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LAST CRACK: 'Burning Funkhouse Live' CD/DVD Details Revealed

LAST CRACK's new CD/DVD, "Burning Funkhouse Live", has been released by Rökker Records and is available at www.rokkerrecords.com in either downloadable MP3 or CD/DVD formats. The CD features all 16 songs from the band's historic reunion show in November 2002. The DVD features live video from the sam...

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CORNERSTONE Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

CORNERSTONE, the Danish/British melodic metal band featuring YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ex-RAINBOW frontman Doogie White and ex-ROYAL HUNT bassist Steen Mogensen, are putting the finishing touches on their fourth studio album, "Two Tales and One Tomorrow", for an early 2006 release through an as-yet-undetermi...

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Top Metal/Hardcore Albums Of 2005 As Voted By Writers Of Sweden's CLOSE-UP Magazine

A total of 30 metal, rock and punk writers at Sweden's Close–Up magazine have voted in the magazine's annual critics' album-of-the-year poll. The final results were as follows: 01. SYSTEM OF A DOWN – "Mezmerize" 02. OPETH – "Ghost Reveries" 03. NINE INCH NAILS – "With Teeth" 04. THE MARS VOLTA – "Fr...

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GENE HOGLAN Talks About Songwriting Process For Next STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Album

MetalEater.com recently conducted an interview with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan. An excerpt from the chat follows: MetalEater.com: What are your plans for Christmas? Gene Hoglan: "Well, I'm going home for a few days. I come back before the first (of January) and then we start writing the...

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LEATHERWOLF's GEOFF GAYER To Perform With KATAGORY V at MONSTERS OF METAL Show

LEATHERWOLF guitarist/songwriter Geoff Gayer will be making a special appearance at the first annual "Monsters of Metal" show at Club Vegas in Salt Lake City, Utah this Saturday, December 10. Gayer will be performing a LEATHERWOLF song with KATAGORY V at the event, which will feature additional perf...

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ZAKK WYLDE To Be Inducted Into HOLLYWOOD'S ROCKWALK

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY/OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Zakk Wylde will be inducted into Guitar Center's Hollywood's RockWalk, located at 7425 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, CA, on Tuesday, January 27, 2006 at noon. This event is FREE and open to the public. Wylde has played a significant role in the solo career of...

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Red For Fire: An Icelandic Odyssey Part I

There's a tendency in the metal press to elevate anyone classified in that nebulous, nearly-useless category of "post-black metal," as if the mere act of ditching corpse paint and hiring a violinist somehow makes one a more serious artiste. Much of the praise is warranted — after all, some of the be...

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GOD DETHRONED Guitarist Checks In From THE HAUNTED Tour

Guitarist Isaac Delahaye of the Dutch death metal outfit GOD DETHRONED has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We're halfway the [European] tour [supporting THE HAUNTED and GOD FORBID] and it's going great so far! Didn't really have any major troubles and we played a lot o...

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NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE: New Album Samples Posted Online

Reunited Finnish speed/thrash metal pioneers NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE will release their new album, entitled "Resurrection of the Wicked", in January 2006 via Poison Arrow Records. Two sample tracks from the CD — "Determination" and "Falling to Pieces" — have been posted online at the band's offici...

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ABYSMAL DAWN Complete Work On Debut Album

ABYSMAL DAWN, the Los Angeles-based extreme metal band featuring former members of RISE and INHUMAN VISION, have put the finishing touches on their debut release, entitled "From Ashes". The CD was engineered, mixed and mastered by John Haddad (EYES OF FIRE, PHOBIA, INTRONAUT) at Shiva Industries in...

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Vampire Circus

The tremors of a giant, throbbing bass guitar send worms slithering to safety above ground as a hot 'n' bluesy doom riff and a steady drum beat introduce the Lemmy-esque bourbon vocals of a man called Sherm. It is EARTHRIDE's second full-length release, "Vampire Circus", and it smokes like an oil fi...

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WICKED WISDOM Frontwoman: OZZFEST Crowd 'Was Truly With Us' By End Of Tour

David Carr of the LA Daily News recently conducted an interview with WICKED WISDOM frontwoman Jada Pinkett-Smith (actress and wife of actor/rapper Will Smith). The question-and-answer session follows: Q: What prompted you to start a heavy metal band? How did this take shape? Jada Pinkett-Smith: "Thr...

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WICKED WISDOM Frontwoman: 'OZZY Has Some Of Best Hooks In History Of Music'

WICKED WISDOM frontwoman Jada Pinkett-Smith (actress and wife of actor/rapper Will Smith) recently spoke to McAllen, Texas' The Monitor about the group's sound and musical philosophy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the fact that her image has been a mixed blessing: "It works for me an...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Begin Writing Material For New Album

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following tour update at the band's official web site: "What's happening? We're pulling into Tulsa, Oklahoma, and I've got my eyes peeled for that 900 ft. Jesus. I don't see anything. But hey man, if Jesus saves, I'd like to know where he shops....

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WAR CRY.US: New Audio Sample Posted Online

WAR CRY.US, the new band created by former WAR CRY singer Rich Rozek, have posted a sneak peek into one of the new songs to be included on their upcoming release, "Eerie Lullabies" due out in early 2006. Check out a short sample of "The Church Incorporated" at www.warcry.us. The song features the .....