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Former BURZUM Leader VARG VIKERNES Says 'Lord Of Chaos' Film Should Be Boycotted

The following message has been posted on Varg Vikernes' (BURZUM) official web site: "Varg Vikernes would like to state that a recently announced by the media film by Hans Fjellestad called 'Lords of Chaos' [more information] is using Varg's name and the whole story without any permission. This movie...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Backing Vocalist PAMELA MOORE: 'The Show Must Go On!'

QUEENSRŸCHE backing vocalist Pamela Moore — the voice of "Sister Mary" from QUEENSRŸCHE's legendary concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" and its sequel, "Operation: Mindcrime II" — came down with a "violent case of food poisoning" and was hospitalized August 30, making it impossible for her to perfo...

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WHITESNAKE Frontman Offers Live CD Update

WHITESNAKE will release a new double live album, "Live ... In The Shadow Of The Blues", in November via Steamhammer/SPV. The set includes almost all the remarkable hits from WHITESNAKE's career, as well as two timeless DEEP PURPLE classics in "Burn" and "Stormbringer". WHITESNAKE's David Coverdale w...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Named 'Best New Artist In A Video' At MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS

AVENGED SEVENFOLD won the "Best New Artist In A Video" award for their "Bat Country" clip at the the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, which were held Thursday (August 31) at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. A complete list of the nominees and winners can be found at this ...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Singer: Next CD Will Be 'Something No One's Heard Before And No One Expects'

AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Synyster Gates and frontman M. Shadows have told MTV.com that the band is hitting the U.K. in October with openers BLEEDING THROUGH, "and then we'll be back in the States to hit all of the small cities that never get shows," Shadows said. "It will be throughout the countr...

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KING DIAMOND Is Still Looking For 'Melissa' Skull

KING DIAMOND has dismissed as false a newly published report claiming that the "Melissa" skull, which he once owned, was returned to him last week by members of the American Nihilist Underground Society — an organization known for its "extensive and elitist Dark Legions metal archives." The Anus.com...

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ARMY OF ANYONE: 'The CD Industry Is Struggling, But The Music Business Is Kickin' Ass'

ARMY OF ANYONE, the new band featuring FILTER's Richard Patrick (vocals),former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS members Dean (guitar) and his brother Robert DeLeo (bass),and ex-DAVID LEE ROTH drummer Ray Luzier, blame the delay of their debut, originally scheduled for early 2006, on family events (children, w...

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'Gigantour' 2-CD Set To Receive European Release In October

SPV/Steamhammer has set an October 2 European release date (September 29 in Germany) for the "Gigantour" deluxe 2-CD set. The set captures 2005's heavy metal onslaught that was hailed as the best metal bill of the year, with Revolver magazine calling it "the mother of all shred fests." Organized by...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...