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GUNS N' ROSES: New AXL ROSE Audio Interview Available

GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose was a guest on the "Kevin & Bean" show on the Los Angeles radio station KROQ on Friday, August 18. Axl touched upon such topics as the upcoming Inland Invasion show, the recent European tour and the band's current setlist. Listen to the 10-minute interview at this...

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VENOM: More U.S. Tour Details Revealed

British black metal pioneers VENOM have officially announced more details of their upcoming North American tour, dubbed the American 10 Commandments Tour. "The band were last seen in the States in 1997 with a one-off appearance at the Metalfest in Milwaukee," reads a posting on the group's web site....

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DISSECTION's JON NÖDTVEIDT: 'The Satanist Chooses Death Before Dishonor'

DISSECTION frontman Jon Nödtveidt, who took his own life earlier in the week less than three months after announcing the band's split, spoke to Norwegian magazine Slayer in 2003 on the topic of suicide. Asked how he views the matters of suicide and whether taking your life is "worth it," Nödtveidt r...

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DRAGONFORCE: New Video Posted Online

DRAGONFORCE's new video for the song "Operation Ground and Pound" has been posted online at this location. The track comes off the U.K. extreme power metallers' third album, "Inhuman Rampage", which has sold 48,000 copies in the United States since its June release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. T...

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AS I LAY DYING Frontman Launches HIGH IMPACT RECORDINGS

AS I LAY DYING frontman and avid metalhead Tim Lambesis recently partnered up with Metal Blade Records to start his own imprint label, High Impact Recordings. Hs inaugural signing is the progressive/metal band A LOVE ENDS SUICIDE out of West Covina, California. A LOVE ENDS SUICIDE (ALES) consists of...

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GIANT SQUID Announces Lineup Changes

Austin, Texas-based eclectic doom rock act GIANT SQUID have issued the following update: "GIANT SQUID recently completed a quick jaunt across the U.S., including select dates with new labelmates STOLEN BABIES, as well as meeting up with The End Records veterans AGALLOCH for their CD release show in...

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Exclusive: DISSECTION Frontman JON NÖDTVEIDT Commits Suicide

DISSECTION frontman Jon Nödtveidt has committed suicide, informed sources have told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Nödtveidt's death was confirmed by the Swedish distributor Sound Pollution, whose staff has worked with DISSECTION throughout the band's career. A posting on the Sound Pollution web site, www.soundp...

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CIRCUS DIABLO: San Francisco Show Cancelled

CIRCUS DIABLO, the new project featuring THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy, former THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick (guitar),ex-THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison (vocals),former FUEL frontman Brett Scallions (bass),and drummer Jeremy Colson, has been forced to cancel its previously announce...

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TOOL To Headline Australia's BIG DAY OUT Festival?

Undercover News reports that TOOL have announced Australian tour dates in Melbourne and Sydney in January next year. It has been five years since the band were last in Australia touring behind their then-current release "Lateralus". The official announcement promises shows to be added in Auckland, "...

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Ex-MISFITS Singer MICHALE GRAVES Speaks Out on the WEST MEMPHIS THREE

Former MISFITS singer Michale Graves has written a feature story in this month's issue of the Atlas Plugged webzine on the growing campaign to free the West Memphis Three — three young men believed by many to have been falsely jailed for a crime they did not commit. In his article, Graves — a longti...

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ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER, GRAVE To Team Up For West Coast Tour

ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER, GRAVE and THE ABSENCE will be teaming up for a West Coast tour in December. Confirmed dates are as follows: Dec. 01 - Hollywood, CA @ Knitting factory Dec. 02 - San Francisco, CA @ The Pound Dec. 03 - Chico, CA @ TBA Dec. 04 - Portland, OR @ Rock N Roll ...

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GOATWHORE To Support VENOM On U.S. Tour

GOATWHORE, the New Orleans-based band featuring vocalist L. Ben Falgoust II (SOILENT GREEN) and guitarist Sammy Duet (ACID BATH, CROWBAR),has been confirmed as the support act for VENOM on select U.S. tour dates. Upcoming GOATWHORE shows: Aug. 24 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre (w/ VENOM) Aug. 25 - W...

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CATTLE DECAPITATION To Be Rejoined By Drummer MICHAEL LAUGHLIN For West Coast Dates

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION will be rejoined by drummer Michael Laughlin for the following dates: Aug. 20 - Whisky A Go Go - West Hollywood, CA Aug. 26 - The American Legion Post 201 - San Diego, CA CATTLE DECAPITATION recently cancelled its tour with SIX FEET UNDER, DECAPITATED,...

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Hardcore Concert Erupts Into Violence; Bandmembers Claim Police Brutality

J.J. Huggins and Marisa Donelan of Sentinel & Enterprise report that police arrested three band members outside a Leominster, Massachusetts church Saturday night (August 12) after a hardcore punk-rock concert featuring a band named CUT THROAT (MySpace page) erupted into violence, officials said...

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Headbangers To Protest Mainstream Media Perception

The Hessian Studies Society, self-described as a not-for-profit cultural education apparat dedicated to preserving and promoting the culture of "underground metal," or heavy metal music produced outside the handful of companies that control major record labels and news media, has issued the followin...