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HENRY ROLLINS: I'm Anti-Death Penalty, Pro-Choice And I'm For Gay Folks Getting Married

Dose.ca recently conducted an interview with punk rock icon Henry Rollins. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On whether he gets off on offending people: "I'm anti-death penalty, pro-choice and, to some people, those might be fighting words right there. I'm for gay folks getting married — and some...

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AMORPHIS: Helsinki Gig To Be Webcast

The December 30, 2006 AMORPHIS gig at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland will be shown several times on Welho Dina cable TV (available in Southern Finland) as well as via webstream from the Dina homepage. You will find two streaming links for Windows Media Player in the top right corner of that page (cli...

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ABORTED: New Album Artwork Revealed

Belgian masters of brutality ABORTED have just launched their new website at www.goremageddon.be in anticipation of their new album, "Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture", which is set for a February 20 release. Be sure to visit the site to check out the album's stricking cover art and...

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HENRY ROLLINS To Guest On CBC's 'The Hour' Tonight

Punk rock icon Henry Rollins will be the featured guest on "The Hour" tonight (Tuesday, January 16). The program, which airs at 11:00 p.m. on CBC in Canada, is hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos. The interview will be available for viewing at this location once it has aired. Rollins recently announc...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO, SLASH, TERRY BOZZIO To Be Inducted Into HOLLYWOOD'S ROCKWALK

Ronnie James Dio (DIO, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL),Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) and Terry Bozzio (MISSING PERSONS, FRANK ZAPPA, KORN) will be inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk at the Guitar Center in Hollywood Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. Guitar Center is located...

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DESPISED ICON Begins Recording New Album, Prepares To Hit The Road

Montreal-based deathcore six-piece DESPISED ICON has entered the studio to start laying down tracks for its third full-length album, tentatively due late spring/early summer via Century Media Records. The CD is being produced by the group's former guitarist, Yannick St-Amand, and will be mixed by An...

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Ex-RATT Singer STEPHEN PEARCY To Release 'Historical Box Set'

Former RATT vocalist Stephen Pearcy has entered into a management agreement with the California-based Jeff Keller Management LLC (management home for HERMAN RAREBELL, Jaime St. James of BLACK 'N BLUE, AMERICAN HEARTBREAK, and OMEN). With this agreement, Jeff Keller will represent Pearcy for his solo...

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JERRY CANTRELL On Why METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD Will Go Down In History As A 'Rock Icon'

ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell recently spoke to Classic Rock magazine (web site) for its latest issue in which the stars of rock (plus some assorted rock-loving comedians, sportmen, MPs and other riff raff) nominate their "rock icons." The following is Cantrell's explanation for why METAL...

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NAPALM DEATH: Live Video Posted Online

A live video of NAPALM DEATH performing the song "Silence Is Deafening" at the Crocodile Rock Cafe in Allentown, PA during the Monsters Of Mayhem tour has been posted online at the UVTV (Underground Video Television) web site. As previously reported, the highly-anticipated new NAPALM DEATH video for...

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Producer ANDY SNEAP: MEGADETH's MUSTAINE 'Proved To Be A Very Cool Guy To Work With'

British producer extraordinaire (and former SABBAT guitarist) Andy "Undie" Sneap has posted the following message on his official web site: "Well, 2006 is up, and since June it has been pretty relentless. Working on the CRADLE OF FILTH album ['Thornography'] was actually really refreshing, not what...

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NAPALM DEATH Confirmed For France's HELLFEST

British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH have been confirmed for the Hellfest summer open-air 2007 festival, set to take place June 22-24 in Clisson, France. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORPSE EPHEL DUATH HATEBREED IMMORTAL KICKBACK MOHO NAPALM DEATH OR...

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NAPALM DEATH Explains New York City Concert Cancellation

British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH have posted the following message on their official web site: "Many, many apologies for the show [in New York City at the Knitting Factory on Dec. 21] being cancelled... Basically, according to the Knitting Factory, they had had a few shows in recent weeks whi...

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NAPALM DEATH: Tonight's Show In New York City Cancelled

NAPALM DEATH's scheduled appearance tonight (Thursday, Dec. 21) at the Knitting Factory in New York City has been cancelled. ND frontman Mark "Barney" Greenway reportedly announced the cancellation from the stage at last night's gig at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ, explaining that the club was...

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NAPALM DEATH To Host 'Headbanger's Ball' This Weekend

Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH will be featured guests on "Headbanger's Ball" this Saturday night (Dec. 23). Be sure to tune into MTV2 at 10:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. PST to check it out. The group is also about to wrap up the "Death By Decibels" tour with A LIFE ONCE LOST, DEAD TO FALL and ANIMOSITY ....

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SOUL TAKERS: New Album Pushed Back

Italian metallers SOUL TAKERS have pushed back the projected release date of their recently completed second full-length album, "Flies in a Jar", to the spring (March/April) from the previously announced January 2007. The follow-up to 2005's "Tides" (Northwind Records) was recorded at Luigi Stefanin...