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DISTURBED Singer: 'FINCH Are Simply Not Worth Our Time'

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman has posted a statement on the band's official message board explaining his side of the story behind the altercation between DISTURBED and FINCH at this past weekend's Rolling Rock Town Fair in Latrobe, PA. His statement reads as follows: "Regarding this whole fiasco,...

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LACUNA COIL's ANDREA FERRO Says The Band Have Found Their Own Style

LACUNA COIL vocalist Andrea Ferro recently spoke to Entertainment Today about the group's current Stateside success and their appearance at this summer's Ozzfest festival. Several excerpts from the interview follow: On coming home after time away: "The first month we’re back, it is like we have to t...

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DISTURBED Guitarist Comments On FINCH Brawl: 'We Finished The Battle They Started'

DISTURBED guitarist Dan Donegan has posted a statement on the band's official message board explaining his side of the story behind the altercation between DISTURBED and FINCH at this past weekend's Rolling Rock Town Fair in Latrobe, PA. His statement reads as follows: "There is some truth and a lot...

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SEPULTURA, CLASS OF ZERO To Support MOTÖRHEAD In Europe

As first reported here back in late May, Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA have been officially confirmed to support MOTÖRHEAD on their upcoming European tour. Opening the shows on the U.K. portion of the trek will be Simi Valley's own CLASS OF ZERO. Made up of Ryan Rainey (vocals),Ian Salvas (guitar),...

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Former MEAT PUPPETS Bassist Gets 21 Months In Prison

Gary Grado of the East Valley Tribune is reporting that a federal judge sentenced former MEAT PUPPETS bassist Cris Kirkwood to 21 months in prison Monday (August 2) for attacking a security guard with a baton. Kirkwood, 43, who was shot in the incident, pleaded guilty earlier this year to assault wi...

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GORGOROTH Complete Songwriting Process For New Album

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have completed the songwriting process for their upcoming album, "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam". The group will be holding drummer auditions later this month for their planned European tour this autumn and an eventual album recording. More information about the tou...

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The Economic Scale Of Heavy Metal And Drugs

Seb Hunter spoke with Entertainment Weekly about his memoir "Hell Bent For Leather: Confessions of a Heavy Metal Addict" (view cover here),profiling his time in failed bands RAG 'N' BONES and the TRASH CAN JUNKIES. Asked his most ridiculous tale of chemical excess, Hunter responded, "There's a slid...

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SCOTT WEILAND Slams MTV Over 'False' Report

VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland has issued the following statement in response to an MTV News report that a warrant has been issued for his arrest. "They eat their young. Once again the media is scrambling, chomping at the bit to find a morsel of information on me that would signify my destruct...

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DISTURBED And FINCH Brawl Onstage At ROLLING ROCK TOWN FAIR

DISTURBED and FINCH got into an onstage brawl at the Rolling Rock Town Fair in Latrobe, PA earlier today. The fight, which took place while FINCH were preparing to take the stage, was reportedly the culmination of an ongoing feud between the two bands stemming from an interview FINCH gave to MeanStr...

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RAMMSTEIN Deny Having Filed Lawsuit Against Fan Site

German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN have issued a statement denying reports that they have filed a lawsuit against top German RAMMSTEIN fan site, RammsteinFan.de, over allegations that the site's owners are capitalizing on the band's name. The group's statement reads as follows: "It has been poste...

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TOM ARAYA: New Album Will Be 'Very SLAYER'

SLAYER frontman Tom Araya recently spoke to the Tucson Citizen about the group's July 11 show in Augusta, Maine which was recorded for an upcoming live DVD. The band, who played the 1986 album "Reign In Blood" from start to finish at the gig, were focused on just the final minute of "Raining ...

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Three More Arrests Made In Connection With Italian Heavy Metal Murders

Italian police have arrested three more members of a Satanic black metal sect, "Beasts of Satan", after accusing them of ordering the murder of at least five young people in the Milan area since 1998. Paolo "Ozzy" Leoni (photo#1, photo#2),27, Eros Monterosso (photo),27, and Marco Zampollo (

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BALLISTIC: In Writing Mode

BALLISTIC mainman Tom Gattis (ex-DEUCE, TENSION, WARDOG) has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Well, we're in writing mode big time, got a song called 'Sonic Massacre' that will hit harder and faster than Blaze Bailey's well deserved black eye. The children are turning o...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO Forces Pop Band DIOS To Change Name

Hawthorne, California-based pop band DIOS have been forced to change their name after veteran heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio threatened legal action against the group, claiming their name was too close to that of his own solo band (as first reported here on June 25). A statement issued by the b...

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IRON MAIDEN's MCBRAIN, WHITESNAKE's ALDRIDGE Among Contributors To 'Metal Bible'

Johannes Jonsson of Metal For Jesus is currently working on a special version of the Bible called the "Metal Bible". Besides the New Testament in easy-to-understand language (Living Bible) it will also contain testimonials from metalheads about what God and the Bible has meant to them. Some of the p...