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HAVOCHATE Sign With INDECENT MEDIA

New York-based metal band HAVOCHATE, now featuring former TESTAMENT bassist Greg Christian, have signed a new worldwide deal with Indecent Media. The group's sophomore album, "Cycle of Pain", is scheduled for release on March 15. "We had been in contact with other labels and they all offered us more...

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VANDEN PLAS Announce New Album Title

German progressive metallers VANDEN PLAS have posted the following message on their official web site: "The name for the new VANDEN PLAS album has been chosen: It will be a concept album called 'Christ 0' ('Christ Zero'). It's a modern adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' book 'Monte Cristo'. The band is...

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Book Author Says Most Extreme Metal Musicians Are 'Everyday Joes'

D. Shawn Bosler of The Village Voice reports: In his new book "Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore" (Feral House),metal journalist (and editor in chief of the excellent Philadelphia-based metal magazine Decibel) Albert Mudrian gives an in-depth play-by-play of the...

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Film Details Final Wish Of NEW YORK DOLLS Bassist To Reunite Band

Debbie Hummel of The Associated Press reports: At age 55, Arthur Kane was a thin, slightly balding man with a modest new life. He was a quiet soul, who had pledged his devotion to the Mormon church — and even worked for them at a genealogy center in Los Angeles. His co-workers had a tough ...

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ALICE COOPER Performs 'School's Out' With Kids Of 'Rock School'

According to Newsday.com, ALICE COOPER performed his classic track "School's Out" with the kids of "Rock School", Don Argott's documentary about the Philadelphia after-school program that inspired Rick Linklater's popular 2003 movie, "School of Rock". The performance took place on Monday (Jan. 24) a...

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ROTTING CORPSE Demos To Be Released On CD

Renowned '80s thrash band ROTTING CORPSE, whose original lineup included current SOLITUDE AETURNUS mainman John Perez and former DEATH touring guitarist/roadie Walter Trachsler, are planning on releasing all their demos on one CD. In a 2002 interview with Metal-Rules.com, Perez talked about ROTTING...

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MURDERDOLLS Singer WEDNESDAY 13: Release Date Set For Solo Album

Roadrunner Records has set an April 12 U.S. release date (one day earlier internationally) for MURDERDOLLS frontman Wednesday 13's solo album, "Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying and the Dead". The final track listing for the album is as follows: 01. Post Mortem Boredom 02. Look What the Bats...

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Former NAIL WITHIN Singer Resurfaces In MOONSKIN

Former NAIL WITHIN vocalist Yishai Swearts and multi-instrumentalist Maor Appelbaum (ex-SLEEPLESS, VULTURES) have joined forces in a new band called MOONSKIN. The group, which was officially born in the summer of 2003, also features drummer Matan Shmueli (ARMILOS) and guitarist Raffi Mor (DISTORTED)...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE, ALICE COOPER To Contribute To 'Rock School' Soundtrack

DailyLocal.com is reporting that MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine and Alice Cooper are among the prominent artists contributing to the soundtrack of "Rock School", a documentary that focuses on the Philadelphia-based Paul Green School of Rock, which teaches music to children by grouping them into bands and...

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PURE SWEET HELL Mourn Loss Of Former Collaborator

Multi-instrumentalist Christ Eichhorn of the two-man project PURE SWEET HELL, which also features in its ranks NEVERMORE drummer Van Williams, has issued the following statement: "I'm writing this because I can't yet speak. "PURE SWEET HELL has lost a true friend and brother. "Jeff Wolfe lost his li...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer Names His Top Albums, Films Of 2004

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has posted at the band's official web site a list of his favorite albums and films of 2004. Read on: Mike Portnoy's Top 10 CDs of 2004: 01. MUSE – "Absolution" (Says Mike: "Technically this is a 2003 release — but it is hands down my favorite CD of the ...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: Remembering DIMEBAG DARRELL

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has issued the following statement in memory of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "My relationship to this sick series of events goes way back, some 18 years. I joined a band from Detroit called MADAM X back in 1986 and the very first p...

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Heavy Metal Musicians Pick Their Favorite Albums Of 2004

A number of hard rock and heavy metal musicians have revealed their favorite albums of 2004 to Shoutweb.com. A sample of the choices follows below: Dave Pybus (CRADLE OF FILTH) 01. GENOCIDE SUPERSTARS – "Hail The New Storm" 02. HANZEL UND GRETYL - "Scheiss Messiah" 03. ZEKE - "'Til The Living End" 0...

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STRYPER: Soldiers Under The Almighty Dollar's Command?

Reunited Christian hard rockers STRYPER are refusing to return a $56,500 advance to a small Mexican "underground church" after canceling their participation in the Revolution Metal Festival in Mexico, according to the festival organizers and other bands who performed at the event. A posting on a web...

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WOLF Guitarist/Vocalist OLSSON Gets 'Evil'

WOLF guitarist/vocalist Nick Olsson is playing the part of the "evil" priest Hanias in the musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" this fall, according to a posting on the group's web site. A photo of Olsson "all dressed up for mayhem" can be viewed at this location. "The show is going really well, with so...