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TYPE O NEGATIVE Keyboardist Says He Is 'Sick' Of Playing Band's Biggest Hit 'Black No. 1'

DreadCentral.com, one of the nation's premier horror web sites, recently conducted an interview with TYPE O NEGATIVE keyboardist and album producer Josh Silver. A couple of excerpts follow: On TYPE O frontman Peter Steele's surprising conversion to Catholicism (he was formerly an atheist) and what e...

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Report: Everything's Heavy About '80s Hair-Band Tribute METAL SKOOL

Michael Tunison of iF Magazine reports: Big-haired '80s glam-metal may have gone out with cassette tapes, headbands and MTV playing actual music videos, but it seems somebody forgot to tell METAL SKOOL, who performs tomorrow tonight at iF Magazine's relaunch party in Hollywood . The teased-tressed q...

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10 YEARS Drummer Gives New Album Update

Launch Radio Networks reports: 10 YEARS drummer Brian Vodinh has posted an update at the band's MySpace page about the progress of their second album. He indicated that the group has written 30 to 40 songs and is looking for a new producer after the initial production team didn't work out. As for th...

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MACHINAE SUPREMACY Goes Classical

Spinefarm Records has announced an exciting and unlikely partnership between Swedish metallers MACHINAE SUPREMACY and The Royal Symphonic Philharmonic Orchestra. "PLAY! A Video Game Symphony" is a ground-breaking world tour extravaganza, which sees classical music, video games and heavy metal collid...

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OBITUARY: Video Of 1990 Concert Explosion In Milwaukee Posted Online

While performing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 7, 1990 as part of a North American tour also featuring SEPULTURA and SADUS, legendary Florida death metallers OBITUARY used unauthorized pyrotechnics on stage during their classic song "'Til Death". The flash pot device used to contain the pyrote...

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TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED Signs With RISING RECORDS

Rising Records has annuounced the signing of the Bath, U.K.-based based extreme metal band TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED. The group's debut album will be recorded in August/September for a November release. The CD will be produced by Mark Daghorn (CRADLE OF FILTH, ONE MINUTE SILENCE, RAGING SPEEDHORN, MENDE...

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GOTTHARD: 'Domino Effect' E-Card Available

An e-card for GOTTHARD's new album, "Domino Effect", has been made available at this location. The CD is scheduled for release on April 27. According to singer Leo Leoni, "it is the best GOTTHARD album ever to be released". "Domino Effect" track listing: 01. Master of Illusion 02. Gone Too Far 03. D...

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Doomsday L.A.

I can really get used to these compact DVD packages that make the live performance the focal point and keep the extras to a minimum. When the live performance comes courtesy of a revamped and recharged DECIDE, it is even better. If the band's excellent 2006 work, "The Stench of Redemption", did not...

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This German band has finally been getting some worldwide press, on the eve of their cleverly-titled seventh LP, thanks to their affiliation with former FAITH NO MORE bassist Billy Gould. At first attached to the band as their producer, Gould has since joined the group and, for now at least, is their...

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World Chaos

Okay, this is it, I promise. This will be the last HOLY MOSES reissue review. What can I say — anyone into '80s thrash should be ecstatic that these albums, long scarce in the United States and out of print elsewhere, are seeing proper remastering and release for the modern age. If I've written enou...

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STATIC-X Frontman Talks About Songwriting Process For 'Cannibal'

Patrick Douglas of The Culture Shock recently conducted an interview with STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static. A couple of excerpts follow: The Culture Shock: You've got a pretty extensive tour coming up. What do you do in the days leading up to a tour like this to kind of prepare yourself for a few ...

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GOTTHARD Completes Work On 'The Call' Video

Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD shot the video for their new single, "The Call", last week in Nürnberg, Germany. Directed by Martin Mueller from RCN-TV, the clip was filmed at the famous Grand Hotel, inside the beautiful Richard Wagner saloon as well as the Honeymoon Suite. "As the song itself is a very...

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Threads of Life

Will there be a metal release under more of a critical microscope this year than the new SHADOWS FALL? The band is, tangentially at least, tied to a metalcore scene that's seen as glutted and past its expiration date. And they're making their major-label debut after slogging it out for years at the...

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The Dio Years

Few debates make me as nauseated as the one concerning the worthiness of the Ozzy Osbourne versus Ronnie Jame Dio BLACK SABBATH lineups. While it is true (in my mind) that the Ozzy-era lineup cannot be touched from the standpoint of musical trailblazing and the writing of legendary tunes, to say tha...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Guitarist MICK MARS Signs Publishing Deal With CHERRY LANE MUSIC

Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc., whose roster includes songwriters such as QUINCY JONES, JOHN LEGEND, WOLFMOTHER, and WILL.I.AM, has announced the signing of one of history’s original rock stars, Mick Mars of MÖTLEY CRÜE. Mars, the guitarist and co-songwriter of the band, had been previou...