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HEATHEN: Entire New Demo Available For Free Download
Reunited San Francisco Bay Area thrashers HEATHEN have made their entire new demo available for free download at this location. The tracks featured on the demo are "Empty Nothingness", "Dying Season" and "Arrows of Agony". Despite the fact that HEATHEN guitarist Lee Altus was recently named an offic...August 30, 2005
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SHARON OSBOURNE Issues 'Open Letter' To IRON MAIDEN's Manager
Sharon Osbourne has issued the following "open letter" to IRON MAIDEN manager Rod Smallwood: "Rod, "I found your statement to be completely void of the facts that led up to Saturday's show. Your press release was written like an old-time '80s manager, trying to use every opportunity to try and sell...August 25, 2005
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Australian Black Metal Fan Shows No Remorse For Burning Down Church
Kate Lahey of Australia's News.com.au has issued the following report: A heavy metal fan who torched a century-old church showed no remorse because the band he listened to preached that regret was weak, a court heard today. Novak Majstorovic (photo),19, of St Albans in suburban Melbourne, pleaded g...August 23, 2005
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Message From Fans To DIMEBAG: 'Riff In Peace'
John Austin of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram has issued the following report: "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott didn't live to see his 39th birthday. Now, the BIC flame of fandom is kept burning at the metal-guitar hero's hometown resting place. Abbott, who attended Arlington High School and lived in Dalworth...August 20, 2005
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FEAR FACTORY Frontman Says 'Transgression' Is 'An Experimental Record'
Shawn Macomber of The Nashua Telegraph recently conducted an interview with FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell. Several excerpts from the chat follow: On the group's new album, "Transgression": "I wanted to tell stories on this record, and the stories I ended up telling were of … going beyond. "'T...August 18, 2005
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MÖTLEY CRÜE, W.A.S.P., CINDERELLA, DEF LEPPARD Concert Attendance Figures Revealed
The following are a few select recent heavy metal/hard rock concert attendance figures, as reported by Billboard magazine: Artist/Event: MÖTLEY CRÜE, SUM 41 Venue: White River Amphitheatre City/State: Auburn, Wash. Date: July 30, 2005 Attendance: 9,885 Capacity: 19,717 Artist/Event: W.A.S.P., L.A. G...August 18, 2005
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QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS: 'Return Of The Champions' Track Listing Revealed
QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS, featuring legendary rock icons Brian May and Roger Taylor of QUEEN, and Paul Rodgers of BAD COMPANY and FREE, will release a a live, two-CD set, entitled "Return of the Champions", on September 13 via Hollywood Records. A DVD set of the show, filmed by renowned director David M...August 18, 2005
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Former LED ZEPPELIN Frontman Donating Proceeds From EP To Charity
Paul Giblin of the East Valley Tribune is reporting that former LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant is donating proceeds from sales of a four-song CD to the group TurtleWill, which aids tribal people in remote regions of Ethiopia, Mali and Niger. Plant has made donations to TurtleWill before, but not...August 13, 2005
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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Turning Heads With 'Unretrofied' Video
Relapse Records recording artists THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN are breaking new ground with the release of their latest music video, "Unretrofied". The hyper-advanced clip is taken from the band's forward-thinking release, "Miss Machine". The DILLINGER video was written and directed by Josh Graham (ENO...August 12, 2005
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Moment of Reckoning
One gets the feeling that Texas-born JACKNIFE were once a lot more basic and hardcore-oriented, perhaps cut from the same cloth as PISSING RAZORS or HATEBREED. Then they discovered the likes of SHADOWS FALL and heard some "new wave of American metal", and that influence (or perhaps the same Swedish...August 7, 2005
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Counting Hallways to the Left
Sacramento's EMBRACE THE END are another in a long line of metalcore bruisers on the Abacus label, albeit the more brutal end of metalcore with plenty of deathcore parts and absolutely no crooning. As devastating as the music may be, it's not devoid of melody; the Swedish style melodic twin guitar l...August 7, 2005
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ALICE IN CHAINS Tribute Album Report Was A Hoax
A spokesperson for the surviving members of ALICE IN CHAINS has told Launch that guitarist Jerry Cantrell, bassist Mike Inez, and drummer Sean Kinney are unaware of any plans for a proposed tribute album that was previously reported to be in the works. MUDVAYNE's manager also told Launch that the al...August 7, 2005
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TOMMY LEE Signs European Solo Deal With SPV/STEAMHAMMER
Steamhammer/SPV has announced the exclusive signing of MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee for the European territories. The release of his third solo album, "Tommyland: The Ride", will be linked to Lee's current reality TV show, "Tommy Lee Goes to College". Tommy will present several tracks from his albu...August 5, 2005
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ALICE IN CHAINS Tribute Album In The Works?
According to Launch Radio Networks, an ALICE IN CHAINS tribute album is reportedly in the works from Bullygoat Records, the label formed by MUDVAYNE singer Chad Gray. The project will apparently be titled "We Pay Our Debt Sometimes: A Tribute To Alice In Chains" and is slated to feature contribution...August 4, 2005
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EXODUS Confirm Guitarist RICK HUNOLT's Departure
As BLABBERMOUTH.NET exclusively reported on June 13, long-running San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS have now officially confirmed the departure of guitarist Rick Hunolt. Guitarist Gary Holt's statement on the matter — as posted on the group's official forum — reads as follows: "First, let me a...August 4, 2005