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SODOM Discusses Thrash Metal: Video Available

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a video clip featuring German thrashers SODOM talking about thrash metal and punk rock. Check it out at this...

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SCOTT WEILAND: New Solo Track Posted Online

An audio sample of VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland's (ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS) new solo track, "The Man I Didn't Know", has been posted online at the Softdrive Records MySpace page. Weiland is the President and principal owner of Softdrive Records, which just signed a deal with Sony/RED Distri...

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SLIPKNOT: 'Voliminal: Inside The Nine' DVD Highlights Revealed

Kyle Munson of DesMoinesRegister.com has published a list of memorable moments and quotable quotes from SLIPKNOT's new double-disc DVD, "Voliminal: Inside the Nine", which hits stores — and theaters — Tuesday (Dec. 5). The first disc of "Voliminal" is a 90-minute, ADD-style film that weaves together...

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VELVET REVOLVER Frontman Discusses Plans For SOFTDRIVE Label

According to Billboard.com, VELVET REVOLVER/ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS frontman Scott Weiland will release the debut album from the Los Angeles rock band THE ACTUAL, "In Stitches", early next year via his Softdrive Records label (originally launched in 2003). Also signed to Softdrive is country singer/s...

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HATEBREED: European Tour Diary Available

HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta has posted a diary from the group's recent European headlining tour. Read it at this location. HATEBREED is continuing to tour in support of its new album, "Supremacy", which has sold 79,000 copies in the United States since its late August release, according to Nielse...

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SLIPKNOT Sued For Not Performing

John O'Brien of The West Virginia Record reports that a Huntington, WV concert promoter is suing SLIPKNOT for canceling a 2001 show that he organized. Don Maynard filed the lawsuit Nov. 27 in Cabell Circuit Court against Slipknot Touring and band members Sid Wilson, Nathan Jordison, Paul Gray, Chris...

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ROB HALFORD, ROBERT PLANT, BON SCOTT, OZZY Are Among 'Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists'

Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST),Robert Plant (LED ZEPPELIN) and Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) are among the singers who appear on Hit Parader magazine's (cover) list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" (published in the November 2006 issue). Commented the editors of the magazi...

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GWAR Films 'Eight Lock' Video At New Orleans' House Of Shock

GWAR filmed a music video for the song "Eight Lock" on Monday, November 27 before their show at the New Orleans House of Blues. The clip was shot in its entirety at the House of Shock haunted house in New Orleans. The video features the band roaming through the House of Shock as if it ...

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AFTER FOREVER: Photos of FLOOR JANSEN's Appearance At 'Games In Concert' Posted Online

Photos of AFTER FOREVER vocalist Floor Jansen singing the tracks "Today" from JUNKIE XL and "Sound of Wind" from the game Final Fantasy during her appearance at the Games In Concert event with the Dutch Metropool Orchestra in Utrecht, Holland on November 26 have been posted online at this location....

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AEROSMITH Guitarist Still Wondering About The End

Launch Radio Networks reports: AEROSMITH has gone through a lot this year, and guitarist Joe Perry understands that the ride could be coming to an end. It was hard enough dealing with frontman Steven Tyler's throat surgery back in the spring, but bassist Tom Hamilton's fight with throat cancer reall...

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'American Hair Metal' Author Offers His Picks For Best Manes In Hard-Rock History

Mark Yarm of The Associated Press reports: Watch VH1 Classic for any length of time and you're bound to catch your fair share of videos by '80s hair-metal superstars such as POISON, CINDERELLA, MÖTLEY CRÜE and WARRANT alongside clips by also-rans such as BULLETBOYS, TRIXTER and KIX. If you're lookin...

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'American Hair Metal': Photographer FRANK WHITE Interviewed

TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 112 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. In this episode, hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy are joined by metal photographer Frank White, one of three photographers featured in the book "American Hair Metal" by Steven Blush. Interview topics include NITRO, MÖTLEY...

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AFTER FOREVER: Tentative Album Title Revealed; Studio Update Available

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has almost finished the recordings for its new, album for a spring 2007 release via Nuclear Blast Records. Produced by Gordon Groothedde (Dutch studio luminary),the record is believed to be titled "Energized", although this has not yet been...

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Former RIP Editor LONN FRIEND To Guest On 'The Classic Metal Show' This Weekend

Lonn Friend, the former editor of RIP magazine, will be the special guest of "The Classic Metal Show" (web site) this Saturday (November 25) between 9:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. (EST). Friend will be discussing his book "Life On Planet Rock", which was published in July through Morgan Road Books. As exec...

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AFTER FOREVER Vocalist To Sing JUNKIE XL Song At 'Games In Concert' Event

In addition to the previously announced song "Sound of Wind" from the game Final Fantasy, AFTER FOREVER vocalist Floor Jansen will also sing the track "Today" from JUNKIE XL during her appearance at the Games In Concert event with the Dutch Metropool Orchestra in Utrecht, Holland on November 26. The...