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DEATHSTARS Begin Recording New Album

Sweden's DEATHSTARS have issued the following update on their recent activities: "We have had some really cool festival shows this summer, the Wave Gotik Treffen, the Zillo Festival and last but not least the Stockholm Pride which is undoubtedly the most bizarre show we ever did. Both the Wave Gotik...

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Heavy Metal Musicians Speak Out On Rising Anti-American Sentiment Around The World

Norway's Imhotep 'zine recently asked more than 60 heavy metal and hard rock musicians to answer the following question regarding the current political situation in the world: What's your opinion on the rising tide of the anti-American sentiment around the world and to what would you attribute this?...

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SLOWGATE Complete Work On New Album

Swedish metallers SLOWGATE have finished recording their new album, "Nordic Rage", at the Bat Cave North studios in Luleå, Sweden. The group are currently mixing the CD for a November release through the GMR Music subsidiary Extreme. Songtitles set to appear on the follow-up to 2002's "Force of the...

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CARNAL FORGE: New Singer's Audio Samples Available Online

Several sound samples from new CARNAL FORGE singer Jens C. Mortensen's other band LEECH are available for download at the group's official web site. As previously reported, Mortensen (ex-REVOLVER, SLAPDASH) joined CARNAL FORGE as the replacement for previous vocalist Jonas Kjellgren, who left the ba...

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SLAYER Explain Myrtle Beach Cancellation

A representative at SLAYER's management company has sent the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding the band's cancellation of their scheduled headlining appearance in Myrtle Beach, SC Wednesday night (Sept. 1): "Tom Araya, SLAYER's bassist/vocalist, was treated and released from a Myrtle...

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Report: Loud Music Can Cause Lung Collapse

Amy Norton of Reuters Health reports: Blasting music can be hard on the ears and the neighbors, and now researchers say it can also pack enough punch to collapse a lung. Reporting in the medical journal Thorax, they describe the cases of four young men who suffered a lung collapse — technically call...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: New Sound Clips Posted Online

Sound clips from the solo debut of SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva are now up on the band's web site. The album, titled "'Tage Mahal", will be released through SPV Records on October 25 in Europe and October 26 in the U.S. Also, there will be a listening party for the entire album in ...

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SPIRIT DISEASE Begin Work On New Material

Finnish death/thrash band SPIRIT DISEASE have posted the following message on their web site: "The correct release date [for mini-CD] 'Redemption Denied' is still unknown to us and the label [Vortex Motions Records]. This delay is not a good thing, but we can't really help it. It's not the label's f...

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VANISHING POINT Singer Undergoes Surgery

On the morning of August 16, only hours from celebrating his 30th birthday, VANISHING POINT vocalist Silvio Massaro was admitted to St. Vincent Hospital in Melbourne Australia, for surgery on his sinus. Commented Silvio: "For years now I have been suffering from massive headaches which would literal...

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SCOTT WEILAND Says Writing 'Fall To Pieces' Was A Turning Point In His Life

VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland has posted the following message on the group's web site: "If there was a turning point for me over the last year and a half it was the day 'Fall To Pieces' was written. The night before, I had just gotten arrested. It wasn't the first time obviously, but to .....

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HAVOCHATE: New Album Samples Posted Online

New York-based metal band HAVOCHATE, now featuring former TESTAMENT bassist Greg Christian, have posted MP3 samples of three new tracks at their official web site. The songs "Alone", "Cycle of Pain" and "Speak No More" come off the group's upcoming second album, tentatively due in October/November i...

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ALICE COOPER's Biggest Fanatic Broke Leg Trying To See Rocker In '78

Dean Pritchard of The Winnipeg Sun reports: ALICE COOPER would have a pretty tough time finding a fan who has gone to greater lengths — or suffered greater pain — to see one of his concerts than Bruce Klump. Klump was 13 years old in 1978 when he fell off the side of ...

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SOULSCAR To Release Sophomore Album In October

Canadian thrash/death/heavy metallers SOULSCAR will release their second album, "Victim Impact Statement", in October through Galy Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Character Assassination" was produced by Staehling and SOULSCAR, engineered by Staehling and Mackenzie, and mixed by Staehling. "Victim...

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Sweden's PREY Begin Recording Debut Album

PREY, the Swedish metal band featuring YNGWIE MALMSTEEN drummer Patrick Johansson, have entered RoastingHouse studios in Malmö, Sweden to begin recording their debut album, tentatively due in late 2004/early 2005 through Mausoleum Records. Production duties on the effort are being handled by Anders...

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MERCENARY Added To Germany's SUMMER BREEZE OPEN AIR Festival

Denmark's MERCENARY have replaced TOTENMOND on the billing for this year's Summer Breeze Open Air festival in Abtsgmünd, Germany. The band will perform on Friday, August 20 from 15:05 CET - 15:40 CET on the "Pain Stage". MERCENARY's third full-length album, "11 Dreams", is scheduled for release in E...