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Report: Heavy Metal Is Evolving, Not Dying

Austin Porter of The Daily O'Collegian reports: Heavy metal may have been the greatest thing to happen in the history of music. In the form of dropped D ballads that make listeners want to cry or double bass drum pedals that force listeners to head bang until their necks hurt, heavy metal has ...

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GORGOROTH Frontman Calls For More Church Burnings; Police To Investigate

According to the Norwegian newspaper Bergens Tidende, the police in Bergen, Norway have launched an investigation into recent statements made by GORGOROTH frontman Gaahl regarding a spate of church burnings that took place in Norway in the early Nineties. In an interview that some consider to be the...

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CLAWFINGER Preparing To Hit The Road

Frontman Zak Tell of the Swedish rap/metal combo CLAWFINGER has issued the following update: "We've been practicing for the upcoming Jägermeister tour [of Germany, which is scheduled to kick off early February], so far we've managed to drink eight bottles between the five of us within three hours bu...

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METALLICA's 'Master Of Puppets' Tops List Of Most Influential Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time

METALLICA's classic 1986 album "Master of Puppets" has been selected by Spence D. and Ed Thompson of IGN Music as the "most influential" heavy metal album of all time. In the accompanying blurb explaining their choice, Spence writes, "Heavy metal fans no doubt have argued till blue in the balls abou...

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ANGRA: More Tour Dates Announced

After a succesful first leg of the "Aurora Consurgens World Tour", Brazilian power metallers ANGRA get back on the road, starting Far East on February 2. The band will do an eight-show tour in Japan as a co-headler alongside Germany's BLIND GUARDIAN. The trek is being hailed as one of Japan's metal...

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Former STUCK MOJO Frontman BONZ Releases New Video Message

Former STUCK MOJO vocalist Bonz has posted an eight-minute video message addressing his departure from STUCK MOJO and the current status of his DEAD GOSPEL project. Watch it at this location. STUCK MOJO guitarist Rich Ward fired Bonz from the band in July 2006, claiming that the frontman's substance...

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PRESIDENT EVIL To Support GWAR In Germany

Bremen, Germany-based PRESIDENT EVIL will support GWAR on the following German dates: Mar. 29 - Wiesbaden (D) Schlachthof Mar. 30 - Saarbruecken (D) Garage Mar. 31 - Lindau (D) Club Vaudeville Apr. 07 - Chemnitz (D) Talschock Apr. 08 - Potsdam (D) Lindenpark Apr. 10 - Hamburg (D) Markthalle Apr. 13...

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THE PROJECT HATE Announces New Record Deal

THE PROJECT HATE, the Swedish band featuring Lord K. Philipson (GOD AMONG INSECTS, ex-LEUKEMIA),Jörgen Sandström (ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE),bassist Michael Håkansson (ENGEL, ex-EVERGREY),guitarist Petter S. Freed (2 TON PREDATOR) and singer Jo Enckell (IGNORANCE BLISS),has posted the following message...

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BAD RELIGION To Enter Studio Next Month

Punk rock institution BAD RELIGION will begin recording the follow up to 2004's heralded "The Empire Strikes First" next month at Grand Master Studios in Los Angeles, California. Slated for a July 10 release through Epitaph, the yet-to-be-named disc will be produced by Grammy-nominated producer Joe...

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10 YEARS Guitarist On New CD: '90 Percent Of Everything Is Written And Done'

10 YEARS guitarist Matt Wantland has issued the following update: "We know we've beeen hiding out, but we have had good reason. We have spent the last two months locked in a room writing the songs that will be our next album. There has been more diversity come out of our efforts than we had ...

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P.O.D. Singer Says 'Greatest Hits' Helped Bring Guitarist Back

Launch Radio Networks reports: P.O.D. surprised its fans last month by announcing that founding guitarist Marcos Curiel had rejoined the band after a nearly four-year absence. Although the group and Curiel parted on sour terms, P.O.D. frontman Sonny Sandoval told Launch that the relationship took a...

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DENIAL FIEND, PROPHECY, DEVOURMENT Confirmed For Germany's F*CK THE COMMERCE Festival

DENIAL FIEND, PROPHECY, DEVOURMENT and VIRAL LOAD have been confirmed for the Fuck The Commerce X festival, set to take place May 17-19 in Neiden (near Torgau),Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ARS MORTIS (D) BLASPHEMER (I) BLOODBASTARD (NL) CUNTGRINDER...

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SOULGRIND: New Song Available For Download

SOULGRIND, the Finnish band featuring former LULLACRY frontwoman Tanja "Whisper Lilith" Kemppainen (a.k.a. Tanya),has uploaded its new single, "Pakana", at this location. The song is the title cut of the group's eighth album, due next month via Holy Records. "Pakana", was recorded at D studio and i...

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DOKKEN: 'From Conception: Live 1981' CD, 'Unchain The Night' DVD Detailed

DOKKEN ruled the charts and airwaves in the '80s with a trio of platinum albums powered by an unforgettable mix of metal and melody. The band is currently in the studio recording their ninth album, and first for Rhino Records, "Lighting Strikes Again", set for release this summer. In anticipation of...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE, SAVAGE CIRCUS, TOMORROW'S EVE To Team Up For European Tour

CIRCLE II CIRCLE (the band featuring former SAVATAGE frontman Zachary Stevens) will team up with SAVAGE CIRCUS (the German/Swedish band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch and PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson and Emil Norberg) and TOMORROW'S EVE for a European tour beginning in earl...