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Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls

The debut album from the MURDERDOLLS, the long-simmering side project assembled by SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison (who plays guitar here) and STATIC-X axeman Tripp Eisen (who left the band since recording this album),gives ample proof why such affairs can often be detrimental to musicians even as t...

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DIMMU BORGIR Complete Festival Run, Begin Work On New Material

DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Silenoz has offered the following update on the band's activities: "We just got back from the festival tour we did. We had 4 shows in all, amongst them the Summer Breeze in Germany, Lowlands fest in Holland (about 65,000 people, must've been around 15,000 in our tent where PUD...

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IN FLAMES' ANDERS FRIDEN: Our New CD Is Bridge Between '80s And 2000

IN FLAMES frontman Anders Friden has admitted to MTV.com that he's concerned about how the group's latest album, Reroute To Remain is being received by the band's longtime fans. "I'm afraid that [older fans] will judge this album upon if it's a 'Gothenburg death metal album' and already make up thei...

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QOTSA, STONE SOUR, SILVERCHAIR: First-Week Sales Numbers Revealed

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE shifted 49,629 units of their latest effort, Songs For The Deaf (according to Soundscan) during the album's first week of release, landing at position #17 on the Billboard Pop Album chart. Meanwhile, STONE SOUR, led by SLIPKNOT vocalist Corey Taylor and guitarist Jim Root, so...

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SLIPKNOT's JOEY JORDISON: New Album Will Have More Of NEUROSIS Vibe

SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has described the material written for the band's next album as "a lot like Iowa, but more experimental." Says Jordison: "It's got more of a NEUROSIS vibe. We're doing a more extreme album, but this time it's not the heaviness of the double-bass drumming, it's the heav...

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STONE SOUR To Embark On Headlining Tour

STONE SOUR, featuring SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor and guitarist Jim Root, will be hitting the U.S. for a headline tour starting on September 27th and running through November 22nd. CHEVELLE and Roadrunner labelmates SINCH will be opening each show. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Sep. 27 -...

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SLIPKNOT's THE CLOWN Experiences Identity Crisis

We're not really sure what significance this carries, but SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "The Clown" Crahan appears to have reverted back to his old mask for the group's recent European shows, according to Metal Shop. ...

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SLIPKNOT Guitarist, Ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION Drummer In Talks To Form 'Extreme' Band

SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thompson is in talks with former MALEVOLENT CREATION/SUFFOCATION drummer Dave Culross about putting together a project band "which is bound to be rather extreme," according to the skinsman. "We should be getting together in September or October in Iowa" to begin work on the m...

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COREY TAYLOR: I Never Considered Leaving SLIPKNOT For STONE SOUR

SLIPKNOT vocalist Corey Taylor has denied that he ever planned on leaving his main band in order to concentrate on STONE SOUR, his much-touted other group which is releasing its debut album on Tuesday (August 27th). "No, there was no truth to [the rumors of me leaving] at all, man," Taylor told Laun...

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SLIPKNOT, PUDDLE OF MUDD, NICKELBACK Get Nominated For KERRANG! Awards

SLIPKNOT, PUDDLE OF MUDD, and NICKELBACK all lead the way with three nominations for the annual Kerrang! Awards, which take place in central London next Tuesday. SLIPKNOT are up for the Best Video ("My Plague"),Best International Live Act and Best Band in the World. PUDDLE OF MUDD will be contestin...

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GODSMACK's SULLY ERNA: New Material Is Really Powerful

GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna has spoken to MTV.com about the recent addition to the group's ranks of former AMEN drummer Shannon Larkin and the musical direction on the band's forthcoming third full-length CD, due in March 2003. "[Shannon] was my first choice," said Erna. "I'm a drummer also, and I...

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DANZIG Film Video For "Kiss The Skull"

DANZIG filmed a video for the track "Kiss The Skull" on Saturday, August 17th in Los Angeles with director Tom Mignone, who has previously worked with SLIPKNOT and MUDVAYNE, among others. In other news, DANZIG will be performing an open air WXRX radio show in Rockford, Illinois on Saturday, August 3...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR: I'm Not A Guy Who Screams All The Time

In an interview published in the current issue of Britain's Kerrang! magazine (dated August 17, 2002),SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor admits that he has not spoken to his bandmates in several months and reveals that he has received very little feedback from the rest of the group on his STONE SOUR pr...

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Stone Sour

Most of the time, side projects by members of a band are either exercises in pure vanity that only reveal the artist's own shortcomings outside the group he or she is part of. In other instances, the side project is so outside the realm of music previously offered by the artist that fans find it ...

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MURDERDOLLS To Make London In-Store Appearance

MURDERDOLLS, the new band featuring SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison on guitar, singer Wednesday 13 (formerly of North Carolina horror-metal outfit FRANKENSTEIN DRAG QUEENS FROM PLANET 13),ex-DOPE guitarist Acey Slade, bassist Erik Griffin and drummer Ben Graves, will be making a personal appearance...