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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...December 9, 2004
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BEATALLICA: JAMES HETFIELD And LARS ULRICH Have Been Nothing But Cool To Us
BEATALLICA, the Internet sensation who combine the work of THE BEATLES with the sound of early METALLICA, recently spoke to the Ear Candy webzine about the inspiration behin the band's formation and the group's future plans, among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Ear Can...December 2, 2004
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SLIPKNOT To Launch Two-Pronged Radio Campaign
SLIPKNOT have announced plans to follow up a Top 5 single, entitled "Duality", with their own brand of duality: a radio campaign that takes two versions, "Vermilion" and "Vermilion Pt. 2", to SLIPKNOT fans simultaneously. The two versions of "Vermilion" are songs that represent the expression of the...September 15, 2004
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ROB HALFORD Says He Discovered He Was Gay When He Was 'Nine Or Ten'
JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford recently spoke to the East Bay Express about the group's upcoming studio album, his homosexuality and his "leather obsession." Several excerpts from the interview follow: On the upcoming CD: Rob Halford: "The new album will be very much in the tradition of past PRIE...July 28, 2004
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Swedish Heavy Metal Band VIPERINE Sign With METAL RULES RECORDS
Metal Rules Records has signed the Swedish heavy metal band VIPERINE to an international deal. Founded in 2002, VIPERINE features ex-members of Lion Music recording artists WINTERLONG. The VIPERINE line-up consists of Hussni Mörsare (vocals),Payre Kankanranta (guitar),Erik Tornberg (bass),and Mat...July 22, 2004
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'Hell Bent For Leather: Confessions Of A Heavy Metal Addict' Book Excerpt Posted Online
Guardian.co.uk has published an excerpt from the book "Hell Bent For Leather: Confessions of a Heavy Metal Addict" at this location. "Hell Bent For Leather" (view cover here) is described as "the story of Seb Hunter's 15-year heavy metal journey: from his first guitar (his dad's),to his first gig (...May 28, 2004
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Missouri Town Returns Federal Funds Set Aside To Fight Obsession With 'Morbid Music'
Donald Bradley of The Kansas City Star is reporting that city of Blue Springs, Missouri has returned almost half of a $273,000 federal grant it received in 2002 to fight a perceived growing Goth culture. Some feared the black clothes, morbid music and obsession with the occult — and Ozzy Osbourne —...May 22, 2004
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Report: METALLICA Drummer's Decade-Long Art Obsession
Lydia Adetunji of the Financial Times reports that METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich does not fit the stereotypes of the heavy-metal musician. For one thing, he is a serious art collector. As METALLICA became more successful and began to tour the world, he took to slipping into galleries on his days off...March 8, 2004
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SOIL: 'Redefine' Track Listing Revealed
Chicago's SOIL have confirmed the track listing for their new album, "Redefine", which is set to hit stores March 23 through J Records. It is as follows: 01. Pride 02. Redefine 03. Can You Heal Me? 04. Cross My Heart 05. Suffering 06. Remember 07. Deny Me 08. Something Real 09. Say You Will 10. ...January 16, 2004
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OBSESSION: On The Verge Of Signing New Record Deal
Reunited classic early '80s metal band OBSESSION are currently in negotiations with several European labels about securing a new record deal, according to a post on the group's web site. "While the band doesn't want to name any labels for fear of jinxing any progress, these labels that are being neg...January 9, 2004
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REIGN OF TERROR's JOE STUMP: Possible Live Album, Instrumental CD On The Way
Guitarist Joe Stump (REIGN OF TERROR, OBSESSION) has posted the following message on his web site: "The REIGN OF TERROR European Tour was a ton of fun and the shows went very well. We're hoping to go back sometime early next year (April). We recorded one of the shows and are also recording the Nov....November 26, 2003
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GRIMFIST: MP3 Clips Available For Download
GRIMFIST, the Norwegian band featuring ex-IMMORTAL drummer Horgh, have posted one-minute MP3 samples of all 10 tracks from their forthcoming debut album, "Ghouls of Grandeur", at this location. "Ghouls of Grandeur", due in the U.S. on September 23 through Candlelight Records, was recorded at Sweden'...August 12, 2003
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New UFO Guitarist VINNIE MOORE Speaks!
Guitarist extraordinaire Vinnie Moore has issued a lengthy statement commenting on the recent announcement that he has been selected to replace Michael Schenker in UFO. Moore's statement reads as follows: "Hello all! It's absolutely true. I WAS ABDUCTED BY ALIENS. I was driving in my truck a few wee...August 7, 2003
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LARS ULRICH, The Film Composer?
According to Internet Movie Database, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich is one of the three original music composers contributing material to the soundtrack for the new Quentin Tarantino movie ("Pulp Fiction", "Reservoir Dogs") "Kill Bill Volume One" (web site, trailer, poster). The film, which will rec...August 1, 2003
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OBSESSION Completing Work On New Demo
Reunited classic early '80s metal band OBSESSION are seventy-five percent of the way towards completing their three-song demo recording, which will be used to officially shop a recording deal with an assortment of labels. The group are reportedly "very excited" about the progress so far on the recor...July 29, 2003
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