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SEBASTIAN BACH: Remembering DIMEBAG DARRELL

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has issued the following statement in memory of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "My relationship to this sick series of events goes way back, some 18 years. I joined a band from Detroit called MADAM X back in 1986 and the very first p...

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EVEMASTER Begin Writing New Album

Finnish "dark metal" band EVEMASTER are currently writing material for their third album, tentatively due next year via an as-yet-undetermined label. "New songs are starting to get shape and I have four songs nearing completion at the moment," guitarist Tomi Mykkänen writes on the band's web site. "...

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Korea's OATHEAN To Release New Album In U.S. Via THE END RECORDS

Korea's melodic black metal sextet OATHEAN will release their third full-length album, entitled "Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness", in the USA and South America via an exclusive licensing deal with The End Records. The U.S. release date for the album has been scheduled for February 22, 2005...

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ARCH ENEMY: 'Dead Eyes See No Future' Video Posted Online

ARCH ENEMY's video for the track "Dead Eyes See No Future" has been posted online at this location. "Dead Eyes See No Future" is the title track of the band's recently released EP containing a mixture of live tracks and cover versions. The CD, which was initially released in Japan only while the ...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN, ZAKK WYLDE Deliver Tributes To DIMEBAG At Public Memorial

The Associated Press is reporting that guitarists Eddie Van Halen and Zakk Wylde delivered profanity-laced tributes at a public memorial service Tuesday night for slain heavy metal guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. "I'm here for the same reason as everyone else, to give some love back...," Van Hal...

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MOURNING BELOVETH Name New Album

Irish doom/death metal band MOURNING BELOVETH have set "A Murderous Circus" as the title of their album, due in March via Grau Records, a subsidiary of Prophecy Productions. The CD will feature five new songs with a running time of 75 minutes. The track listing is as follows: 01. The Apocalypse Mach...

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DRACONIAN: 'Arcane Rain Fell' To Surface In January

Napalm Records has set a January 24, 2005 release date for the sophomore album from the Swedish gothic doom metal band DRACONIAN, entitled "Arcane Rain Fell". The follow-up to last year's "Where Lovers Mourn" was recorded at Studio Underground in Västerås, Sweden and contains "more than 60 minutes o...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Apologizes To METALLICA, Promises To Be More Like DIMEBAG

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message on the group's official message board: "Droogies! "Tonight I had the honor and priveledge to host a special [MTV2 'Headbanger's Ball'] tribute to the life of Darrel 'Dimebag' Abbott. "I went out to NYC Thursday at 9:30 PM on a redeye to...

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OZZY OSBOURNE To Star In London Stage Musical?

According to Ireland On-Line, Ozzy Osbourne is in talks with theatre producers to star in the London production of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". The BLACK SABBATH frontman, 56, is desperate to play the evil Child Catcher in the West End show, currently being performed by former BOYZONE singer Stephen G...

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EVEMASTER Set Release Date For New Version Of Debut Album

Rising Realm Records has set a February 22, 2005 release date for the re-recorded version of EVEMASTER's debut album, re-titled "MMIV Lacrimae Mundi". Drums on "MMIV Lacrimae Mundi" were handled by CHILDREN OF BODOM's Jaska Raatikainen. According to the Finnish "dark metal" band, the idea behind the...

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CHIMAIRA Guitarist To Play Reunion Show With ASCENSION

CHIMAIRA guitarist Matt DeVries will be teaming up with his old bandmates ASCENSION for a reunion show at Peabody's Down Under in Cleveland, Ohio on December 18. Also scheduled to perform are STATE OF CONVICTION (featuring J-Mann, formerly of MUSHROOMHEAD),RINGWORM, SOULLESS and DEAD EVEN. CHIMAIRA...

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SIX FEET UNDER Set Release Date For '13'

Metal Blade Records has set a March 22, 2005 release date for the new SIX FEET UNDER album, "13". The follow-up to "Bringer of Blood" was recorded at Morrisound studios and mixed at the Hit Factory in Florida. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Decomposition of the Human Race", "Somewhere i...

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THE WILDHEARTS Singer: 'We Still Don't Get The Respect We Deserve'

Edwin McFee of link textThe Belfast Telegraph is reporting that Ginger has just about seen it all in his decade of destruction with British rock legends THE WILDHEARTS. He's trashed magazine offices, driven cars into swimming pools and managed to come out the other end of a few well-publicised battl...

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MOKOMA's Latest CD Named INFERNO Magazine's 'Album Of The Year'

Finnish thrash/metal act MOKOMA's latest album, "Tämän Maailman Ruhtinaan Hovi" ("The Court of This World's Emperor),has been named Inferno magazine's 2004 "Album of the Year". The year-end Inferno list was determined via a poll of the magazine's editors and contributing writers. Inferno is Finland...

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DEEP PURPLE's 'Smoke On The Water' Voted Best Rock Riff Of All Time

Kathy McCabe of the Herald Sun is reporting that DEEP PURPLE's "Smoke On The Water" has been voted the best rock 'n' roll riff ever played in a poll conducted by the Australian Musician magazine. The poll of more than 300 professional and amateur musicians also named AC/DC the best Australian band —...