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POISON Comments On Near-Brawl In Atlanta

POISON has posted the following message on its MySpace blog regarding the onstage altercation that took place between vocalist Bret Michaels and bassist Bobby Dall on August 25 in Atlanta, Georgia: "Atlanta's still burning...it was striking hot on stage the other night when POISON's show ended in a...
August 28, 2006
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Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II

Anyone still crying about the 10 that "Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part I" got last week, please purchase another box of tissues before reading further. If it was possible to give this record an 11, I'd give it one — the first two "Keeper" albums are essential landmarks in heavy metal history, indispu...
August 28, 2006
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ARCH ENEMY, LACUNA COIL Singers Present Award To SLAYER: Photos Available

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her MySpace page: "I was invited to the Kerrang! Awards on Thursday [August 24]. It's all industry and business, not much of a metal party with bands like PLACEBO and MUSE. I had to do a couple of Jagermeister shots with Kerry K...
August 27, 2006
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POISON: Video Footage Of Near-Brawl In Atlanta Posted Online

A grainy, low-quality video clip of the near-brawl between POISON frontman Bret Michaels and bassist Bobby Dall that occurred at the conclusion of the band's August 25 show in Atlanta, Georgia has been posted online at YouTube.com. As previously reported, Bret and Bobby had to be separated by roadie...
August 27, 2006
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DOWN: In Writing Mode

According to DOWN's webmaster, the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT...
August 26, 2006
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WITHIN CHOKING RANGE: Entire EP Available For Free Download

WITHIN CHOKING RANGE's 2005 debut EP, "Most People Just Die", has been made available for download in its entirety on the band's MySpace profile. WCR put out the CD themselves (on their own label, Beserkfaced Records),limited to 1,000 copies, most of which have already been distributed. With that i...
August 25, 2006
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DEF LEPPARD Frontman: 'We're Not A Heavy Metal Band'

Tom Lanham of InsideBayArea.com recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On developing a bad back as a teen, lifting boxes incorrectly in a steeltown factory: "And once you've got one, as everybody who has a bad back knows, you've go...
August 25, 2006
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METALLICA Guitarist Comments On TOOL Jam: Photos Available

METALLICA's official web site has uploaded photos of METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett jamming with TOOL during their headlining appearance at the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 18 (as BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on August 19). Check them out at Metallica.com. Commented Kirk...
August 24, 2006
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Investigation Continues Into Grave Robbery Where SLIPKNOT Lyrics Were Found

Jesse Truesdale of Bonner Springs, Kansas' The Chieftain reports that the investigation of a recent grave robbery in Kansas, where a sheet of SLIPKNOT lyrics was left at the scene, continues. The ashes of Justin Manning and the urn containing them were stolen from his grave last week. Manning, 17, o...
August 24, 2006
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DISSECTION Guitarist: JON NÖDTVEIDT Didn't Have Copy Of 'The Satanic Bible' At Suicide Scene

DISSECTION guitarist Set Teitan (ex-ABORYM, BLOODLINE) has dismissed media reports that the group's frontman, Jon Nödtveidt, placed an open copy of "The Satanic Bible" in front of him before killing himself last week at his apartment in Hässelby, a suburb of Stockholm. According to the Swedish newsp...
August 23, 2006
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HATESPHERE: In Writing Mode

Danish metallers HATESPHERE have posted the following message on their official web site: "We are at the moment in the process of writing songs for the new CD, and it's going really well. It's always a bitch to get the writing process started, but this time has been pretty smooth, and we already hav...
August 23, 2006
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SLAYER Pulls Out Of Mexico's MONTERREY METAL FEST Due To 'Personal Reasons'

Los Angeles thrashers SLAYER have cancelled their previously announced appearance at the third edition of the Monterrey Metal Fest, set to take place Saturday, September 23, 2006 at the Coca Cola Auditorium in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. SLAYER, who were scheduled to headline the even...
August 22, 2006
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SHADOWS FALL Drummer Gets DAVE LOMBARDO's Apology

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner has responded to the remarks made by SLAYER's Dave Lombardo in Canada's Exclaim! magazine in which Dave appeared to imply that Bittner was overrated as a drummer. When asked by Exclaim! what everyone should shut up about, Lombardo said, "I'm trying to watch my word...
August 22, 2006
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BLITZKRIEG To Support DORO In The U.K.

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG will support German metal queen DORO on her U.K. dates in November. The details are as follows: Nov. 07 - Bradford, UK @ Rio's Nov. 08 - Dudley, UK @ JB's Nov. 09 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City Nov. 10 - London, UK @ Camden ...
August 21, 2006
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ENTOMBED: 'When In Sodom' To Receive U.S. Release In November

Candlelight Records has set a November 14 U.S. release date for ENTOMBED's latest EP, "When in Sodom". A track from the effort, "Carnage", can be heard at this location. Planned just prior to the band's upcoming U.S. dates alongside countrymen DISMEMBER and GRAVE, "When in Sodom" finds its long-awai...
August 21, 2006