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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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IMPALED: Release Date Set For 'Death After Life'

Century Media Records has set a March 8, 2005 release date for the third album from Oakland, California's demented, maniacal surgeons known as IMPALED. Entitled "Death After Life" (view cover here),the follow-up to 2002's "Mondo Medicale" was recorded by Billy Anderson (CATHEDRAL, MR. BUNGLE, L7, S...

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WAL-MART Sued Over EVANESCENCE Lyrics

The Associated Press is reporting that a Maryland couple has filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores, which promotes itself as a seller of profanity-free music, accusing it of deceiving customers by stocking compact discs by the rock group EVANESCENCE that contain an obscenity. The group's latest CD...

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DAMAGEPLAN's Bodyguard 'MAYHEM' Mourned

Jeff Mosier of The Dallas Morning News reports: As "Mayhem MacGregor," Jeff Thompson was a fictional Scottish protector of the king and queen each spring at the Scarborough Faire Renaissance festival. As just plain Mayhem, the 40-year-old Deep Ellum fixture was more recently the bodyguard for heavy...

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DIMEBAG Killer's Mother Gets Security After Attack

Roy Appleton of The Dallas Morning News is reporting that police on Friday increased security for the the mother of the suspected gunman in the deadly attack at a nightclub in Columbus, Ohio. A Columbus police officer fatally shot Nathan Gale of nearby Marysville after the 25-year-old day laborer an...

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NIKKI SIXX Says BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION Can Go On Without Him

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has clarified his current status in BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION and has commented on the recent war of words with his BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION bandmate Tracii Guns, who publicly referred to the new CRÜE single as "shit." In an online posting, Sixx said, "In thinking back on my...

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Was PANTERA's Breakup A Factor In DIMEBAG DARRELL's Murder?

The Dallas Morning News is reporting that the Columbus police are trying to determine whether Nathan Gale, a 25-year-old semipro football player accused of killing DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, was incensed because of last year's breakup of Mr. Abbott's previous band, PANTERA, one o...

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UPDATED: Tributes From Metal Musicians Pour In For DIMEBAG DARRELL

A number of heavy metal musicians have paid tribute to Dimebag Darrell (DAMAGEPLAN, ex-PANTERA) who was tragically murdered last night. ------------------------------------------------- Ozzy Osbourne: "Dimebag was a dear friend of mine. I'm absolutely beside myself with grief. I can't for the life o...

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ZAKK WYLDE And 357 CUSTOM CHOPPERS Join Forces

OZZY OSBOURNE/BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Zakk Wylde and 357 Custom Choppers are joining forces to build a series of nine custom choppers signed personally by Zakk himself with matching die-cast replicas*. The nine custom choppers are designed to reflect the styles of Mr. Wylde's famous guitar sch...

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MSG Bassist And Singer Exchanged Blows: Support Act

Swiss rockers PURE INC. have issued the following report from their recently completed European tour with MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG): "It's over now! Almost four weeks of touring Europe with MSG brought ups and downs. "The first two gigs worked out as planned, then the first problems occurred. The...

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Former ALICE COOPER Guitarist Recording New Solo Album

Michael Bruce, former guitarist and chief songwriter for the original ALICE COOPER GROUP, is currently in the studio recording a new solo album. Bruce, who penned such classic COOPER hits as "I'm Eighteen", "No More Mr. Nice Guy", "Be My Lover" and "School's Out", promises that his new CD will "cont...

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AMEN: CASEY CHAOS Box Set Available For Pre-Order

An AMEN/Casey Chaos box set, entitled "Pisstory: A Catalogue of Accidents/A Lifetime of Mistakes", is available for pre-order at CDBaby.com. Having released three albums in the last few years on three separate major labels, as well as two limited-edition, self-released, self-funded, fan club-only CD...

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Guitarist PAUL GILBERT Begins Recording New Solo Album

RACER X/ex-MR. BIG guitarist Paul Gilbert has commenced the recording sessions for his new solo album. "Marco Minnemann is playing drums, Linus of Hollywood is playing bass, and I'm playing guitar and singing," Paul writes on his web site. "We rented out a giant studio in Hollywood, set up our gear...

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UNJUST: New Song Available For Download

San Francisco Bay Area's UNJUST have posted a new demo song, entitled "In Search of a Ghost", at Unjust.com. "In Search of a Ghost" comes off the group's upcoming fourth album, "To Lose A Name", tenatively due out next spring via Koolarrow Records. UNJUST's last album, "Glow", was recorded at Sharkb...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: Expanded Edition Of 'Nymphetamine' To Feature Appearance By KING DIAMOND

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH are preparing to release an expanded special edition of their Roadrunner Records debut, "Nymphetamine", on March 1, 2005. The package, which will include new and expanded artwork, will feature a second disc containing two new tracks, three cover tunes, plus...