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VENOM Frontman Talks About Guitarist Change

Steve Saks of LivingForMetal.com recently conducted an interview with VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant. A few excerpts from the chat follow: LivingForMetal.com: So what can we all expect from VENOM in 2007 after such a successful 2006? Do VENOM already have any plans confirmed? Cronos: We've had...

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This Is Your Pig's Portrait

It's usually a bad sign when a band insists on peculiar spelling or punctuation to "properly" display their name. It's the_Network. if you're keeping track, and they're hardcore to the core, complete with ironic song titles, maudlin testimonials to love of friends and scene in the thanks list, and s...

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VENOM Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

British black metal pioneers VENOM have parted ways with guitarist Mykvs (a.k.a. Mike Hickey; ex-CARCASS, CATHEDRAL). "Personal unavoidable commitments in the U.S. have forced Mykvs to announce that he cannot commit 100% to VENOM's 2007 schedule," the band writes in a statement. A new guitarist by t...

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GORGOROTH Frontman Calls For More Church Burnings; Police To Investigate

According to the Norwegian newspaper Bergens Tidende, the police in Bergen, Norway have launched an investigation into recent statements made by GORGOROTH frontman Gaahl regarding a spate of church burnings that took place in Norway in the early Nineties. In an interview that some consider to be the...

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SLAYER Frontman On Writing Songs About 'Humanity's Demons And Humanity's Devils'

Paul Gargano of Maximum Ink recently conducted an interview with SLAYER frontman Tom Araya. An excerpt from the chat follows: Maximum Ink: Is it fair to say that SLAYER have become a lot more political in recent years? Tom Araya: It comes across that way, but it's not. There are more social ...

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NAILWOUNDS Singer Charged For Sex With Girl He Met On MySpace.com

Eric Litke of The Sheboygan Press reports: The 20-year-old lead singer of a Milwaukee-area metal band was charged Friday (Jan. 19) with felony sexual assault for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old Kewaskum girl after arranging the encounter on MySpace.com. The girl had snuck out of her parents'...

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FIVE STAR PRISON CELL To Release New Album In March

Australian tech metallers FIVE STAR PRISON CELL will release their new album, "Slaves of Virgo", on March 5 via Faultline Records. Commented the band: "We know, we know, we fucking know! It has been a long time coming — we've been sitting on this egg for nearly seven months now, so as you can imagin...

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SAXON Manager Checks In

SAXON's manager Thomas Jensen has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "After a hectic week I would like to keep you posted on the latest activities of the band. It might be too much information but I'll try to keep it short. "Thursday: Biff [Byford, vocals] and Charlie [Ba...

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TRAIL OF TEARS: Entire New Album Available For Streaming Tomorrow

French web site HeavyLaw.com will launch an exclusive listening party for the new TRAIL OF TEARS album, "Existentia", tomorrow (Saturday, January 20). You will be able to listen to the new CD in full, free of charge, from 0:00 to 24:00. As previously reported, a brand new TRAIL OF TEARS song, entitl...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Is Looking Forward To DIMEBAG Tribute Jam

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has issued the following update: "Did you watch the Season 6 premiere of '24'? Holy crap!! I didn't think they could ever top Jack Bauer decapitating a guy in Season 2 but I gotta say that the 'ripping-the-guy's-jugular-out-with-his-teeth' scene to escape the terrorists w...

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Existentia

"Existentia" by Norway's TRAIL OF TEARS is easily one of the best gothic metal albums I've heard in some time, largely because of the combination of the heavy with the ethereal is so soundly written and performed. Granted, many would not call "Existentia" a purely gothic release due at least in part...

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Ex-ATOMKRAFT Guitarist Says TONY DOLAN Is Pushing A One-Sided View Of Band's History

Former ATOMKRAFT/current AGANKAST guitarist Rob Matthew has responded to ATOMKRAFT frontman Tony Dolan's (ex-VENOM) recent online posting claiming that Matthew is "disrespecting" all past and present members of ATOMKRAFT by piecing together the band's "unofficial biography" which Dolan insists is "f...

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ORANGE GOBLIN: New Material Is 'Sounding Great'

British doomsters ORANGE GOBLIN have issued the following update: "Well, it's 2007 and nothing really seems any different. The band are continuing to write new stuff for the new album, 'Healing Through Fire', and you can rest assured that it's sounding great! We will try to keep you posted with news...

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Ex-CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Singer Debuts KARL AGELL'S BLIND; Video, Photos Available

A video clip of KARL AGELL'S BLIND, the new project of former CORROSION OF CONFORMITY/current LEADFOOT vocalist Karl Agell, performing the C.O.C. classic "Dance of the Dead" this past Saturday, January 6 at the Winter Metalfest at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, NC has been posted online at Away-Tea...

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GORGOROTH Documentary In The Works

Peter Beste of Vice Films is currently in Norway making a documentary about vocalist Gaahl of the black metal band GORGOROTH. The resulting footage will appear on a Vice DVD with several other related segments. The first pressing of this DVD is 100,000 units, and will be distributed in all major mus...