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Former IRON MONKEY Frontman Found Dead

MURDER ONE/ex-IRON MONKEY frontman Johnny Morrow was found dead in his apartment on Saturday morning, June 22nd, by his housemate, ex-IRON MONKEY guitarist Jim Rusby. "We don't know what's happened," former IRON MONKEY drummer Justin Greaves told Metal Hammer. "He played on Friday with MURDER ONE an...

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LINKIN PARK's CHESTER BENNINGTON: New Stuff Has PANTERA-Esque Riffs

LINKIN PARK vocalist Chester Bennington recently spoke to Britain's Metal Hammer magazine about the songwriting process for the follow-up to the multi-million selling Hybrid Theory. Here's what he had to say: "It's progressing well and I'm really happy with it. We have a lot of songs written and the...

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WARLORD: More MP3s Posted Online

The reunited '80s metallers WARLORD, featuring guitarist William J. Tsamis, drummer Mark S. Zonder (i.e. FATES WARNING),and latest addition, vocalist Joacim Cans (i.e. HAMMERFALL),have posted additional MP3 clips from their forthcoming comeback album, entitled Rising Out Of The Ashes, at this loca...

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KORN's JAMES "MUNKY" SHAFFER: "WES BORLAND Got Out Of LIMP BIZKIT At The Right Time"

KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer has offered an apology of sort for inflicting LIMP BIZKIT on the world. "Yeah, sorry about that," he told Britain's Metal Hammer magazine. "I mean, Fred Durst knocked on our bus door in Jacksonville like, 'Hey man, listen to my tape,' so it's our fault. I'm not a...

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Audio Interview With KORN's JONATHAN DAVIS Posted Online

An interview with KORN frontman Jonathan Davis, conducted by Mary Anne Hobbs of BBC Radio One's Rock Show and aired several days ago, can be heard in Real Audio at this location. In related news, Davis has told Britain's Metal Hammer magazine that he would like nothing more than to tour with MARILYN...

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MY RUIN's TAIRRIE B Speaks Out Against Upcoming Snapper Records Anthology

MY RUIN, who recently parted ways with their former label Snapper Music (as reported here a couple of days ago),have spoken out against Snapper's plans to release Blasphemous Girl - a "Best Of" compilation. "We just found out about this record being released and are not too happy about the whole th...

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SILVERCHAIR: No Stand-In Guitarist Needed

Former HELMET frontman Page Hamilton will not be filling in on guitar for SILVERCHAIR singer Daniel Johns during the latter band's upcoming live appearances, SILVERCHAIR manager John Watson told Britain's Metal Hammer magazine. "While it is true that Page was willing to step in to help out with thes...

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Crucible

Unlike 2000's Resurrection, which was widely hailed as the album JUDAS PRIEST should have made after Painkiller, HALFORD's Crucible is a decidedly more diverse effort, featuring plenty of traditional metal moments while occasionally following a more experimental approach, thereby preventing this alb...

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MACHINE HEAD Part Ways With AHRUE LUSTER

After two albums and more than three years with the band, guitarist Ahrue Luster and MACHINE HEAD have decided to amicably part ways, citing creative differences as the main reason behind the split. The band will still be playing all of their scheduled summer shows and festivals overseas, and will c...

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MACHINE HEAD To Play "Secret" London Gig

MACHINE HEAD are playing a "secret" gig at the Highbury Garage in London, UK on July 3rd under the name TEN TON HAMMER. The tickets cost £12 each 7 are available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk. MACHINE HEAD are also confirmed to play at the Dublin Ambassadors Theatre on July 1st as part of a two-week ....

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THE BERZERKER Complete Work On "Dissimulate"

Australia's THE BERZERKER have spent the last few months holed up their studio in Melbourne recording the group's forthcoming album, entitled Dissimulate. Scheduled for release through Earache Records on August 26th, Dissimulate will contain the following track listing: 01. Disregard 02. Failure 03....

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SLIPKNOT's Videos Pulled From Germany's Biggest Music TV Channel Following School Massacre

Germany's biggest music television channels, Viva and sister channel Viva Plus, have taken SLIPKNOT's videos out of rotation after it was learned that Robert Steinhaeuser, the 19-year old who went on a shooting spree in Erfurt (killing 18 people),had been a big fan of the group. Neither the band's...

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Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By SoundScan

Here are the latest sales figures for various current and catalog metal/hard rock releases in the US (in total units sold to date since the albums were issued),as reported by SoundScan for the week ending April 21st, 2002: KORN Issues: 3,047,076 KORN Follow The Leader: 3,414,717 LIMP BIZKIT Chocola...

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KILL II THIS Announce Live Dates, Continue Work On New CD

Britain's KILL II THIS have lined up the following gigs during June: Jun. 13 - The Junction Cambridge, UK Jun. 27 - The Witchwood - Ashton Under Lyne, UK KILL II THIS are continuing work on the material for their new album, tentatively entitled Mass. Down. Sin. Drone, which is due out in the summer...

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SOULFLY To Support SLAYER In UK, Fight Off Stalkers

SLAYER will reportedly tour the UK in late June with SOULFLY in support. In related news, Metal Hammer has reported that mainman Max Cavalera has a stalker who breaks into his Arizona ranch on a weekly basis. The individual in question apparently breaks into the family's weekend residence which is a...