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VAN HALEN Drummer: 'We've Matured'

VAN HALEN frontman Sammy Hagar has told USA Today that he can't see the sense of dissecting unresolved squabbles with his newly reunited bandmates, as METALLICA did with their traveling therapist in the new documentary "Some Kind of Monster". "We already went through the misery once," said Hagar. "W...

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Review: METALLICA Documentary Is A Piercing Vision Of Band Teetering On The Brink Of Collapse

Nicholas Schager of Filmcritic.com has reviewed METALLICA's much-anticipated $4-million documentary, "Some Kind of Monster". As previously reported, the film is initially expected to be released in small theaters July 9 in such cities as New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, with plans to show th...

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Exposures – In Retrospect And Denial

Sweden's DARK TRANQUILLITY, it has to be said, have a lot to answer for when it comes to influencing some of the desperately dull darkwave metal that has flooded the European continent. But more than that, they do have the tendency themselves to shatter your concentration span with some of their own...

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Start Killing

"(This) band was created for the sole purpose of being one of the heaviest, fastest and most extreme but accessible bands in today's metal genre." So says the typically gushing press release. Now, the "accessible" part of that statement we find hard to entirely equate with that which comes before it...

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ALPHA SAFARI: ENTOMBED/MISERY LOVES CO. Project To Release Album In August

ALPHA SAFARI (formerly WASHOE),the Swedish band formed by ENTOMBED guitarist Uffe Cederlund and three former members of MISERY LOVES CO. (vocalist Patrik Wirén, bassist Patrik Thorngren and drummer Olle Dahlstedt),will release their debut album in August through Threeman Recordings. A single, enti...

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MISERY INDEX: KEVIN TALLEY 'Fully' Back In The Band, New EP On The Way

MISERY INDEX, the Baltimore, Maryland-based band featuring Jason Netherton (bass/vocals, ex-DYING FETUS),Sparky Voyles (guitar, ex-DYING FETUS, M.O.D.),Bruce Greig (guitar, ex-DYING FETUS, NEXT STEP UP) and Kevin Talley (drums, ex-DYING FETUS, SUFFOCATION, M.O.D.),have posted the following messag...

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DAATH, PARABELLUM To Support MISERY INDEX

Atlanta's DAATH (web site) and Pensacola's PARABELLUM (web site) will be supporting MISERY INDEX on a mini tour of the southeastern U.S. in June. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jun. 17 - Dothan, AL - Grand Central Station Jun. 18 - Ft. Walton Beach, FL - The Point Jun. 19 - ...

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Former ENUFF Z'NUFF Guitarist Reportedly Died Of A Drug Overdose

Former ENUFF Z'NUFF guitarist Derek Frigo is believed to have died of a drug overdose, according to unconfirmed reports. Frigo, who has been battling drug addiction for over a decade, passed away Friday (May 28) at the age of 36. A friend of Derek's longtime girlfriend posted the following message r...

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CARNAL FORGE Cancel European Tour

Swedish thrashers CARNAL FORGE have been forced to cancel their previously announced European tour with MISERY INDEX. "Due to reasons beyond our control, bookings and preparations for the touring set-up have been screwed up, resulting in economic difficulty as well as an unsolvable schedule," the ba...

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NIKKI SIXX Pens Foreword To Rock 'N' Roll Tombstone Guide

Former MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has written the foreword to the book "The Tombstone Tourist-Musicians". On its second edition, "The Tombstone Tourist-Musicians" is being described as a guide to all the graves, shrines and memorabilia of the "late, great legends of rock, jazz, blues, country an...

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IN FLAMES: German Club Show To Be Filmed For Future Broadcast

On Thursday, June 3, IN FLAMES will play an exclusive concert at the Underground, a 300-capacity club in Cologne, Germany. The gig will be filmed and broadcast at a date on the German TV show "Rockpalast" on WDR. IN FLAMES are continuing to tour in support of their latest CD, "Soundtrack To Your Esc...

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IN FLAMES Continue Their Reign On Swedish Metal Charts

IN FLAMES are continuing their reign on the Swedish metal charts with their latest CD, "Soundtrack To Your Escape". Five weeks after the album's official release date, the album is at No. 21 on the official album charts and at No. 1 on the metal charts. "Soundtrack To Your Escape" was recorded at a...

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MISERY INDEX: 'The Great Depression' Video Posted Online

MISERY INDEX, the Baltimore, Maryland-based band featuring Jason Netherton (bass/vocals, ex-DYING FETUS),Sparky Voyles (guitar, ex-DYING FETUS, M.O.D.),and Bruce Greig (guitar, ex-DYING FETUS, NEXT STEP UP),have completed their video for "The Great Depression" (mp3),off their first full-length a...

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Force Of Evil

He's been mocked to within an inch of his dignity down the years, but one thing that King Diamond has is presence — loads of it, from his window-shattering, off-the-scale vocals, to that fucking big crucifix of bones that seems to travel everywhere with him. What's more, for as many as there that sc...

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Former MISERY INDEX Guitarist Completes Work On KOMMISSAR Debut

Former MISERY INDEX guitarist/PSYCHOTOGEN vocalist Mike Harrison has completed work on the debut album from his solo project, KOMMISSAR. Three of the album's eight songs are currently available for download at www.kommissar.net. The complete track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. The Delirium o...