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Teenager Who Hid Internet Viruses Alongside PRIEST And MEGADETH Song Lyrics Jailed

According to I.T. Vibe, a teenager from Minnesota who included a link inside an Internet worm to his web site where he made viruses available for download alongside lyrics for songs by JUDAS PRIEST and MEGADETH has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and 10 months community service by a U.S. Distr...

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JUDAS PRIEST Talk About 'Angel Of Retribution', The Band's Legacy And HALFORD's Homosexuality

The five members of JUDAS PRIEST recently spoke to the U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine about Halford's return to the group's lineup and their new album, "Angel of Retribution". Several excerpts from the interview follow: On whether PRIEST created the heavy metal genre: Rob Halford (vocals): "You know s...

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MANTAS To Release New EP

MANTAS, the new band featuring former VENOM guitarist Mantas, will be releasing a new six-song EP, entitled "Maximum Brutality", through Demolition Records via Universal distribution. No further information is currently available. MANTAS' most recent release was a full-length album, "Zero Tolerance"...

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ROTTING CORPSE Demos To Be Released On CD

Renowned '80s thrash band ROTTING CORPSE, whose original lineup included current SOLITUDE AETURNUS mainman John Perez and former DEATH touring guitarist/roadie Walter Trachsler, are planning on releasing all their demos on one CD. In a 2002 interview with Metal-Rules.com, Perez talked about ROTTING...

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THERION: METALLICA, JUDAS PRIEST, THIN LIZZY Covers Posted Online

Sweden's THERION have made cover versions of METALLICA's "Fight Fire with Fire", JUDAS PRIEST's "Green Manalishi" and THIN LIZZY's "Southbound" available for download via their official web site. Direct links to the downloads as well as comments from frontman Christofer Johnsson follow: METALLICA -...

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THROWDOWN Prepare To Record New Album

THROWDOWN are about to enter the studio with producer Zeuss (HATEBREED, SHADOWS FALL) to begin work on their new album, "Vendetta", and the band, as always, are on a mission. "We want to remind the hardcore and metal world what this music is and isn't about, because some people seem to have forgotte...

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DARKEST HOUR: New Album To Be Produced By DEVIN TOWNSEND

DARKEST HOUR have posted the following update on their official web site: "We have some big news. First of all, the DARKEST HOUR DVD, 'Party Scars and Prison Bars, A Thrashography', is in the can and will be released February 22nd! Pre-order info as well as a downloadable (is that a word?) trailer w...

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Criminal Case Against RUSH Guitarist Expected To Be Resolved Next Month

John Henderson of the Naples Daily News is reporting that a criminal case involving RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson is expected to be resolved next month. It has been more than a year since Lifeson, whose real name is Alex Zivojinovich, was arrested for scuffling with Collier County sheriff's deputies a...

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Hearing To Schedule Trial Date For RUSH Guitarist Set For This Week

According to News-Press.com, a hearing to schedule a trial date for RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson (a.k.a. Alex Zivojinovich) — who is charged with two counts of battery during a Jan. 31, 2003, New Year's Eve party at the posh Ritz-Carlton hotel in Naples — and his son, Justin Shawn Zivojinovich — who...

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FIVE STAR PRISON CELL Complete Work On Debut Album

FIVE STAR PRISON CELL, the Melbourne, Australia-based tech-metal band featuring former FRANKENBOK vocalist Adam Glynn along with members of TENSION and EXTRA VIRGIN, have completed work on their debut album, "The Complete First Season", with producer D.W Norton for a tentative February 2005 release...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'Bach To Europe' Tour Diary

Daniel Stanton of Anger Management/Coallier Entertainment has submitted the following tour diary documenting Sebastian Bach's (ex-SKID ROW) most recent "Bach To Europe" European trek: "With many tours under my belt, nothing will come close to the psychotic world of working with the hyper madman name...

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DECEIVER To Enter Studio In March

DECEIVER, the Swedish metal band featuring former members of MAZE OF TORMENT and XENOFANES, will enter the Abyss studio in March 2005 with producer Tommy Tägtgren to begin recording their full-length debut, tentatively titled "Riding with the Reaper", for a May release via the newly launched, Gothen...

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SATYRICON Guitarists Charged With Rape, Facing 10 Years In Prison

SATYRICON guitarists Steinar Gundersen and A.O. Gronbech were arrested and charged in Canada for drugging and raping a woman in the band's tour bus after a concert in Toronto. "I can confirm that the Norwegian consul in Toronto has been in contact with the arrestees, and followed up by, among other...

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AGENT STEEL: Complete Songwriting For New CD

AGENT STEEL singer Bruce Hall has issued the following update on the band's current activities: "The new AGENT STEEL album is finished being written as of December 18, 2004. We have some fine-tuning to do and I have to write keeper lyrics for a couple songs, but otherwise it's finished. "We'll be gi...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist Checks In From European Tour With MOTÖRHEAD

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Hello Sepulnets of the world, "We are in Europe with MOTÖRHEAD and it's being a great tour, we are playing sold out audiences; most important, a lot of them have never seen SEPULTURA before. We did...