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CELTIC FROST has had one of the strangest and more controversial career arcs in recent metal history. Rising out of the ashes of Swiss act HELLHAMMER in 1984, FROST centered largely around singer and guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer (a.k.a. Tom Warrior) and bassist Martin Eric Ain. Early releases such...

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A Look Back At METALLICA's Underground Days

Tom's Hardware Guide, a site dedicated to video games and pop culture, is now featuring a look back at METALLICA's underground glory days with the article, "Digging Up the Metal Underground". Written by David Konow, author of "Bang Your Head", the article includes great memories and stories from the...

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Updated: IZZY STRADLIN Takes Stage With GUNS N' ROSES In New York City

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin took the stage tonight (May 17) with GNR for the songs "Think about You", "Patience" and "Nightrain" at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose made various references to Stradlin during their May 15 show at the Hammerst...

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ALICE COOPER Gets Key To Namesake City

The Associated Press has issued the following report: ALICE, N.D. — The key to this city, with just a feed store, fire hall and a bar, won't open much for rock legend Alice Cooper. Officials from this town of about 60 people presented the aging shock rocker with a marble plaque and a gold-plated key...

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GUNS N' ROSES: Hammerstein Ballroom Video Clips Available

Low-quality video clips of "Welcome to the Jungle" and "November Rain" from last night's (May 12) GUNS N' ROSES concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City have been posted online. Check them out: "Welcome to the Jungle" (video) "November Rain" (video) A bunch of pictures from the show can...

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GUNS N' ROSES: First NYC Photos Posted Online, Post-Show Wrap-up Available

Several pictures from GUNS N' ROSES' performance at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City Friday night (May 12) have been posted online at BrooklynVegan.com. A post-show wrap-up from TalkingMetal.com can be downloaded in MP3 format at this location (4 MB). Low-quality audio recordings of last ni...

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GUNS N' ROSES: New York City Setlist Revealed

GUNS N' ROSES played their first show in more than three years Friday night/Saturday morning (May 12-13) at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. The two-hour, 15-minute set kicked off at roughly 11:00 p.m. with the opening 1-2-3 punch of "Welcome to the Jungle", "It's So Easy" and "Mr. Brownstone",...

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GUNS N' ROSES: New Guitarist RON THAL Makes Live Debut With Band

Guitar shredder Ron Thal of the New York City-based alternative-rap-metal project BUMBLEFOOT has joined GUNS N' ROSES as the replacement for Buckethead. Thal is making his live debut with Axl Rose and company Friday night (May 12) at the opening night of a four-date stint at the Hammerstein Ballroom...

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OVERKILL, NUCLEAR ASSAULT, KREATOR Members Discuss Band Unity: Video Available

The makers of "Get Thrashed", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a 71-second video clip featuring former OVERKILL members Rat Skates (drums) and Bobby Gustafson (guitar),plus NUCLEAR ASSAULT/ex-ANTHR...

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KISS: Official Magazine No. 5 Detailed

According to a posting on the official KISS web site, KissOnline.com, issue No. 5 of the official KISS magazine "is shaping up to be the best one yet! The issue is packed full of great articles including outtakes from the 'Rock the Nation' DVD with Eric Singer, a photo journal of a day on the ...

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BLACK SABBATH: Previously Unheard Track Posted Online

Rockdetector.com is hosting an entire chapter from Garry Sharpe-Young's new "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" book at this location. The chapter in question deals with the mystery surrounding David Donato's term of duty with BLACK SABBATH in 1985. Speaking exclusively to Garry Sharpe-Young, Donato (together...

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SHATTER MESSIAH Set Release Date For 'Never To Play The Servant'

SHATTER MESSIAH, the new band featuring former NEVERMORE/ANNIHILATOR guitarist Curran Murphy and ANNIHILATOR drummer Robert Falzano, will release their debut album, "Never to Play the Servant", on August 28 via Germany's Dockyard 1 Records. Audio samples from the band's two EPs — "Your God's Demise"...

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VIO-LENCE Complete Work On 'Blood And Dirt' DVD

Legendary San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band VIO-LENCE have completed work on their two-disc DVD, "Blood and Dirt", tentatively due later in the year via Megaforce. Produced and directed by Jerry Allen of Metallian Productions, "Blood and Dirt" is over three and a half hours long and contains...

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DINO CAZARES: FEAR FACTORY Owe It To Their Fans To Make A Killer CD

Former FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares has commented on a recent interview with the band's vocalist, Burton C. Bell, in which Bell stated that Dino "took more credit than he deserved" during his tenure with the group. Speaking to Patrizia Mazzuoccolo of the Norwegian metal radio show "Tinitus" (...

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IGGY POP Working On New STOOGES Disc

Billboard.com is reporting that punk icon Iggy Pop has been holed up in "a little cottage in the boonies on a little river" in Florida writing music with his old band the STOOGES. The as-yet-untitled set, the legendary rock act's first since 1973, is due out next year via Virgin and will be ...