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Ohmwork

Even the gods can fuck up. Tony Iommi released the truly execrable "Forbidden" under the BLACK SABBATH name shortly before reuniting with the band's original lineup. Ozzy has those Bea Arthur stage outfits from the early 1980s to live down (not to mention — cue the hate mail — the steaming pile of A...

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CASANOVA To Support DOKKEN In Germany

German rockers CASANOVA will support U.S. hard rock legend DOKKEN at their only German show on April 12 at the Colos-Saal venue in Aschaffenburg. CASANOVA recently issued their new album, "All Beauty Must Die", and have just returned from performing two successful concerts in Spain, including a sold...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN: New Single 'B.Y.O.B.' Available Online

SYSTEM OF A DOWN's new single, "B.Y.O.B.", can be previewed in its entirety at MTV.com. "B.Y.O.B." comes off "Mesmerize", the first half of SYSTEM OF A DOWN's new double album, "Mesmerize/Hypnotize". "Mesmerize" is due on May 17 while "Hypnotize" is expected to surface sometime this fall. "B.Y.O.B."...

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EVILDOER Sign With SCARLET RECORDS

Swedish death/thrash metal act EVILDOER, who feature in their ranks WITHIN Y frontman Andreas Solveström, have inked a deal with Italy's Scarlet Records. The group's debut album, "The Terror Audio", is scheduled for release in August. EVILDOER's 2004 three-song demo, featuring previous vocalist Luca...

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ARCH ENEMY Complete Drum Tracks For New Album

Swedish/German extreme metal act ARCH ENEMY are currently recording the follow-up to 2003's "Anthems of Rebellion" for a tentative late summer release. The latest installment of drummer Daniel Erlandsson's studio diary follows: "I have just finished recording all the drum tracks for the new ARCH ENE...

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LABYRINTH: 'L.Y.A.F.H.' Video Posted Online

Italian power metallers LABYRINTH have poste the video for the song "L.Y.A.F.H." at their official web site. Check it out at this location (Quicktime required). "L.Y.A.F.H." is the opening track from the group's new album, "Freeman", available now on Arise Records. The Italian version of the album,...

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TWISTED SISTER, SEBASTIAN BACH, Y&T Confirmed For U.K.'s DEMOLITION BALL

TWISTED SISTER, SEBASTIAN BACH, Y&T, ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK and ANTIPRODUCT have been confirmed for the Demolition Ball 2005, set to be held June 26 at the Newcastle Metro Arena in Newcastle, England. Primarily a showcase for artists signed to Demolition Records, the Demolition Ball will be recorded...

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STATIC-X Guitarist Is Believed To Have Met Teenage Victim Via Online Singles Community

STATIC-X guitarist Tripp Eisen (real name Tod Rex Salvador) is believed to have met the 14-year-old Sayreville, New Jersey girl he is accused of sexually assaulting in January on the web site FetischMusic.com (via their "Find-a-Freek" online singles community),where he used the screen name "grovery...

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STATIC-X: TRIPP EISEN's California Arrest Log Posted Online

An Orange County Sheriff's Department arrest log dated February 10 confirms that STATIC-X guitarist Tod Rex Salvador, who goes by the stage name Tripp Eisen, was arrested in California on charges of "crimes against children." The log lists Salvador's date of birth as June 29, 1965 and gives his heig...

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CEPHALIC CARNAGE Complete Work On New Video, Announce European Tour Dates

Relapse Records avant tech/grind band CEPHALIC CARNAGE have completed work on their first video "Dying Will Be the Death of Me" for their upcoming album "Anomalies" to be released by Relapse on March 15. The video was shot on location in Thousand Oaks, ca and in the studio in Burbank, CA with vetera...

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Character

"Character" has been awaited obsessively by the self-appointed defenders of heavy, who've pinned their Swede-metal hopes on DARK TRANQUILLITY after lamenting loud and long the "selling out" of IN FLAMES, SOILWORK, et al. Good news — Mikael Stanne's much-maligned clean vocals are history, his emotive...

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WITHIN Y Announce New Guitarist

WITHIN Y, the Swedish melodic death metal band featuring former GARDENIAN drummer Thim Blom, have announced the addition of guitarist Niknam Moslehi to the group's ranks. Moslehi joins the band as the replacement for Niklas Almen, who left the group late last year. As previously repored, WITHIN Y re...

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FEAR FACTORY Singer Prepares For ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS Live Debut

FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell has told Billboard.com that the debut EP from his ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS project, entitled "Iconoclast", will first be issued as a vinyl-only release later this month via the group's official web site, before being released on CD with a bonus video of the trac...

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Y&T's DAVE MENIKETTI Shoots Down Rumors He Was Approached To Join VAN HALEN

Dave Meniketti of Y&T fame recently interviewed with Hardrock Haven's Derric Miller, discussing the recent releases of "UnEarthed" volumes I and II, the rumors behind him taking over as the frontman for VAN HALEN when Sammy Hagar left the band, his blues solo project, and a myriad of other topic...

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SKEW SISKIN To Record German-Language Album

German hard rockers SKEW SISKIN are currently working on new material with famous German rock-star rebel Udo Lindenberg. For the first time in SKEW SISKIN history, the songs are in German language. Commented SKEW SISKIN frontwoman Nina C. Alice: "With Udo I now have a partner for writing German lyri...