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Report: Canadian Black Metal Fan Wanted To 'Punish Churches'

Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada's The Chronicle Journal has revealed more details about a Canadian black metal fan's guilty plea to a charge of arson and a second offense of break and enter while committing mischief and attempted arson in connection with setting fires at two Thunder Bay churches. The 1...

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SCOTT WEILAND To Fans: I'm No Choir Boy

According to TMZ.com, VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland, who was recently charged with driving under the influence of drugs, went on an on-stage rant last night at Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles about not believing everything you hear, and reminding everyone that VR is not the "Mormon Taber...

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Three Years After DIMEBAG's Murder: Missed Opportunities Abound

Rock author, writer and photographer Chris Armold — who penned the book "A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa", which is described as the authorized biography of Jeffery "Mayhem" Thompson, former head of security for DAMAGEPLAN, and two other heroes (audience member Nat...

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GORGOROTH: Making Of 'Carving A Giant' Video Documentary Posted Online

Headbanger's Blog has posted a documentary clip on the making of the new GORGOROTH video for the song "Carving a Giant". Shot by MTV Norway, the footage features interviews with director Tommy Naess and the bandmembers from inside a cave near Bergen, Norway. The video itself is a recreation of the b...

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OTEP Singer Facing Possible Surgery For Polyp On Vocal Cord

OTEP frontwoman Otep Shamaya has issued the following update: "So here it is. All summed up. Another tour winding down. Minds changed, lives saved. New album infecting the souls of the initiates. Drip by drip / creating stellar stalagmites for the futurists to ponder and study in awe. In our world o...

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VELVET REVOLVER: Australian Tour Postponed

News.com.au reports that VELVET REVOLVER has postponed next week's Australian tour citing "health issues." The band, formed by former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland with GUNS N' ROSES legends Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, had five Australian dates scheduled between December 4 and Dec...

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CRIMINAL: Four New Songs Demoed

Anglo-Chilean thrash masters CRIMINAL are currently writing material for the follow-up to "Sicario", the band's critically acclaimed last album, which was released by Metal Blade Records in late 2005. The band's mainman Anton Reisenegger (formerly of the Chilean thrash legends PENTAGRAM) has issued...

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EMPEROR On Appear On 'Metalocalypse' This Weekend; Video Available

During EMPEROR's final visit to the U.S. this past summer, vocalist Ihsahn, guitarist Samoth and drummer Trym stopped by Titmouse Studios, the creative team behind Adult Swim's popular late-night cartoon "Metalocalypse" in Los Angeles. "Dethfashion", the episode featuring characters portrayed by the...

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Assistant Arrested In Murder Of Ex-RAMONES Manager

MTV.com reports: Police have arrested a former personal assistant to ex-RAMONES manager Linda Stein, who was found beaten to death in her apartment late last month, and the assistant has made statements implicating herself in the killing, according to multiple reports. New York police detectives int...

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More GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire Evidence Released

The Boston Globe reports: The attorney general's release yesterday of a final 24,000 pages of evidence and photographs collected after a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people did little to resolve the questions in the mind of Chris Fontaine, whose son was among those killed. Fontaine and other...

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Report: GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire Lawyers Will Be Able To Question Principals

Tracy Breton of the Providence Journal reports: Even though the Station fire criminal investigation is over, lawyers representing the people who were killed or injured in the blaze are going to get an opportunity to question key players in coming months for the civil lawsuits brought by the victims...

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Sheriff: OZZY Police Sting Was 'Very Creative Law-Enforcement Technique'

Sheriff Paul Laney, who launched a recent sting operation in Fargo, North Dakota, under the guise of an Ozzy Osbourne party, has responded to criticisms levied by the BLACK SABBATH singer. Ozzy fans were duped into attending a faux party that preceded the rocker's scheduled performance in the area b...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Says Sting Operation In Fargo, North Dakota 'Tarnished' His Reputation

Since when does the lure of an OZZY OSBOURNE concert become the impetus for a sting operation by one local sheriff? That's what an outraged Osbourne would like to know after the events that transpired Monday, October 29 before his show at the Fargodome in Fargo, ND. As masterminded by Paul D. Laney,...

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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman Issues U.S Tour, LOUDPARK 07 Recap

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has issued the following recap of the band's U.S. tour and appearance at the Loudpark 07 festival in Japan: "The Black Tyranny tour has been a wild, dangerous, exhausting and also enjoyable ride for all of us! A lot of strong shows and we had a great time — with ....

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RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER Announces Tour Dates

Philadelphia's self-proclaimed "criminal thrash" band RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER will hit the US tour trail starting in late October. The group will kick off the two-week stint in Trenton, NJ on October 26 and work its way through the South and Midwest until mid-November. In other news, RUMPELSTILTSKIN...