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Monochrome
Like 2004's comeback album, "Size Matters", the new HELMET offering rises or falls squarely on the shoulders of singer, guitarist and creative wellspring Page Hamilton, who has reshuffled the band lineup once again for this sixth studio outing. But the parade of members through this alt-metal quarte...July 18, 2006
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As Rapture Comes
What we have here is a good old-fashioned career upswing. The 2002 release of "Back from the Grave" marked GRAVE's comeback, while 2004's "Fiendish Regression" proved that the Swedish death metal legends had no plans to hang up the gloves any time soon. On "As Rapture Comes", GRAVE has hit bloody pa...July 17, 2006
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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN Is Latest PETA Celebrity Spokesperson
World Entertainment News Network is reporting that DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen is the latest celebrity spokesperson for animal rights group People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA). Collen hasn't eaten meat for 20 years and several of his band members are vegetarians. Collen tells PE...July 13, 2006
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VINNIE PAUL: TED NUGENT's Anti-PANTERA Comments 'Really Bummed Me Out'
Jesse Capps of RockConfidential.com recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: RockConfidential.com: Fans have been going nuts over [REBEL MEETS REBEL] for years. Was it always intended to be a project that would rel...July 13, 2006
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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING: 'We Won't Change. We'll Always Be Angry'
Angela Yeager of the Statesman Journal recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the war in Iraq servng as the inspiration for a few of the songs on the upcoming CD, "Christ Illusion", which will be released Aug. 8: "Tom [Araya] w...July 13, 2006
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IRON MAIDEN Artist Hopes To Honor DEREK RIGGS With New Album Cover
Acclaimed artist Timothy Bradstreet, who was responsible for the artwork for the new IRON MAIDEN album, "A Matter of Life and Death", has posted the following message on his official blog: "If you'd have told me back in 1985 that I'd one day be doing an album cover for IRON MAIDEN, ...July 11, 2006
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Failure
After releasing a couple of EPs as mere teenagers, Maine hardcore punkers OUTBREAK now offer the world its "full-length" (16 songs, 20 minutes) debut, "Failure", via Bridge Nine Records. In keeping with Bridge Nine's relatively consistent roster of punk and hardcore, "Failure" at least stays true to...July 10, 2006
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SLIPKNOT Frontman Says Fans Will Have To Wait 'At Least' Two Years For New Album
SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has said fans will have to wait at least two years before hearing a new album from the nine-piece Iowa outfit. In an inteview with Kerrang Radio (web site),broadcasting out of Birmingham, U.K., Taylor said he was currently concentrating on his side project STONE SOUR...July 4, 2006
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DAVE GROHL Says CELTIC FROST's 'Monotheist' Is 'Comeback Of The Year'
In the June 29, 2006 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, FOO FIGHTERS frontman/ex-NIRVANA drummer Dave Grohl talks about the latest release from CELTIC FROST, "Monotheist", which he calls the "comeback of the year" as well as "the heaviest, gloomiest, darkest, scariest metal album you're gonna hear for...July 3, 2006
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Rising In the East
No intro, no extra features, no nothin' — just the opening strains of "The Hellion", and there you are, live at Budokan, for this concert film from JUDAS PRIEST's 2005 Japanese tour. Why Japan? Listen to the crowd singing along to the goddamn guitar solo in "Electric Eye", and you won't need to ask...July 2, 2006
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LED ZEPPELIN's JIMMY PAGE Pulls Out Of MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL Tribute Concert
LED ZEPPELIN legend Jimmy Page has been forced to cancel his participation in the June 30 concert in honor of Atlantic Records at this year's Montreux Jazz Festival due to medical reasons (a "surgery", according to a press release). On June 30 — the opening night of the festival — the Montreux Jazz...June 29, 2006
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The 'Real' SUPERNOVA Will Fight TOMMY LEE's 'Washed Up Metalheads' For Rights To Name
Bassist Art Mitchell of the long-running Orange County, California, punk trio SUPERNOVA has told MTV.com that his band has hired attorneys to respond to CBS-TV in the form of a cease-and-desist letter in connection with upcoming second season of "Rock Star", the reality show which will see MÖTLEY CR...June 29, 2006
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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING: 'At The End Of The Day, I'm Still A Metal Fan'
Malcolm X Abram of The Beacon Journal recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. A couple of excerpt from the chat follow: On his belief that real metal's popularity is again on an upswing: "Six or seven years ago, when GODSMACK and DISTURBED started getting popular, I always...June 29, 2006
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer: 'I'm Staying True To My Nerd Roots'
SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan told the Calgary Sun that he plans to launch an Internet-based comic-book company when the band goes on hiatus after this year's Ozzfest winds down. "It's my other passion — I love music, and comics are what I've also been into since I was a kid," explained Dol...June 27, 2006
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HANOI ROCKS Frontman Issues Tour/Songwriting Update
HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "First of all, I'd like to thank you for all your kind and sincere birthday wishes. I did have quite a fun day too. We played a good gig in Spain at the Lorca Rock festival and Andy [McCoy, ...June 26, 2006
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