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Heavy Metal Used To 'Calm' Teen Elephants

Metro.co.uk reports that zookeepers looking after a trio of African elephants are playing them heavy metal music to improve their behavior. Staff at West Midlands Safari Park in Bewdley, Worcestershire, UK say the troublesome teenage giants are instantly calmed down when they hear the twangs of rock...

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Take The OZZFEST 2009 Survey

The Ozzfest 2009 survey can be accesed at this location (free registration required). Here is your chance to help shape Ozzfest 2009. Tell the organizers whom you want to see onstage at next year's event. On the survey, you will be able to enter up to five bands you would like to see ...

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SLASH's QUART Festival 'Wish List' Revealed?

According to Side2, former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash is trying to get Robbie Williams, Fergie (BLACK EYED PEAS),Jack White (THE WHITE STRIPES) and Fred Durst (LIMP BIZKIT) to join him for his headlining appearance at next year's edition of the Quart festival, set to...

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ROBERT PLANT Comments On Proposed LED ZEPPELIN Tour Without Him

According to the Robert Plant Newswire, former LED ZEPPELIN singer Robert Plant confirmed to the Birmingham Evening Mail on November 6 that he would not be joining guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer Jason Bonham on the road for the proposed ZEPPELIN reunion tour. He said it wa...

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DEICIDE Frontman Slams 'Children' Who Post 'Ignorant Bulls**t' On BLABBERMOUTH.NET

Vocalist/bassist Glen Benton of the veteran Florida-based death metal band DEICIDE has posted the following message on the band's MySpace page: "Response to Blabbercrap.net: Let me clear up a few things about past cancellations and the recent Central American fiasco. "Firstly, to all you stupid fuck...

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DEATH METAL ALLSTARS Featuring OBITUARY, DEICIDE, SADUS, DIMMU BORGIR Members

Members of OBITUARY, DEICIDE, EXHORDER, SADUS and DIMMU BORGIR will join forces for five shows in Japan under the "DEATH METAL ALLSTARS" banner. Musicians taking part in the trek are as follows: Kyle Thomas (EXHORDER, ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY) - Vocals Ralph Santolla (OBITUARY, ICED EARTH, DEICIDE, DEAT...

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DEICIDE: Remaining Central American Tour Dates Cancelled

Vocalist/bassist Glen Benton of the veteran Florida-based death metal band DEICIDE has released the following statement regarding the group's Central American tour dates: "This morning [Sunday, November 23] we went to the airport in Honduras and the fine folks at [the airline] gave our tickets away...

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AXL ROSE Biographer: 'Democracy' Is 'An Over-Reaching, Self-Pitying Piece Of Inspired Lunacy'

British rock journalist Mick Wall, who released a biography of GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose, "W.A.R.: The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose", in February 2008, has posted the following message on his blog: "Seeing as people keep asking: yeah, I think [GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited new albu...

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AC/DC's Former Manager Remembers BON SCOTT

Vince Lovegrove, an Australian music manager, journalist, television producer, AIDS awareness pioneer and musician who briefly managed AC/DC (with Bon Scott as vocalist) in the early 1970s, has penned the following article for News.com.au: "Bon Scott was desperate for success, almost 28, and had not...

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Former DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist To Guest With TRIO VALORE

According to a posting on the Deep Purple Appreciation Society web site, former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord is listed as a "special guest" at a show by TRIO VALORE at the Jazz Café in London, England on Sunday, November 30. TRIO VALORE consists of Steve White on drums, Damon Minchella on bass ....

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: 'If All Goes Wrong' Lands On Billboard Chart

"If All Goes Wrong", the double DVD commemorative package celebrating the recent reunion and extraordinary 20-year career of the SMASHING PUMPKINS, sold around 5,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 4 on the Top Music Videos chart. Released on Novembe...

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HIGH ON FIRE On 'Chaos With Full Metal Jackie'; Audio Available

Matt Pike (guitar, vocals) and Des Kensel (drums) of the Oakland, California-based band HIGH ON FIRE were the featured guests on the October 26, 2008 edition of Indie 103.1 FM's specialty metal program "Chaos with Full Metal Jackie". The interview is now available for streaming at this location. As...

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DAYLIGHT DIES Replaces WARBRINGER On First 10 Dates Of SOILWORK Tour

North Carolina's DAYLIGHT DIES has been added to SOILWORK and DARKANE's forthcoming U.S. tour for 10 shows beginning January 30 in Rochester, New York. Continuing to support its latest record, "Lost to the Living", DAYLIGHT DIES was selected to replace WARBRINGER, which is unable to start the tour d...

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ADRIFT Working On New Material

ADRIFT — the Tampa-based heavy rock band featuring Jack Owen of DEICIDE/CANNIBAL CORPSE fame — is currently hard at work on new material. With three new songs already put into the live set ("The Abrupt", "Deeper" and "Full Fruition"),there is still a melting pot of riffage just waiting to be struct...

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PAUL STANLEY: New Audio Interview Available

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley was recently interviewed on "The Electric Morning Show With Jack Hammer And Andre" on the WBPM Classic Hits 92.9 radio station. You can now download the five-minute chat as an MP3 audio file at this location. Paul Stanley recently confirmed to Classic Rock magazi...