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MEAT LOAF Talks About Collaboration With NIKKI SIXX, JOHN 5

Meat Loaf recently spoke to AOL Music about his third "Bat Out of Hell" album, the upcoming "The Monster is Loose", on which he worked with a group of collaborators, including MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx. "Desmond [Child, producer] has collaborated his whole life," the singer says. "He had just f...

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VOLBEAT Prepares To Record New Album

Vocalist Michael Poulsen of the Danish metallers VOLBEAT has issued the following update: "I'm glad to say that all the new tracks (11 songs) for the next VOLBEAT CD are now written, and we are very satisfied with the result. We will enter the Jacob Hansen studio the 16th of October 2006 to record t...

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DOWN Guitarist KEENAN: 'We Just Want To Do A Killer F*ckin' Record'

DOWN guitarist Pepper Keenan recently spoke to Revolver magazine (web site) about the band's recent European tour and the progress of the songwriting sessions for the group's third album. To make sure they still have the right mojo after a four-year hibernation, the members of DOWN booked 16 shows i...

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LORDI Presents Guinness World Records 2007

The world record for most people singing karaoke simultaneously was broken at the victory celebration for Finland's Eurovision-winning monster band LORDI on May 26, Guinness World Records announced. The new record is to appear in the 2007 edition of the Guinness World Records book. Over 80,000 peopl...

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DIMEBAG: Australian 'Art Of Shredding' Tribute Gets A Release Date

The "The Art of Shredding - A Tribute to Dime" tribute CD to PANTERA's late great guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott — featuring Australian artists paying their respects the only way it should be done: LOUD! — will finally see the light of day on November 4 (postponed from the previously announced A...

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Blood Mountain

MASTODON fully lives up to its name and cements its status as one of the best newer American metal bands out there with, of all things, its major label debut. The band's third studio offering is an immense slab of brutally heavy rock that veers wildly between all-out thrash on cuts like opener "The...

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APRIL Putting Finishing Touches On Debut Album

Finnish modern metallers APRIL are putting the finishing touches on their debut album with producer Tero Kinnunen (NIGHTWISH). The as-yet-untitled effort is described in a press relase as "a majestic, violent modern metal monster with depth like of which you thought you'd never hear again." The tent...

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KORN Guitarist Signs Second Act To His Record Label

Californian alternative rockers MONSTER IN THE MACHINE are the second confirmed act to be signed to KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer's record label emotionalSYPHON Recordings, according to Korn-Locker. MONSTER IN THE MACHINE features Shannon Crawford and Doug Ardito, both of whom were previously...

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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist: New Album Will Be Worth All The Wait

DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Silenoz has issued the following update on the songwriting sessions for the group's new album: "After spending the last months in pre-production for our new, as-yet-untitled album, we're quite excited to say the least and look very much forward to finally start the recording s...

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BOB ROCK Says METALLICA Fans' Petition To Dump Him Was 'Hurtful' To His Kids

Producer Bob Rock recently told Reuters that he feels "20 years younger" after his split with METALLICA, whose albums he had produced since 1991. The Canadian producer parted company with the metal titan earlier this year and is now devoting his energies to other artists and a return to his own reco...

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Creator Of IRON MAIDEN's EDDIE To Publish Art Book

With IRON MAIDEN proving themselves hands-down the hottest metal band on the planet with their killer new studio album "Matter Of Life And Death", what better time to commemorate all things MAIDEN than with an art book celebrating the creator of Eddie? "Run For Cover: The Art Of Derek Riggs" is a fu...

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DRAGONFORCE Doesn't Want To Be Pigeonholed As "Power Metal' Band

Stuart Derdeyn of Canada's The Province reports that U.K. quintet DRAGONFORCE's "Valley Of the Damned" is another tour de force of super-tight, melodic hard rock with its tongue firmly planted in its cheek. Imagine BON JOVI fronting IRON MAIDEN played almost twice as fast and you've got what the gro...

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MONSTER MAGNET Members Launch New Band; First Show Announced

MONSTER MAGNET guitarist Ed Mundell has formed a new band with fellow MONSTER MAGNET bandmembers Bob Pantella and Jim Baglino, tentatively called THE ULTRA ELECTRIC MEGA GALACTIC. The group's first show will take place on Tuesday, October 3 at the Brighton Bar in Long Branch, New Jersey. Mundell is...

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METALLICA Rocks 'The Simpsons': Watch Episode Online

Check out METALLICA rocking the back of a pickup truck for the September 10 season premiere of "The Simpsons" at www.thesimpsons.com. The four members of METALLICA recorded their voices for the program in September 2005. METALLICA joins a long list of artists who have been featured on the show, incl...

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GAIA EPICUS: New Song Posted Online

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS have posted a new song, entitled "New Life", at their MySpace page. The track comes off the group's upcoming third album, "Victory", tentatively due in late 2006/early 2007 via an as-yet-undetermined label. Check out the album cover art at this location. The cov...