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Movie Star Credits GODSMACK, METALLICA For 'X-Men' Role Inspiration
World Entertainment News Network is reporting that movie star Hugh Jackman credits GODSMACK and METALLICA for helping him to get into character for "X-Men" hero Wolverine. The Australian actor admits he "cranks up" his favorite heavy rock tracks to give him the extra adrenaline rush he needs when he...May 30, 2006
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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN: Cover Of SOUNDGARDEN's 'Jesus Christ Pose' Posted Online
New Jersey-bred maniacal metallers THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN have posted their cover of SOUNDGARDEN's classic "Jesus Christ Pose" on their official MySpace page. The track comes off the band's upcoming iTunes-exclusive digital download EP, "Plagiarism", due on June 13. Commented the band: "SOUNDGARD...May 29, 2006
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ALL THAT REMAINS To Film 'This Calling' Video Next Week
ALL THAT REMAINS, the Massachusetts-based act featuring former SHADOWS FALL vocalist Philip Labonte, will hit the Jersey shore (the now-abandoned Hancock Naval Base in Sandy Hook) on Tuesday, May 30 to film the video for "This Calling", from their forthcoming album "The Fall of Ideals", with directo...May 26, 2006
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VH1 Rocks Sin City At First Annual 'VH1 Rock Honors'
Rock royalty received the ultimate form of flattery as some of today's hottest rock acts honored legendary bands KISS, QUEEN, DEF LEPPARD and JUDAS PRIEST at VH1's first annual "VH1 Rock Honors" Thursday night (May 25). Taped at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, "VH1 Rock Honors", which p...May 26, 2006
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LED ZEPPELIN Receive Polar Music Prize In Stockholm
Irish Examiner is reporting that the surviving members of legendary rock band LED ZEPPELIN received the prestigious Polar Music Prize from Sweden's king today (May 22) in the city where they recorded their final studio album 27 years ago. Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones crossed the stag...May 22, 2006
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KING'S X Frontman DOUG PINNICK Addresses Breakup Rumors
KING'S X frontman Doug Pinnick has issued the following statement in response to rumors that the band were on the verge of breaking up: "I wish I could set down and answer all the questions, and speculations. I will try to make light of some of the things said and suggested. You guys are wonderful ....May 22, 2006
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Embrace the Gutter
The tendency by many will be to take the lazy route and refer to THE AUTUMN OFFERING's "Embrace the Gutter" as metalcore. Why? Because the riffs of Tommy Church and Matt Johnson are chunky, the production is tight and modern, and Dennis Miller's vocals are gruff with a bit of bark? It certainly isn'...May 22, 2006
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Extremely Rare OZZY OSBOURNE Song Unearthed: Sample Available
OZZY OSBOURNE fan site Ozzyhead.com has posted the following update: "In 1977, a singer/song writer/producer by the name of Chris Sedgwick asked his close friend Ozzy Osbourne, who was living in the U.K., to sing back-up vocals on a cover of the ANIMALS song 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood'. Ozzy com...May 18, 2006
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ALLELE Music Featured In TNT's 'Nightmares & Dreamscapes'
Cable network TNT has tapped ALLELE's upcoming second single, "Stitches", for use in the promotion of their Stephen King short story adaptations "Nightmares & Dreamscapes", an eight-episode mini-series premiering Wednesday, July 12. Listen/watch for "Stitches" in upcoming national TV and radio s...May 16, 2006
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EXHORDER's Official Status Is 'Permanently Disbanded'
Long-defunct New Orleans metallers EXHORDER — cited by many as the originators of the riff-heavy power-groove approach popularized by PANTERA — have issued an official statement in response to persistent rumors that the band will get back together to play select shows and/or record a new studio albu...May 10, 2006
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GREAT WHITE: Portraits Emerge Of Lives Lost In Second Day Of Nightclub Hearing
The Associated Press has issued the following report: Robert Reisner, the school bus driver who lived with his mother and was known as "Mr. Rob" to the students on his route, went to the concert. So did Scott Griffith, a California-born man and self-taught musician who headed out with a group of off...May 9, 2006
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ICED EARTH Mainman Wants To Make 'Our Most Epic, Dynamic, Most Melodic And Heaviest CD Ever'
ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer has posted the follwing message on the band's official web site: "I know I've been really lame with the updates and I'm sorry about that. We've let things get pretty lax here at IcedEarth.com and we're going to be making some changes in this in the not-too-distant fut...May 9, 2006
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Killafornia
It is really quite simple: Most of you either dig this style of HATEBREED-by-way-of-TERROR metal-edged hardcore or you do not. Yes, the market is flooded, but quality acts still exist within it. The San Francisco Bay Area's FIRST BLOOD are an upper-tier, tough-guy hardcore band and debut album "Kill...May 7, 2006
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BENEDICTION Drummer NICK BARKER Breaks Ankle; Band Activities Halted
Long-running U.K. extreme metallers BENEDICTION have sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "BENEDICTION have had to put all rehearsing/recording/playing live on hold for a few months due to drummer Nick Barker [ex-CRADLE OF FILTH, DIMMU BORGIR] breaking his ankle after an 'incident' in Esto...May 4, 2006
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Go On Lengthy Hiatus Following OZZFEST
SYSTEM OF A DOWN guitarist Daron Malakian has told MTV.com that the band's headlining stint on this summer's Ozzfest will be the last time in a "a few years" that they be appearing onstage together under the SYSTEM banner. "I'll always be a member of SYSTEM OF A DOWN," he said. "That will ...May 3, 2006
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