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SIX FEET UNDER Film Video For 'Shadow Of The Reaper'

SIX FEET UNDER frontman Chris Barnes has issued the following update: "The new video for 'Shadow of the Reaper' (mp3) off the upcoming release '13' was directed by Gary Smithson who has also directed videos for bands such as GOATWHORE, THE EAGLES OF DEATH METAL (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE side project)...

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GEHENNA Complete Work On New Album

After a few years of silence, Norwegian metallers GEHENNA, featuring original members Sanrabb (guitar/vocals) and Dolgar (guitar),are ready to unleash yet another slice of extreme madness. Going back to their roots, their brand new album, "WW", discharges the raw and primitive forces of early black...

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Is Metal Dangerous? DIMEBAG's Murder Blackens Music's Reputation

Katie Vrabel of ValleyAdvocate.com reports: The onstage murder of DAMAGEPLAN guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott on Dec. 8 turned a spotlight on the metal community. The former PANTERA guitarist was shot shortly after his new band hit the stage Dec. 8 at the Alrosa Villa club in Columbus, Ohio. He and...

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Dallas Magazine Apologizes For Running DIMEBAG 'Casket' Photo

A weekly Dallas magazine has apologized to the friends and family members of late DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott for running a photo on the cover of last week's issue of what appeared to be Dimebag lying in his casket prior to being buried. The following is Dallas Observer...

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DECEIVER To Enter Studio In March

DECEIVER, the Swedish metal band featuring former members of MAZE OF TORMENT and XENOFANES, will enter the Abyss studio in March 2005 with producer Tommy Tägtgren to begin recording their full-length debut, tentatively titled "Riding with the Reaper", for a May release via the newly launched, Gothen...

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Conservative Writer Hits Back At Heavy Metal, Calls It 'Indicative Of Immaturity & Alienation'

William Grim, the conservative writer who was responsible for the now-infamous anti-heavy metal article on the The Iconoclast web site, has posted the following entry (dated Dec. 18, 2004) to his Flyover Country Chronicles blog: "We live in such culturally benighted times that there are even some po...

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MACHINE HEAD's ROBERT FLYNN: 'Long Live DIMEBAG DARRELL In The Hearts Of Us All'

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted the following message in the "Forum" section of the band's official web site: "I still can't believe it. "To say that MACHINE HEAD were devastated... there aren't even words. We found out about this unbelievable event while in Zagreb, Serbia [sic]. The s...

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DIMEBAG's Public Memorial Service: In The Words Of BLABBERMOUTH.NET Visitors

The following first-hand accounts of the public memorial service held Tuesday night (Dec. 14) for slain DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott have been submitted by BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitors: Bryan and Andrew Mamaliga: "I was at the memorial last night. It was an incredibly cool a...

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DARRELL ABBOTT's Public Memorial Service: Video Report Available

Dallas-Fort Worth's WFAA-TV has posted a video report from the public memorial service Tuesday night (Dec. 14) for slain DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Watch the two-minute video at this location (Windows Media). According to the Dallas Morning News, a couple of thousand p...

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Conservative Web Site Says DIMEBAG 'Contributed To Culture Of Death' That Spawned His Killer

William Grim, Contributing Editor of the popular conservative web site The Iconoclast, has penned the following article with regards to the recent murder of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "You've undoubtedly heard by now that a demented fan last week killed heavy metal gui...

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LIONSHEART Announce New Bassist, Keyboardist

LIONSHEART, the British melodic hard rock outfit fronted by former GRIM REAPER/ONSLAUGHT singer Steve Grimmett, have posted the following message on their official web site: "Following Eddie's departure from the band, ex-BATTLEZONE (Paul Di'Anno) bass player Gavin Cooper has stepped into the breach....

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OZZY's Sister Says He Deserved To Be Robbed

Ozzy Osbourne's elder sister has told a British newspaper that he deserved to be robbed as payback for the similar crimes he committed in his youth. Gillian Hemming, 59, says Ozzy's teenage past came back to haunt him when his Buckinghamshire mansion was hit by a $3.6 million (£2 million) raid last...

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SIX FEET UNDER Singer On Upcoming CD: 'Expect The Unexpected'

Tampa, Florida-based death metalers SIX FEET UNDER entered Morrisound studios on October 1 to start laying down tracks for the follow-up to "Bringer of Blood". Once again, frontman Chris Barnes will be the producer and Chris Carroll will be handling engineering and mixing. "[We're] not gonna release...

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GRAVE DIGGER: 'The Last Supper' Final Track Listing Revealed

German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER have announced more details about their new album, "The Last Supper", due on January 17, 2005 through Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to last year's "Rheingold" was recorded at Principal studio in Münster, Germany and will have a running time of 53 minutes. T...

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DEEP PURPLE Bassist Checks In With Russian Tour Report

DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover has posted the following Russian tour report on his official web site: "This a tour of seventeen cities spread across parts of what was, until relatively recently, known as the Soviet Union and now called Russia and the Ukraine. As I write this, we are roughly at the...