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Singaporean Music Fans Arrested In Malaysia For Taking Part In 'Illegal' Black Metal Concert

Seto Nu-Wen of Singapore's The Electric New Paper has issued the following report: They had gone to Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia] to watch a Singaporean band perform at a New Year's Eve concert. But the six Singaporeans and one of the Singapore band members ended up staying overnight at a police station....

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NEUROSIS: 'Our Commitment Has Never Wavered'

Long-running Oakland, California-based band NEUROSIS have issued the following statement via their official web site: "20 years ago the month of December, 1985 we sat in a room and began a conversation. After talking for a couple of weeks we had constructed a vision of where we wanted to go with our...

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THE RED DEATH Part Ways With Bassist, Announce Replacement

New York metallers THE RED DEATH have amicably parted ways with longtime bassist Dominic Mastronunzio. Replacing Dominic in the group's lineup is Jack Portwood, bassist/singer of upstate New York's HIGHLAND DRIVE. Portwood is "being brought up to speed and broken in, and is excited about the band an...

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SANGRE ETERNA To Open For RIGOR MORTIS In San Francisco

SANGRE ETERNA, the new Oakland, California–based metal band featuring drummer Chris Kontos (ex-MACHINE HEAD, TESTAMENT, ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT, VERBAL ABUSE) and bassist Sean Smithson (SACRILEGE BC, GRINCH, THE UNCALLED FOUR),will be supporting reunited Texas thrashers RIGOR MORTIS on Monday, January...

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DAVID LEE ROTH Says VAN HALEN Reunion Is 'Inevitable'

Kim Lyons of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review interviewed former VAN HALEN frontman David Lee Roth regarding his new gig as a radio DJ, taking over the coveted morning drive time slot vacated by Howard Stern. Diamond Dave talked about the radio show, his job as an emergency medical technician in New Yo...

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ABORTED Part Ways With Guitarist, Bassist

Belgian death metallers ABORTED have parted ways with guitarist Thijs "Tace" de Cloedt and bassist Frederic "Free" Vanmassenhove due to "personal issues." "A cumulation of smaller and bigger problems in the past so and so months has made it virtually impossible to keep cooperating together as a coll...

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LOCH VOSTOK Part Ways With Keyboardist, Announce Replacement

LOCH VOSTOK, who call themselves "Sweden's most extreme progressive metal act," have parted ways with keyboardist Andreas Lindahl. "[Andreas] quit LOCH VOSTOK," the group write in a statement. "Too bad but he lives so far away from where we reside, at least a six-hour drive, even if I'm driving :) H...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Guitarist NICK CATANESE Looks Back On 2005

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Nick Catanese recently spoke to Glam-Metal.com writer Deb Rao about his favorite concerts/records and metal memories from the year 2005. The brief question-and-answer session follows: Glam-Metal.com: What was your favorite gig this year? BLACK LABEL SOCIETY had so many...

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CODE OF PERFECTION Sign With LIMB MUSIC PRODUCTS

Limb Music Products has announced the signing of the German-Japanese powerhouse high-tech trio CODE OF PERFECTION. The band consists of guitar virtuoso Thorsten Koehne (ex-DEMON DRIVE),bass wizard Keisuke Nishimoto (KELLY SIMONZ, HIDEOUS SUN DEMONS) and drum genius Frank Kraus (ex-DEMON DRIVE, LETT...

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MACHINE HEAD Drummer DAVE MCCLAIN Turns 10!

MACHINE HEAD's official web site has been updated with the following message: "December 26th [2005] marks the official ten-year anniversary of the day that a one Mr. Dave McClain joined a band called MACHINE HEAD, and in celebration of the most underrated drummer in heavy music, some folks that you...

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It's Official: DIMMU BORGIR Is The Home Of SANTA CLAUS

Reuters has issued the following report: Santa Claus may live in Iceland — at least if the efficiency of his helpers is a guide — in what may help the island's drive to win hearts and tourism from Arctic rivals claiming Santa and his reindeer. Only Reykjavik replied when Reuters bureaus in all eight...

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KISS Drummer ERIC SINGER Answers Fans' Questions

KISS's official web site, KissOnlinecom, has posted the following fan question-and-answer session with KISS drummer Eric Singer: Q: I read that you come from a musical family, in particular, that your dad was a professional musician. Is that true? Eric Singer: "Yes, both my mother and father were ve...

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TEXTURES To Release 'Drawing Circles' In April

Dutch progressive metallers TEXTURES have set "Drawing Circles" as the title of their sophomore album, tentatively due in April 2006 via Listenable Records. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Drive 02. Regenesis 03. Denying Gravity 04. Illumination 05. Stream of Consciousness 06. Up...

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ENTOMBED: Studio Update

ENTOMBED have entered Soundland studio in Upplands Väsby, Sweden to begin recording their new album, "Serpent Saints", due on June 6, 2006 via Threeman Recordings. The upcoming CD will be the group's first without the contributions of guitarist Uffe Cederlund, who left the band in September. ENTOMBE...

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KYLESA: Writing New Material, Auditioning Drummers

Savannah sludge rockers KYLESA have wrapped up touring, both in the U.S. and abroad, in support of the band's Prosthetic Records debut, "To Walk A Middle Course". After touring alongside the likes of 3 STAGES OF PAIN, COLISEUM and TORCHE, KYLESA are now concentrating on writing new music for the nex...