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STATUS QUO Hold U.K. Singles Record

BBC News is reporting that veteran rock group STATUS QUO have had more hit singles than any other band in U.K. chart history, according to research published by Guinness World Records. The band have scored 61 chart successes, dating from "Pictures of Matchstick Men" in 1968 to "You'll Come Around" i...

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Virus

The product coming off Peter Tägtgren's death metal assembly line may sometimes be a bit, ya know, workmanlike. But it's rarely low-grade stuff. Whether delving into more pop structures, creating martial anthems like "Roswell 47", or revisiting his speedy, thrashed-out death metal roots, HYPOCRISY s...

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A Drug for All Seasons

Yes, F5 is Dave Ellefson's band and no, "A Drug for All Seasons" sounds nothing like MEGADETH. Fans of the Mustaine Machine that have little to no interest in anything "non-DETH" will not find much to like on this one. So let's move on. "A Drug for All Seasons" is a modern hard rock album ...

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Ogre Tones

Call it the ENUFF Z'NUFF syndrome. A few unfortunate haircuts at the beginning of a band's existence, a well-meant but mismatched tour or two, and a band spends its life consigned to a genre where it fits and functions about as well as COURTNEY LOVE's chastity belt. Many metalheads think they're wea...

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It's Time to Decide

You've got to give credit to Austin, Texas' AT ALL COST for pumping life into a lethargic metalcore genre. The band has gotten very creative on its debut full-length, "It's Time to Decide", injecting vocoder effects into clean vocal harmonizing, tossing about synthesizer doodling, throwing in non-tr...

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Memento Mori

Well goddamn, here's case where the press release comparisons to early Swedish death metal are right on point! Take the motoring riff blasts of DISMEMBER, UNLEASHED, and early ENTOMBED, blend in the grime of a HIGH ON FIRE, add a quart of sludge, and you've got Atlanta's WITHERED. Now that's a damn...

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DKT/MC5 To Play Special Concert With SUN RA ARKESTRA

Detroit's DKT/MC5, whose current touring lineup includes former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Glilby Clarke, will perform with the SUN RA ARKESTRA, the legendary avant-garde big band and free-jazz pioneers now directed by Marshall Allen, on Saturday, September 17 at at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus in Cal...

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HENRY ROLLINS' IFC Series Gets Revamped

MTV.com is reporting that Henry Rollins' Independent Film Channel series "Henry's Film Corner" is getting something of a revamping. "The Henry Rollins Show", which will launch in March, will incorporate a wider range of guests, a more expansive array of topics, and musical performances. Rollins will...

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Swedish Hard Rockers TREAT Reform, Plan 'Greatest Hits' Album

Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet is reporting that the legendary Swedish AOR/hard rock group TREAT have reformed and are in the process of writing new material. The band, who were successful in Sweden, Japan and Germany in the late '80s, are are planning to release a "greatest hits" album next spring f...

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The Middle of Nowhere

It's not easy leaving a band like SAVATAGE after an eight-year run, but former vocalist Zachary Stevens didn't waste any time forming another first-rate melodic metal project with CIRCLE II CIRCLE. The 2003 debut album, "Watching in Silence", was made of AOR-style melodies, power metal shades, and p...

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MANTAS Part Ways With Vocalist BRI?

Vocalist Bri is rumored to have left MANTAS, the British band featuring former VENOM guitarist Jeff "Mantas" Dunn. A replacement singer has yet to be announced. Prior to Bri's departure, MANTAS were gearing up to record their second album through Demolition Records. The follow-up to the group's accl...

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SOULFLY Ask Fans To Help Injured Family Friend

The following message was posted on SOULFLY's official web site: "Recently, our family friend, Joey Nugent, was severely injured in a house fire. You might remember him singing 'Pain' with Max and Richie at past D-Low Memorial shows, or you may have seen him slammin in our SOULFLY videos. He is stag...

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KORN Frontman Talks To MTV Italy: Transcript Available

KORN fan site KornTV.co.uk has posted a transcript of the MTV Italy interview with KORN frontman Jonathan Davis, conducted last Sunday (Sept. 4) prior to the band's appearance at MTV Italy's Coca-Cola Live event. Read on: Q: There's been a lot of expectation around this gig. Tickets got sold out in...

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RIOT Singer: Rap Is Not Music

In a recent interview conducted by Rock N Roll Universe, vocalist Mike DiMeo (RIOT, THE LIZARDS) discussed RIOT's upcoming album, THE LIZARDS' recent tour with hard rock legends UFO, the rumors that he'd quit RIOT, as well as the differences between European and American audiences. DiMeo also offere...

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WARRANT Singer: New Album Has 'Very Modern Feel'

California-based hard rockers WARRANT are currently in the studio recording their first album in nine years. "Things have changed so much in the business the past few years," explains bassist Jerry Dixon, "that we decided to do what a lot of bands do now and record the album first and then go deal s...