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THE HAUNTED Frontman Slams Internet 'Tough Guys'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "You know, death threats are a drag. I've recieved my fair share, the latest one scribbled out by some pimple sucking ass-fingering little snot licker son of a bitch on Blabbermouth. It's one of those things wit...

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AFTER FOREVER: Tentative Album Title Revealed; Studio Update Available

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has almost finished the recordings for its new, album for a spring 2007 release via Nuclear Blast Records. Produced by Gordon Groothedde (Dutch studio luminary),the record is believed to be titled "Energized", although this has not yet been...

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ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA Singer Says He Is Already Writing Material For Second Album

Jane Stevenson of the Toronto Sun recently conducted an interview with ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA vocalist — and Toronto native — Lukas Rossi. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On just how "big" Rossi has become since winning the frontman gig on the reality-TV show "Rock Star Supernova" two months ago:...

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SOULFLY Mainman Discusses His Musicial Influences And Lyrics

Apeshit recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY/ex-SEPULTURA frontman Max Cavalera. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Apeshit: "Dark Ages" is such a good album. It's complete, diverse, and it's probably SOULFLY's heaviest, most aggressive album so far. What influenced the sound of the...

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SKINLAB: New Rehearsal, Interview Video Footage Posted Online

A video clip containing brand-new rehearsal and interview footage of acclaimed San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB has been posted online at this location. SKINLAB bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel told BLABBERMOUTH.NET in September, "We're basically gonna be writing a shitload of material and se...

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Report: High School Friends Meet GENE SIMMONS, Plan KISS Tribute Concert

Diane A. Rhodes of The Press-Enterprise reports: Sammy Bubley is a sophomore at Hemet High School. He likes rock and roll music and has a group of friends that share his love of rock band KISS. Five of the teens met band member Gene Simmons last month in Riverside. About 3,000 people swarmed ...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: Las Vegas Is 'Completely Off-The-Chart Bonkers, Cuckoo'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following two entries in his online blog: "Thursday, November 23: Las Vegas is bizarre. Completely off-the-chart bonkers, cuckoo. You drive hours of absolutely nothing, rocks, sand and tumble weed and then BAM! An abomination in defiance to the very...

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AFTER FOREVER Vocalist To Sing JUNKIE XL Song At 'Games In Concert' Event

In addition to the previously announced song "Sound of Wind" from the game Final Fantasy, AFTER FOREVER vocalist Floor Jansen will also sing the track "Today" from JUNKIE XL during her appearance at the Games In Concert event with the Dutch Metropool Orchestra in Utrecht, Holland on November 26. The...

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KONKHRA Frontman: 'We Have Never Sounded This Brutal Before'

Guitarist/vocalist Anders Lundemark of the Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA has issued the following update: "We have recorded two new songs and we will be starting three more next week. We should be halfway [done with the material for the band's sixth album] around Christmas; we're in no hurry beca...

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FATAL SMILE Will Not Support W.A.S.P. In Spain

Despite a previous announcement to the contrary, Swedish "traditional" hard rock/heavy metal band FATAL SMILE will NOT support W.A.S.P. on their Spanish dates. As previously reported, FATAL SMILE is currently writing songs for its next studio album, tentatively due in early 2007. According to the ba...

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ANDREW DICE CLAY: GENE SIMMONS 'Looks Like He's Wearing A Coyote On His Head'

Comedian Andrew Dice Clay has slammed KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons for allegedly refusing to fund his movie project, calling Gene "an asshole of a human" with a "shit reality show" and stating that Simmons "looks like he's wearing a coyote on his head." Watch a one-and-a-half-minute clip of An...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Says BLACKEST OF THE BLACK Tour Is Going 'Better Than Expected'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "I woke up this morning with the distinct image in my mind of myself and everyone else on the tour bus piously smiling at a stream of water in a little park. In my dream we had all smoked ...

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Rock Star Supernova

So let's take a poll: how much do you think Jason Newsted paid someone to have that bass head dropped on his arm (if that well-timed incident actually happened, that is)? Whatever the price was, it couldn't have been too high to extricate the former METALLICA bassist from the debacle known by the ch...

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Burden of Truth

Zachary Stevens has truly made something special with CIRCLE II CIRCLE. After two beautifully melodic and passionate albums in "Watching in Silence" and "The Middle of Nowhere", the gifted vocalist and songwriter has created his masterwork with "Burden of Truth". Stevens' concept album is inspired b...

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KORN To Release First-Ever Acoustic Album In February

According to AlbumVote.co.uk, KORN will release its first-ever acoustic album early next year. The group will issue a live "MTV Unplugged" LP through Virgin Records on Monday, February 19 in the United Kingdom. The California-based band will join a legendary list of artists to release live albums fo...