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Headbangers To Protest Mainstream Media Perception

The Hessian Studies Society, self-described as a not-for-profit cultural education apparat dedicated to preserving and promoting the culture of "underground metal," or heavy metal music produced outside the handful of companies that control major record labels and news media, has issued the followin...

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FOZZY Frontman To Sing On FOX's 'Celebrity Duets'

FOZZY frontman and former WWE star Chris Jericho will be taking part in "Celebrity Duets" — an unscripted series that pairs singing stars with celebrities outside the music industry to make "beautiful music" together. The show will follow the professional singers as they instruct their partners, cho...

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KREATOR Frontman: Downloading 'Helps The Music To Become More Popular'

Simon Milburn of Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's 20-plus-year career: "Oh, man, to be honest, it doesn't really feel like that long. To me, it's been going from one album to the...

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SPEAKING TO STONES Signs With LION MUSIC

Progressive metal band SPEAKING TO STONES has signed a deal with Lion Music for the release of its debut album, tentatively due this November. Four songs from the CD can be previewed at this location. SPEAKING TO STONES is the brainchild of Tony Vinci, an acclaimed musician and composer who speciali...

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TRIVIUM Announces First-Ever North American Headlining Tour

TRIVIUM will embark on its first-ever North American headlining tour beginning on October 1. The trek will be in support of the band's new album, "The Crusade", which is set for release in the U.S. and Canada on October 10 via Roadrunner Records. THE SWORD and PROTEST THE HERO will provide support f...

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THE ESOTERIC: New Music Posted Online

Critically-acclaimed sonic trailblazers THE ESOTERIC have posted three new tracks from their highly-anticipated new album, "Subverter", online at their MySpace page. The tracks include the rocking "Destroy, She Said" as well as the titanic "Language Is a Virus / Shipyards of Foreign Cities" and the...

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LORDI: First Biography Due This Month

NewsRoom Finland reports that the first book to be written about Finnish Eurovision winners LORDI will be available in shops from August 18, it was announced on Thursday. The author of the book, Sven Pahajoki, hails from LORDI's hometown of Rovaniemi in northern Finland. The book is a biography of t...

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New KURT COBAIN Documentary Premiering In Toronto

Launch Radio Networks reports: A new documentary about late NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain will make its world premiere at this year's Toronto Film Festival, according to Gigwise.com. The film, titled "About A Son", will reportedly feature material from up to 25 hours of previously unreleased intervie...

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In the caffeinated meat grinder that passes for popular culture these days, it may already be time for some 1990's nostalgia. Supermodels aren't wearing ironic updates of flannel yet, but bands like CRACKER, GIN BLOSSOMS and SPIN DOCTORS are already taking their amiably bland acts out on the rib-fes...

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STONE SOUR: 'Come What(ever) May' To Debut In Billboard's Top 5

STONE SOUR's sophomore album, "Come What(ever) May", is poised to sell between 75,000 and 80,000 copies during its first week of release to land at position No. 4 on The Billboard 200 chart, according to Hits Daily Double. STONE SOUR is currently on the road with KORN and DEFTONES as part of The Fam...

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BLACK SABBATH Drummer Comments On Iran Changing Western Words

BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward has posted the following message on his official web site: "So the news today has reported that Iran is replacing Western names with alternative names. Words like 'pizza' are not to be used. 'Elastic bread' — much more hip. "In a bigger picture, if this is the beginni...

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COREY TAYLOR: PRESIDENT BUSH Is 'A Talking Head With A Lot Of Smart, Devious People Behind Him'

MSO PR has issued the following question-and-answer session with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor: Q: Let's start with "Through Glass", the first single from "Come What(ever) May". What inspired that one? Where were you when you wrote it, if you can remember? Corey: I remember exactly where...

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ANTHRAX: New SCOTT IAN Audio Interview Posted Online

Scott Ian from ANTHRAX spoke to the "Cort and Fatboy Show" on Rock 101 KUFO (Portland, OR). During the interview Ian talked about ANTHRAX's chances at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 25 years as a band, VH1 trying to get out of paying him, his future in television, behind the scenes in the ...

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STONE SOUR To Perform On 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'

STONE SOUR are currently preparing to hit the road with KORN and DEFTONES on The Family Values Tour, beginning on July 29 in Nashville, TN as the August 1 release of their album "Come What(ever) May" approaches. The band's Top 20 Modern Rock single "Through Glass" continues to build strongly at radi...

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LED ZEPPELIN Rocks Britain's MPs

BBC News has issued the following report: They do their best to appeal to younger voters by regularly shunning suited formality, using slang and showing off their knowledge of popular culture. But it seems the musical tastes of Britain's politicians are stuck mostly in the 1970s. When asked by the B...