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STATIC-X Frontman Says Porn-Star Wife Is 'The Most Amazing Female To Ever Grace The Universe'

STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static — who married adult-film star Tera Wray last week — has posted the following mesage on the band's official message board: "Thanks to everyone for your support. I assure everyone I plan to keep my private life and my career separate, as I always have. I have no aspirati...

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PRONG: London Concert Footage Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of PRONG's January 9, 2008 concert at the Underworld in London, England can be viewed below. PRONG mainman Tommy Victor was recently interviewed by "Whiplash", a weekly metal show on Belgian national radio Studio Brussel, hosted by AFTER ALL guitarist Dries Van Damme. Listen...

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HELLOWEEN: 'Gambling With The Devil' Two-CD Version To Be Released In Japan

HELLOWEEN's Japanese record label, JVC Victor, will release a special two-CD version of the band's latest album, "Gambling with the Devil", on January 23. Disc One will contain the regular LP — complete with the Japan-only bonus track "We Unite" — while the second CD will include the European bonus...

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F5 Members Schedule NAMM Appearances

Several members of F5 — the Phoenix-based band featuring former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, ex-SICK SPEED vocalist Dale Steele, guitarists Steve Conley and John Davis, and ex-MEGADETH drummer Jimmy DeGrasso — will participate in various events, autograph signings and press conferences at this y...

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MINISTRY Guitarist Schedules NAMM Signing Sessions

MINISTRY/REVOLTING COCKS guitarist Sin Quirin will take part in several signing sessions during this year's NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants),which runs from January 17 to January 20 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The details are as follows: Jan. 18 - TonePros...

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RAGE Films Two New Videos

Shortly before Christmas, German power metallers RAGE shot two video clips from their new album, "Carved in Stone", for the songs "Lord of the Flies" and "Open My Grave". According to the band, "while 'Lord of the Flies' is a dark and occult clip with a lot of actors and guests (like singer Jen Maju...

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SLAYER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SHADOWS FALL: EMG PICKUPS Signings At NAMM Announced

SLAYER, SHADOWS FALL, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE members are among the musicians that will be taking part in signing sessions for EMG Pickups at this year's winter NAMM show, which takes place January 17-20 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The complete EMG sign...

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MINISTRY Mainman's Christmas Poem

MINISTRY mainman Al "Alien" Jourgensen has penned a special Christmas poem entitled "T'was The Night Before Impeachment". It goes like this: T'was 2007 and all through the year Not a creature was buying this climate of fear The stockings were hung in a foreclosure scare In hopes that the Banks would...

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STATIC-X Frontman Discusses PIGHAMMER Side Project

Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Ultimate-Guitar.com: After this tour cycle is over, you're planning to start work on the next STATIC-X album? Wayne: Yes. We haven't actually written anything as yet but I kn...

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HANOI ROCKS Wins RADIO ROCK FINLANDIA Award

Legendary Finnish rockers HANOI ROCKS beat out HIM, NIGHTWISH, APOCALYPTICA, SONATA ARCTICA and AMORPHIS to win the first-ever Radio Rock Finlandia award. The band was presented with the award at a special ceremony Wednesday night (December 5) at the Ice Hall in Helsinki. The Radio Rock Finlandia aw...

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MINISTRY: Four Dates Added To 'C U LaTouR'

MINISTRY has added four more dates to the North American leg of its "C U LaTouR". The trek — which also features special guests MESHUGGAH and opening act HEMLOCK — will now kick off on March 26 in Calgary, Alberta, and then play Vancouver (which is just about sold out) on March 28 as previously ...

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RAGE: 'Carved In Stone' Release Date Announced

German power metallers RAGE will release their new album, "Carved in Stone", in Europe on February 22, 2008 via Nuclear Blast Records. RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski previously stated about the upcoming LP, "From the beginning we decided to compose the songs for this CD more straight, concentrating o...

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Guitarist INFERNUS Launches New GORGOROTH Web Site, MySpace Page

GORGOROTH guitarist Infernus — who is involved in a legal dispute with his estranged bandmates over the rights to the group's name — has launched the "official" web site and MySpace page for his version of GORGOROTH. According to a posting on the site, GORGOROTH's lineup "has been subject to several...

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PRONG: Allentown Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of PRONG's October 29, 2007 concert at the Crocodile Rock Café in Allentown, Pennsylvania can be viewed below (courtesy of Tgod Television). PRONG's latest album, "Power of the Damager", sold 1,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielse...

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MUGSHOT To Release Full-Length Debut In April

Danish metal band MUGSHOT, which recently signed to the local branch of SonyBMG, has completed recording the instrumental parts for its debut album at Antfarm Studios with producer Tue Madsen. The vocal recording sessions are set to begin in December, with the album itself penciled in for an April 2...