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RAGE Schedules South American Dates

German power metallers RAGE have scheduled the following South American dates (venue details to be announced): Dec. 14 - Curitiba, Brazil Dec. 15 - São Paulo, Brazil Dec. 16 - Buenos Aires, Argentina Dec. 17 - Cordoba, Argentina Dec. 18 - Chile As previously reported, RAGE has set "Carved in Stone"...

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RAGE: Russian Tour Dates Announced

German power metallers RAGE will embark on the "Metal Firestorm" tour of Russia in November. The dates are as follows: Nov. 06 - Moscow - Apelsin-Club Nov. 07 - Nizhniy Novgorod - [to be announced] Nov. 08 - Vladimir - [to be announced] Nov. 10 - Ryazan - [to be announced] Nov. 11 - Tula ...

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Report: Heavy Metal's Worldwide Ubiquity Rivalled Only By That Of Hip-Hop

Daniel Trilling of the London, U.K.-based magazine New Statesman reports: Heavy metal has long been sneered at by music snobs for being resolutely proletarian, often aggressive, and obsessed with macabre, occult imagery. Over its 40-year history, however, it has achieved a level of worldwide ubiquit...

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RAGE: New Album Title Announced

German power metallers RAGE have set "Carved in Stone" as the title of their new album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Nuclear Blast Records. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Carved in Stone" (described by the band as "a super hymn, which could open the live shows in futur...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Singer VINCE NEIL: 'We're Bigger Now' Than We Were In The '80s

Erica Blake of ToledoBlade.com recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil. Neil is currently touring with his solo band, now consisting of SLAUGHTER members Jeff Blando and Dana Strum, as well as drummer "Zoltan." Critics say it is among the best lineups the heavy metal sin...

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Vancouver Condo Once Reportedly Owned by AXL ROSE Hits Market

According to Canada's The Globe and Mail, Vancouver's most expensive condominium unit — which was once reportedly owned by GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose — hit the market this week with an $18.2-million price tag. The penthouse apartment at 1000 Beach Ave. was sold for less than $3 million just thr...

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Pheromone

Christ, the images a name like BLOODY PANDA conjures… The doom genre continues to demonstrate its ever-lengthening wingspan with albums like this New York act's "Pheromone". With a basic style firmly grounded in the rumbling dirge of funeral doom, the distorted guitars, concrete-splitting bass lines...

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SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM: 'Helpless Corpses Enactment' Video Posted Online

San Francisco act SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM has posted the video for its song "Helpless Corpses Enactment" online at YouTube. The track comes off the group's forthcoming album, "In Glorious Times", due on May 29 via The End Records. The clip was helmed by acclaimed New York director Adam Feinstein (...

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LILLIAN AXE: 'Waters Rising' Pushed Back To July; Audio Sample Available

LILLIAN AXE has had the release date of its first new studio album in nearly fifteen years (and first for the Metro City Records label),titled "Waters Rising", pushed back to July 17 from the previously announced June 19. The CD's title cut is now available for streaming at this location (second so...

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GRAND LUX: 'Carved In Stone' U.S. Release Announced

Ulterium Records (Sweden) and Nightmare Records (U.S.) have inked a deal for the U.S. release of the "Carved in Stone" album by the Norwegian heavy metal band GRAND LUX. The CD, which was released in Europe by Ulterium Records on January 26, will be distributed in the U.S. by Nightmare Records begin...

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MARILYN MANSON Talks About New Album, Upcoming Tour

MansonUSA.com recently conducted an interview with Marilyn Manson. A few excerpts from the chat follow: MansonUSA.com: In 2005, you mentioned Tim [Skold] writing around 20 songs. Was earlier material scrapped altogether as by-products of false-starts, or has much of it survived from the initial 20-o...

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METALLICA Guitarist Cuts Asking Price Of Pacific Heights Mansion

According to The Wall Street Journal, METALLICA guitarist guitarist Kirk Hammett has cut the asking price of his Pacific Heights, California mansion to a mere $10.5 million from the $12.5 million he'd been seeking since 2005. The Georgian Mansion with 9,519 square feet, nine bedrooms, seven full bat...

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DORNENREICH Extends Contract With PROPHECY PRODUCTIONS

Austrian symphonic black metal DORNENREICH has extended its contract with Prophecy Productions for a further three albums. The band is currently working on material for its new album, entitled "In Luft Geritzt" ("Carved in Air"). Commented the band: "For 'In Luft Geritzt' we will be recording eleven...

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LILLIAN AXE: 'Waters Rising' To Arrive In June

Opening for the likes of RATT, POISON, QUEENSRŸCHE, KROKUS, STRYPER and LITA FORD, working with some of rock's most respected producers and scoring several "Headbanger's Ball"-approved video clips, LILLIAN AXE certainly carved (or perhaps more appropriately, chopped) a niche for themselves with meta...

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SAMMY HAGAR Says EDDIE And ALEX VAN HALEN Will Not Attend ROCK HALL Induction

Joel Selvin of the San Francisco Chronicle recently conducted an interview with Sammy Hagar. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On VAN HALEN's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: "Would you have ever guessed? I wouldn't have either. I think I carved out a real stupid career in the ...