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MARILYN MANSON Performs DEPECHE MODE Cover On 'Top Of The Pops': Video Available

MARILYN MANSON performed his remake of the DEPECHE MODE hit "Personal Jesus" on BBC's "Top Of The Pops" on Friday (Sept. 17). Watch a brief clip from the performance here. In other news, Marilyn Manson visited "Last Call with Carson Daly" last week to promote his new album "Lest We Forget", due out...

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Chilean Black Metal Fan Declared 'Mentally Ill', Escapes Murder Charge

A Chilean black metal fan who killed an Italian Catholic priest at the conclusion of a Mass at Santiago's Metropolitan Cathedral on July 24 was declared mentally ill and will receive psychiatric treatment instead of imprisonment, the court that investigated the crime announced earlier this week. Jud...

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AMEN Singer Rejects Ex-Guitarist's 'Fraud' Accusations

AMEN frontman Casey Chaos has disputed the claims of his former bandmate Matt Montgomery branding him a "fraud" and claiming that he "hadn't been paid for two years." Speaking to the U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine, Chaos said, "It's all lies. Anyone who read the recent Metal Hammer cover feature I did...

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UNEARTH To Launch Headlining Tour

Massachusetts-based metallers UNEARTH will kick off their first headlining tour next week. Support at all dates will come from THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, TERROR and REMEMBERING NEVER. Commented guitarist Ken Susi: "It is invigorating to finally have our first headline tour; we are so excited to play o...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Frontman Offers Guitarist's Post-Surgery Update

BLIND GUARDIAN frontman Hansi Kursch has issued an update on guitarist Marcus Siepen's condition following a surgery for his broken leg. It reads as follows: "In a more than four hours long surgery Marcus's leg could get fixed on Thursday [Sept. 16]. Marcus told me that everything went very well. He...

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WINDIR Is Now History

Norwegian black metallers WINDIR have posted the following message on their official web site: "The farewell concert at Rockefeller in Oslo on] September 3rd, was a tremendous sucsess. There were about 1200 people at the concert, and WINDIR, with [late frontman] Valfar's brother Vegard Bakken as a s...

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WOLVERINE Part Ways With Guitarist

Sweden's WOLVERINE have parted ways with guitarist Per Broddesson. "Per had been a member of the band since 2000 and he will of course be missed," the group write on their web site. "The decision to part ways was however mutual and there are no hard feelings involved in this split. The split took pl...

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WITCHERY: In Mixing Mode

WITCHERY guitarist Patrik Jensen (THE HAUNTED) has posted the following message at the Earth-Dog.com message board: Alright, so where do I start... It's been a long time since WITCHERY has done anything... I think the last thing we did was the tour of Mexico we did together with THE HAUNTED and TO/D...

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TWISTED SISTER Bassist Says New Version Of 'Stay Hungry' Will Be Produced 'The Right Way'

TWISTED SISTER bass player/producer Mark Mendoza spoke to "Smart-Ass Midday Goddess" J.D. Page of Worcester, MA's 100.1 The Fox last Friday (Sept. 10) about touring, re-recording the group's classic "Stay Hungry" album (to be released under the new title "Still Hungry") and comments made by "Stay Hu...

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EXODUS To Recruit Former WARDANCE Singer For South American Tour

EXODUS will likely be utilizing the services of singer John Miller for their South American tour, which scheduled to kick off Friday (Sept. 17) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Miller is a local Bay Area singer who had previously played with EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt and drummer Tom Hunting in WARDANCE,...

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EXODUS Guitarist: 'Fat-Ass' ZETRO SOUZA Is 'Human Crap'

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt has slammed singer Steve "Zetro" Souza over the circumstances that led to his departure from the group (as exclusively reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET earlier today),calling the singer "human crap" and vowing to carry on with a replacement vocalist. In a posting to the band'...

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MARILYN MANSON Guests On FUSE's 'Daily Download': Photos Available

MARILYN MANSON made an appearance on "Daily Download", Fuse's live studio show, on Friday, September 10. Check out pictures from Film Magic. As previously reported, MARILYN MANSON is scheduled to perform a cover of DEPECHE MODE's "Personal Jesus" at the German awards show Comet 2004 on September 24....

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Do NICKELBACK/PUDDLE OF MUDD Fans Have 'Bad Taste In Music'?

The You Have Bad Taste In Music web site has uploaded yet another video in a collection of clips showing an unidentified individual wearing shades and a German army helmet going to various venues where certain musicians are playing (EVANESCENCE, LINKIN PARK, ADEMA, STAIND, etc.),and using a megapho...

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Designer: No KISS 'Destroyer' Figures In The Works

KISS designer Christopher Franchi of Metaluna5 has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to set the record straight with regards to the report that McFarlane Toys are planning to release a seventh series of KISS figures. The original report, which was published last week, indicated that the "Destroyer" figures...

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NIKKI SIXX Describes New MÖTLEY CRÜE Songs As 'True Rock 'N' Roll'

MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil "smoked" the four new CRÜE songs laid down last week during a recording session in Las Vegas with bassist/main songwriter Nikki Sixx. "He sang the best I've heard in in years," Sixx writes in his latest online posting. "Of course, these are demos and we're looking at re...