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Influential Metal Journalist BOB MULDOWNEY Dies At 44

Influential heavy metal journalist Bob Muldowney died Monday, November 5 after a long battle with cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease). He was 44 years old. Muldowney was best known for his fanzine/magazine Kick*Ass which helped expose, support and feature such bands as RAVEN, MOTÖRHEAD, VENOM, THE...

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EXODUS: 'Double Live Dynamo!' DVD Now Available

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS have made a new DVD available via their official webstore, The Exodus Store. Entitled "Double Live Dynamo!", the disc contains the following track listing: October 27, 1985 - Dynamo Club, Eindhoven, Holland: 01. Exodus 02. Bonded by Blood 03. And Then...

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TERROR SYNDROME 'Close To Making A Decision' On Label/Distribution For Debut CD

THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has issued the following update on the status of the as-yet-unreleased debut album from his Vancouver, B.C.-based band TERROR SYNDROME: "We've narrowed it down to a couple awesome guys to mix the album. Both are well known for their jobs. We have...

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EXODUS: 'Riot Act' Video Posted Online

EXODUS' video for the song "Riot Act" can be viewed below. The track comes off the group's new album, "The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A", which sold 3,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD was recorded at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland,...

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OZZY OSBOURNE, IRON MAIDEN, EUROPE, QUEEN Classics Performed As 'Handfarts'

Gerry "Jerry" Phillips, a self-described "manualist" or "hand musician" who has been playing songs on his hands for 38 years, has posted his rendition of the OZZY OSBOURNE classic "Crazy Train" on YouTube. Watch that clip, along with some of Gerry's other "classics," below. Phillips writes on his Yo...

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SERJ TANKIAN, ROB ZOMBIE, SOILWORK, EXODUS, SKINDRED First-Week Sales Revealed

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending October 28, 2007, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest hundred [except numbers over 20,000, which are rounded to the nearest thousand]; The Billboard 200 chart position includ...

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SKYCLAD Issues 2007 Recap

British "folk metal" act SKYCLAD has issued the following update: "Seeing as the site has been quiet for a while, we thought we should post a little note here to keep everyone informed as to all things SKYCLAD as we head towards the end of 2007. It has been, when all is said and done, ...

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RAGE Completes Work On 'Carved In Stone'

RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski has issued the following update: "The studio job for the new RAGE album 'Carved in Stone' is completed now, and finally I can listen to all tracks of the new CD by my HiFi rack with a quiet conscience, and I can say it has exactly become what we figured out ...

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MEGADETH Performs In Indonesia; Review, Video Footage Available

Rebecca Burchell of TheJakartaPost.com reviewed MEGADETH's October 25, 2007 concert in Jakarta, Indonesia. An excerpt follows: "There was a large police contingency scattered among the crowd, complete with bamboo canes and riot gear. While 'metal heads' around the world continue to be feared, member...

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Former PITCHSHIFTER Guitarist Discusses VICTORY PILL Project

VICTORY PILL, the band featuring ex-PITCHSHIFTER/THE PRODIGY guitarist Jim Davies and ex-THE PRODIGY drummer Kieron Pepper, has just released its self-titled debut in North America on Corporate Punishment Records. Davies recently stated about the new band: "After I did the FLINT project I had decide...

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The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A

Riding a career wave that's reached the point of statistical impossibility, EXODUS deliver their second album with vocalist Rob Dukes and their third since reforming. Hell, if Gary Holt is to be believed, and the album title to be trusted, they're racking up number four as we speak and will have it...

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The Cleansing

The wheels of the hype machine have been turning for months in a quest to show the world that "The Cleansing" from Riverside, California's SUICIDE SILENCE has something new to offer the world of extreme metal. That's what hype machines are supposed to do, regardless of the degree of fact supporting...

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GLENN HUGHES Performs TRAPEZE Classic With MOONSTONE PROJECT; Video Available

Video footage of MOONSTONE PROJECT, the ambitious musical creature of Italian guitarist Matt Filippini, performing the classic TRAPEZE track "Seafull" with Glenn Hughes (ex-DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, TRAPEZE) on October 1, 2007 in Italy can be viewed below. MOONSTONE PROJECT's debut album, "Time to...

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Report: Riot At PARKWAY DRIVE Concert Closes Australian Venue

Cameron Atfield of MX reports that rioting hardcore metal fans have led to the iconic Arena Entertainment Complex in Brisbane, Australia being closed after they caused extensive damage. A police spokeswoman said sections of the 2,000-strong crowd, there to see Byron Bay band PARKWAY DRIVE on October...

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SKINDRED: Another New Song Posted Online

UK-based ragga-metal band SKINDRED has posted a preview of the title track of its new album, "Roots Rock Riot", on the group's MySpace page. Due on October 23 via Bieler Bros. Records, "Roots Rock Riot" (cover artwork) features the following track listing: 01. Roots Rock Riot 02. Trouble 03. Ratrace...