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NIRVANA: 'With The Lights Out' Trailer Posted Online

According to a posting at The Internet Nirvana Fan Club, "MTV just put up a very, very cool trailer to promote the upcoming NIRVANA box set, 'With the Lights Out'. The trailer includes video footage from the DVD and sound clips from the three CDs that are included with this much-anticipated release....

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THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT Vs. METALHEADS AGAINST RACISM: The Final Installment

Dutch death metal band THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT have issued a response to Metalheads Against Racism founder Mike Meier's latest literary missive against the group, which included an allegation that they were using his web site as a promotional platform for their new album and an explanation of why he...

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THUNDERSTONE Begin Recording New Album

Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE have commenced work on their third album at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki for an April 2005 release through Nuclear Blast Records. Recording sessions for the follow-up to this year's "The Burning" will last until the end of the year, while the mixing pro...

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Size Matters

When listening to early HELMET, I always got this feeling of a massive wall of concrete rumbling across and flattening everything in its path. The band sounded so tight, so heavy, and so monolithic that it always generated a feeling of massive, controlled power. Frontman Page Hamilton's vocals veere...

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OVERLORDE: New Album Due In December

Sonic Age Records has set a December 17, 2004 release date for the new album from American power metallers OVERLORDE, entitled "Return of the Snow Giant". The CD was recorded and mixed at Trax East studios in South River, NJ by Eric Kvortek and Eric Rachel, respectively. "Return of the Snow Giant" (...

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NIRVANA: Original 'In Bloom' Video To Re-Surface

Launch Radio Networks is reporting that the original video for NIRVANA's "In Bloom" will re-surface the week of November 8, two weeks before the band's long-awaited box set, titled "With the Lights Out", hits stores on November 23. The most striking difference between the old clip and the one most o...

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VELVET REVOLVER Singer Gets Political: Is GEORGE BUSH A Fascist?

VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland has released the following political statement on the eve of the U.S. presidential elections: "Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union there has been a lack of a balance of power. This lacking has created an environment whereas any American president — or 'two' p...

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IMPERANON Guitarist Collaborates With Keyboardist RISTO KUPIAINEN: Audio Available

Guitarist Aleksi Sihvonen of Finnish melodic thrash/death metallers IMPERANON recently recorded a song called "Pentatonic School" with a young and talented keyboardist by the name of Risto Kupiainen. You can download the track here. For more information about Risto, visit www.speedpianosoolo.cjb.net...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Talks Politics, Touring With DIO

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted another installment of his regular online column, dubbed "Alpha Mail". A couple of excerpts follow: On upcoming presidential elections: "There have been three televised debates between Kerry and Bush and Kerry has won all three. And don't just think I'm being p...

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NIRVANA: 'With The Lights Out' Box Set Track Listing Revealed

According to a posting at The Internet Nirvana Fan Club, Britain's Q magazine will bring the full track listing and an early review of the upcoming NIRVANA "With the Lights Out" box set in their December 2004 issue (#221) as part of an article entitled "Last Testament. The Nirvana boxset. Kurt Cobai...

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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Frontman Schedules Appearance At Australian Club

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES frontman Mike Muir (a.k.a. Cyco Miko) will make a one-off appearance at Indie Temple in Brisbane, Australia on November 18. "Hear the songs [from SUICIDAL TENDENCIES' upcoming 'Return to Venice' album] before anyone (and even before some are mixed!) and bonus tracks that won't be...

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DOORS OF THE 21ST CENTURY Prepping Live DVD

THE DOORS OF THE 21ST CENTURY, featuring former THE CULT singer Ian Astbury, are prepping a live DVD, according to Launch Radio Networks. It was recorded in Japan when the band played there in early August of 2003, and it was originally shown on MTV there. The group performed in Osaka one day and To...

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Former TESTAMENT Guitarist To Tour With TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA

Former TESTAMENT/SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick will be performing with TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA (East) at the following dates in November/December: Nov. 11 - Charleston WV @ Municipal Aud Theater Nov. 12 – Louisville, KY @ Palace Theater Nov. 13 - Ft Wayne IN @ Allen County War Memorial Nov. 14 –...

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POWERMAN 5000: Stripping Away Hidden Messages

POWERMAN 5000 frontman Spider One recently spoke to the Las Vegas Mercury about the change in the group's musical and lyrical direction betweem their last two albums. Where 1999's "Tonight the Stars Revolt!" traded on B-movie sound effects and hijacked sci-fi narratives about all-seeing eyes and man...

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CROWBAR: In Mixing Mode

New Orleans sludge-meisters CROWBAR are currently mixing their new album, "Life's Blood For The Downtrodden", in Miami, FL for a February 8, 2005 Stateside release through Candlelight Records. "Life's Blood For The Downtrodden" was produced by the working team of Warren Riker (DOWN) and Rex Brown (P...