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Monotheist

CELTIC FROST has had one of the strangest and more controversial career arcs in recent metal history. Rising out of the ashes of Swiss act HELLHAMMER in 1984, FROST centered largely around singer and guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer (a.k.a. Tom Warrior) and bassist Martin Eric Ain. Early releases such...

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OPETH Mainman Says LORDI Is Music For 'Five-Year-Olds'

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has commented on LORDI's surprise win in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, marking Finland's first Eurovision victory in 45 years. Asked by an OPETH fan on the band's official forum what he thought of LORDI winning the contest, Mikael replied, "Haha! I love watchin...

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CELTIC FROST Announce New Touring Guitarist

Swiss metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have announced the addition of Norwegian guitar player Anders Odden to their touring lineup. Odden, who has played with APOPTYGMA BERZERK, SATYRICON, CADAVER, and MAYHEM, auditioned for the group in April, and returned to Zurich, Switzerland (CELTIC FROST's base) la...

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TOOL Guitarist Has Eye For Great Visuals

Launch Radio Networks reports: TOOL is acclaimed almost as much for its album packages, artwork and music videos as its music, and its latest album, "10,000 Days", is possibly the band's most lavishly designed CD yet. Much of the band's imagery is conceived and supervised by guitarist Adam Jones, wh...

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ALICE IN CHAINS To Headline LOCOBAZOOKA! Music Festival

3-D Entertainment announced today that legendary grunge rockers ALICE IN CHAINS will headline the Locobazooka! music festival at the Tweeter Center on Sunday, August 13, 2006. New England's largest music festival, Locobazooka! is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. For the past several years...

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GUNS N' ROSES Planning More U.S. Dates In September

Axl Rose had an all-star audience turn out for his GUNS N' ROSES New York shows last week, according to a press release. Famous faces in the crowd included Matthew Perry, Mickey Rourke, Drea De Matteo, Lenny Kravitz, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Fred Durst, Sebastian Bach, Ethan Hawke, Jay Z, Jimmy Fallon, Ma...

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PAPA ROACH Working On 'Raunchier' Album

World Entertainment News Network is reporting that PAPA ROACH are ready to return from the music wilderness to reclaim the fans they're convinced have abandoned them. In the two years since their last album, frontman Jacoby Shaddix is convinced they've been forgotten about. So they've set about maki...

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BLOODSIMPLE Complete 5-6 New Songs, Prepare To Hit The Road

BLOODSIMPLE singer Tim Williams has posted the following mesage on the band's official MySpace page: "We just got back from a week in the studio at an undisclosed location in Chicago. Man, we was workin our asses off. Buckled down and gettin' our groove on. We have emerged with about 5-6 new songs a...

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Rio Grande Blood

Uncle Al has gotta be pushing 50 at this point, but he's never been more enraged. Following MINISTRY's big comeback in 2004 with "Houses of the Molè", the cranky ringleader has assembled some new players (notably riffmeister Tommy Victor of PRONG and DANZIG fame, and PRONG/KILLING JOKE bassist Paul...

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CELTIC FROST: 'Monotheist' Microsite Launched

A CELTIC FROST "Monotheist" microsite has been launched at this location. You will find the songs "Progeny" and "Ground" as streams, band photos, release dates and tour dates. If you register (it's free!) to the site, you will be able to see things that regular visitors won't be able to experience:...

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GUNS N' ROSES Play Surprise Acoustic Gig In New York City

A BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the name of Matt Goldenberg has submitted the following report: "Okay... I can't really tell you how I found out or how I got on the list without betraying a friend's confidence, but I got a call around 6 p.m. [on Thursday, May 18] that Rosario Dawson, the actress from...

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Video Of IZZY STRADLIN With GUNS N' ROSES in NYC Posted Online

A low-quality video clip of GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose introducing ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Wednesday (May 17) before they and the rest of the current GNR lineup launch into a live rendition of "Think about You" has been posted onl...

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SEPULTURA Planning U.S. Package Tour With HATEBREED, Others

Jake Rosenberg of Transcending the Mundane recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Transcending the Mundane: A lot of reviewers and fans have been dubbing "Dante XXI" as "the best thing since 'Roots'", "SEPULTURA's comeback...

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Updated: IZZY STRADLIN Takes Stage With GUNS N' ROSES In New York City

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin took the stage tonight (May 17) with GNR for the songs "Think about You", "Patience" and "Nightrain" at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose made various references to Stradlin during their May 15 show at the Hammerst...

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GUNS N' ROSES Frontman AXL ROSE To Move To New York?

The New York Post's "Page Six" column reports: GUNS N' ROSES fanatics who can't get enough of the band's sold-out comeback shows at Hammerstein Ballroom can take solace in the fact that Axl Rose may be moving to town. The formerly reclusive rocker, who's become a fixture on the Manhattan club scene...