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Gangsters Inspired By Heavy Metal Bands Run Amok At Biggest Aboriginal Settlement In Australia
Australia's The Bulletin is reporting that feuding gangs armed with spears and machetes — and named after such heavy metal bands and albums as Judas Priest, Cowboys From Hell and Fear Factory — have run amok at the biggest Aboriginal settlement in Australia, destroying homes and terrifying families...June 16, 2006
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ATROPHY Albums To Be Reissued
Displeased Records will be reissuing the two classic '80s thrash albums from ATROPHY — 1988's "Socialized Hate" and 1990's "Violent by Nature" — before the end of the year. The CDs will be remastered, include bonus material, lyrics and biography. BNR Metal Pages says: Hailing from Arizona, ATROPHY f...June 15, 2006
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EXODUS: Weert Show Cancelled
The following message was posted on EXODUS' official web site: "Please note: due to problems with their plane tickets, EXODUS will not be making it in time for the Weert [Holland] show [on Wednesday, June 14]. The first show will be Hengelo (which is only an hour from Weert). We hope to see you all...June 14, 2006
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EXODUS Guitarist GARY HOLT Explains BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Cancellation
Guitarist Gary Holt of veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS has issued a statement explaining the band's decision to cancel their appearance at this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24, 2006 in Balingen, Germany. In a June 5 press release ann...June 7, 2006
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I've always firmly believed that reviewers should stay in the background, and that excessive use of "I" and "me" in a review is bullshit — talk about the album, not yourself. That said, I have to express the doubts I have about critiquing a new DISSECTION record. I've never been faced with the fact...June 5, 2006
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EXODUS: Classic 1997 Live Clip Featuring MACHINE HEAD's FLYNN Posted Online
A great video clip of EXODUS performing their classic song "A Lesson in Violence" live at the Trocadero in San Francisco, California on March 8, 1997 — with a special guest appearance by MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn — has been posted online at YouTube.com. EXODUS' entire performance at the Tro...June 3, 2006
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WAR CRY.US: Former WAR CRY Singer Returns With New Full-Length Release
WAR CRY.US, the new band formed by ex-WAR CRY singer Rich "Roar" Rozek, are about to release a brand new full-length album, entitled "Forbidden Evil". The complete track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. The Executioner (2006 version) 02. The Blind Leading The Blind 03. R.I.P. You To Shredz...May 26, 2006
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Former MACHINE HEAD Drummer CHRIS KONTOS Officially Joins SPIRALARMS
Former FORBIDDEN/MANMADEGOD and current SPIRALARMS guitarist Craig Locicero has issued the following update: "We've been writing like mad scientists! The list of songs we have is ridiculous. It seems like every time we step into the room something new and exciting happens. I honestly have to say the...May 23, 2006
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EXODUS: European Tour Dates Announced
Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS have announced the following European tour dates: Jun. 14 - Bosuil – Weert, NETH Jun. 15 - Metropool - Hengelo, NETH Jun. 16 - TBA - France Jun. 17 - Lorca Rock - Murcia, SPA Jun. 18 - Abart Club - Zürich, SWI Jun. 20 - TBA - ...April 30, 2006
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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist Wasn't Aiming To Summon The Devil With Early Material
BBC News has published an article on the so-called Devil's Interval, a musical phenomenon suppressed by the Church in the Middle Ages. On the surface there might appear to be no link between BLACK SABBATH, Wagner's "Gotterdammerung", "West Side Story" and the theme tune to the "Simpsons". But all of...April 28, 2006
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VIO-LENCE Complete Work On 'Blood And Dirt' DVD
Legendary San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band VIO-LENCE have completed work on their two-disc DVD, "Blood and Dirt", tentatively due later in the year via Megaforce. Produced and directed by Jerry Allen of Metallian Productions, "Blood and Dirt" is over three and a half hours long and contains...April 19, 2006
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SADUS, FORBIDDEN, SOILWORK Members Join Forces In New Project
Bassist extraordinaire Steve DiGiorgio (SADUS, SEBASTIAN BACH, TESTAMENT, DEATH) has issued the following update: "Something new musically I've been working on in the middle of all this SADUS and SEBASTIAN BACH touring/recording/promo stuff… As if I ain't busy enough… "A couple of years ago I hooked...March 29, 2006
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SPIRALARMS: Right Kind Of Heavy
Former FORBIDDEN/MANMADEGOD and current SPIRALARMS guitarist Craig Locicero has issued the following update: "For the last few months some pretty big changes have taken place in the SPIRAL. New bass player (Chris Lombardo),drummer Chris Kontos [ex-MACHINE HEAD, TESTAMENT] and the addition of a VERY...March 28, 2006
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METALLICA: Video Footage Of BLACK SABBATH Rock Hall Induction, Performance Posted Online
Video clips of METALLICA inducting BLACK SABBATH into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and performing a medley of SABBATH songs during the induction ceremony held on March 13 at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel have been posted online at YouTube.com. Check them out: Performance ("Hole in the Sky" / "I...March 23, 2006
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DEFIANCE: Former VIO-LENCE Drummer MARK HERNADEZ Is 'A Perfect Fit'
Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE, best known for their seminal late '80s/early '90s Roadrunner releases "Void Terra Firma" and "Beyond Recognition", have posted the following message on their official blog: "Yesterday [Saturday, March 18] we had our first rehearsal with our new drumme...March 20, 2006
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