Search results for 'muse'
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Dirty Diamonds
ALICE COOPER has been making albums for 36 years now, and it's amazing that he's still serving up listenable, better-than-average fare while most of his contemporaries have lost their muse completely or are content to flog the old hits over and over again. COOPER has certainly had his ups and downs...July 31, 2005
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CRYPTOPSY Complete Work On New Album
Canadian death metallers CRYPTOPSY completed work on their fifth album, "Once Was Not", last week. "Sébastien Marsan, at his Studio Vortex in St-Constant (Quebec, Canada),did a wondrous job of mixing and engineering," the band write on their web site. "The album was mastered by UE Nastasi at Sterli...July 25, 2005
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN: 'Question!' Single To Go For Radio Adds This Week
SYSTEM OF A DOWN have selected "Question!" as the second single from their already platinum record, "Mezmerize". The album which was released on May 17, and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard/SoundScan charts. "Question!" will go to radio on July 19, and follows the Top 5 smash, "B.Y.O.B." Lyrics and...July 17, 2005
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Frozen In Time
Certainly a contender for Most Appropriate Album Title of 2005… and why the hell not? If you heard anything from OBITUARY but inexorable groove, bone-basic riffs, and John Tardy's wounded-Yeti howl, wouldn't you be pissed off? These guys know what they (and we) like: big urns full of vintage CELTIC...July 5, 2005
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Sour Times
File under "what the fuck?" and show respect to one of the most truly original bands to ever rise from the murk of the metal underground. CONFESSOR's lone EP and full-length album perplexed everyone in 1990 with their anachronistic doom, ludicrous prog tendencies (rivaled then only by WATCHTOWER),a...July 5, 2005
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BRUCE DICKINSON Talks About Lyrical Inspiration For 'Tyranny Of Souls' Album
IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's last three solo outings have seen him raid both his library and his DVD collection for thematic muse. Science-fiction-inspired metal is hardly a novel concept, but in mining this well-worn seam Bruce has delved deep into history and chosen a quintessentially Br...May 21, 2005
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MARILYN MANSON: ASIA ARGENTO's 'The Heart Is Deceitful' Film To Receive Fall/Winter Release
According to a post at indieWIRE, Palm Pictures has has acquired North American and Caribbean rights to Asia Argento's film "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things", features an appearance by a make-up-free Marilyn Manson. Argento's film, which played in Cannes last year, was written by JT Leroy, b...May 18, 2005
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VELVET REVOLVER Frontman Hits Back At 'Dishonest' Journalists
VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland has issued the following statement: "Lately I have felt an increasing need to set the record straight since false information and gross distortions continue to get proliferated through the media in many forms by dishonest and disingenuous writers/journalists wh...May 14, 2005
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AFTER FOREVER Keyboardist To Guest On SAGITTA Debut
AFTER FOREVER keyboardist Joost Van Den Broek will be making a guest appearance on the debut album from Brazilian metallers SAGITTA, entitled "Ohm". A former member of SUN CAGED, Joost had previously worked with Arjen Lucassen in the projects AYREON and STAR ONE. Citing such influences as Derek Sher...May 3, 2005
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SYMPHONY X: Building Up Excitement For New Album
The following message has been posted at SYMPHONY X's official web site: "MJR [guitarist Michael Romeo] has written almost two hours worth of music, and is now taking the time to find the right song title and lyrical content for each song. Each song has a certain feel to it, so it's important to mak...April 29, 2005
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THE DARKNESS Angered Over BRITS Snub
BBC Radio One is reporting that THE DARKNESS frontman Justin Hawkins is peeved about not being nominated at this year's prestigious Brit Awards, even though it took place in February. Last year THE DARKNESS won three awards but Justin's mad they didn't even get recognized in the Best Live Act catego...April 8, 2005
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MANIC MUSIC To Make Cancer Research Donation In CHUCK SCHULDINER's Name
Manic Music & Distribution (Candlelight's U.S. promotion/sales partner) will make its first donation to the American Cancer Society in the name of late DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mainman Chuck Schuldiner. The donation is from proceeds generated by direct sales made during the first quarter of 2005 of...March 28, 2005
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Isa
Haunting, swirling, minimalist and somehow progressive at the same time, ENSLAVED have thrived since the original second wave of Norwegian black metal by following their own meandering muse. Even as far back as their "Hordane's Land" split with EMPEROR, they favored long songs, trance-inducing ambie...March 9, 2005
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BLACK SABBATH Top British Rock Album Poll
BLACK SABBATH have topped a list of the 100 best British rock albums of all time, according to Sun Online. The band's self-titled debut won a poll voted for by readers of Kerrang! magazine, with follow-up "Paranoid" finishing fifth. Ozzy appears in the list six times, more than any other artist. Fou...February 15, 2005
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IRON MAIDEN To Headline England's LEEDS FESTIVAL?
According to LeedsToday.net, IRON MAIDEN are being tipped as one of the main attractions at England's Leeds Festival, which is due to take place over the August Bank Holiday weekend at Bramham Park, near Wetherby, its home since 2003. If the rumors prove to be true then MAIDEN's capture will be some...January 12, 2005
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