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MACHINE HEAD Frontman: It's Time To Bring Metal To The Masses

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted the following message in the "Forum" section of the band's official web site: "Hey fuckers! "What is goin' on?! Hope you're doing great. I myself am doing fan-fucking-tastic. In fact, as my Dad would say, 'I'm doing so good... I couldn't stand it if I wa...

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FATES WARNING: Live DVD On The Way

Bassist extraordinaire Joey Vera (FATES WARNING, ARMORED SAINT, ANTHRAX) has posted the following message on his official web site; "First, the show in Amsterdam with FATES WARNING was killer. Mike Portnoy [DREAM THEATER] filled in on drums and it was a major blast jamming with Mike. He's just a mon...

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BRAINSTORM Replace DREAM EVIL At Sweden's GATES OF METAL Festival

BRAINSTORM have replaced DREAM EVIL on the billing of this year's Gates of Metal festival, set to take place August 5-6 at Folkets Park in Hultsfred, Sweden. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: DIMMU BORGIR EDGUY CHILDREN OF BODOM MASTERPLAN DARK TRANQUILLITY GRAVE DIGGER AMON AMARTH...

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DISTURBED Singer Says Overriding Emotion On New Album Is Anger

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman recently told Launch Radio Networks that the overriding emotion on the band's upcoming third album is anger. "A lot of the songs on this record, they seem to fall into one of two categories: they're either relationship-oriented and from an angry standpoint, or they'r...

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TRANSPORT LEAGUE: In Recording Mode

Sweden's TRANSPORT LEAGUE have entered Grand Recordings in Gothenburg to begin recording their new album, "Obey, Consume, Reject", for a tentative September release through an as-yet-undetermined label. A total of 11 songs are currently being recorded, including a cover of DEPECHE MODE's "Never Let...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: METALLICA Documentary Proves LARS ULRICH Is 'Mental'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine recently spoke to The Sydney Morning Herald about his ongoing "feud" with METALLICA, the nerve injury to his arm that brought his career to a halt, and the band's most recent album, "The System Has Failed". A few excerpts from the interview follow: On METALLICA's "Some...

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DUNGEON To Support MEGADETH In Australia

Fresh from their successful Australian tours with NIGHTWISH and ANGRA, Australian power metallers DUNGEON have announced that they will be supporting MEGADETH on the entire Australian leg of their "Blackmail the Universe" world tour. The band have also announced a new rhythm section which was carefu...

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DAMN 13 Announce New Record Deal, Line Up Tour Dates With MOTÖRHEAD, C.O.C.

Toronto's DAMN 13, the brainchild of former MONSTER VOODOO MACHINE frontman Adam (Doom) Sewell, are set to kick off a slew of Canadian dates opening for MOTÖRHEAD and CORROSION OF CONFORMITY. In celebration of their 30th anniversary, MOTÖRHEAD kicked off a full North American tour last month. The ba...

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METALLICA's 'Some Kind Of Monster' To Premier Without Commercials On VH1

This Saturday, April 9 at 10:00 p.m., METALLICA's documentary "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" will be premiering without commercial interruption on VH1. For more information, be sure to visit VH1.com. In celebration of the VH1 premiere, the "Some Kind of Monster" DVD will be on sale for $24.99 in...

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NAPALM DEATH Bassist Collaborates With Japanese Toymaker

What is the Grind Kaiju Garga-Death? Kaiju is Japanese for "monstrous beast" and NAPALM DEATH is english for GRIND! Put the two together and you get the Grind Kaiju called Garga-Death! NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury, who is a lover of Japanese monster toys and films, has collaborated with the Jap...

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ANTHRAX Confirmed For Finland's ILOSAARIROCK Festival

ANTHRAX's reunited classic lineup of Joey Belladonna (vocals),Dan Spitz (guitar),Frank Bello (bass),Scott Ian (guitar) and Charlie Benante (drums) has been confirmed for Finland's Ilosaarirock festival, set to take place July 15-17 in Joensuu. Other bands scheduled to appear at the three-day fest...

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Black Empire

I really thought FORCE OF EVIL would follow up a solid, if unoriginal, debut with an album that saw the band coming into its own and honing its craft. Nothing of the sort happens on "Black Empire". If anything, it's a step backwards; most of the songs sounding like tracks that didn't make it onto .....

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Liquid Monster

I remember giving BRAINSTORM's "Soul Temptation" one of those solid-but-mediocre tags in a review I did a couple of years ago, and I'm still not certain why, as it ended up growing on me. I now consider it to be a fine heavy metal album. That review has always bugged me. Needless to say, I ...

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BRAINSTORM: 'All Those Words' Video Posted Online

BRAINSTORM's video for the track "All Those Words" has been posted online at MetalBlade.de (Windows Media). The video was shot in an old mine in Germany, where "the special atmosphere deep inside these mighty mountains was perfectly captured," according to a press release. "All Those Words" comes of...

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DEPRAVITY Complete Work On New Album

German death metal newcomers DEPRAVITY have completed work on their second album, "Litanies for the World to Suffer", tentatively due in June/July. After the departure of the group's female singer Birte Krause, DEPRAVITY found a new vocalist in Kiriakos "Morbid" Kiriazis from Greece. The band have a...