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ROB ZOMBIE Providing Voice Of 'God' In 'Super' Comedy

Rob Zombie will provide the voice of God in director James Gunn's ("Slither") upcoming "Super" comedy, which will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival next month. Plot (according to WorstPreviews.com): Frank (Rainn Wilson) is an average guy who transforms himself into superhero The Crimson Bolt aft...

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SONISPHERE Storms BT DIGITAL MUSIC AWARDS Nominations

Having asserted its position as the world's largest touring rock festival and achieved sell-out status for the U.K. leg at Knebworth in just its second year, Sonisphere is now gaining high recognition in the digital realm. As an exceptional case, Sonisphere is the only brand to have gained two short...

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SLIPKNOT To Release '(Sic)nesses' DVD

SLIPKNOT headlined the annual Download festival in the U.K., performing in front of 80,000 of their rabid fans. The performance was absolutely electric, in typical SLIPKNOT fashion, especially since it came hot on the heels of one of the strongest years in SLIPKNOT's illustrious career. It was indee...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Interviewed At JOHNNY RAMONE Tribute Event

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett was one of the special guests at the sixth annual Johnny Ramone tribute on July 25, 2010 at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Hammett introduced a screening of Johnny's favorite film, James Whale's 1935 horror classic "The Bride of Frankenstein",...

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ADAM DUTKIEWICZ And JESSE LEACH Re-Team In TIMES OF GRACE

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and former KILLSWITCH ENGAGE vocalist Jesse Leach are re-teaming for TIMES OF GRACE, a brand new band that finds the duo taking a creative left turn, boldly exploring new musical terrain, while fearlessly digging deep into the recesses of their musical syn...

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SAHG: New Song Posted Online

"Mortify", a brand new song from SAHG — the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks current/former members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE — is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's third album, "Sahg III", which will be released on Au...

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X JAPAN Set To Invade America With First-Ever U.S. Tour

They've sold 30 million records and DVDs, filled the 55,000-seast Tokyo Dome a record-breaking 18 times, they pioneered "Visual-Kei," the Japanese music movement that helped spark the current world-wide Anime craze, and their leader has been referred to as "the Bono of Japan." But the one thing this...

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Former KYUSS Frontman Talks About GARCIA VS. GARCIA Solo Project (Video)

A short video clip of former KYUSS singer John Garcia talking about his upcoming solo project, GARCIA VS. GARCIA, to the German edition of Metal Hammer magazine can be viewed at this location. Three-quarters of KYUSS — the influential American stoner rock/metal band, originally from Palm Desert, Cal...

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AMORPHIS: 'Magic & Mayhem' Retrospective Detailed

On September 17, Finnish metallers AMORPHIS will celebrate their 20th anniversary by releasing a special retrospective, "Magic & Mayhem – Tales From The Early Years", featuring newly re-recorded versions of the songs from the band's first three albums (1992's "Karelian Isthmus", 1994's "Tales Fr...

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KAMELOT Frontman Discusses 'Poetry' Album In New Video Interview

Chris Laut of the German hard rock band OHRENFEINDT recently conducted an interview with vocalist Roy Khan (full name: Roy Sætre Khantatat) of American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT in Hamburg, Germany for More-Metal.com. You can now watch the chat below. The cover artwork for "Poetry For The...

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ALICE COOPER's Web Site Crashes As 'Sideshows And Freak' Acts Submit Video Footage

AliceCooper.com crashed earlier this week as it has been doing intermittently since fans were invited to submit their personal videos of "sideshow and freak" acts to hopefully take part in Alice Cooper's Halloween Night of Fear shows at the Roundhouse in London, England later this year. The unpreced...

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DUFF MCKAGAN: 450 Pages Done So Far For Upcoming Autobiography

Duff McKagan's (JANE'S ADDICTION, VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) wife, model and swimwear designer Susan Holmes, revealed via Twitter that Duff has written 450 pages so far for his upcoming autobiography, tentatively due in October/November 2011 via Touchstone Fireside, a division of Simon & Sc...

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DEE SNIDER On His TV Show: 'We Try To Promote A Certain Degree Of Stability In Our Family'

RockConfidential.com recently conducted an interview with TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider about "Growing Up Twisted", A&E's reality show based on Dee and his family as they navigate everyday life. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RockConfidential.com: Dee, what I love about "G...

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SAHG: Second Studio Webisode Released

SAHG, the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks current/former members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE, will release their third album, "Sahg III", on August 30 through Indie Recordings. The second in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the recording o...

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QUO VADIS: 'Cross Of Gold' Video Available

"Cross Of Gold", the new animated clip from Polish thrashers QUO VADIS, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Krzysztof Kuznicki of Great Pomerania Films and it tells "a story about chase for money that blinds us to everything but the mythical gold," according to a press release. The "Cross...