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Early NAPALM DEATH Cited By U.K. TURNER Art Prize Nominee MARK TITCHNER

Mark Titchner, one of the art world's nominees for 2006's prestigious "Turner Prize" has declared the music of NAPALM DEATH as distinctly influential in his work. Titchner explains the appeal of "abrasive music" and describes his interest in how bands such as NAPALM DEATH are able to use the voice a...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'We All Have The Right To Voice Our Thoughts And Opinions'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "I think one of the funniest things are how some dudes get pissed off and go on endlessly about the shit I say instead of just dealing with their own lack of smack and balls. What fucking dweebs. The best commen...

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GLENN DANZIG Unleashes 'Black Aria II', Follow-Up To His Top-Selling Classical Release

Though he made his reputation with his uncompromising metallic rock and hardcore punk, Glenn Danzig turned heads by debuting at #1 on Billboard's classical chart with 1993's "Black Aria", a darkly beguiling interpretation of the "Paradise Lost" story that blended orchestral, Celtic and other forms t...

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Ex-DAVID LEE ROTH Guitarist JASON BECKER Needs Your Help

Guitarist Jason Becker's (DAVID LEE ROTH, CACOPHONY) official web site is offering t-shirts for a limited time only, priced at $15 (including shipping). All proceeds go straight to Jason, who is suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's Disease). When doctors diagnosed B...

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Report: Hardcore Music Is 'Closely Associated With Violence'

Jason Abbruzzese of Sentinel & Enterprise reports that the brawl that erupted last week after a hardcore punk-rock show at a church in Leominster, Massachusetts reportedly began as a fight in the mosh pit in front of the stage, where the band CUT THROAT was playing. One of many? The fight, ...

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INCANTATION: New Song Posted Online

A brand new INCANTATION track, entitled "Lead to Desolation", has been posted online at the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the long-standing death metal outfit's upcoming album, "Primordial Domination", due on September 5 via Ibex Moon Records. The record — the band's seventh — sticks to IN...

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EVEMASTER: No New Music Until The Fall Of 2007

Guitarist/vocalist Tomi Mykkänen of the Finnish "dark metal" band EVEMASTER has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We were supposed to enter the studio to record our third album in May but due to problems with studio we had to postpone the recording session. Jaska [Raati...

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Review: GUNS N' ROSES Deliver The Goods Despite Postponement Of Infamous Album

Ben Ratliff of The New York Times reviewed GUNS N' ROSES' performance at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City Friday night (May 12). An excerpt from the article follows: Rock and roll audiences want to identify with the guy singing the song; they need to, in fact. But you'd be hard-pressed to ....

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Bassist JOEY VERA: 'CLIFF BURTON Was A Bigger Force In METALLICA Than Anyone Realizes'

Cameron Edney of Australia's Inside_Out666 recently conducted an interview with current ARMORED SAINT/FATES WARNING and former ANTHRAX bassist Joey Vera. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Inside_Out666: I'd like to start by talking about some of the latest projects in your life. First off,...

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Prisons

Taking the "out there" NEUROSIS-like vibes of mind benders MINDROT and translating it into a more purposeful and melodic direction, EYES OF FIRE founders vocalist/bassist Matt Fisher and vocalist/guitarist Dan Kaufman made quite a splash in the metal ocean with 2003's "Ashes to Embers". Honing the c...

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STARKWEATHER Sign To CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Candlelight Records has announced the worldwide signing of East Coast-based STARKWEATHER. The band's new album, titled "Croatoan", was produced by Pierre Remillard (CRYPTOPSY),features artwork by renowned artist Paul Romano (MASTODON, EARTH, GODFLESH),and is scheduled for a May 2 American release...

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Former Canadian 'Metal Queen' LEE AARON Featured On MUCHMOREMUSIC's 'Evolution'

Former Canadian "metal queen" Lee Aaron is featured in a segment of "Evolution: From Heart to Avril Lavigne" on MuchMoreMusic this week. Check it out Thursday, January 5 at 8 p.m. (PT),Friday, January 6 at 8:30 p.m. (PT) or Sunday, January 8 at 7:30 p.m. (PT). "Evolution" chronicles the development...

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MASTODON Set Tentative Title For New Album

According to the new issue of Resound magazine (the free magazine/mail-order catalog of Relapse Records),MASTODON have set "Blood Mountain" as the tentative title of the follow-up to 2004's "Leviathan", due next summer via Warner Bros. "We want the whole thing to flow together as one big piece of m...

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Consign To Oblivion

The obvious comparisons to WITHIN TEMPTATION, NIGHTWISH, or even EVANESCENCE will have to be made here, of course. After all, EPICA is a symphonic metal band with a mezzo-soprano female vocalist (though guitarist Mark Jansen does throw in the occasional death growls),augmented by a string section a...

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MASTODON Drummer Says New Album Will Be 'More Progressive' And 'Thrashier'

MASTODON drummer Brann Dailor recently spoke to Revolver magazine about the group's upcoming Warner Bros. debut, tentatively due late summer 2006. "We want the whole thing to flow together as one big piece of music, where the end of one song links up with the beginning of the next one," he said. "We...