L.A. All I can see is a dumpster and I know that the walls surrounding us is the backside of Disney reality. The other side of the veneer. ...

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That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires

Well, it's not as though you've not had an opportunity to experience a MEGADETH performance on DVD, but I'll be damned if "That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires" isn't one magical evening. We're talking a staggering 25,000 fans packed into Obras Sanitarias Stadium in 2005, singing along not only with...