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SLIPKNOT To Launch Two-Pronged Radio Campaign

SLIPKNOT have announced plans to follow up a Top 5 single, entitled "Duality", with their own brand of duality: a radio campaign that takes two versions, "Vermilion" and "Vermilion Pt. 2", to SLIPKNOT fans simultaneously. The two versions of "Vermilion" are songs that represent the expression of the...

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EXODUS Guitarist Addresses New Singer Rumors

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt has posted the following statement on the group's message board regarding the rumors about a possible replacement for the band's recently departed singer Steve "Zetro" Souza: "I just wanted to clear up rumors about who is going to be our next singer. The answer to that is...

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METALLICA Drummer Attends JOHN STEINBECK AWARD Presentation

METALLICA's Lars Ulrich was one of the well-wishers at the presentation of this year's John Steinbeck Award to his close friend, Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn, at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on Friday (Sept. 10),according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The John Steinbeck Award has bee...

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Gothic metal has undoubtedly experienced an upsurge in popularity over the last few years, but on the fringes it retains a discernible love-hate status. Given the likes of MY DYING BRIDE and, to a slightly less gloomy extent, DARK TRANQUILLITY, many listeners either revel casually in the moroseness...

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Final OZZFEST 2004 Show In Jeopardy?

Unofficial Ozzfest web site Ozzfest.qrow.com has issued the following update: "No official word or confirmations yet, but it seems like the West Palm Beach, FL Ozzfest show [on Saturday, September 4] is in jeopardy due to Hurricane Frances as it is expected to hit West Palm Beach around the weekend....

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SLASH Action Figure Coming Soon From MCFARLANE TOYS

McFarlane Toys has announced the latest figure to join their expanding collection of music figures. Slash, considered to be one of the greatest guitarists to come out of the late 1980s, and a former member of GUNS N' ROSES, has become the latest edition. With his trademark top hat and omnipresent ci...

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Horror And Metal Find A Home At BLOODWORKS

Producer/manager Christopher Tuffin, who has managed such metal acts as PAINMUSEUM, as well as members of the band HALFORD, has teamed up with former NFL star Glenn Cadrez to form a new horror entertainment company, BloodWorks. Tuffin says that he wants to build stronger ties between the hard rock/m...

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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist Rejects 'Sellout' Accusations

DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Silenoz recently spoke to The Grand Rapids Press about the group's main-stage slot on this summer's Ozzfest and their status as the most visible representative of the European black metal scene. Several excerpts from the interview follow: On criticism from their peers that the...

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STRATOVARIUS Keyboardist Makes Surprise Appearance With NIGHTWISH

STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson joined NIGHTWISH on a cover of MEGADETH's "Symphony Of Destruction" halfway through the band's appearance at the B.B. King's Blues Club in New York City on Sunday night (August 22). According to an eyewitness, "Before the song, the band introduced Jens Johanss...

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SLAYER Guitarist Says DAVE LOMBARDO Brings Intensity To The Band

SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hannemann recently told the Chicago Sun-Times that he is thrilled by this year's Ozzfest lineup (which is headlined by BLACK SABBATH and JUDAS PRIEST),though he doesn't think about his own band being just as deserving of a spot in that vaunted metal pantheon. "I just don't thi...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD: There Is Nothing Wrong With Saying 'Sorry'

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford, who will turn 53 on Wednesday (August 25),revealed in 1996 that he was gay. He says he didn't make the acknowledgement when he still was with PRIEST because he believed a potential backlash could have hurt the band's status. According to Halford, negative feedback...

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SLAYER's Next Studio Album To Land On INTERSCOPE?

Rick Rubin's American Recordings label — home to veteran Los Angeles thrashers SLAYER — is making the move from Island Def Jam to the Interscope side, according to Hits Daily Double. SLAYER had previously announced that they were putting the recording sessions for their new album on hold while Rubin...

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NIGHTWISH: 'Once' Available For Legal Download

Although NIGHTWISH's latest album, "Once", is not slated to receive a U.S. release until October 20, you can already download the CD legally via the iTunes music store. The follow-up to 2002's "Century Child", "Once" has been certified gold in Germany for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The album...

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DAVID VINCENT Is Only Committed To Doing South American Tour With MORBID ANGEL

Shock-rock outfit GENITORTURERS have posted a statement on their web site confirming that their bassist David Vincent (a.k.a. Evil D) has been asked by his previous band, MORBID ANGEL, to fill in on bass/vocals for the group's upcoming South American dates. "He has agreed to play four shows in South...

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ANVIL: 'Back To Basics' Gets A U.S. Release Date

Screaming Ferret Wreckords has set an August 24 U.S. release date for the new ANVIL album, "Back to Basics". The follow-up to 2002's "Still Going Strong", "Back To Basics" was recorded with producer Pierre Rémillard at his studio in Quebec and features artwork by Christoph Schinzel (a.k.a. Stripe) o...