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Girl Suicides Raise Worries Over 'Black Metal' Music

The AFP has issued the following report: The joint suicide of two teenage girls who hurled themselves from a 17th-floor window (photo) in a Paris suburb has raised troubling questions about the influence of "black metal" — a form of modern rock music that glorifies violence and death. Last Friday af...

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SHARON OSBOURNE Still Fighting Bulimia

Sharon Osbourne is still battling bulimia after 35 years with the eating disorder, she revealed on Monday. Sharon, 52, told the Sun newspaper she gorges on pasta and ice cream before forcing herself to be sick. The mother of three has had her stomach stapled and spent £300,000 (approximately $532,00...

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Priest Satisfied With Australian Black Metal Fan's Three-Year Sentence

Australia's News.com.au has issued the following report: A priest whose century-old church was burned to the ground by a drunken teenage heavy metal fan said today he was satisfied with the three-year sentence the arsonist received. Reverend Ron Rosinsky said a "lingering sadness" remained in his Me...

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MEGADETH Bassist JAMES MACDONOUGH's GIGANTOUR Recap

MEGADETH bassist James MacDonough has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I would like to thank all the members and crew from DREAM THEATER, ANTHRAX, FEAR FACTORY, NEVERMORE, LIFE OF AGONY, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SYMPHONY X, DRY KILL LOGIC and B...

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Reactivated GHOULTOWN To Release New CD

GHOULTOWN, the Dallas, Texas-based "hellbilly" band fronted by former SOLITUDE AETURNUS bassist Lyle Steadham (a.k.a. Count Lyle),have issued the following update: "Those of you that have been following GHOULTOWN over the last few years know that the band went underground in August of 2004, playing...

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GREAT WHITE Tour Manager Receives Legal Help From Top Specialist

The Associated Press is reporting that an attorney who represented former Providence Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci Jr. in his appeal of a corruption conviction is joining The Station nightclub fire criminal case. John "Terry" MacFadyen will help defend Daniel Biechele, the former tour manager for the...

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Former ALICE COOPER Guitarist MICHAEL BRUCE Releases New CD

Former ALICE COOPER guitarist Michael Bruce released his new solo album in Iceland on September 16 in a limited edition of 200 copies in deluxe digipak format. "The Second Coming Of Michael Bruce - Alive & Re-Cooperated" is Michael Bruce's first official release in years (although exclusive only...

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COUNT RAVEN: Re-Releases On The Way!

Swedish doom masters COUNT RAVEN will have all four of their albums remastered and re-released through the German label Cyclone Empire before the end of the year. The first two releases — "Storm Warning" and "Destruction of the Void" — will arrive on October 14, to be followed by "High on Infinity"...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUCKETHEAD Announces Solo Tour Dates

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Buckethead has announced the details of his "Disney World to Disney Land Tour" in support of his upcoming solo album, "Enter the Chicken". Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 21 - The Social - Orlando, FL Oct. 22 - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA Oct. 23 - The Orange...

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Guitarist GLEN DROVER Talks About Playing With MEGADETH

Music Infusion recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH guitarist Glen Drover. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Music Infusion: How do you manage your time between projects? I mean, you said that EIDOLON is primarily recording, but how do you manage your time now between MEGADETH and that....

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Once Was Not

It has taken a while for Canadian death metal techsters CRYPTOPSY to get back on track after the departure of Mike DiSalvo. The last studio album was 2000's "And Then You'll Beg", after which vocalist Martin LaCroix entered the picture, lasting long enough to perform on concert LP "None so Live" and...

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BLACK SABBATH To Be Nominated For Induction Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME?

MTV.com reports: "This could be the year for BLACK SABBATH, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, the SEX PISTOLS and others who have been on the ballot to enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame several times over. Artists become eligible 25 years after the release of their first album, so this year's nominating committee...

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HELMET/INSTITUTE Guitarist: Opinions Are Like A**Holes, And Everyone Sucks

HELMET guitarist Chris Traynor, who is also a member of INSTITUTE, the new band formed by ex-BUSH frontman Gavin Rossdale, has posted the following message on HELMET's official web site: "It is a commonly held superstition among bands that if you don't buy your own record in the store on the day it...

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HANZEL UND GRETYL To Embark On Headlining Tour In November/December

New York industrial band HANZEL UND GRETYL, whose current touring lineup includes MINISTRY drummer Mark Baker and former DRAIN STH bassist Anna Kjellberg, are rehearsing for their headlining appearance at the Gothicfest 2005, which will be held on Saturday, September 17 at the Odeum Expo Center in V...

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CELTIC FROST Mainman: 'I Will Be Free'

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "My back pressed in desperation against the vast, dark floodgates which tower vertiginously over me, I feel the bottomless pulse of waves of which I will never know what — or who — causes them. I don't d...