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PARIA Drummer Quits, Reforms THE BINDING

Drummer Eric Schnee has quit Omaha, NE-based metal band PARIA to move back to his hometown in New Jersey and reform his previous group, THE BINDING. THE BINDING began practicing over Christmas break and is already in the process of booking some weekend tours in the New England area plus a full U.S....

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Recalls She-Male Near-Encounter

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "The last couple of weeks I was obsessing madly over sex. I get into periods of it. Naturally, being me it's not the 'Gee, that girl has a fine rack' kind of obsessing. It's more, me walking past a ...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: Tour Diary Updated

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH, who completed their European tour in December, have updated their European tour diary with entries from Aarhus (Denmark),Oslo (Norway),Copenhagen (Denmark),Gothenburg (Sweden) and Antwerp (Belgium). As previously reported, the SE Paul Allender guitar, wh...

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NEVERMORE: JEFF LOOMIS Signature Model Guitar To Debut At NAMM

Schecter Guitars will debut the long-awaited Jeff Loomis (NEVERMORE) signature model at next week's winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California. Designed by the NEVERMORE guitarist, the seven-string includes the following features: * Ash body * Set-in 26.5" scale rock maple neck * Ultra Access neck cont...

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SKINDRED Begins Recording New Album; Video Available

U.K.-based ragga-metal band SKINDRED has commenced the recording sessions for its second album at Bieler Bros. Studios in Pompano Beach, Florida with producer Matt Squire. Squire's body of work includes PANIC! AT THE DISCO's platinum smash CD "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" as well as THRICE's critica...

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NEVERMORE Guitarist Undergoes Successful Kidney Transplant Surgery

NEVERMORE guitarist Steve Smyth (NEVERMORE, DRAGONLORD, ex-TESTAMENT, VICIOUS RUMORS) has issued the following update: "The time has finally come to share a very important piece of news directly related to my health. On December 12th, 2006, I had a successful kidney transplant! "After six straight m...

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BRING ME THE HORIZON Replaces BURY YOUR DEAD On KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's European Tour

Sheffield, Yorkshire, U.K.-based extreme metal act BRING ME THE HORIZON has replaced BURY YOUR DEAD on KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's European headlining tour, which kicks off tonight (Jan. 7) in Nottingham, England. Also appearing on the bill are Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED. BRING ME THE HORIZON's debut alb...

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Interviews With Original ALICE COOPER BAND Members To Air On COOPER's Radio Show

Interviews with the surviving original members of the ALICE COOPER BAND — Dennis Dunaway (bass),Neal Smith (drums) and Michael Bruce (guitar) — conducted on December 16, 2006 backstage at Cooper's annual Christmas Pudding event, will air on Alice's radio show "Nights with Alice Cooper" on Wednesday...

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THE ACCURSED To Support DARK FUNERAL, ENSLAVED In New Hampshire

New Bedford, Massachusetts melodic thrash metallers THE ACCURSED have been added to the DARK FUNERAL / ENSLAVED show at Mark's Showplace in Bedford, New Hampshire on February 5. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Jan. 20 - The Bull Pen - New Bedford, MA Feb. 02 - Rox's Rock House - O...

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ROB ZOMBIE, TWISTED SISTER, QUEENSRŸCHE: NAMM Signing Schedule Announced

Samson Technologies has officially announced its 2007 Winter NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) signing schedule. Samson Technologies owns Samson Audio, Samson Wireless and Hartke Amps and is the U.S. distributor of Zoom effect pedals and processors. The schedule is as follows: Friday, J...

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Guatemalan Police Say Teenagers Influenced By Satanic Heavy Metal Music Killed 6-Year-Old Girl

According to the International Herald Tribune, Guatemalan police said Wednesday (Jan. 3) that two teenagers influenced by Satanism and heavy metal music killed and dismembered a 6-year-old girl in a drug-fueled ritual. The girl's body parts were found Monday in a sack in El Mezquital, a poor distric...

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Former CONTROL DENIED Singer, Ex-HAMMERHEART Label Owner Engage In Public War Of Words

Guido Heijnens, owner of the now-defunct Dutch record label Hammerheart Records (which was "resurrected" for a short while under the Karmageddon Media banner),has responded to accusations by former CONTROL DENIED singer Tim Aymar that Hammerheart/Karamageddon "cashed in" on late DEATH/CONTROL DENIE...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Guitarist's Signature Model To Debut At NAMM

The SE Paul Allender guitar, which pays tribute to CRADLE OF FILTH lead guitarist Paul Allender's Private Stock guitar, is one of eight new PRS Guitars models for 2007 that will debut at the January Winter NAMM Show January 18-21, 2007 in Anaheim, California. The Paul Allender SE signature artist mo...

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GLENN HUGHES: 'It Is My Music That Sustains Me'

Legendary bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) — whose home in Los Angeles was broken into and burglarized last month — has posted the following message on his official web site: "Firstly I want to thank all of you who have sent messages to me this last week. We are all okay an...

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STONER KINGS Frontman Is New European Heavyweight Wrestling Champion

On December 2, 2006 in Vantaa, Finland at Fight Club Finland's Winter War 2006 event, "The Canadian Rebel" StarBuck — frontman of heavy rock band STONER KINGS — defeated Bernard Vandamme of Belgium to become the new European heavyweight wrestling champion. In a grueling bout lasting over 27 minutes,...